A Vision of Mother

Often my thoughts drift back to childhood
 To the times when I was free
 As I played before the fireside
 'Round my darling, mother's knee
 There's a blessed home up yonder
 Where my loved ones wait for me
 I saw mother in a vision
 Kneeling there to pray for me
 Then one day our mother left us
 Daddy said she'd gone to rest
 I remember how she loved me
 As she clutched me to her breast
 There's a blessed home up yonder
 Where my loved ones wait for me
 I saw mother in a vision
 Kneeling there to pray for me
 Some sweet day I'll meet you, mother
 Your little boy is coming home
 To see you as in days of childhood
 The one you loved and left alone
 There's a blessed home up yonder
 Where my loved ones wait for me
 I saw mother in a vision
 Kneeling there to pray for me