ONE GOOD WOMAN
by: Cherie Call

Mary Chilton never knew
What the salty winds would do
When she stepped aboard and sailed away
On a 1620 Autumn day

At Plymouth Rock, she was the first to touch dry ground
But she became an orphan when the winter came and the tears fell down

But she grew and married a good man
And they had 11 children
Who could never understand
What she'd been through
But they knew
That a girl of just 13
Crossed one big ocean
And that she grew up to be
One good woman

And Polly Angell didn't know
What the hands of time would show
When she dressed in white and said I do
In the Fall of 1832

Her life would change that very year forevermore
When they heard the message of two strangers at their door

They headed west and Polly had six children
But only two survived
They could never understand
What she'd been through
But they knew
That a woman of great faith
Crossed one big country
And that they were being raised
By one good woman

There they are written in the spaces of the family tree
Till it all comes down to me

I know that I could never say
That I'm the only one who's prayed
For pain to end or love to last
Or for time not to go by so fast

But it will fly and in a hundred years from now
Will there ever be someone who reads my name and wonders

If I laughed, or if I believed in Jesus,
Or if my heart were ever broken
They may never understand
What I go through
But I will live
The best that I know how
For one big lifetime
It's not too much to ask
Of one good woman