She'll Be A' Coming Around The Mountain..

My mom leaves for the Azores in less than a week, and her bags are already near the front door. 

Yesterday she got a phone call from her sister, my aunt Aida, informing her that the house has been cleaned from top to bottom, painted, toilet fixed, awaiting her arrival.  The whole family plans on being there at the airport at 2:30, next Monday afternoon at the airport to whisk her and my brother and his family away back to the house of their birth.  They are all pretty excited, and already planning on what to make everyone for dinner.  Dinner will include some homemade chicken soup for sure, Alcatra (Portuguese meat stew made in clay pots) and lots of sweet bread, wine and sweets-of course.  One thing about Portuguese people, they really make sure you always feel welcome and fat and happy!  It all reminds me of this song I used to sing in elementary school.  I just read the lyrics again, and I couldn't stop laughing... 

She'll Be Coming Around The Mountain

She'll be coming 'round the mountain
When she comes.
Toot toot!
She'll be coming 'round the mountain
When she comes.
Toot toot!
She'll be coming 'round the mountain
She'll be coming 'round the mountain
She'll be coming 'round the mountain
When she comes.
Toot toot!
She'll be driving six white horses
When she comes.
Whoa back!
She'll be driving six white horses 
When she comes.
Whoa back!
She'll be driving six white horses
She'll be driving six white horses
She'll be driving six white horses
When she comes.
Whoa back!
Oh, we'll all go out to meet her
When she comes.
Hi Babe!
Oh, we'll all go out to meet her
When she comes.
Hi Babe!
Oh, we'll all go out to meet her
Oh, we'll all go out to meet her
Oh, we'll all go out to meet her
When she comes.
Hi Babe!
We'll be singing "Hallelujah"
When she comes.
"Hallelujah"
We'll be singing "Hallelujah"
When she comes.
"Hallelujah"
We'll be singing "Hallelujah"
We'll be singing "Hallelujah"
We'll be singing "Hallelujah"
When she comes.
"Hallelujah"
Well, the dogs'll start to holler
When she comes.
Woof woof!
Well, the dogs'll start to holler
When she comes.
Woof woof!
Well, the dogs'll start to holler
Well, the dogs'll start to holler
Well, the dogs'll start to holler
When she comes.
Woof woof!
She'll be pettin' two pink piggies
When she comes.
Snort snort!
She'll be pettin' two pink piggies
When she comes.
Snort snort!
She'll be pettin' two pink piggies
She'll be pettin' two pink piggies
She'll be pettin' two pink piggies
When she comes.
Snort snort!
We'll be sippin' sasparilla
When she comes.
Slurp slurp!
We'll be sippin' sasparilla
When she comes.
Slurp slurp!
We'll be sippin' sasparilla
We'll be sippin' sasparilla
We'll be sippin' sasparilla
When she comes.
Slurp slurp!
We'll all have chicken and dumplings
When she comes.
Yum yum!
We'll all have chicken and dumplings
When she comes.
Yum yum!
We'll all have chicken and dumplings
We'll all have chicken and dumplings
We'll all have chicken and dumplings
When she comes.
Yum yum!
She'll be wearing green pajamas
When she comes.
Ha ha!
She'll be wearing green pajamas
When she comes.
Ha ha!
She'll be wearing green pajamas
She'll be wearing green pajamas
She'll be wearing green pajamas
When she comes.
Ha ha!
She will have to sleep with Grandma
When she comes.
Snore snore!
She will have to sleep with Grandma
When she comes.
Snore snore!
She will have to sleep with Grandma
She will have to sleep with Grandma
She will have to sleep with Grandma
When she comes.
Goodnight!

                    

I found this at Photobucket!  You would think the person who made this would have enough sense to spell "Portuguese" correctly, huh?  Oh well, I thought it was funny anyway.