They call her mother
A ~
D A
1. There's a store by the road in the country,
E A
among
the hills where the evergreens grow.
D A
In that store by the road
there's a woman
E A
who
is different from others I know.
D A
2. Now her irony-grey hair's turned to silver,
E A
and
her kind eyes are ever soft and blue.
D A
Always she has a kind word for
others,
E A
and a
smile ever waiting for you.
+ instrumental = verse 2
D A
3. She's adored for her sunny disposition
E A
by
the women, the children and men,
D A
in
all the neighboring hills they call her Mother,
E A
for
she's really a mother dear to them.
D A
4. She is cheerful like the birds in the cedars,
E A
she
is modest like the songs that they sing.
D A
In the hills nearby they call
her Mother,
E A
for
she's really a mother true to them.
+ instrumental = verse 4
D A
5. When the clouds hang low on the mountain
E A
and
the pines are bent low by the snow,
D A
neighbors go to that store by the roadside,
E A
it's
a place that they all love to go.
D A
6. Some go there to play cards at the table,
E A
some
just sit by the warm, cheering fire,
D A
and
dear Mother with kind disposition
E A
finds
a way to make all happy there.
D A
7. She's adored for her sunny disposition
E A
by
the women, the children and the men,
D
A
in
all the neighboring hills they call her Mother,
E A
for
she's really a mother dear to them.
(orig. = capo 1st) (The Carter
Family)