Childhood Weekends

A Poem/Song Reflections of childhood weekends at my families summer cottage

Childhood Weekends

 

I remember mom and I remember dad

and I remember all the fun that we all had

Riding in the car and singing all the way,

going up the road to our country get-away

 

It didn’t take long, it didn’t take much time

We’d soon leave the cares of the city behind

Passing all the farms as our wagon rolled along

Till we finally hit the road that went down to Captain’s Pond

 

I remember childhood weekends

And the life that we all lived

I remember my whole family

And the love we had to give

 

How I miss those summer weekend

And how we lived without a care

And if ever there was a heaven

I guess I grew up there

 

I remember rock and I remember roll

Playing from a radio down by the swimming hole

We’d be swimming all day till our parents called us out

For another barbeque that’s what life was all about

 

Sitting on the porch as the day came to an end

The crickets sang a chorus and the bull-frogs all joined in

We’d gather round the table and oh the games we played

And I couldn’t get to sleep waiting for another day.

 

I remember childhood weekends

And the life that we all lived

I remember my whole family

And the love we had to give

 

How I miss those summer weekend

And how we lived without a care

And if ever there was a heaven

I guess I grew up there

Reviews

[Papaya]

A feel good poem for sure, takes me back. We went on a lot of camping trips. Didn't have a cottage then. But they were good times, away from the noise and danger of the city.