Slide set: Mother's last words: new series (service of song: Bamforth & Co., 44 slides, 1904)

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And she went in and saw the King

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Then John rose up, and with his sleeve he wiped away the last tear

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'Here, lads,' he said, 'divide this bread, you both look hungry'

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And soundly slept those little boys, and dreamt about a far-off land

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All the night, an Angel bright, would watch beside them

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'Let's go out to the pump and wash, as she would have us do'

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A woman at a chandler's shop was touched with pity, as they passed

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Fast fell the tears upon their cheeks, when little Christy raised

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They found the landlord at his house, and said, 'Please, sir, our mother's dead'

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Here at once they took their stand, and swept a pathway broad

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Some caught a sight of little Christy's anxious eyes

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The woman at the chandler's shop had found the boys a lodging

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The second week was bleak and cold

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'John, come along, you'll eat the cakes up with your looks'

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He saw fine windows full of boots and children's shoes

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Quick as thought, he snatched them up

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'Do stop a bit,' his brother cried, 'don't be in such a hurry, John'

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'There, Christy, boy, there's shoes for you'

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Full two hours they stopped about, before that door was set ajar

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With broom in hand, and shivering limbs, the little sweepers bravely stood

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'Do, Geraldine, look here,' she said, 'how thin that youngest boy has grown'

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They took the clothes and nice mince-pies

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There they fitted on the coats, and turned the pockets inside out

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'Now for these fine Christmas pies, there's two for you, and two for me'

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Then he stopped all day at home, and soon he hardly left his bed

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She would come and read to Chris, and he was glad to see her come

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John was dropping off to sleep, he heard a softly whispered prayer

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Introduction, with Title

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The yellow fog lay thick and dim o'er London city, far and wide

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A glimmering light was burning there, beside a woman on a bed

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'Ah, John!' she said, 'my own dear boy, you'll soon be in this world alone'

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'I'm going to a happy place, so beautiful and dazzling bright'

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'At once, they bid me welcome there, and all at once began to sing'

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'Our Saviour walked among them, John, most beautiful He was'

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'Dear Lord,' I said, 'I pray thee send an Angel to our wicked street'

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Then soared her soul from that dark room, above the crowd

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And she went in and saw the King

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Upon the floor they sat them down, and piteously they wept

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Then John rose up, and with his sleeve he wiped away the last tear

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Out of sight, an Angel bright walked close behind

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'Here, lads,' he said, 'divide this bread, you both look hungry'

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'I say, Chris, shan't you be afraid to go and sleep at home'

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And soundly slept those little boys, and dreamt about a far-off land

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All the night, an Angel bright, would watch beside them

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'Let's go out to the pump and wash, as she would have us do'

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A woman at a chandler's shop was touched with pity, as they passed

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Fast fell the tears upon their cheeks, when little Christy raised

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They found the landlord at his house, and said, 'Please, sir, our mother's dead'

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Here at once they took their stand, and swept a pathway broad

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Some caught a sight of little Christy's anxious eyes

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The woman at the chandler's shop had found the boys a lodging

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The second week was bleak and cold

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'John, come along, you'll eat the cakes up with your looks'

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He saw fine windows full of boots and children's shoes

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Quick as thought, he snatched them up

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'Do stop a bit,' his brother cried, 'don't be in such a hurry, John'

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'There, Christy, boy, there's shoes for you'

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John could not rest: the faintest noise made all the flesh upon him creep

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'What have you done?' -- 'Why, stole some shoes, that very pair I gave to you'

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Full two hours they stopped about, before that door was set ajar

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With broom in hand, and shivering limbs, the little sweepers bravely stood

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'Do, Geraldine, look here,' she said, 'how thin that youngest boy has grown'

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They took the clothes and nice mince-pies

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There they fitted on the coats, and turned the pockets inside out

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'Now for these fine Christmas pies, there's two for you, and two for me'

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Then he stopped all day at home, and soon he hardly left his bed

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She would come and read to Chris, and he was glad to see her come

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John was dropping off to sleep, he heard a softly whispered prayer

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He went in, and saw the King, and found once more his mother

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But John had many years to live, for he had useful work to do

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And there in everlasting joy, the mother and the brothers meet

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Lucerna ID 3001960

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 29 September 2013

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