THE LITTLE GREY HOUSE WITH THE CLOTHESLINE
ON A QUIET STREET IN A COUNTRY TOWN
WHERE THE CHILDREN PLAYED AND THE FLOWERS GREW ‘ROUND
THERE A WOMAN LIVED THE DAYS OF HER LIFE
IN THE LITTLE GREY HOUSE WITH THE CLOTHESLINE
SHE WAS JUST A BRIDE AND ALL HER LINENS WERE NEW
WHEN SHE CAME TO THE HOUSE WITH HER LOVE SO TRUE
WASN’T MUCH OF A COOK BUT SHE DID LAUNDRY JUST FINE
AND SHE HUNG IT OUT BACK ON THE CLOTHESLINE
SINGING I THANK YOU LORD FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL DAY
AND THE CLEAN CLOTHES HANGING IN THE SUNSHINE
PLEASE LET YOUR BLESSINGS ALWAYS STAY
ON THE LITTLE GREY HOUSE WITH THE CLOTHESLINE
I ONLY MET HER ONCE WHEN HER BABY DIED
AND I HELD HER HAND AS SHE SAT AND CRIED
AND WE PRAYED OH LORD SEND ANOTHER CHILD SOON
TO THE LITTLE GREY HOUSE WITH THE CLOTHESLINE
WELL, WE MOVED AWAY BUT I DROVE THROUGH TOWN
A FEW YEARS LATER AND WHEN I LOOKED AROUND
THE SIGHT THAT I SAW MADE ME FEEL SO FINE
THERE WERE THREE ROWS OF DIAPERS HANGING ON THE LINE
I WANTED TO STOP BUT I COULDN’T STAY
SO, I SAID TO THE LORD AS I DROVE AWAY
I THANK YOU LORD THAT YOU HEARD OUR PRAYER
IN THE LITTLE GREY HOUSE WITH THE CLOTHESLINE
NOW THE YEARS FLEW BY AND THE CHILD HAD GROWN
SHE PLANNED A SIMPLE WEDDING WITH THE CHAIRS ON THE LAWN
SHE TIED VIOLET BOUQUETS ON AN ALTER OF PINE
AND HUNG WHITE BOWS ON THE CLOTHESLINE
SINGING I THANK YOU LORD FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL DAY
AS THE DEAR ONES GATHERED IN THE SUNSHINE
PLEASE LET YOUR BLESSINGS ALWAYS STAY
ON THE LITTLE GREY HOUSE WITH THE CLOTHESLINE
WELL, THE YEARS WERE FINE BUT THE SKYS TURNED GREY
WHEN THE ANGELS CAME TO TAKE HER TRUE LOVE AWAY
BUT SHE WASN’T ALONE FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS DROPPED BY
TO THE LITTLE GREY HOUSE WITH THE CLOTHESLINE
ON AN AUTUMN DAY AS SHE STOOD IN THE WIND
THE MOMENT CAME TO SEE HER TRUE LOVE AGAIN
SHE HUNG OUT THE TOWELS BUT SOMEONE ELSE BROUGHT THEM IN
TO THE LITTLE GREY HOUSE WITH THE CLOTHESLINE
ON A QUIET STREET IN A COUNTRY TOWN
WHERE THE CHILDREN PLAYED AND THE FLOWERS GREW ‘ROUND
THERE A WOMAN LIVED THE DAYS OF HER LIFE
IN THE LITTLE GREY HOUSE WITH THE CLOTHESLINE
Lyrics Submitted by David Brown