Woah, I used to love "The Ash Grove", and I'd totally forgotten about it until I read this. I don't think there's anythiing tragic about it; it's actually incredibly appropriate to the question. o_O
My laughter is over, my step loses lightness, Old countryside measures steal soft on my ear; I only remember the past and its brightness, The dear ones I long for again gather here. From out of the shadows their loving looks greet me And wistfully searching the leafy green dome, I find other faces fond bending to greet me, The ash grove, the ash grove alone is my home.
I guess that verse isn't in the Melinda Caroll version. But it can't get more clear that you'll be remembered fondly. :)
Thanks! I was actually thinking of a different version of the song, wherein a young man meets a girl in the ash grove, falls in love, then comes back again the next day and can't find her. He asks the blackbird where she is, and the blackbird replies that she is now buried under one of the trees.
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My laughter is over, my step loses lightness,
Old countryside measures steal soft on my ear;
I only remember the past and its brightness,
The dear ones I long for again gather here.
From out of the shadows their loving looks greet me
And wistfully searching the leafy green dome,
I find other faces fond bending to greet me,
The ash grove, the ash grove alone is my home.
I guess that verse isn't in the Melinda Caroll version. But it can't get more clear that you'll be remembered fondly. :)
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I was actually thinking of a different version of the song, wherein a young man meets a girl in the ash grove, falls in love, then comes back again the next day and can't find her. He asks the blackbird where she is, and the blackbird replies that she is now buried under one of the trees.
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