Memories of Mom & Dad
(60th Anniversary)

MEMORIES OF MOM AND DAD
Words & Music by Glenda H. Davis, 2005,
to honor James & Frances Hawkins in their 60th year of marriage

            REFRAIN:
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            The | mem-o-ries we have of Mom and | Dad __ __ __      
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            Are the | best ones child-ren ev-er | had; __ __ __
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            Though we | did-n't have much mon-ey, __ |
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            We had lots of fun, __
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            And | we knew Je-sus was the Ho-ly | One. __ __ __ |

VERSE 1:
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Mom and Dad lived way back in those | "good old days," __ __ |
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Dur-ing the De-pres-sion and The | War; __ __ __
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They | had to walk to school and back, "up-| hill both ways," __ __
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When | on-ly the rich kids had a | car. __ __ __

VERSE 2:
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We can tru-ly say we've nev-er | seen them fight, __ __
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Al-| though we have seen them dis-a-| gree; __ __ __
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She'd | raise her eye-brows and she'd soft-ly| say, "Now, James..." __ __
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Then | he'd come back, "Don't low-er your voice at | me!" __ __ __

VERSE 3:

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Dad-dy had a sweet name for our | Mo-  ther, __  __ |

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"Shah-ga," he would say so ten-der-| ly; __  __  __

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In | Eng-lish it was just a form of | "Su- gar"-- __  __

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But | "fest'-ring sore" it meant in Por-tu-| guese! __  __  __

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In Bra-zil we oft-en played some | ping-pong; __  __ |

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Dad-dy'd slam the ball right down our | throat; __  __  __ |
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Mo-ther's game was stead-y, al-most | sing-song, __  __

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But | e-ven when she won, she would-n't | gloat. __  __  __

VERSE 5:
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Mom and Dad were al-ways lov-ing in their | ways; __  __  __ |
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Ev'-ry morn-ing we would see them | kiss; __  __  __ |
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Hand in hand they worked to make them | hap-py days; __  __ |
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Set-ting good ex-am-ples for us | kids. __  __  __

VERSE 6:   

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Now we want to hon-or them and | let them know __  __ |

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They're role mod-els we ap-pre-ci-| ate; __  __  __ |

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Joined in ho-ly mar-riage six-ty | years a-go, __  __ |

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They're still act-ing like they're on a | date!

                Copyright 2005, GHDavis

May use freely for non-profit purposes

Glenda H. Davis, MD--Songs of Sound Doct'rin'--Route 2, Box 4918--Hawkinsville, GA 31036