Tell Mother I'll Be There - Roy Acuff

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 Heaven I miss her tender care

O Savior tell my mother I’ll be there

Tell mother I’ll be there in answer to her prayer

This message blessed Savior to her bear

Tell mother I’ll be there heaven’s joys with her to share

Yes tell my darling mother I’ll be there

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’s and trials she would gladly with me share

O Savior tell my mother I’ll be there

One day a message came to me it bade me quickly come

If I would see my mother ere the Savior took her home

I promised her before she died for heaven to prepare

O Savior tell my mother I’ll be there

Tell mother I’ll be there in answer to her prayer

This message blessed Savior to her bear

Tell mother I’ll be there heaven’s joys with her to share

Yes tell my darling mother I’ll be there