How sweet and happy seem
Those days of which I dream
When memory recalls them now and then
And with what rapture sweet
My weary heart would beat
If I could hear my mother pray again
If I could hear my mother pray again
If I could only hear her tender voice as then
So happy I would be
T'would mean the world to me
If I could hear my mother pray again
She used to pray that I
On Jesus would rely
And always walk the shining gospel way
So trusting still his love
I seek that home above
For I shall meet my mother some glad day
If I could hear my mother pray again
If I could only hear her tender voice as then
So happy I would be
T'would mean the world to me
If I could hear my mother pray again
Within the old home-place
Her patient smiling face
Was always spreading comfort hope and cheer
And when she used to sing
To her eternal King
It was the song the angels loved to hear
If I could hear my mother pray again
If I could only hear her tender voice as then
So happy I would be
T'would mean the world to me
If I could hear my mother pray again
If I could hear my mother pray again