====== #748 - Tell Mother I'll be There ======
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  *Composer:
    *Charles Millard Fillmore (1860-1952), 1898
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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 Heav'n I miss her tender care:\\
O Savior, tell my mother, I'll be there!\\
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Tell mother I'll be there, in answer to her prayer;\\
This message, blessed Savior, to her bear!\\
Tell mother I'll be there, Heav'n's joys with her to share;\\
Yes, tell my darling mother I'll be there.\\
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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!\\
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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!\\
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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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    *Charles Millard Fillmore (1860-1952), 1898