Mother's Day

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M-O-T-H-E-R
"M" is for the million things she gave me,
"O" means only that she's growing old,
"T" is for the tears she shed to save me,
"H" is for her heart of purest gold;
"E" is for her eyes, with love-light shining,
"R" means right, and right she'll always be,
Put them all together, they spell "MOTHER,"
A word that means the world to me.

Written about 1915
Words by Howard E. Johnson
Music by Theodore F. Morse

Entire song (6 pages of sheet music) can be seen at:
http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchdetail.cfm?trg=1&strucID=182484&imageID=G98C80_001&total=1&num=0&r=04fJohnson%252C%2520Howard%2520E%252E%4004fMorse%252C%2520Theodore%2520F%252E&word=&rOper=2&stype=Rel&rSource=&rDiv=Music%20Division&rCol=American%2520Popular%2520Song%2520Sheet%2520Covers%252C%25201890%2E%2E%2E&s=3¬word=&d=&c=&f=&k=0&imgs=20&pos=1&cdonum=0

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