Little Ones Walk On - Dougie MacLean

Here we are, my little darlings

With things we dare not bear to know

Strengthen your hearts, my little charmings

You’ve got a long, long way to go And the little ones, they must walk, on walk on The little ones must walk on, walk on It has no reason, it has no tense or time

It’s human treason, it has no sense or rhyme

But when everything has gone

The little ones must walk on Look around at what we’ll leave you

Yours to repair and try to save

The broken stone the withered forest

The sad and empty ocean wave

And the little ones, they must walk, on walk on The little ones must walk on, walk on It has no reason, it has no tense or time

It’s human treason, it has no sense or rhyme

But when everything has gone

The little ones must walk on The tinker tries, the tailor thimbles

The soldiers sailors give their lives

The rich man laughs while the poor man stumbles

And the thieves are sharpening their knives

And the little ones, they must walk, on walk on The little ones must walk on, walk on It has no reason, it has no tense or time

It’s human treason, it has no sense or rhyme

But when everything has gone

The little ones must walk on