Kate & Anna McGarrigle - Song For Gaby lyrics

The white-throated sparrow sings a lonesome song And only serves to remind me that my dear mother's gone My dear mother's gone The sky had clouded over The sun had gone away One sad afternoon In the unmerry month of May The pink and yellow lillies still haunt with their perfume And only serve to remind me of her lying in that room Of her lying in that room The rain was coming down As they took her out the door Never to return To her dear home anymore Jane was in the choir-loft with Rufus at her side They played and sang "What'll I Do When You Are Far Away" And they waltzed her down the aisle 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 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