Randy Stonehill Album: Stories Track: Sing In Portuguese
Sing In Portuguese Lyrics
Written by R. Stonehill
The kindest person I ever knew Was my grandmother Mary She came from the Azores Islands Off of the Portugal coast And she and her husband worked on a little farm In the valley so green Called the San Joaquin He was handsome and tall And he played the guitar with ease And she'd fallen in love when he sang in Portuguese
La la la la la la la la La la la la la la Ate amanha miu amor (until tomorrow my love) He sang in Portuguese
My grandfather passed away Before he had time to grow old The life of an immigrant farmer had taken a terrible toll And Mary once told me she often would wake in the night And she'd still hear him call Through the dark down the hall And she'd kneel by her bed and take out her rosary beads And the tears would fall as she'd pray in Portuguese
La la la la la la la la La la la la la la Ate amanha miu amor (until tomorrow my love) She'd pray in Portuguese
Oh Mary the church bells are ringing for Christmas Mary do you hear an angel's sweet voice Oh Mary I know you must leave when he calls But I wish that somehow you could stay 'Cuz I loved you most of all
She lies so still now in her snowy white hospital bed With the life that she loved so much Still going on in her head She's there in her kitchen and laughter is filling the room Or her garden in spring with her roses in bloom Now she smiles like she knows me Though I'm never sure who she sees But her eyes still light up when I sing in Portuguese
La la la la la la la la La la la la la la Ate amanha miu amor (until tomorrow my love) I sing in Portuguese La la la la la la la la La la la la la la la la Her eyes light up when I sing in Portuguese
