Yeah, it's a great song, and Holly Near and Ronnie Gilbert did a great job of it.
-Joe Offer-

MUSIC IN MY MOTHER'S HOUSE
(© 1985, Stuart Stotts BMI)

There were windchimes in the window, bells inside the clock
An organ in the corner, tunes in the music box
We sang while we were cooking, or working in the yard
We sang although our lives were really hard

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There was music in my mother's house
There was music all around
There was music in my mother's house
And my heart still feels full with the sound

She taught us all piano, but my sister had the ear
She could play the harmony to any tune she'd hear
Now I don't claim much talent, but I've always loved to play
And I guess I will until my dying day.
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Those days come back so clearly, although I'm far away
She gave me the kind of gift I love to give away
And when my mother died, and she'd sung her last song
We sat in the living room, singing all night long

Singing la-la la, la-la
Singing the front porch songs
Singing the old torch songs
La-la, la-la
Singing the hymns to send her home.
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