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What are the words to the poem M-O-T-H-E-R ?

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M is for the million things she gave me.
O means only that she's growing old
T is for the tears ere shed to save me
H is for her heart of purest gold
E is for her eyes with lovelight shining
R means right and right she'll always be
Put them all together, they spell MOTHER - A word that means the world to me!

( written in 1915 by Howard Johnson, music by Theodore F. Morse)

A spelling mommy song, popularized in Vaudeville by Sophie Tucker.

 

SOURCE: American Popular Songs   Ref 784

UPDATED: 5/2/2006