A mother's love is a blessing

X: 1
T: A mother's love is a blessing
Z: Hugh O'Rourke <hughor:optonline.net> irtrad-l 30 Mar 2001
N: popularized by the New York area singer Ruthie Morrissey.
M: 3/4
K: D
"D"A \
| "D"F2 "D"A | "G"G2 "D"F | "A"E "D"D2 | "D"D2 "D"A |
| "D"d2 "A"e | "D"d "F#m"c "Bm"B | "D"A3 | "D"A3 |
| "D"d2 "D"d | "F#m"c2 "Bm"B | "D"A "D"F2 | "D"F2 "D"A |
| "Bm"B2 "A"E | "A"E2 "D"F | "A"E3 | "D"F2 "D"A |
| "D"F2 "D"A | "G"G2 "D"F | "A"E "D"D2 | "D"D2 "D"A |
| "D"d2 "A"e | "D"d "F#m"c "Bm"B | "D"A3 | "D"A "Bm"B "F#m"c |
| "D"d2 "D"d | "F#m"c2 "Bm"B | "D"A2 "D"F | "D"D "A"E "D"F |
| "G"G "D"A "Bm"B | "D"F2 "A"E | "D"D3 | "D"D2 :|
W:
W: An Irish boy was leaving,
W: Leaving his native home,
W: Crossing the broad Atlantic,
W: Once more he wished to roam,
W: And as he was leaving his mother,
W: Who was standing on the quay,
W: She threw her arms around his waist,
W: And this to him did say,
W:
W: Chorus
W: A mother's love's a blessing,
W: No matter where you roam,
W: Keep her while she's living,
W: You'll miss her when she's gone,
W: Love her as in childhood,
W: Though feeble, old and grey,
W: For you'll never miss a mother's love,
W: Till she's buried beneath the clay,
W:
W: And as the years go onwards,
W: I'll settle down in life,
W: And choose a nice young colleen,
W: And take her for my wife,
W: And as the babes grow older,
W: And climb around my knee,
W: I'll teach them the very same lesson,
W: That my mother taught to me.

Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/Ireland/song/0002
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/Ireland/song/AMothersLoveIsABlessing/0000
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/Ireland/song/AMothersLoveIsABlessing_DW/0000
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/Scotland/waltz/AMothersLoveIsABlessing/0000
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/song/Mothers_Love_Is_a_Blessing_DW/0000

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