Mother and Home

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1 Precious indeed those words are to me, "Mother and home, mother and home,"
Precious indeed they ever will be, While o'er the world I roam.
Cheer they impart when dark is the way, Hope they bestow when drear is the day;
Memories sweet they ever will stay, Mother and "home sweet home."

2 Often at night in fancy I see, "Mother and home, mother and home,"
Often in dreams God brings them to me, While o'er the world I roam.
Visions of childhood days of delight, Visions of joys and pleasures so bright;
Visions that cheer my soul thru the night, Mother and "home sweet home."

3 Helping my soul to stand and be true, "Mother and home, mother and home,"
Helping me here my duty to do, while o'er the world I roam.
Keeping me close to heaven's own Dove, Keeping my spirit, looking above;
Hoping to meet the dear ones I love, Mother and "home sweet home."

Source: Hymns by the Western Stars #51

Author: James Rowe

Pseudonym: James S. Apple. James Rowe was born in England in 1865. He served four years in the Government Survey Office, Dublin Ireland as a young man. He came to America in 1890 where he worked for ten years for the New York Central & Hudson R.R. Co., then served for twelve years as superintendent of the Mohawk and Hudson River Humane Society. He began writing songs and hymns about 1896 and was a prolific writer of gospel verse with more than 9,000 published hymns, poems, recitations, and other works. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) Go to person page >

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First Line: Precious indeed those words are to me
Title: Mother and Home
Author: James Rowe (1921)
Language: English

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Hymns by the Western Stars #51

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