"Fare My Child Well" genre: Piano
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	©1999 by Michael Shields (ASCAP) This was the first piece I ever wrote...I was watching my children grow up and I knew it was only a short time before I would be sending them on their way in life
	CD: April & Other Songs   Label: Michael Shields Productions Credits: ©1999 Composed & performed by Michael Shields (ASCAP)
	Story Behind the Song FARE MY CHILD WELL has a double meaning. I have twelve children, and as most have become teenagers and some have already started families of their own, I've become experienced in the process of letting go. From the child's point of view,there are a few uncertainties about the future, but by and large there is a blissful unawareness of the challenges to come. From a parent's perspective, however, there is both an appreciation of the frailities of life, as well as a sense of loss of the full devotion and loyalty of a young dependent child, now a young adult. We want our children to do well in life. The second meaning of the song is really my farewell to all of my children, as someday I will be leaving this life. I want to let them know they are loved.

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