"SOME MOTHER'S CHILD."
At home or away, in the alley or street, Wherever I chance in this wide world to moot A girl that is thoughtless, or a boy that is wild, My heart echoes softly, "Tis some mother's child." And when I see those o'er whom long years have rolled, Whose hearts have Rrown hardened, whoso spirits are cold : Be it woman all fallen, or man all defiled, A voice whispers softly, "Ah ! some mother's child." No matter how far from the right she has strayed ; No matter what inroads dishonour has made; No matter what elements cankered the pearl — Though tarnished and sullied, she is some mother's girl. No matter how wayward his footsteps have been; No matter how deep he is sunken in sin ; No matter how low is his standard of joyThough guilty and loathsome, he is some mother's boy. That head hath been pillowed on soidb tender breast ; That form hath been wept o'er, those lips have been pressed ; That soul hath been prayed for, in tones sweet and mild : For her sake deal gently with — some mother'i child.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2113, 23 January 1886, Page 1 (Supplement)
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184"SOME MOTHER'S CHILD." Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2113, 23 January 1886, Page 1 (Supplement)
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