Misc Traditional – A Mothers Loves A Blessing (Guitar)

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[Verse 1]
   D     A       D
An Irish boy was leaving

G                  D
Leaving his native home

G                  D
Crossing the broad Atlantic

E            A         A7
Once more he wished to roam

    D         A           D
And as he was leaving his mother

         G               D
Who was  standing at the quay

    G              D          Bm
She threw her arms around his waist

    Em      A7      D
And this to him did say
[Chorus]
  D        A        D
A mother's love's a blessing

G                   D
No matter where you roam

G                    D
Keep her while she's living

E           A              A7
You'll miss her when she's gone

D        A      D
Love her as in childhood

       G              D
Though feeble old and grey

    G            D                  Bm
For you'll never miss your mother's love

     Em           A7          D
Till she's buried beneath the clay
[Verse 2]
D          A          D
And as the years grow older

G                   D
I'll settle down in life

G                 D
And choose a nice young colleen

E        A          A7
And take her for my wife

    D      A            D
And as the babies grow older

    G               D
And climb around my knee

     G              D         Bm
I'll teach them the very same lesson

     Em        A7        D
That my mother taught to me
[Chorus]
  D        A        D
A mother's love's a blessing

G                   D
No matter where you roam

G                    D
Keep her while she's living

E           A              A7
You'll miss her when she's gone

D        A      D
Love her as in childhood

       G              D
Though feeble old and grey

    G            D                  Bm
For you'll never miss your mother's love

     Em           A7          D
Till she's buried beneath the clay