Lyr Req: Gentle Mother (Big Tom)

Subject: Lyr Req: Gentle Mother By Big Tom
From: GUEST,Anthony McPartlan
Date: 10 Feb 08 - 04:22 PM

if you could find the words of this song. That would be great

Big Tom - Gentle Mother Big Tom - Gentle Mother

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Gentle Mother By Big Tom
From: Brakn
Date: 10 Feb 08 - 04:26 PM

Found it here.

A bit hit for Big Tom!

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Gentle Mother By Big Tom
From: 1122346
Date: 11 Feb 08 - 11:03 AM

thnks

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Gentle Mother (Big Tom)
From: GUEST,Learaí na Láibe
Date: 23 Apr 18 - 01:18 PM

RIP Big Tom.

Anyone know the composer of "Gentle Mother". Can't find any references on line.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Gentle Mother (Big Tom)
From: BrooklynJay
Date: 23 Apr 18 - 02:04 PM

I found two online references that credit the song to the team of Mick Foster and Tony Allen. Can't say if this is accurate or not, but this is what I found.


Jay

Subject: Lyr Add: GENTLE MOTHER (Big Tom)
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 02 May 18 - 12:37 PM

GENTLE MOTHER
As recorded by Big Tom & The Mainliners (on numerous collections)

By the side of a clear crystal fountain
There stands a lonely churchyard closely by.
There's a tombstone decorated with primroses
In the mem'ry of a loved one passed away.

Shall I ne'er see you more, gentle mother,
In the fields where the wildflowers grow,
Gathering flowers as they grew amongst the wildwoods?
And I cherish 'twas no trouble unto you.

Some children take a liking to their parents
While some others fill their mothers' hearts with pain;
But someday they will be sorry for their blindness
When cryin' will not take her back again.

Shall I ne'er see you more, gentle mother,
In the fields where the wildflowers grow?
I am sorry for that loss I can't recover.
'Neath yon willow lies my gentle mother's love.

[I transcribed these words myself and can vouch for them. They are considerably different from the ones that Brakn linked to back on 10-Feb-2008.]