Name: Doris' Song
Duration: P00H04M52S
Description: In September 2011, Alex Hickey was invited to sing at the opening of a hooked-rug show in honour of Doris Eaton. She wrote this song as a tribute to Doris and her wonderful book, A Lifetime of Rug-Hooking.

Doris' Song

from Blackbirds by Alex Hickey

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In September 2011, Alex Hickey was invited to sing at the opening of a hooked-rug show in honour of Doris Eaton. She wrote this song as a tribute to Doris and her wonderful book, A Lifetime of Rug-Hooking.

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To be all you can in your time and your place
Is to give all you have of your knowledge and grace
And each one you guide as they go on their way
Will carry you forward into a new day

Each loop and each line has a story to tell
Of a labour of love and a life lived well
We might see ocean or seaweed or shell
But there’s so much more to this story

Of a woman who knew that her art was her life
And carved out the time as a mother and wife
Each Wednesday she took to do what her muse asked
And brought forth the visions with which she’d be tasked

When she turned to teach every student inspired
Every spark coaxed into bright fire
A whole group of artists with something to say
With heart and with purpose each in her own way

If I had three lifetimes
I’d give them to you
‘Cause I want to see all the work you would do
And you’d want to see how the colours would glow
If every idea had time to grow

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from Blackbirds, released September 18, 2012

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Alex Hickey West Dublin, Nova Scotia

Alex Hickey is a Nova Scotian songwriter whose songs walk a delicate line between cynicism and a passionate love for the world. Clever and poignant, funny, heartbreaking and punch-to-the-guts honest, every CD or live performance should come with a packet of tissues. ... more

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