All Believer Hymn Book

Hymn 403 TELL MOTHER I’LL BE THERE Lyrics

1. When I was but a little child how well I recollect,
How I would grieve my mother with my folly and neglect:
And now that she has gone to heav’n I miss her tender care;
O Saviour tell my

Chorus:
Mother I’ll be there! Tell mother
I’ll be there in answer to her prayer;
This message, blessed Saviour, to her bear!
Tell mother I’ll be there, heav’n’s joys with her to share;
Yes tell my darling mother I’ll be there!

2. Though I was often wayward, she was always kind and good;
So patient, gentle, loving, when my ways were rough and rude;
My childhood grief and trials she would gladly with me share:
O Saviour, tell my

3. When I become a prodigal and left the old rooftree,
She almost broke her loving heart in mourning after me.
And day and night she prayed to God to keep me in His care;
O Saviour, tell my

4. One day a message came to me, it bade me quickly come,
If I would see my mother ere the Saviour took her home;
I promised her, before she died, for heaven to prepare;
O Saviour tell my