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Sylvia's Mother
"Sylvia's Mother" was a 1972 single by Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show and the group's first hit song. It was written by Shel Silverstein, produced by Ron Haffkine and was highly successful in the United States, reaching #5 on the Billboard singles chart,〔Fread Bronson, ''The Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits'' (New York, Billboard, 2003), (p. 312 )〕 as well as #1 in Ireland and #2 in the United Kingdom.〔(everyHit.com RetroCharts for 1972 )〕 It also spent 3 weeks at #1 on the Australian music charts,〔(Go-Set Australian Charts—1972 )〕 making it the 15th ranked single in Australia for 1972. It appeared on the group's first album, ''Doctor Hook.''
==Song background==
"Sylvia's Mother" is autobiographical, with songwriter Shel Silverstein drawing upon his unsuccessful attempt to revive a failed relationship. Silverstein had been in love with a woman named Sylvia Pandolfi, but she would later become engaged to another man. Desperate to continue the relationship, Silverstein called Pandolfi's mother, Louisa, but she instead told him that the love had ended.〔Documentary on Dutch television about the song subtitled in Dutch, (movie )〕
The lyrics tell the story in much the same way: A young man, despondent and near tears after learning that his ex-girlfriend (Sylvia Avery, with whom he'd had an earlier bad breakup) is leaving town, tries to telephone her to say one last good-bye, or at least try to get a suitable explanation as to why their relationship failed and maybe try to rekindle things. However, Sylvia's mother (Mrs. Avery) tells him that Sylvia is engaged to be married, and is trying to start a new life in Galveston. She asks the man not to say anything to her because she might start crying and want to stay. She tells the man Sylvia is hurrying to catch a 9 o'clock train. In an aside, she then tells Sylvia to take an umbrella ("''cause Sylvie, it's starting to rain''"). She then returns to the phone conversation, thanks the (unidentified) man for calling, and asks him to call back again ("''And sir, won't you call back again''"). The pathos lies in Sylvia's mother being aware of both conversations, but the lovers only "pass in the night". Throughout the phone conversation, an operator cuts in to ask for more money ("''40 cents more for the next three minutes''") to continue the call.
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