Bridie Gallagher - A Mother's Love's A Blessing

Bridie Gallagher, the Girl from Donegal - A Mother's Love is a Blessing

Lyrics:

An Irish boy was leaving
Leaving his own native home,
Crossing the broad Atlantic waves,
Once more he wants to roam,
And as he was leaving his mother,
While swalking or' the Quay,
He threw his arms around her waist
And this to her did say:
Chorus:
A mother's love is a blessing,
No matter where you roam.
Keep her while she's living,
Cos you'll miss her when she's gone.
Love her as in childhood,
Though hen feeble, old and grey,
For you'll never miss a mother's love
'til she's buried beneath the clay.

And as the years grow onwards,
I'll settle down in life,
And I'll choose a nice young Irish girl,
And take her for my wife.
And as the kids grow older,
They'll play around my knee
And I'll teach them the very same lesson
That my mother taught to me:

Chorus:
A mother's love is a blessing,
No matter where you roam.
Keep her while she's living,
Cos you'll miss her when she's gone.
Love her as in childhood,
Though hen feeble, old and grey,
For you'll never miss a mother's love
'til she's buried beneath the clay.