CHEECH by MARY AND SHAUN / MOMMY, DADDY AND GRANNY

MY BELOVED BABY CHEECH,

WHO COULD HAVE KNOWN THAT WINDY DAY IN JANUARY THAT YOU WOULD BE TAKEN FROM US FOREVER. THAT WAS THE DAY MY LIFE WAS SHATTERED FOREVER. THE WORLD IS SUCH A SAD DARK PLACE SINCE YOU LEFT BABY BOY. MOMMY ACHES TO HOLD YOU AGAIN, AND TO GIVE YOU YOUR FAVOURITE CHEST MASSAGE.

I LONG TO HOLD MY GOLDEN BABY BOY AGAIN, AND SING SONNY BOY TO YOU, I NEVER KNEW IF YOU LIKED MY VOICE, BUT YOUR EYES WOULD CLOSE WHILE I SANG TO YOU. AND YOU WOULD HAVE AN EXPRESSION OF SHEER HAPPINESS ON YOUR BEAUTIFUL FACE. REMEMBER WHEN YOU WERE A BABY AND I WOULD HOLD YOU IN MY ARMS SINGING ‘WHEN IRISH EYES ARE SMILING’? YOU LOVED THAT SONG. I DON’T SING ANYMORE NOW CHEECHIE, I DON’T HAVE ANY MUSIC LEFT IN MY SOUL. I DON’T HAVE ANYTHING LEFT INSIDE ME AT-ALL SINCE YOU’VE BEEN GONE.

YOU WERE THE CENTER OF MY WORLD, YOU AND DARLING FREDDY DOG. AND NOW YOU ARE BOTH GONE, AND LIFE WITHOUT YOU IS SO LONELY, AND SO VERY HARD. BUT BE ASSURED MY LITTLE ONE, ,THAT YOU WILL BE LOVED FOR ALL ETERNITY. YOUR NAME WILL ALWAYS BE SPOKEN WITH LOVE IN THIS HOUSE, AND YOUR PRECIOUS PHOTO’S WILL HANG IN EVERY ROOM.

PLEASE LOOK AFTER BABY FREDDY. ONE GLORIOUS DAY YOU WILL BOTH RUN TO ME AGAIN, AND I WILL HUG YOU SO CLOSE, NOTHING WILL EVER SEPARATE US AGAIN.
YOU WILL ALWAYS BE A PART OF MY HEART AND SOUL DARLING BOY.
WE LOVE YOU MORE AND MORE EVERY SINGLE DAY.