Volume: CBÉ 0485 (Part 2)

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1. Write a Letter to Your Mother (continued)

   

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   She is waiting for the mailman,
   Ah, he has come at last!
   And as he nears the cottage door
   Her heart is beating fast.

   He'll surely have a letter from
   Her loved one far away
   For it is not, since last he wrote,
   Full three long months to day?

   He's gone, "tomorrow then 'twill come."
   I heard her gently say.
   And so the little Mother waits
   Expectant day by day.

   Oh, who are you who neglects
   A mournful aged Mother?
   A dearer friend who loves you more,
   Save God, there is no other.

   Do you remember how she prayed
   The last sad hour of passing?
   Do you remember how the tears
   Were in her dear eyes starting

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   Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.

   History Edit

   Item type

   Lore

   Language

   English

   Writing mode

   Handwritten

   Writing script

   Roman script

   Informant

   • John J. Walsh