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No Charge

Song · 1974 · Melba Montgomery. Album: No Charge

To every parent who never sent the bill 💗

Who it's for

A boy hands his mother a bill for his chores, and she answers with everything she's given him without charge.

Unappreciated→Seen and valued

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What it is

"No Charge" is a song written by Harlan Howard and recorded by Melba Montgomery in 1974 as the title track of her album No Charge; it reached No. 1 on the Billboard country chart. A young boy hands his mother an itemized bill for his chores, and she replies by listing everything she has done for him without ever asking for payment. Moved, the boy marks his bill paid in full.

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Age: All ages

You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet, “On Children”

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