"All of My Boys will be Men" genre: Folk
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	A song about a mother letting go. When all the family's men go to sea - and some never return - it must grieve mothers to know that could be the fate of their little sons
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	Story Behind the Song Songs of the sea are usually about the men who go to sea. Otherwise they are about the women after the tragedy. This one takes in the feelings of a mother, who has lost her man to the sea, whose older sons are at sea, and whose younger son is almost certain to join them. Lyrics All of My Boys will be Men chorus Johnnie come down to the sea my boy Johnnie come down to the sea Johnnie come down to the sea my boy Johnnie come down to the sea See where the breakers all rattle and roar See where the spume bounces high See where the grey on the sky and the shore masks the sea bed where they lie masks the sea bed where they lie ch Look at the boats pulling round on the wave Look how they hurtle and tug Look where the wreckage can no more be brave Think of the men we can't hug Think of the men we can't hug ch That's where your father set sail on the tide That's the long berth he once left That's all that's left since your father has died leaving your mother bereft leaving your mother bereft ch Please don't you join all your brothers out there Please don't go off to the deep Please find a job on the land Johnnie dear Ships are tormenting my sleep Ships are tormenting my sleep ch When you grow old enough don't sail the seas When would I see you again Well I suppose you will do as you please All of my boys will be men All of my boys will be men ch Walk in the shallows with me for a while Walk in my steps in the sea Walk on ahead You're my beautiful child Here I will soon set you free Here I will soon set you free chorus (+last line sung 3 times) Copyright 1999 Charlotte Peters Rock

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