(c.w. mccallbill frieschip davis)



When the snow falls on christmas eve

And everything's white

I sit by the window

And remember another night

When mama played the organ

And we turned off all the lights

And we all stood around her

And sang silent night



The organ is quiet now

And mama's gone

The sound of that christmas eve

Will live on and on

We sang all the old carols

The hymns she loved to hear

And she played them overone by one

From memoryand by ear



And then she'd find the ancient album

With it's pages turned gold

And the crayon-colored paper star

I made so long ago

But brighter than any star

Was the love in mama's eyes

As she said"merry christmaskids"

And she kissed us goodnight



And the organ's quiet now

And mama's gone

But the sound of that christmas eve

Will live on and on

The years have gone by now

Since that last christmas eve

But the joy is still with me

And the love will never leave



When mama played the organ

And we turned off all the lights

And we all stood together

And sang the last silent night