From the recording Change with the Seasons
Lyrics
She was a harvest widow, a farmer’s wife
And a first-rate farmer, too, in her own right
She raised a family, nurtured a million dreams
A more selfless woman than her, I’ve never seen
Mmm…
Mmm…
Every autumn
When the leaves began to fall
Papa left for the fields and left my mama
Home with the little ones
For weeks on end
It was only she and us
And in those days, I came to see
How hard my mother worked
All I know, I learned from her
And all I am, I am because of her
She was a harvest widow, a farmer’s wife
And a first-rate farmer, too, in her own right
She raised a family, nurtured a million dreams
A more selfless woman than her, I’ve never seen
Mmm…
Mmm…
Kisses from years of summer sun
Adorn her face
Long silver strands of hair pulled back
Fall out of place
Rough hands that tended gardens
Bear scars old and deep
Yet those very hands, so gently
Would rock me to sleep
Kisses from years of summer sun
Adorn her face
Long silver strands of hair pulled back
Fall out of place
Rough hands that tended gardens
Bear scars old and deep
Yet those very hands, so gently
Would rock me to sleep
She was a harvest widow, a farmer’s wife
And a first-rate farmer, too, in her own right
She raised a family, nurtured a million dreams
A more selfless woman than her, I’ve never seen
Mmm…
Mmm…
Ooo…
Ooo…