Tell Mother I’ll Be There (1961 version)

When I was but a little child, how well I recollect
How I would grieve my mother with my folly and neglect
And now that she has gone to Heaven, I miss her tender care
O Savior, tell my mother I'll be there

Tell mother I'll be there in answer to her prayer
This message, blessed Savior, to her bear
Tell mother I'll be there, Hеaven's joys with her to share
Yеs, tell my darling mother I'll be there

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 Heaven to prepare
O Savior, tell my mother I'll be there

Tell mother I'll be there in answer to her prayer
This message, blessed Savior, to her bear
Tell mother I'll be there, Heaven's joys with her to share
Yes, tell my darling mother I'll be there