MY MOTHER'S EYES
Words, L. Wolfe Gilbert. Music, Abel Baer.
Publisher: Leo Feist, Inc., New York, 1928.

1. Back in childhood days, I can remember
Loving caresses showered on me.
Mother's eyes would gaze at me so tender.
What was their meaning? Now I can see.

CHORUS: One bright and guiding light,
That taught me wrong from right,
I found in my mother's eyes.
Those baby tales she told,
That road all paved in gold,
I found in my mother's eyes.
Just like a wandering sparrow,
One lonely soul.
I walked the straight and narrow,
To reach my goal.
God's gift sent from above,
A real unselfish love,
I found in my mother's eyes.

2. When I'm all alone, no one around me,
I find the future dark as can be.
Sorrows I have known, always surround me,
Then through the shadows, I always see. CHORUS

[You can hear a recording of MY MOTHER'S EYES performed by Fred Waring and The Pennsylvanians at The Red Hot Jazz Archive - (Click to play). Only the chorus is sung.]