Sing In Portuguese-Randy Stonehill

[ti:Sing In Portuguese] [ar:Randy Stonehill] [al:Stories] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Sing In Portuguese - Randy Stonehill [00:00.41]The kindest person I ever knew [00:04.24]Was my grandmother Mary [00:09.83]She came from the Azores Islands [00:14.40]Off of the Portugal coast [00:18.32]And she and her husband [00:20.52]Worked on a little farm [00:26.26]In the valley so green [00:30.47]Called the San Joaquin [00:34.67]He was handsome and tall [00:37.06]And he played [00:37.78]The guitar with ease [00:41.39] [00:43.43]And she'd fallen in love [00:45.42]When he sang in Portuguese [00:48.39]La la la la la la la la [00:51.18] [00:52.57]La la la la la la [00:55.43]Ate amanha miu amor [00:58.48]He sang in Portuguese [01:02.52] [01:03.63]My grandfather passed away [01:06.75]Before he had time to grow old [01:13.15]The life of an immigrant [01:15.18]Farmer had taken a terrible toll [01:21.71]And Mary once told me [01:23.63]She often would wake in the night [01:29.53]And she'd still hear him call [01:33.79]Through the dark down the hall [01:37.94]And she'd kneel by her bed [01:40.55]And take out her rosary beads [01:45.75] [01:46.71]And the tears would fall [01:48.75]As she'd pray in Portuguese [01:51.65]La la la la la la la la [01:55.98]La la la la la la [01:58.81]Ate amanha miu amor [02:01.45]She'd pray in Portuguese [02:05.46] [02:07.77]Oh Mary the church bells [02:11.17]Are ringing for Christmas [02:16.71]Mary do you hear [02:19.52]An angel's sweet voice [02:24.64]Oh Mary I know you [02:28.01]Must leave when he calls [02:33.16]But I wish that [02:34.17]Somehow you could stay [02:37.63]'Cuz I loved you most of all [02:41.65] [02:42.73]She lies so still now [02:45.69]In her snowy white hospital queet [02:52.15]With the life that [02:53.25]She loved so much [02:56.72]Still going on in her head [03:00.77]She's there in her kitchen [03:02.88]And laughter is filling the room [03:08.80]Or her garden in spring [03:12.96]With her roses in bloom [03:17.20]Now she smiles like [03:18.57]She knows me [03:19.52]Though I'm never sure [03:21.54]Who she sees [03:25.16] [03:25.82]But her eyes still light up [03:27.93]When I sing in Portuguese [03:30.89]La la la la la la la la [03:35.14]La la la la la la [03:38.03]Ate amanha miu amor [03:40.93]I sing in Portuguese [03:43.53]La la la la la la la la [03:47.83]La la la la la la la la [03:51.13]Her eyes light up [03:53.33]When I sing in Portuguese [03:58.33]Sing In Portuguese - Randy Stonehill