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[Verse 1]
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The white-throated sparrow sings a lonesome song
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And only serves to remind me that my dear mother’s gone
       E7
That my dear mother’s gone


[Verse 2]
    Dm
The sky had clouded over
    A
The sun had gone away
    B7
One sad afternoon
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In the unmerry month of May


[Verse 3]
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The pink and yellow lilies still haunt with their perfume
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And only serve to remind me of her lying in that room
       E7
Of her lying in that room


[Verse 4]
    Dm
The rain was coming down
        A
As they took her out the door
B7
Never to return
            E7             G7  C7
To her dear home anymore


[Verse 5]
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Jane was in the choir-loft with Rufus at her side
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They sang and played “What’ll I Do When You Are Far Away”
         E7
And they waltzed her down the aisle


[Verse 6]
            Dm
There’ll be no more banjo-weekends, not in St-Sauveur
         A
No more little white-haired mother
        B7
Sitting in an Adirondack chair
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Sitting in an Adirondack chair


[Verse 7]
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The rain and the tears came down as they put her in the ground
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With her parents and her husband and her sisters all around
        E7
And her sisters all around