«Dear Old Ma» 1915

 

Words by Jack Frost

 

Music by Henry S. Sawyer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(With great expression)

 

There's a vision in the evening

         when the shadows softly fall,

                 Dear old Ma, dear old Ma...

When the night wind softly whispers,

         seems to me I hear you call,

                 dear old Ma.

 

I'm longing for an old time kiss,

          I want to hold your hand,

I'd like to tell my troubles to the one

          who'd understand;

So I'm coming back to greet you,

          the sweetest in the land,

Dear old Ma, dear old Ma...

 

            Chorus: (Tenderly)

 

Dear old Ma, dear old Ma,

I'm coming back, altho' the way be far;

For thro' all the years of smiles and tears

you've been my guiding star,

Dear old Ma, dear old Ma, dear old Ma...