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    Gentle Mother

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    Post by Candlelight.kk Fri 26 May 2017 - 23:13

    Jan 27, 2008

    By the side of a cool crystal fountain
    There stands a lonely churchyard closely by
    There's a gravestone decorated with primroses
    In the memory of a loved one passed away

    Shall I ne'er see you more gentle mother
    In the fields where the wild flowers grow
    Gathering flowers as they grew amongst the wild woods
    And I cherish twas no trouble unto you.

    Some children take a liking to their parents
    While some others fill their mother's hearts with pain
    But some day they will be sorry for their blindness
    When crying will not take her back again

    Shall I ne'er see you more gentle mother
    In the fields where the wild flowers grow
    I am sorry for that loss I can't recover
    'Neath yon willow lies my gentle mother's love.

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    Post by Feather Fri 26 May 2017 - 23:17

    Jan 27, 2008

    Beautiful. Tears are flowing for my Mum although it's almost 36 years since she passed.
    For me, this world has never been the same since that day.
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    Post by Candlelight.kk Fri 26 May 2017 - 23:20

    Jan 27, 2008

    Same here, Feather, only 21 years since I lost my mother.

    I had this song on an LP (vinyl for those that can remember) on a collection of similar beautiful songs by Big Tom (& the Mainliners, a singer very popular in Ireland amongst the Country n Western set. He was one of my favourites of the Showbands in Ireland and I was very much into the showband dances scene. "Big Tom" (named because of his gentle giant stance) coming from the same county as my father, sang a lot of the songs that I could relate to. 'Gentle Mother' my absolute favourite, reached number one in the charts in Ireland and stayed there for a long time, and I think I probably drove everyone mad with playing it over and over again.
    I remember one day my mother saying to me "the words of that song are so very true, you'll think of me and remember me saying this after I'm gone".
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    Post by Candlelight.kk Fri 26 May 2017 - 23:21

    "A Mother's Love's A Blessing"


    A mother's love's a blessing
    No matter where you roam
    Keep her while she's living
    You'll miss her when she's gone.

    Love her as in childhood
    Though feeble, old and gray
    For you'll never miss your mother's love
    Till she's buried beneath the clay.

    And as the years go onwards
    I'll settle down in life
    I'll find a nice young Irish girl
    And make her my sweet wife.

    And as the kids grow older
    And climb around my knee
    I'll teach them the very same lesson
    That my mother once taught to me.

    A mother's love's a blessing
    No matter where you roam
    Keep her while she's living
    You'll miss her when she's gone.

    Love her as in childhood
    Though feeble, old and gray
    For you'll never miss your mother's love
    Till she's buried beneath the clay

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    Post by Candlelight.kk Fri 26 May 2017 - 23:23

    Mother Macree

    There's a spot in me heart which no other may own,
    There's a depth in me soul never sounded or known;
    There's a place in my mem'ry, my life that you fill,
    No other can take it, no one ever will.

    Sure I love the dear silver that shines in your hair,
    And the brow that's all furrowed, and wrinkled with care.
    I kiss the dear fingers, so toil-worn for me.
    O, God bless you and keep you, Mother Macree!

    Ev'ry sorrow or care in the dear days gone by,
    Was made bright by the light of the smile in your eye;
    Like a candle that's set in a window at night
    Your fond love has cheered me, and guided me right.



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