Daughters-In-Law Are Our Grandchildren's Mothers

Music: Betty MacNeill
By Turlough O'Carolan.  Sequenced at the Ancient Music of Ireland.

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Daughters-in-law are our grandchildren's mothers. As such, they carry our fortunes downstream. Under their guidance, our hopes become others', Giving their force to a much larger dream. How lucky we are to have you for the carer That nurtures the hearts of our hearts, that they may Each be a lover, a giver and sharer, Remaking the world in their image each day. So do we all, like streams from the mountains, In time become joined in the souls we have made, Now mingled forever, eternal companions, Linked by our love in a bond that won't fade. As you in your noontime your work of love do, We watch from the hillside, grateful for you.