Born Of My Lover (Song for Ennis)

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A pensive ballad, of a father's musings upon the future of his girl-child daughter:

Ennis is my daughter (it's a Celtic name. Her full name is Ennis Siobhan Cochran.) I wrote this song about her when she was about twelve years old - Blonde hair, blue eyes, a few freckles, and just darling.

That summer, my daughter was a little girl - but by the end of winter, seemed more a young woman. My little girl was gone - in her place, an unfolding mystery...