A popular song from 1915.
Words and music by Charles Coleman.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- ‘Twas a cold December morning
And the day was slowly dawning
As I kissed my dear old mother’s tears away
I was just about to wander
To a great, an unknown yonder
And “Goodbye” was really more than I could say
In her arms she gently press’d me
Like a baby she caressed me
And her pray’r was, “Watch my wand’ring boy for me”
“Without you, boy, how lonesome I would be”
Chorus
There’s nobody loves you like mother
She is your best friend after all
Always beside you, willing to guide you
And help you whenever you fall
In this world you’ll not find another
Who’ll think of you all of the time
When your friends are all gone
Don’t be sad and forlorn
There’s on that still loves you, your mother
- Days have pass’d, still I remember
That bleak day in cold December
When I left the dear old homestead fill’d with sighs
Mother’s picture in my locket
And her letter in my pocket
Caused the tears to run more quickly to my eyes
I had friends when I had gladness
But I lost the all in sadness
And my heart was filled with sorrow and with fear
Mother’s voice again kept whisp’ring in my ear