'Mother Songs' of the tear-jerker variety

Subject: RE: 'Mother Songs' of the tear-jerker variety
From: henryclem
Date: 14 Jul 15 - 08:30 PM

I'm Henry Clements and I'm still singing around the local folk clubs in Bristol, Gloucs and Wilts, and sometimes further afield. Needle and Thread is a song I still find intensely emotional to sing and I am gratified to hear that the impact is more than personal just to me. I know a few people sing it but the only other recorded version I know of is Tom Bliss's superb rendition on "Mixed Moss".

Subject: RE: 'Mother Songs' of the tear-jerker variety
From: GUEST,OldNicKilby
Date: 15 Jul 15 - 09:55 AM

Thank you Henry, it is very rare that I am so touched by a song. Goodness knows where we got the tape from or what made me listen to it last week. A wonderful song on a par with " Sun is Burning "

Subject: RE: 'Mother Songs' of the tear-jerker variety
From: GUEST,Gealt
Date: 15 Jul 15 - 11:15 AM

Shall I Ne'er See You More Gentle Mother?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ej-hFjR06mY

Very popular in the ballrooms of romance.

Subject: RE: 'Mother Songs' of the tear-jerker variety
From: GUEST,Mrr
Date: 15 Jul 15 - 12:38 PM

There is a lovely song I heard about in a wonderful book called The Witch's Boy (Gruber), sung by a gypsy child in a tavern, that I wish were a real song but don't know if it is.

In it, a young man falls in love with a cruel mistress (I am tryng to quote) who asks him, as a token of his love, to kill his mother, cut out her heart, and bring it to her to eat. This the young man does, but as he is running back to his love with the bleeding heart in his hands, he trips and drops it. When it falls to the ground it cries out in his mother's voice, oh, my dear child, have you hurt yourself? This was the chorus of the song and the little girl sang it most plaintively, goes the story.

I love the song, though! Is it real? Anybody know it?

Subject: RE: 'Mother Songs' of the tear-jerker variety
From: GUEST,Mrr
Date: 15 Jul 15 - 12:40 PM

Also, would The Baggage Coach Ahead count? I always cry at that one...

Subject: RE: 'Mother Songs' of the tear-jerker variety
From: Joe_F
Date: 15 Jul 15 - 03:33 PM

Mrr: It's real. I mentioned it a ways upthread, but didn't think to look it up. It's called Jean Richepin's Song.

Subject: Lyr Add: ...TRADE SILVER IN MY MOTHER'S HAIR
From: PHJim
Date: 16 Jul 15 - 08:03 AM

I'll admit that I haven't read every post, but just in case this one's bee missed, here's a song I learned from Mose CScarlett's first album, "Stallin' For Time".

I Wouldn't Trade The Silver In My Mother's Hair

Fred J. Coots - Jack Little

I wouldn't trade the silver in my mother's hair
For all the gold in the world
The hands that rocked my cradle
Through all my baby days
Are treasures from the sky
That money cannot buy

God gave us mothers
And tried to be fair
When he gave me mine
I got more than my share
I wouldn't trade the silver in my mother's hair
For all the gold in the world.

God gave us mothers
And tried to be fair
When he gave me mine
I got more than my share
I wouldn't trade the silver in my mother's hair
For all the gold in the world.

Subject: RE: 'Mother Songs' of the tear-jerker variety
From: PHJim
Date: 16 Jul 15 - 08:10 AM

I'm sure someone's thought of this one, but just in case:Ray Wylie Hubbard

Subject: Lyr Add: MOTHER'S CHAIR (from Isla Grant)
From: GUEST,Isla Grant - Mother's Chair
Date: 16 Jul 15 - 02:22 PM

There's an old arm chair,
and it means the world to me,
for I used to sit there,
upon my mother's knee.
And she'd read to me the stories,
that children love to hear.
Now there's no one to sit in mother's chair.

I still recall the many times,
the words she'd say to me,
fight for all your dreams,
turn them to reality.
And as I sat by her in wonder,
her eyes held so much pride,
I knew against all others,
I had mother on my side.

Mother's chair is old and dusty,
and the colour's fading fast.
But to me it holds the memory,
of happy days long past.
Like the way she'd smile and hold my hand,
brush away my tears,
now there's no one to sit in mother's chair.

Now the old chair is still standing,
where she left it on that day,
when God came to visit,
and carried her away.
And every time I see it,
it looks so cold and bare,
now there's no one to sit in mother's chair.

Mother's chair is old and dusty,
and the colour's fading fast.
But to me it holds the memory,
of happy days long past.
Like the way she'd smile and hold my hand,
brush away my tears,
now there's no one to sit in mother's chair.

There's an old arm chair,
and it means the world to me,
for I used to sit there,
upon my mother's knee.
And she'd read to me the stories,
that children love to hear.
Now there's no one to sit in mother's chair.
No there's no one to sit in mother's chair.

Subject: RE: 'Mother Songs' of the tear-jerker variety
From: GUEST,Guest who posted as Easy Seeker
Date: 25 Dec 18 - 10:42 AM

I made a misprint when I posted the song of the man who met with an accident upon a railroad train.
I said they tried to give him chloroform, He would take the stuff.
It was meant to be, He wouldn't take the stuff.

Subject: RE: 'Mother Songs' of the tear-jerker variety
From: Acorn4
Date: 26 Dec 18 - 05:59 AM

Sammy Kershaw - Stitches

Subject: RE: 'Mother Songs' of the tear-jerker variety
From: mayomick
Date: 27 Dec 18 - 05:36 AM

An Old Log Cabin for Sale
A welcome I read on the floormat an old braided rug by the door
The hands of an angel had made it with many a prayer prayed before
In an old rocking chair on she waited for one glimpse of him how she yearned
But now he was standing in silence too late yes too late he'd returned
And the sign read An Old Log Cabin for Sale…….

Subject: RE: 'Mother Songs' of the tear-jerker variety
From: Mrrzy
Date: 27 Dec 18 - 01:43 PM

I love this place. The Witch's Boy had no dog in it, so thanks.

Subject: RE: 'Mother Songs' of the tear-jerker variety
From: topical tom
Date: 28 Dec 18 - 04:57 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ltTCjwLLes

Put My Little Shors Away

Subject: RE: 'Mother Songs' of the tear-jerker variety
From: Shenkin
Date: 01 Apr 19 - 03:37 PM

Well, hell, I'm only 22-1/2 years late to this party.

Tim Jaques wrote:
"This is similar to a song I once heard on a Grand Ole Opry repeat on PBS, where the singer complained that the reason he was so short was because his family would never let him eat the last potato."

That would be "Take An Old Cold 'Tater And Wait", by Little Jimmy Dickens, a #7 country hit for him in 1949.

-P.

Subject: RE: 'Mother Songs' of the tear-jerker variety
From: GUEST,keberoxu
Date: 01 Apr 19 - 03:46 PM

You left out the Al Jolson ad-lib at the end:


Mammy!
Mammy! don't you KNOW me?
It's your own little BAAAAA - by!



And yes,
I think the Baggage Coach Ahead qualifies.