Ella Mae Greg Brown

[Spoken introduction:]
My grandparents on my father's side had a strawberry farm. It's a
Beautiful thing, a beautiful occupation.... a strawberry farm. We
Always used to try to go down there at just the right time of year
"Oh, are the, are the berries ready? Oh. Good!"

Ella Mae - the redwings returned today
A little rain fell in the morning
The afternoon was clear
An' that song you loved to hear
Was filling up the fence row where the birds all go
To talk over their long journey and sing

Ella Mae - all the gifts you gave
Tremble in my life like a startled deer
You gave me my Pa
Who is in me as you are
And the southern piney hills
The clear water and the running rills
That tumbled through the lives of us all

Six big men and one big strong woman
You and little Granpa David raised up there
They all had families
We all come back to see you
You hugged us all in turn
Cocked you head and said we'd grown
And touched us with your hands
That smelled like bread