Lyndel Rhodes, a 92-year-old Lexington, Tennessee native and the mother of renowned music producer Buddy Cannon, was recently overjoyed to hear Willie Nelson himself singing a tune she wrote called \u201cLittle House on the Hill,\u201d according to People.<\/p>\n
Her son captured the sweet and emotional moment when she heard the country music icon crooning her lyrics in a video that he shared on YouTube.<\/p>\n
Lyndel wrote the song about her house in the town where she\u2019s resided for 60 years. She was inspired to pen the country tune when she was driving from Lexington to Nashville to visit her son years ago\u2014and now the song is going to be on Willie Nelson\u2019s upcoming album!<\/p>\n
About a month ago, her son recorded the tune and sent the demo to Willie. \u201cHe responded in 15 minutes saying he loved the song,\u201d Buddy told People. \u201cHe was like, \u2018Let\u2019s record it!\u2019\u201d After the song was produced, Buddy went home to visit his mom and played Willie\u2019s version for her. She was very clearly ecstatic about the whole situation.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a very personal song, so she was thrilled to hear it done right,\u201d Buddy said. \u201cShe couldn\u2019t stop smiling and her feet wouldn\u2019t stop wiggling! To get to see my mom\u2019s face as she heard it was unbelievable.\u201d<\/p>\n