Which Way Did My Mamma Go? 1908 Lincoln

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 31 July 2010
2010

Outside a picture theatre
with decorations bright,
The bills announced
The Passion Play
The program for tonight;
A little orphan wandered in,
her clothes were torn and old,
She said: "I have no ticket, sir,"
and then her story told;
She said: "I want to go inside,
may I just pass the door?
I want to see my Mamma, sir,
as in the days of yore;
They say she's with the angels,
for they saw her fly away,"
And as she stepped towards the door,
They heard her softly say:

Which way did my Mamma go, sir?
Tell me I'll find the way;
I want to see the angels,
my mamma's there they say;
She will be glad to see me,
Oh! but I love her so,
And I want to give her
one goodnight kiss
which way did my mamma go?

The man in silence
bowed his head
as if to hide a tear.
The thought of his own baby Pearle,
whose gone about a year;
He took her up into his arms
and said in tender tone,
"If you don't care
I'll take you home
and raise you as my own."
The little one is happy now
so full of childish grace,
That home to her
seems heavenlike
a smile beams on her face;
Now ev'ry night beside her bed,
as she kneels down to pray,
We seem to hear her calling
to the angels far away:

Which way did my Mamma go, sir?
Tell me I'll find the way;
I want to see the angels,
my mamma's there they say;
She will be glad to see me,
Oh! but I love her so,
And I want to give her
one goodnight kiss
which way did my mamma go?

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Which Way Did My Mamma Go? 1908 Lincoln
by Harry J.Lincoln
© MCMVIII by Vandersloot Music Pub.Co. - Williamsport, Pa
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Saturday 31 July 2010 at 21.09
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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