To my MOTHER

Nobody knows the work it takes
To keep the home together
Nobody knows of the steps it takes
Nobody knows but Mother

Nobody listens to childish woes
Which kisses kindly smother
Nobody's pained by naughty blows
Nobody-only Mother

Nobody knows of the anxious fears
list darlings may not weather
The storms of life in after years
Nobody knows but Mother

Nobody keels at the throne above
To thank the heavenly father
For that sweetest gift- a mothers love
Nobody can- but Mother