<\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\nIn a hamlet, where children roam,\nWith freedom to call this place their home,\nThey play hide and seek in culverts deep,\nImagination alive, their secrets they keep.\n\nOn tetter totters at the old school's side,\nTheir laughter and joy, they cannot hide,\nInnocent smiles as they reach the sky,\nUnburdened hearts, their spirits fly.\n\nRare donkey baseball, a sight to behold,\nAdult men playing, with stories untold,\nChildren gather 'round, their eyes wide,\nDreaming of the day they'll join the ride.\n\nCuriosity sparks as the train passes by,\nA penny on the track, they wonder why,\nThe rumble and thrill as the wheels go clack,\nWitnessing the power on a small copper plaque.\n \nWith pails in hand, to the cistern they go,\nGathering water, a simple task they know,\nFor homes without running water's grace,\nTheir strength and unity, a precious embrace.\n\nIn dugouts they splash, swim, and find\nA marvelous sight, hidden deep inside.\nAmidst the moist corners, snails come to dwell,\nIn spiraled cover, their protective shell,\n\nIn this hamlet, where innocence thrives,\nChildren's laughter echoes, survives,\nWith each precious moment, memories are made\nA childhood embraced, an everlasting serenade. \n\n<\/pre>\n\n\n\nThe Lacey Way<\/h2>\n\n\n\n song by Marlene Lacey, vocal and guitar by Rosemary Blomm\u00e9<\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n[C]Fastball, [G]bowling, [Am]hockey, [F]guitar in hand,\n[C]Wayne's love for [G]them, we under[Am]stand,\n[C]These [G]life metaphors, he played with his [Am]heart,\n[C]To invite and [G]inspire was Wayne's true [Am]art.\n\nChorus:\n[F]Remember him strumming a camp[C]fire tune,\n[F]Throw a log on the fire and [Am]gaze at the moon\n[Am]This campfire musician, kept [F]love flowing strong.\n[F]Hey Lardie Lardie, everyone's tapped to [G]sing along.\n\n[C]From ball diamond to bowl[G]ing lane\n[Am]Grip, stride, follow-through with per[F]fect aim\n[C]He swung for the [G]fences and struck down the [Am]pins,\n[C]Threw the fast pitches, and [G]strummed the [Am]strings.\n\nChorus\n\n[Am]His love of sport and [G]music alike,\n[F]Unites and binds us, through [C]every strike,\n[Am]A bond to uplift, and [G]entertain,\n[F]In Wayne's memory, I sing this [C]refrain.\n\nChorus\n\n[C]Fastball, [G]bowling, [Am]hockey, [F]guitar in hand,\n[C]Wayne's spirit lives on in [G]every band,\n[Am]In every game, in [G]every song we play,\n[C]We honour Wayne, in The [F]Lacey [C]Way\n[C]We honour Wayne, in The [F]Lacey [C]Way\n[C]In The [F]Lacey [C]way.\n[F]Lacey [C]Way<\/pre>\n\n\n\n