Boy's Best Friend Is His Mother, A

DESCRIPTION: "While plodding on our way, the toilsome road of life, How few the friends that daily there we meet" but "A boy's best friend is his mother," "So cherish her with care, and smooth her silvery hair." All will eventually learn this lesson.
AUTHOR: Henry Miller and J. P. Skelly (source: FolkSongAndMusicHall)
EARLIEST DATE: 1883 (source: FolkSongAndMusicHall)
KEYWORDS: mother love friend nonballad
FOUND IN: US(NE)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Huntington-FolksongsFromMarthasVineyard, pp. 69-70, "A Boy's Best Friend Is His Mother" (1 text, 1 tune)
FolkSongAndMusicHall, "A Boy's Best Friend Is His Mother)
Roud #1756
File: HuVi069

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