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