Darlin' Kate

So it's finally come, you have left this world

But we'll miss our Kate, our darling girl

We held your head, kissed your lovely brow

And bid farewell, you're sailing now

Free from the pain, you lay that burden down

But you're strong and giving heart

Would surely be your crown

As you slip the surly bonds of earth and sailed way

Perhaps we will meet again somehow, someday

Until then, there's nothing we can do but wait

To see once more, our darling Kate

All those nights we sang, talked 'till the sun come up

You fed our souls, you filled our cup

With your perfect words and all that voice

We fell in love, we had no choice

And I can't say for sure where you have gone

But in that place, I'm betting there's a better song

We've all known down here, taste of joy and strife

You were the sweetest note in the chord of life

Now you slipped the surly bonds of earth and sailed way

Perhaps we will meet again somehow, someday

But if there was one name I could consecrate

It would be yours, it would be Kate