MOTHER’S ALWAYS RIGHT

New Zealand Tablet, 19 June 1913, Page 61

MOTHER’S ALWAYS RIGHT

Things go wrong and men go wrong And times go wrong, but night Sings in the listening ears of dream That mother's always right. Somehow the things she does or tries — And that sometimes our voice decries — Will -always swing or high or low The very way they ought to go. Plans go wrong, and planners, too, And ruin brings affright; But time brings back to me and you * That mother's always right. She tells us this and tells us that, We laugh a bit and scrape the mat, And hem and haw and cough and smile— But she’s the victor afterwhile. The best laid schemes of mice and men So often take their flight, But life brings back the truth again That mother’s always right. And right because within her soul The elements of right control.: The right for right’s sake in her heart, The base from which all actions start. We laugh, we scoff and turn her off, And go to face the fight, But nine times out of ten it’s true That mother’s always right. She lives the right, my boy, that’s why ; Religion of her life, the high » Unswerving principles that lead To Christian thought and righteous deed.