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Little Bessie 
Hug me close dear mother closer Put your arms around me tight For I'm cold and tired dear mother And I feel so stranger tonight 
All at once a window opened Upon one so bright and fair And I knew it must be Jesus When he said come near my child 
Come up here little Bessie Come up here and live with me Where little children never suffer In the long eternity 
Then I thought of all you told me Of that bright and happy land I was going when you called me When you came and kissed my hand 
I felt so sorry when you called me And from this world I soon must go Go to sleep and never suffer Then dear mother don't be crying so 
Hug me closer closer mother Put your arms around me tight 
Oh, how much I love you, mother And I feel so strange tonight 
And the mother pressed her darling Closer to her own dear burning breast To the heart so near broken Lay the child so near at rest 
At the solemn hour of midnight In the dark and lonesome deep Lying on her mother's bosom Little Bessie fell asleep 
Far up yonder at the portais That are shining very fair Little Bessie now is tended By her Savior's loving care