| Show The Golden Legacy My mother has no gold to share Nor land nor herd nor merchandise merchandise- My brother has her silken hall hair My sIster eister has her azure eyes To me she left no comeliness That to the form or face belong But Dut oh one gift I do possess The blessed heritage of song 1 Long long ago in cradle days Her sweet voice would my heart be beguile be- be guile When I could nothing do but gaze Into the tho heaven of her smile I learned the songs In later rears jears And with her sang them oer o'er and oer o'er oer o'er- Oh memory thy ute and tears Must meet and mingle evermore Twos n 1 light Hush lush my babe as as fades the I hear e her softly sweetly C croon T Then e Afton r Wr Water Stilly Night I t. t and SlIver Silver Moon She sang them with such tender art The art that only mothers know And tied the tunes around my heart Ele Else o it had broken long ago Clarence Urmy In LIppIncotts LIppIncott's |
