Tell Mother I'll Be There (Tremolo)

to play this on a diatonic, play all notes one number lower than what is listed except the (-3) would be a (-3') and the (-2) would be a (-2')


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When I was but a little child how well I 
-4 -4 6   -5 -5  5      5    -4 -4 -4   5 
recollect how I would grieve my mother with
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my folly and neglect and now that she has gone
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to heav'n I miss her tender care
-5 -5  5   5   -4 -3  7   -6   6   -5
 O savior tell my mother I'll be there

Chorus:
-6    -6 -6 -5   6   -6   -6 7  7   -5  6
Tell mother I'll be there in answer to her
 -6      -6  -6  6     6 -6    7  7   -6 6
prayer; this message, blessed Savior, to her
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bear! tell mother I'll be there, heav'n's 
 7    7    -5  6  -6     -6  -6  6   6  -6
joys with her to share; yes tell my darling
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mother I'll be there.


verse 2:
Tho I was often wayward, she was always kind and good; so patient, gentle, loving, when my ways were rough and rude; my childhood griefs and trials she would gladly with me share: O Savior, tell my mother I'll be there!

verse 3:
When I became a prodigal and left the old roof tree, she almost broke her loving heart in mourning after me; and day and night she prayed to God to keep me in His care: O Savior, tell my mother I'll be there!

Verse 4:
One day a message came to me it bade me quickly come if I would see my mother ere the Savior took her home; I promised her, before she died, for heavean to prepare: O Savior, tell my mother I'll be there!