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Little French Mother, Goodbye! Verse: Where the shadows gathered on that foreign shore, There they met to say goodbye and meet no more, As he took her in his arms to kiss away a tear, Softly he whispered in her ear: Refrain: “Little French mother, goodbye, goodbye, dry up the tear in your eye, Don’t cry, I knew from the start that someday we’d part, But down in my heart, oh, I wish I could stay a little long, Little French mother, don’t sigh, don’t sigh, A million others love you just the same as I, you did all a mother could, you’re the flow’r of womanhood, little French mother, goodbye!” Verse: “In the book of life on pages bound in gold, There they’ll find the sweetest story ever told, I will tell the world how much sweet mother love can do
Repository
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Original Location
Series 2, Box 17, Folder 5
Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier
2014_12996_491
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Little French Mother, Goodbye! Verse: Where the shadows gathered on that foreign shore, There they met to say goodbye and meet no more, As he took her in his arms to kiss away a tear, Softly he whispered in her ear: Refrain: “Little French mother, goodbye, goodbye, dry up the tear in your eye, Don’t cry, I knew from the start that someday we’d part, But down in my heart, oh, I wish I could stay a little long, Little French mother, don’t sigh, don’t sigh, A million others love you just the same as I, you did all a mother could, you’re the flow’r of womanhood, little French mother, goodbye!” Verse: “In the book of life on pages bound in gold, There they’ll find the sweetest story ever told, I will tell the world how much sweet mother love can do
And just how much we think of you.” Refrain
Repository
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Original Location
Record Series 12/9/96
Series 2, Box 17, Folder 5
Local Identifier
2014_12996_491
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Little French Mother, Goodbye! Verse: Where the shadows gathered on that foreign shore, There they met to say goodbye and meet no more, As he took her in his arms to kiss away a tear, Softly he whispered in her ear: Refrain: “Little French mother, goodbye, goodbye, dry up the tear in your eye, Don’t cry, I knew from the start that someday we’d part, But down in my heart, oh, I wish I could stay a little long, Little French mother, don’t sigh, don’t sigh, A million others love you just the same as I, you did all a mother could, you’re the flow’r of womanhood, little French mother, goodbye!” Verse: “In the book of life on pages bound in gold, There they’ll find the sweetest story ever told, I will tell the world how much sweet mother love can do
And just how much we think of you.” Refrain
Repository
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Original Location
Record Series 12/9/96
Series 2, Box 17, Folder 5
Local Identifier
2014_12996_491
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986