Sing In Portuguese

Sing In Portuguese - Randy 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

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

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 queet

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

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

Sing In Portuguese - Randy Stonehill