five in the morning
`` I was only trying to think how to make a new-shaped basket that people might take a fancy to . Shall I read to you , Aunt Emma ? '' Emma Smith loved being read to , and hour after hour Huldah spent over a book when she knew she ought to be at her basket-making . To try to make up the time , she got up at four or five in the morning , but in the winter that meant burning oil , and they could not afford that . Then one day it occurred to her to sing instead of reading , and after that she found things easier , for she could sing while she worked . It was a strange medley of songs that echoed through the rooms in the thin child-like voice . `` Home , sweet Home , '' `` Father , dear Father , come Home , '' `` God save the King , '' `` The Old Folks at Home , '' were some of their favourites , and if the words and air were not always correct , they never failed to bring pleasure to both performer and audience .