Little French Mother, Goodbye! 1919

Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK - 19 Mar 2003

Where the shadows gathered
on that foreign shore,
there they met to say goodbye
and meet no more,
as he took her in his arms
to kiss away a tear,
softly he whispered in her ear:

Little French mother,
goodbye, goodbye,
dry up the tear in your eye,
don't cry,
I knew from the start
that some day we'd part,
but down in my heart,
oh, I wish I could stay
a little longer,
Little French mother,
don't sigh, don't sigh,
a million others love you
just the same as I,
you did all a mother could,
you're the flow'r of womanhood,
little French mother, goodbye!

Little French mother,
goodbye, goodbye,
dry up the tear in your eye,
don't cry,
I knew from the start
that some day we'd part,
but down in my heart,
oh, I wish I could stay
a little longer,
Little French mother,
don't sigh, don't sigh,
a million others love you
just the same as I,
you did all a mother could,
you're the flow'r of womanhood,
little French mother, goodbye!

In the book of life
on pages bound in gold,
there they'll find
the sweetest story ever told,
it will tell the world
how much sweet mother love can do;
and just how much we think of you.

Little French mother,
goodbye, goodbye,
dry up the tear in your eye,
don't cry,
I knew from the start
that some day we'd part,
but down in my heart,
oh, I wish I could stay
a little longer,
Little French mother,
don't sigh, don't sigh,
a million others love you
just the same as I,
you did all a mother could,
you're the flow'r of womanhood,
little French mother, goodbye!

Little French mother,
goodbye, goodbye,
dry up the tear in your eye,
don't cry,
I knew from the start
that some day we'd part,
but down in my heart,
oh, I wish I could stay
a little longer,
Little French mother,
don't sigh, don't sigh,
a million others love you
just the same as I,
you did all a mother could,
you're the flow'r of womanhood,
little French mother, goodbye!

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Little French Mother, Goodbye! 1919
by Jack Caddigan and Chick Story
copyright MCMXIX by Leo Feist Inc. N.Y.
sequence and karaoke by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK
on Wednesday 19 March 2003 at 09.34
in association with Doug Grierson
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