All chubby and charming you lie in your cot And you smile for th e one with the camera With your rosy red cheeks and your soft auburn hair You lie in the palm of my hand Your mother and I we go back along way Over half of our lives to our young student days We live now on the opposites side of the world But we call for a chat now and then And how will the world turn for you Ella Whellan? What will it give you and what will it take? Oh may the tides of life carry you gently And storms leave you safe in their wake. Its a friendship that's lasted through famine and feast Over distance and different choices And we've always been able to pick up the threads After years and in different places And now here you are in the palm of my hand Caught by the camera for family and friends Who won't see the baby that lies in your cot Til a little girl stands in her place Ella Whellan And when you look over your shoulder of life And you're weighing the weeds and the flowers May the blossoms outnumber the brambles for you And may you know a friendship like ours