(G)When I was but a little child, (C)how well I re(A)collect
(D)How I would grieve my mother with my (G)folly and (D)neglect;
(G)And now that she has gone to Heav’n (C)I miss her tender (A)care:
(D)O Savior, tell my mother I’ll be (G)there!
Chorus(G)Tell mother I’ll be there, in (C)answer to her (G)prayer;
This (D)message, blessed Savior, to her (G)bear!
Tell mother I’ll be there, (C)Heav’n’s joys with her to (G)share;
(D)Yes, tell my darling mother I’ll be (G)there.
Though I was often wayward, she was always kind and good;
So patient, gentle, loving when I acted rough and rude;
My childhood griefs and trials she would gladly with me share:
O Savior, tell my mother I’ll be there!
When I became a prodigal, and left the old rooftree,
She almost broke her loving heart in mourning after me;
And day and night she prayed to God to keep me in His care:
O Savior, tell my mother I’ll be there!
One day a message came to me, it bade me quickly come
If I would see my mother ere the Savior took her home;
I promised her, before she died, for heaven to prepare:
O Savior, tell my mother I’ll be there!
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When I was but a little child, (C)
how well I re(A)
collect (D)
How I would grieve my mother with my (G)