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Aunt Honey

from STARTHROWERS by Shannon Hawley

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How can we know what sweetness will come? Or if it will come at all. Who might it come from? All grief songs are praise songs. When we recognize grief in others we can have compassion for ourselves and each other.

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My bonnie lies over the ocean, my bonnie lies over the sea
My bonnie lies with another warm body, not beside me
When I was born to this brightness, I ached for my mother’s heartbeat
Now I’m wailing again like a baby, naked and sweet

I’ll put on my fancy dresses, I wear my fancy hat
I’ll dance at all the swell parties without him, how about that

I fought so hard in the same war that led him to her
Decoding all enemy secrets to use against them later
I cared for a boy, a child, not my own
Who’s mother’s heart stopped near the ocean
And we’ll nurse our grief til it’s gone


So come drink the honey
I’ve been collecting for you
I’ll share it just when you need it
Like my kind do
We do

I’ll watch him long for his pretty mother
I’ll make him smile, along with his brother
I’ll hold him tight, and he’ll hold me back
I’ll help him fight the battle in his heart the war in his head

How can we know, what sweetness will come

Or if it will come at all
Who might it come from

So come taste the honey I’ve been collecting for you
I'll share it just when you need it
Like my kind do
We do

Please don’t bring back my bonnie,but I wish you’d let that boy stay
I’ve got my sister to cry with, his children, in the ocean they play
Don’t you feel sorry for the old maid
With all that heartache you can taste all the nectar I’ve saved


So come drink the honey
I’ve been collecting for you
I’ll share it just when you need it
Like my kind do
We do

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from STARTHROWERS, released March 24, 2023
Written by Shannon Hawley
Mixed and Produced by NekterGun

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Shannon Hawley New Jersey

Shannon Hawley is a singer-songwriter and healer.

Her album STARTHROWERS is a memoir in song paying homage to women and caretakers doing the invisible, often overlooked work of love. With a clear voice and deep New Jersey roots, Shannon alternates between the anthemic and the understated, across themes of grief and praise, our relationships to our history, the natural world, and to each other. ... more

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