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Cal made the long table for his bride June When the first child was born and they needed more room Cal was one of four sons, and there was too little farm And the railroad had work so they moved into town First came Emmet and Clara, William and Grace Around the long table they all took their place Every year they would gather sing carols and hymns With canned peaches and shortcake and four wide grins But it feels like it's been one long Christmas dinner One unending prayer, one unbroken line Singing “Be Thou My Vision” by day or by night All is calm and all is bright. Eating strawberry jam from our victory garden June kept giving Emmet more food than he wanted As if she could fill him with enough food and faith To last him through Europe and bring him home safe Clara moved back at Christmas with her two children When her husband ran off, with girl who was willing When Grace's small daughter offered up her shortcake Clara leaned on Will's shoulder and covered her face But it feels like it's been one long Christmas dinner Letras de cancionesOne unending prayer, one unbroken line Singing “Be Thou My Vision” by day or by night All is calm and all is bright. Long ago Emmet came home, now he carves the ham Though Since then he's needed a leg brace to stand He and Grace visit often, and help mom with yard work Who still can't believe what their wearing to church Cousin Ann’s in Chicago and she stayed good friends With cousin Rose who's a painter and lives in South Bend And William's boy Michael is a young handsome rogue Cruisin' town with an eight track of Abby Road But it feels like it's been one long Christmas dinner One unending prayer, one unbroken line Singing “Be Thou My Vision” by day or by night All is calm and all is bright. There been so many joys and so many cradles But there was one who spent only one year at the table It must have been grandma who gathered her close So she'd have no fear when they both passed across So put out the canned peaches in honor of June And for Michael’s grown daughter who's coming home soon For all that we've lost or we haven't found yet All who come to the table and clasp hands around it. And it feels like it's been one long Christmas dinner One unending prayer, one unbroken line Singing “Be Thou My Vision” by day or by night All is calm and all is bright. All is calm and all is bright. From Letras Mania