Thirty years ago, Bill Meikle wrote a poem to bid farewell to friends he was leaving.

One of the listeners to that poem submitted it to a poetry contest.

About a year later, Bill received a check in the mail notifying him that his poem had won. It was a total surprise.

Some 28 years later, Chris Eastburn put the words of the poem to music and Bill sang it to those gathered for Bill's 70th birthday. And it has been a part of our repertoire ever since.

I Go

1.

I go, and yet I stay

If ever you will think of it;

And you shall follow on my way

As ever I shall take it,

With joy and sadness all reserved to savor or let go.

2.

Who is it leaves a song behind?

Why, one who leaves of course.

And yet his song goes off with him

Alive along his way

To celebrate what makes him be

And sing where he has been.

Chorus:

Let no word name what we have been to one another

The being has been all the thing and still carries along.

So when I go, don't miss me else you end the song.

The being has been all the thing and still carries along.

3.

But say with me: it's good, it's good,

Sharing what we've had.

In our next days should I be blessed

And flourish soaring high,

Then you'll have been a loving air

Lilting strong within.  [Chorus]

4.

So sing a song for living on,

A song of then and now.

Maybe we'll fashion harmony

To catch a listening ear.

Our song of was and is will be ...

Until it cannot matter. [Chorus]

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