American Old Time Song Lyrics: 45 Mother Is My Best Girl Now
Theater, Music-Hall, Nostalgic, Irish & Historic Old Songs, Volume 45
Mother Is My Best Girl Now.
Copyright. 1894, by Spaulding & Gray.
Words and Music by John MeCale.
Nell and Tom were playmates-from the cradle, we might say-
Though one day in bleak December Nell would move away,
And as the story drifts along, Ned's father he gained wealth,
And her mother to a foreign clime must go to save her health.
Poor Ned was good and honest, our village all had known,
Even angels would have been so proud to call his deeds their own:
And when the news first reached the lad, with grief he drooped his bead;
His eyes were dim with bitter tears as to himself he said:
Chorus.
Good-bye, Nellie dear, 'tis hard to part from you,
Although they'll take you for away, my love is fond and true;
There's only one can take your place in all this world, I vow-
Since Nellie's gone, my mother is my best girl now.
Can you picture Ned's sad heart when just a year had passed,
News came from a foreign shore that Nell had breathed her last?
'Tis just the same old story, when sweethearts are far apart,
As the poets write their themes of love, of sad and broken hearts,
He has but one love living and that's his mother dear,
And her gentle words console him thro' each trial, doubt and fear.
He gazes out upon the sea, where Nellie sailed away,
And to the mem'ry of her love is often heard to say:
Chorus.
Good-bye, Nellie, dear, 'tis hard to part from you;
Although they've taken you away, my love is fond and true;
There's only one can take your place in all this world, I vow-
Since you have gone, my mother is my best girl now.