The day my daddy died,
I didn't weep, I didn't cry.
No river welled up in my eyes on the day my daddy died.
You said your last goodbye,
passing with a peaceful sigh,
crossing over to a better life as you said your last goodbye.
A rainbow in the sky,
like a sign you left behind,
as you soared on to the other side,
there was a rainbow in the sky.
You taught me how to fight,
to turn a wrong into a right,
how to
live and finally how to die.
Yes, you taught me how to fight.
Freedom was your life,
and in that freedom I will thrive.
I honour all the love you left behind.
Freedom was your life.
The day
my daddy died,
I didn't weep,
I didn't cry.
Now the river runs when I call to mind
the day
my daddy died.