sheet music, " A Mother's Love Is A Blessing"
Hello, I have been searching for the sheet music, " A Mother's Love Is A Blessing" and have not been able to find it (It is hard to find Irish music in Tuscaloosa, Alabama...)
We have an Irish priest that quotes from this song every Mother's day. Several of us would like to surprise him and sing it the next time that we have the occasion to get together over a pint.
Can you tell me from where I can order the music?
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A Mother's Love Is A Blessing [print]
(Thomas P Keenan)
An Irish boy was leaving
Leaving his native home
Crossing the broad Atlantic
Once more he wished to roam
And as he was leaving his mother
Who was standing on the quay
She threw her arms around his waist
And this to him did say
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 grey
For you'll never miss a mother's love
Till she's buried beneath the clay
And as the years go onwards
I'll settle down in life
And choose a nice young colleen
And take her for my wife
And as the babes grow older
And climb around my knee
I'll teach them the very same lesson
That my mother 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 grey
For you'll never miss a mother's love
Till she's buried beneath the clay