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When I was but a little child, how well I recollect How I would grieve my mother with my folly and neglect And now that she has gone to Heaven, I miss her tender care O Savior, tell my mother I'll be there Tell mother I'll be there in answer to her prayer This message, blessed Savior, to her bear Tell mother I'll be there, Hеaven's joys with her to share Yеs, tell my darling 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 Tell mother I'll be there in answer to her prayer This message, blessed Savior, to her bear Tell mother I'll be there, Heaven's joys with her to share Yes, tell my darling mother I'll be there