A Mother's Love Is A Blessing-Countrymen

[ti:A Mother's Love Is A Blessing] [ar:Countrymen] [al:Cottage On The Border Line] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]A Mother's Love Is A Blessing - Countrymen [00:11.33]An Irish boy was leaving [00:15.14] [00:16.48]Leaving his native home [00:19.85] [00:21.16]Crossing the broad Atlantic [00:25.05] [00:25.66]Once more he wished to roam [00:29.25] [00:30.30]Just as he was leaving his mother [00:34.19] [00:34.99]Who was standing on the quay [00:38.55] [00:39.83]He threw he arms around her nick [00:44.58]And this are the were see say [00:48.26] [00:49.40]A mother's love's a blessing [00:52.95] [00:54.05]No matter where you roam [00:57.85] [00:59.20]Keep her while she's living [01:02.61] [01:03.53]For you'll miss her when she's gone [01:07.47] [01:08.77]Love her as in childhood [01:12.29] [01:13.06]Though feeble old and grey [01:16.84] [01:17.83]For you'll never miss your mother's love [01:22.65]Till she's buried beneath the clay [01:26.76] [01:37.36]And as the years go onwards [01:40.99] [01:41.74]I'll settle down in life [01:45.55] [01:46.81]And choose a nice young colleen [01:51.14] [01:51.69]And I take her for my wife [01:55.34] [01:56.57]And as the babes grow older [02:00.31] [02:01.22]And climb around my knee [02:04.95] [02:05.80]Then I'll teach them the very same lesson [02:10.18]That my mother taught to me [02:14.70] [02:15.96]A mother's love's a blessing [02:19.67] [02:20.60]No matter where you roam [02:24.47] [02:25.98]Keep her while she's living [02:29.38] [02:30.26]For you'll miss her when she's gone [02:34.24] [02:35.57]Love her as in childhood [02:39.25] [02:39.96]Though feeble old and grey [02:43.84] [02:44.74]For you'll never miss your mother's love [02:49.56]Till she's buried beneath the clay [02:53.23] [02:54.44]For you'll never miss your mother's love [02:59.24]Till she's buried beneath the clay