The Statler Brothers – For Momma (Guitar)

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There's a Christmas memory I recall so well

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Takes me back to when I was a child

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Just her and me by the lights of the tree

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We'd sit and she would softly sing awhile

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0 Little Town of Bethlehem

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How still we see thee lie

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Above thy deep and dreamless sleep

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The silent stars go by

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I was always a shepherd

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In the church Christmas play

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And she helped me memorize my part

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We would decorate the mantlepiece

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And count the Christmas cards

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And I learned all those memories by heart

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Silent Night Holy Night

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Sleep in heavenly peace

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Sleep in heavenly peace

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Hiding Christmas presents wrapped in pretty bows

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Each year they'd be some place I couldn't find

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And while helping her bake cookies

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Shaped like Christmas trees

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She'd tell me the old old story one more time

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Away In A Manger no crib for a bed

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The little Lord Jesus lay down His sweet head

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Keeping Christmas secrets  was always lots of fun

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  But there's one I never tried to keep from you

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So for everything you've done for me and still do today

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Merry Christmas Momma   I love-ove you