My Yiddishe Momme-Anne Shelton

[ti:My Yiddishe Momme (1925)] [ar:Anne Shelton] [al:A Retrospective Anne Shelton] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]My Yiddishe Momme - Anne Shelton [00:29.17]Of things I should be thankful [00:31.61]For I've had a goodly share [00:35.35]And as I sit here in the comfort of my cosy chair [00:40.50] [00:41.08]My fancy takes me to a humble eastside tenement [00:45.91] [00:47.05]Three flights up in the rear to [00:49.45]Where my childhood days were spent [00:52.77] [00:54.04]It wasn't much like Paradise but 'mid the dirt and all [01:00.53]There sat the sweetest angel one that I fondly call [01:10.23] [01:11.28]My yiddishe momme I need her more then ever now [01:18.50] [01:19.20]My yiddishe momme I'd like to kiss that wrinkled brow [01:27.23]I long to hold her hands once more as in days gone by [01:34.85]And ask her to forgive me for things [01:39.11]I did that made her cry [01:41.77] [01:42.71]How few were her pleasures [01:45.35] [01:46.49]She never cared for fashion's styles [01:49.83] [01:50.44]Her jewels and treasures [01:53.06] [01:54.31]She found them in her baby's smiles [01:57.58] [01:58.77]Oh I know that I owe what I am today [02:03.39]To that dear little lady so old and gray [02:07.49]To that wonderful yiddishe momme of mine [02:14.09] [02:44.96]How few were her pleasures [02:47.84] [02:48.69]She never cared for fashion's styles [02:52.64]Her jewels and treasures [02:56.41]She found them in her baby's smiles [03:00.11] [03:00.98]Oh I know that I owe what I am today [03:09.62] [03:10.65]To that dear little lady so old and gray [03:18.67] [03:20.11]To that wonderful yiddishe momme of mine