Song For Gaby

Intro: verse 1 The white-throated sparrow sings a lonesome song And only serves to remind me that my dear mother’s gone That my dear mother’s gone verse 2 The sky had clouded over The sun had gone away One sad afternoon In the unmerry month of May verse 3 The pink and yellow lilies still haunt with their perfume And only serve to remind me of her lying in that room Of her lying in that room verse 4 The rain was coming down As they took her out the door Never to return To her dear home anymore Verse 5 Jane was in the choir-loft with Rufus at her side They sang and played “What’ll I Do When You Are Far Away” And they waltzed her down the aisle Verse 6 There’ll be no more banjo-weekends, not in St-Sauveur No more little white-haired mother Sitting in an Adirondack chair Sitting in an Adirondack chair Verse 7 The rain and the tears came down as they put her in the ground With her parents and her husband and her sisters all around And her sisters all around