If ever there's a lady When Christmas came she just made do
who needs a word of praise and songs we always sang
I think my mother filled the bill The Santas that she made for us
with all her loving ways On the tree we'd hang.
She wasn't just another Mom She took us all to church each week
no ordinary gal Since God's her closest friend
She mothered the McNaughton kids She asked us all to pray for help
and Fathered them as well We got it in the end.
Eleven kids were hard to raise She prayed that we would all survive
Depression took it's toll after she left here
She did it with a welfare check She'd want to be as she once was
Gosh! What a hearty soul The family pioneer
She always baked a lot of bread I know that there's a heaven, lord
We'd watch her hungrily You listened to my plea
and knowing just how I liked mine I mean't it sure as you made earth,
She'd burn a loaf for me. the land, the sky and sea.
We saw her when she felt real bad When you decided to take mom
we saw her full of cheer It wasn't with much fuss
At times we saw her miss a meal You gave her ten more healthy years
and quietly shed a tear and took ten years from us
And when her day did come to pass
A promise you did keep
She told me that she prayed to you
To take her in her sleep.
Son George
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