My Mother's Prayer

DESCRIPTION: "I never can forget the day I heard my mother kindly say, 'You’re leaving now my tender care; Remember, child, your mother’s prayer.'" Moher is now gone, but the singer still hears the words and the voice. They will meet again up yonder
AUTHOR: Words: Judson W. Van DeVenter (1855-1939) / Music: "I Never Can Forget the Day" by Winfield S .Weeden (1847-1908) (source: Hymnary.org)
EARLIEST DATE: 1895 (copyright, according to Gospel Songs of Grace and Glory, itself from 1896)
KEYWORDS: mother separation death | prayer
FOUND IN: US(MA)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Newman/Devlin-NeverWithoutASong, p. 241, "My Mother's Prayer" (1 fragment)
Roud #5265
File: NeDe241

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