A Sentimental Favorite
Mother was
written in 1915. The words are by Howard.
Johnson (b. 1887, Waterbury, CT, d. 1941, New York, NY)
and music is by Theodore Morse (b. 1873, Washington, DC
d. May 25, 1924, New York, NY).
The
Music
Mother
[ 1:54
] [ 12k ]
The
Song
The song in this book which is sung to the
tune of
"Mother"
- Mother
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Mother
(A Word That Means The
World To Me)
I'VE BEEN
A-ROUND THE WORLD, YOU BET, BUT NEV-ER WENT TO SCHOOL.
HARD KNOCKS ARE ALL I SEEM TO GET, PER-HAPS I'VE BEEN A
FOOL;
BUT STILL, SOME ED-U-CA-TED FOLKS, SUP-POSED TO BE SO
SWELL,
WOULD FAIL IF THEY WERE CALLED UP-ON A SIM-PLE WORD TO
SPELL.
NOW IF YOU'D LIKE TO PUT ME TO A TEST,
THERE'S ONE DEAR NAME THAT I CAN SPELL THE BEST:
WHEN I WAS
BUT A BA-BY, LONG BE-FORE I LEARNED TO WALK,
WHILE LY-ING IN MY CRA-DLE, I WOULD TRY MY BEST TO TALK;
IT WAS-N'T LONG BE-FORE I SPOKE AND ALL THE NEIGH-BORS
HEARD,
MY FOLKS WERE VER-Y PROUD OF ME FOR "MOTH-ER"
WAS THE WORD.
AL-THOUGH I'LL NEV-ER LAY A CLAIM TO FAME,
'M SAT-IS-FIED THAT I CAN SPELL THE NAME;
Chorus
1
"M" IS FOR THE MIL-LION THINGS SHE
GAVE ME,
"O" MEANS ON-LY THAT SHE'S GROW-ING OLD,
"T" IS FOR THE TEARS WERE SHED TO SAVE
ME,
"H" IS FOR HER HEART OF PUR-EST GOLD,
"E" IS FOR HER EYES WITH LOVE-LIGHT SHIN-ING,
"R" MEANS RIGHT AND RIGHT SHE'LL AL-WAYS BE,
PUT THEM ALL TO-GE-THER THEY SPELL MOTH- ER,
A WORD THAT MEANS THE WORLD TO ME
Chorus
2
"M" IS FOR THE MER-CY SHE
POS-SES-SES,
"O" MEANS THAT I OWE HER ALL I OWN,
"T" IS FOR HER TEN-DER SWEET CA- RES-SES,
"H" IS FOR HER HANDS THAT MADE A
HOME;
"E" MEANS EV-'RY-THING SHE'S DONE TO HELP ME,
"R" MEANS REAL AND REG-U-LAR, YOU SEE,
PUT THEM ALL TO-GE-THER THEY SPELL MOTH- ER,
A WORD THAT MEANS THE WORLD TO ME
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