"A Woman's Work is Never Done"

From my "Buskin' Around" CD.

My Grandmother, Ruth Headley, raised me during my elementary school years in San Bernardino, California. That was the only time in my life that I can say my life was good growing up. She was one of the best women that ever blessed the face of this earth. My heart is still heavy from missing her so dearly now that she is gone.

"Grommie" as I used to call her during those years, spent day after day after day cooking, baking, cleaning, gardening, sewing, tending to my Grandfather's needs, tending to my childhood needs, helping neighbors, and so on and so on endlessly.

When I began learning to play the accordion at 5 years old, I of course wanted Grommie to sit down and listen to me practice and "play." Being a kid, and not realizing all the responsibilities of adults, I would sometimes feel sad about her telling me that she couldn't at the moment. Lots of times she would say, "Now listen child, I want to sit down with you and listen, but you have to realize that a woman's work is never done, so you'll just have to wait a bit until I finish more of my chores." But you know what? Everytime she would say that, she would be sitting down with me within just a few minutes....She was so cool, and that's why I named this song A Woman's work is Never Done.

At any rate, this is a song that I purposely wrote to repeat itself to simulate what it was like for me to watch her doing the same tasks around the house over and over every day. I dedicate this song to my Grandmother, and to all the women out there that make our world a better place to live...

Respectfully,

Key...