[ti:My Mother(Take 2)] [ar:Hank Snow] [al:The Absolute Works] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]My Mother(Take 2) (Remaster) - Hank Snow [00:04.90]Written by:Hank Snow [00:09.81]There are friends who'll want you but just for a day [00:15.82]There are pals you think true but they'll cast you away [00:21.58]But there's one loving soul boys I'll sure recommend [00:27.37]Through this old world of sorrow she'll be true till the end [00:33.71]Mother though her hands are all wrinkled and old [00:41.27]Mother silver hair that has lost all the gold [00:49.70]You left her alone went to roam through the years [00:55.99]But all that you left her were heartaches and tears [01:01.90]So kiss her old brow whisper softly and true [01:08.49]Mother you're just an angel and I love you [01:20.98]On the door of a cottage a wreath sadly hung [01:26.42]And a hearse stood there awaiting as the choir softly sung [01:32.51]There were flowers in their beauy and the old parson he prayed [01:39.01]This was the last tribute as we left for her grave [01:46.63]She won't meet you tonight son when you crave her caress [01:52.01]She has reared you to manhood and now you've laid her to rest [01:57.79]Those flowers in their beauty ah to her they're unknown [02:03.89]'Cause tonight she's with the angels up around God's great throne [02:11.90]So don't wait that late son to try and repay [02:17.32]Give those flowers and give those treasures but give them today [02:23.64]Let her know that you love her and kinda show her that you care [02:29.29]'Cause she's your mother God love her she's as true as a prayer [02:36.58]So kiss her old brow whisper softly and true [02:43.06]Mother you're just an angel and I love you