William and Addie Lyrics

Born into service, caught the mill owner's eye

Took what he wanted, then bid her goodbye

The baby she carried, alone in the world

Was my great-grandma, one day she'd return

William and Addie, so distant in time

Close to me always, your blood is mine

Many years later, a knock at the door

Of a fine house in Blackpool, told her father the score

For her plans for a business, she needed the coin

In return, he wouldn't see her anymore

William and Addie, distant in time

Close to me always, your blood is mine

She stared in his eyes, and demanded her due

With money in hand, she bid him adieu

True to her word, alone she made her own way

Till William returned from Fall River, USA

Born of Lancashire stock, far in the New World

Returned to his homeland, found this strong girl

Soon they were married, and lived on the moors

Above the shop, where my granny was born

William and Addie, distant in time

Close to me always, your blood is mine

I look at the picture, of their wedding day

The fire in their eyes, and the pride they display

My daddy looks back, through William's joy

Addie's resolve, is in my own little boy

William and Addie, distant in time

Close to me always, your blood is mine