darlin' kate

so it's finally come

you have left this world

but we'll miss our kate

our darling girl

we held your head

kissed your lovely brow

and bid farewell

you're sailing now

free from the pain

you lay that burden down

but you're strong and giving heart

would surely be your crown

as you slip the surly bonds of earth and sailed way

perhaps we will meet again somehow

someday

until then

there's nothing we can do but wait

to see once more

our darling kate

all those nights we sang

talked 'till the sun come up

you fed our souls

you filled our cup

with your perfect words and all that voice

we fell in love

we had no choice

and i can't say for sure where you have gone

but in that place

i'm betting there's a better song

we've all known down here

taste of joy and strife

you were the sweetest note in the chord of life

now you slipped the surly bonds of earth and sailed way

perhaps we will meet again somehow

someday

but if there was one name i could consecrate

it would be yours

it would be kate