She Pushed From Behind:

Emily Murphy in Story and Song

"Nothing happens by chance, everything is pushed from behind." (Emily Murphy)

 

Sunshine in Cookstown

  • Lyrics and Music by Teresa Healy
    (Ottawa, October 19, 2003)

    Out in the barn or
    Down by the brook
    Fishing for suckers
    Got her nose in a book

    Those Ferguson devils
    Race the wagon down the road
    Brothers make a racket
    With Emily in tow

    She’s our little ray of Sunshine
    Off you go to play now
    Sunshine
    She’s our little ray of sunshine

    Astride her little pony
    There’s a strong-willed girl
    Whose mother tries to teach about
    The corsets and the curls

    Soon she’ll be a daughter
    Of the Empire true
    A Simcoe County lady
    To honour nationhood

    But for now, you’re our little ray of Sunshine