Better late than never, my offering.... the day before this Season started, I was at the wedding of the daughter of a lifelong friend, and it was such a magical wedding near Dumfries (home of Robert Burns, and where he wrote "My Love is Like a Red Red Rose" - hence the words "land of the poet" ) that it inspired me to write this. I did edit photos into a movie project, but Youtube wasn't having any of it so this is the raw video. And I forgot to include on the video, for the U Season 124 - sorry - too late now..... but at least I wrote a special song - my first completed!
The Wedding of Danny and Jo
It happened one day in the land of the poet,
There’s a sign that’ll lead you to Kirkconnell Flow,
At the end of that road there’s a fairytale place
That was waiting for Danny and Jo….
There’s a house with a tower that’s centuries old
And stories of long, long ago,
But today there’s another story to tell,
The wedding of Danny and Jo.
By an arbour so simple, a garden of peace,
With bunting and hearts hanging low,
The free-est of spirits were bound into one,
At the wedding of wedding of Danny and Jo
There were red and white cup-cakes, and Pimms served in jam jars,
And men wearing kilts, there were bridesmaids in red,
On the lawn a great tipi rose up to the stars,
For the wedding of Danny and Jo.
Now the tipi and bunting are gone from the garden,
And birdsong once more reigns in Kirkconnell Flow,
But the tower and the garden will always remember
The wedding of Danny and Jo