Lyrics

OLD WOMAN CALL TO PAPA
YOU'VE BEEN OUT IN THOSE FIELDS TOO LONG
PUT YOUR PLOW DOWN NOW DROP IT
AND COME HOME HERE AND SING ME A SONG

I KNOW THAT IT'S GETTING NEAR HARVEST
DROUGHT AND FROST THREATEN CROPS IN THE FIELD
BUT NO ONE CAN DO BETTER THAN THEIR BEST
NO MATTER HOW STRONG THEY FEEL

I KNOW YOU’VE LIVED SUCH A GRAND LIFE
LORD KNOWS YOU’VE BEEN A GOOD WIFE
SEEN YOUR FAMILY THROUGH GLORY AND STRIFE
WEARING YOURSELF TO THE BONE
BUT YOU'RE ON YOUR WAY HOME

A FEW SHORT YEARS BEFORE A CENTURY IS GONE
TO A WOMAN WHO'S STRONG IN SURVIVING
SHE'S NEVER BEEN SICK NOT A DAY NOT ONE
YANKEE HOPE YANKEE BLOOD KEEPS HER STRIVING

AND YOU CAN'T BREAK THE SPIRIT OF A WOMAN WHO TRIED
LONG AFTER HER YANKEE MAN'S DIED
SO LET HER SPEND HER LAST LONG DAYS IN HER HOME
SHE'LL NEVER HAVE TO SPEND THEM ALONE

HAVEN’T YOU LIVED SUCH A GRAND LIFE
LORD KNOWS YOU WERE A GOOD WIFE
SEEN YOUR FAMILY THROUGH GLORY AND STRIFE
WEARING YOURSELF TO THE BONE
YOU’RE ON YOUR WAY HOME

THE TIME HAS COME FOR US TO SAY OUR GOODBYES
TO THAT LADY DOWN HOME ON THE ISLAND
AND AFTER OUR GRIEF AND THE TEARS SUBSIDE
I'M SURE THAT THERE'LL BE NO DENYING
CUZ HER SPIRIT LIVES ON IN THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES
SOME MEMORIES RISEN TIME AND AGAIN
IN THE END WE REMEMBER MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL
A LOVE RUNNING RIGHT TO THE END