There are times when you’re happy
There are times when you’re sad
There are times when you’re lonely
But what of your Dad
He’s happy sad and lonely too
He’s happy when he thinks of you
He is sad to know that you’re far away
Although he knows that there’ll come a day
When the world will be free and happy and gay
But when he feels lonely although in a crowd
He longs to be with you, but feels mighty proud
To know that each night you kneel by your cot
And ask God to forgive those that started the Rot
Dad knows that you pray for his safety too
God answers the prayers of children like you
These thoughts bring a silent tear to his eye
But they give him the courage to hold his head high
Your daddy is fighting to make the world free
And to make sure that the future forever will be
An age of contentment and freedom and Bliss
For millions of people like you little miss
But fighting alone will not win this mad war
Your prayers to God are much better by far
So pray hard Darling on them we depend
To help us fight on and the Right to defend
So Darling remember when you’re feeling blue
Your Daddy is always thinking of you
Try to be happy and above all be good
Mummy will help you whatever your mood
Then when the great days come which come it must do
We’ll all be happy together, Daddy, Mummy and you.
Eileen Northall (née Pass) wrote to Jack Albrecht after his page was published: "One thing I forgot to mention to you was that my Dad wrote me a poem, when I was just 4. He was no Wordsworth but it's quite a nice poem. After my first visit to Saxony the vicar of our church asked me to say a few words on Remembrance Sunday and I finished by reading the poem. People told me how moved by it they were and how privileged they felt to hear my Dad's words written to his little girl".
Sgt. Walter Patrick Pass - lost with all his fellow crew whilst with 625 Squadron on Lancaster NF996 CF-J2 on the 14/15 February 1945.
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning we will remember
them. - Laurence
Binyon
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