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THE DEAD MOTHER.
Since you were tired and went away
We've brought you flowers every day;
Now through your grass live daisies peer,
O mother, mother dear!
We've brought you flowers every day;
Now through your grass live daisies peer,
O mother, mother dear!
You used to listen every day
To everything we had to say;
But now we think you do not hear,
O mother, mother dear!
To everything we had to say;
But now we think you do not hear,
O mother, mother dear!
They say you are not very far—
But, since we cry, we know you are;
We should not cry if you were near,
O mother, mother dear!
But, since we cry, we know you are;
We should not cry if you were near,
O mother, mother dear!
Mother—you know we sometimes cry
In the dark night, we don't know why;
You would not let us cry for fear,
O mother, mother dear!
In the dark night, we don't know why;
You would not let us cry for fear,
O mother, mother dear!
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We think perhaps you did not know
Your little children loved you so,
Or you would not have left them here,
O mother, mother dear!
Your little children loved you so,
Or you would not have left them here,
O mother, mother dear!
If we are good we think that then
Perhaps you will come back again;
Come in a week—a month—a year—
O mother, mother dear!
Perhaps you will come back again;
Come in a week—a month—a year—
O mother, mother dear!
O mother, mother, come to-day!
Why did you ever go away?
We are so tired of being here
Without you, mother dear!
Why did you ever go away?
We are so tired of being here
Without you, mother dear!
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