Memories Lyrics - John Mayall

When I was a boy of eleven years I never saw my pa 

Never understood what divorces were I hadn't grown that far 

Loading our belongings on a little horse and cart 

Mama said that she and daddy were now apart 

These are the things I still remember from so long ago 

Going to the seaside once a year, castles in the sand 

Going to the fairground with my pennies counted in my hand 

Going to the circus crying if I saw a clown 

Walking on my six foot stilts and never falling down 

These are the things I still remember from so long ago 

Yelling at my brother, he's in hiding, won't play in the snow 

Everything I do he just won't follow, doesn't want to go 

Playing in the fields pretending I'm a Buccaneer 

Threw a sword, accidentally hit him in the ear 

These are the things I still remember from so long ago 

Playing up the garden always building huts of turf and mud 

Playing in the woods when an owl attacked me, mopped away the blood 

Blowing up a rubber boat and patching up the holes 

Falling in the water, dripping wet and catching colds 

These are the things I still remember from so long ago