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Intro: E G7 C7 verse 1 A7 The white-throated sparrow sings a lonesome song F#7 Bm 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 E7 G7 C7 In the unmerry month of May verse 3 A7 The pink and yellow lilies still haunt with their perfume F#7 Bm 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 A7 Jane was in the choir-loft with Rufus at her side F#7 Bm 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 E7 G7 C7 Sitting in an Adirondack chair Verse 7 A7 The rain and the tears came down as they put her in the ground F#7 Bm With her parents and her husband and her sisters all around E7 And her sisters all around
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