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 over one by one

From memory and by ear

And then she'd find the ancient album

With its 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 christmas kids

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