{"id":22878,"date":"2025-05-26T23:44:57","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T23:44:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=22878"},"modified":"2025-12-24T16:28:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T16:28:07","slug":"sylvias-mother","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/sylvias-mother\/","title":{"rendered":"Sylvia’s Mother"},"content":{"rendered":"

[G<\/em>]<\/strong> [C<\/em>]<\/strong> [G<\/em>]<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

[G<\/em>]<\/strong> Sylvia’s mother says, Sylvia’s busy,<\/span>
\nToo busy to come to the [D<\/em>]<\/strong> phone [D<\/em>]<\/strong><\/span>
\n[D<\/em>]<\/strong> Sylvia’s mother says, Sylvia’s trying,<\/span>
\nTo [D7<\/em>]<\/strong> start a new life of her [G<\/em>]<\/strong> own [G<\/em>]<\/strong><\/span>
\n[C<\/em>]<\/strong> Sylvia’s mother says, [G<\/em>]<\/strong> Sylvia’s happy<\/span>
\nSo [D<\/em>]<\/strong> why don’t you leave her a-[G<\/em>]<\/strong>lone?<\/span><\/p>\n

And the [D7<\/em>]<\/strong> operator says [D<\/em>]<\/strong>* fourty cents more,<\/span>
\nFor the [D<\/em>]<\/strong>* next [D<\/em>]<\/strong>* three [D7<\/em>]<\/strong>* minutes<\/span><\/p>\n

[C<\/em>]<\/strong> Please Mrs. Avery, I’ve [G<\/em>]<\/strong> just got to talk to her<\/span>
\n[D<\/em>]<\/strong> I’ll only keep her a [G<\/em>]<\/strong> while [G<\/em>]<\/strong><\/span>
\n[C<\/em>]<\/strong> Please Mrs. Avery, I [G<\/em>]<\/strong> just want to tell her Good-[D<\/em>]<\/strong>bye [D<\/em>]<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

[G<\/em>]<\/strong> Sylvia’s mother says, [G<\/em>]<\/strong> Sylvia’s packing,<\/span>
\nShe’s [G<\/em>]<\/strong> goin’ to be leaving to-[D<\/em>]<\/strong>day [D<\/em>]<\/strong><\/span>
\n[D<\/em>]<\/strong> Sylvia’s mother says, Sylvia’s marrying,<\/span>
\nA fellow down Galveston [G<\/em>]<\/strong> Way [G<\/em>]<\/strong><\/span>
\n[C<\/em>]<\/strong> Sylvia’s mother says, [G<\/em>]<\/strong> Please don’t say nothin\u2019…<\/span>
\nTo [D<\/em>]<\/strong> make her start crying and [G<\/em>]<\/strong> stay<\/span><\/p>\n

And the [D7<\/em>]<\/strong> operator says [D<\/em>]<\/strong>* fourty cents more,<\/span>
\nFor the [D<\/em>]<\/strong>* next [D<\/em>]<\/strong>i three [D7<\/em>]<\/strong>* minutes<\/span><\/p>\n

[C<\/em>]<\/strong> Please Mrs. Avery, I’ve [G<\/em>]<\/strong> just got to talk to her<\/span>
\n[D<\/em>]<\/strong> I’ll only keep her a [G<\/em>]<\/strong> while [G<\/em>]<\/strong><\/span>
\n[C<\/em>]<\/strong> Please Mrs. Avery, I [G<\/em>]<\/strong> just want to tell her Good-[D<\/em>]<\/strong>bye [D<\/em>]<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

[G<\/em>]<\/strong> Sylvia’s mother says, [G<\/em>]<\/strong> Sylvia’s hurrying,<\/span>
\nShe’s [G<\/em>]<\/strong> catching the nine’o’clock [D<\/em>]<\/strong> train. [D<\/em>]<\/strong><\/span>
\n[G<\/em>]<\/strong> Sylvia’s mother says: [D<\/em>]<\/strong> Take your umbrella,<\/span>
\nCause [D7<\/em>]<\/strong> Sylvie it’s starting to [G<\/em>]<\/strong> rain [G<\/em>]<\/strong><\/span>
\nAnd [C<\/em>]<\/strong> Sylvia’s mother says [G<\/em>]<\/strong> Thank you for calling<\/span>
\nAnd [D<\/em>]<\/strong> Sir won’t you call back a-[G<\/em>]<\/strong>gain<\/span><\/p>\n

And the [D7<\/em>]<\/strong> operator says [D<\/em>]<\/strong>* fourty cents more,<\/span>
\nFor the [D<\/em>]<\/strong>* next [D<\/em>]<\/strong>* three [D7<\/em>]<\/strong>* minutes<\/span><\/p>\n

[C<\/em>]<\/strong> Please Mrs. Avery, I’ve [G<\/em>]<\/strong> just got to talk to her<\/span>
\n[D<\/em>]<\/strong> I’ll only keep her a [G<\/em>]<\/strong> while [G<\/em>]<\/strong><\/span>
\n[C<\/em>]<\/strong> Please Mrs. Avery, I [G<\/em>]<\/strong> just want to tell her Good-[D<\/em>]<\/strong>bye…<\/span>
\nPlease ….[C<\/em>]<\/strong> tell her good-[D<\/em>]<\/strong>bye…….[D<\/em>]<\/strong>…… (Repeat Line)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[G] [C] [G] [G] Sylvia’s mother says, Sylvia’s busy, Too busy to come to the [D] phone [D] [D] Sylvia’s mother says, Sylvia’s trying, To [D7] start a new life of her [G] own [G] [C] Sylvia’s mother says, [G] Sylvia’s happy So [D] why don’t you leave her a-[G]lone? … CLICK TO VIEW SONGSylvia’s Mother<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[188,116,117,131],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-doctor-hook","category-live-baritone","category-live-piano","category-power-outage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22878"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22878\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27733,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22878\/revisions\/27733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}