Nanci Griffith - Sing One For Sister lyrics

Summer Sunday evening
Around the old home place
Well, I would play my guitar
And sister sang along
Sister's smile would always light
Up my Daddy's face
And when they'd get to dancing
Well they'd dance all night till dawn

And I would sing one for sister
Play one for Papa, moan one for mama
Then I'd cry one for you

Mama liked the slow ones and
She'd shuffle 'cross the floor
Sister liked the fast ones
Lord she could step so high
And I'd see my Daddy dancing
Till he could dance no more
And when I'd play a sad song
Well he would start to cry

And I would sing one for sister
Play one for Papa, moan one for mama
Then I'd cry one for you

Now it's just me and this old guitar
I've no place to call my own
Mamma and Papa have passed away
And sister has settled down
Now you ran off and left me
To live here all alone
So I will sing these sad old
Songs as I am leaving town

And I would sing one for sister
Play one for Papa, moan one for mama
Then I'd cry one for you

And I would sing one for sister
Play one for Papa, moan one for mama
Then I'd cry one for you