Lucy Kaplansky - Reunion

Away we all go, summer ^Cnineteen-seventy-^Gone From Chicago to To^Dronto, for a family reunion ^G My dad at the wheel, driving ^Cfive hours at a ^Gclip Swimming in the ^Dafternoons at another Motel ^G6

First stop in town was my ^Cgrandmother’s baker^Gy She stood there and ^Dwelcomed us, the American celebrities ^G I saw her photo on the wall, I ^Cthought she was the famous ^Gone Then my ^Duncles and her gave us all the cookies we ^Gwant

Here we ^Dare together Our ^Cfather’^Gs gone Here we ^Dare together ^CForty years ^Gon Here we ^Emare together Just daughters and ^Csons This is our re^Dunion This is our re^Gunion

^EmLater in an old fancy ^Crestaurant, she wore the ^Gcrown Surrounded by ^Dall her kin, looking proudly a^Ground I watched my ^Emdad with his ^Cbrothers, with their grey-green ^Geyes And their handsome ^Dfaces, with dark shadows be^Ghind

All the things my dad ^Cloved, his brothers gave to ^Ghim Mathematics and ^Dopera, and Gilbert and Sulliv^Gan Oh, I used to believe^C he was the lucky o^Gne The one who got a^Dway, the mysterious prodigal ^Gson At that family re^Dunion, nineteen-^Cseventy-^Gone

And here we ^Dare together Our ^Cfather’^Gs gone Here we ^Dare together ^CForty years ^Gon Here we ^Emare together Just daughters and ^Csons This is our re^Dunion This is our re^Emunion This is our re^Dunion This is our re^Gunion