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 And say to mothers what a holy charge
 Is theirs--with what a kingly power their love
  Might read more 
 And say to mothers what a holy charge
 Is theirs--with what a kingly power their love
  Might rule the fountains of the new-born mind. 
 A mother is a mother still,
 The holiest thing alive.  
 A mother is a mother still,
 The holiest thing alive. 
 The bearing and the training of a child
 Is woman's wisdom.  
 The bearing and the training of a child
 Is woman's wisdom. 
 Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, 
and he praiseth her.  
 Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, 
and he praiseth her. 
Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of children.
Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of children.
One woman will brag about her children, while another complains about hers; they could probably swap children without swapping tunes
One woman will brag about her children, while another complains about hers; they could probably swap children without swapping tunes
 They say that man is mighty,
 He governs land and sea,
  He wields a mighty scepter
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 They say that man is mighty,
 He governs land and sea,
  He wields a mighty scepter
   O'er lesser powers that be;
    But a mightier power and stronger
     Man from his throne has hurled,
      For the hand that rocks the cradle
       Is the hand that rules the world. 
 There is none,
 In all this cold and hollow world, no fount
  Of deep, strong, deathless love, read more 
 There is none,
 In all this cold and hollow world, no fount
  Of deep, strong, deathless love, save that within
   A mother's heart. 
 If I were hanged on the highest hill,
 Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine!
  I know read more 
 If I were hanged on the highest hill,
 Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine!
  I know whose love would follow me still,
   Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine!