THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR INTERESTING AND INFORMATIVE ANSWERS, I DON'T KNOW WHO WROTE IT, BUT I LOVE IT, AND I WAS TRYING TO FIND THE ORIGINAL VERSION, BECAUSE WHEN I WAS A YOUNG CHILD (OLDEST OF 10) CHILDREN, MY MOTHER WOULD SING THAT BEAUTIFUL SONG AS SHE ROCKED US TO SLEEP, AND I WOULD LOVE TO FIND THE ORIGINAL LYRICS, AND FULL BALLAD MUSIC, I'TS SO BEAUTIFUL, SAD, AND HAUNTING, BUT IT REMINDS ME OF MY MOTHER, WHO I LOST IN 1972, AT THE AGE OF 39. I HAD JUST GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL, HAD TO RAISE MY NINE YOUNGER BROTHERS AND SISTERS, AND I WOULD ROCK THEM, AND SING THE SAME SONG TO THEM, MY CHILDREN, AND GRANDCHILDREN. I AM NOW 53, AND IN VERY ILL HEALTH AND I WOULD LIKE TO FIND AN ORIGINAL COPY TO PLAY AT MY FUNERAL. THANKS FOR ANY HELP. GOD BLESS AND KEEP YOU ALL SAFE IN HIS ARMS.