Mother Watch Lyrics - Ferlin Husky

Oh what a wonderful happy day up there on the golden strand 

When I can hear Jesus my Saviour say shake hands with mother again 

She never closed her eyes at night till we were all in bed 

On partly nights till we came home she often sat and read 

We little thought about it then when we were young and gay 

How much mama worried when we children were away 

We only knew she never slept when we were out at night 

And that she waited just to know that we come home all right 

Why sometimes we stayed out till one two or three 

And it seemed to us that mama heard the turning of the key 

For always when we stepped inside she'd call and we'd reply 

But we were all too young back then to understand just why 

Until the last one had reuturned she always kept the light 

For mama couldn't sleep until she kissed us all goodnight 

She had to know that we were safe before she went to rest 

She seemed to fear the world might harm the ones she loved the best 

And once she said when you have grown to women and to men 

Perhaps I'll sleep the whole night through I may be different then 

And so it seemed that night or day we knew a mother's care 

That always we got back home we'd find her waiting there 

Then came the night when we were called together around her bed 

The children all are with you now the kindly doctor said 

And in her eyes there gleamed again the old time tender light 

That told that she had been waiting just to know we were all right 

She smiled the old familiar smile then prayed to God to keep 

A safe from harm throughout the years and then she went to sleep 

Shake hands with mother again 

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