Tell Mother I'll Be There

When I was but a little child, how well I recollect

Author: Charles M. Fillmore (1898)
Tune: [When I was but a little child, how well I recollect]
Published in 65 hymnals

Printable scores: PDF, MusicXML
Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1 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 Heav’n I miss her tender care:
O Savior, tell my mother I’ll be there!

Refrain:
Tell mother I’ll be there, in answer to her prayer;
This message, blessed Savior, to her bear!
Tell mother I’ll be there, Heav’n’s joys with her to share;
Yes, tell my darling mother I’ll be there.

2 Though I was often wayward, she was always kind and good;
So patient, gentle, loving when I acted rough and rude;
My childhood griefs and trials she would gladly with me share:
O Savior, tell my mother I’ll be there! [Refrain]

3 When I became a prodigal, and left the old rooftree,
She almost broke her loving heart in mourning after me;
And day and night she prayed to God to keep me in His care:
O Savior, tell my mother I’ll be there! [Refrain]

4 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! [Refrain]

Source: Timeless Truths #373

Author: Charles M. Fillmore

Charles Millard Fillmore, 1860-1952 Born: Ju­ly 15, 1860, Par­is, Il­li­nois. Died: Sep­tem­ber 17, 1952, In­di­an­a­po­lis, In­di­a­na. Fillmore won a mu­sic schol­ar­ship at the Cin­cin­na­ti Coll­ege of Mu­sic, then taught for a year at Bath Sem­in­a­ry in Ow­ings­ville, Ken­tucky. He then tra­veled for about a year and taught sing­ing class­es in var­i­ous parts of Amer­i­ca. He then went for ad­di­tion­al mu­sic stu­dies in Cin­cin­na­ti, Ohio. He stu­died for the min­is­try at But­ler Un­i­ver­si­ty in In­di­an­a­po­lis, In­di­a­na, grad­u­at­ing in 1890. He pas­tored in La­fay­ette, In­di­a­na; Shel­by­ville, In­di­a­na; was "State Evan­gel­ist" (for on… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: When I was but a little child, how well I recollect
Title: Tell Mother I'll Be There
Author: Charles M. Fillmore (1898)
Meter: 14.14.14.10 with refrain
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Tell mother I'll be there, in answer to her prayer
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Media

The Cyber Hymnal #6821
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)
Timeless Truths #373
  • Tell_Mother_Ill_Be_There.pdf (PDF)

Instances

Instances (1 - 65 of 65)
Page Scan

Alexander's Gospel Songs #43

Page Scan

Alexander's Gospel Songs No. 2 #97

Page Scan

Alexander's Gospel Songs No. 8 #16

Alexander's Hymns No. 2 #41

Page Scan

Alexander's Hymns No. 3 #104

Page Scan

Alexander's Hymns No. 4 #195

Page Scan

Alexander's Male Choir #10

Page Scan

Alexander's New Revival Hymns #13

Assembly Songs #214

Banner Hymns (1st ed) #d167

Page Scan

Best Hymns No. 3 #166

Page Scan

Calvary Songs #52

Choice Collections #d208

Church Hymnal #194

Coleman's Songs for Men #d167

Page Scan

Conference Hymnal #6

Page Scan

Conquest Hymns #190

Fillmore's Sunday School Songs No. 2 #d45

Fillmore's Sunday School Songs No. 3 #d70

Full Gospel Songs #91

Gospel Searchlight Songs #d221

Page Scan

Gospel Songs No. 2 #326

Gospel Truth in Song #d87

Page Scan

Gospel Truth in Song No. 3 #60

Great Revival Songs #d57

Greatest and Lasting Hymns #d380

Page Scan

Harvest Hymns #246

Hosannas, a Superior Collection ... #d134

Page Scan

Hymns that Help #170

Page Scan

Immanuel's Praise #66

Page Scan

Inspiring Gospel Solos and Duets No. 1 #31

Jehovah's Praise #d236

Page Scan

Jubilant Voices for Sunday Schools and Devotional Meetings #62

Kingdom Songs No. 2 #d232

Page Scan

Lasting Hymns #99

Page Scan

Montreat Hymns #330

My Favorite Gospel Solos and Duets #d38

My Soul at Song #d124

New Songs of Inspiration Number 3 #d268

Page Scan

New Songs of the Gospel (Nos. 1, 2, and 3 combined) #110

Page Scan

New Songs of the Gospel No. 2 #8

Page Scan

Northfield Hymnal No. 3 #118

Popular Hymns No. 3 #d253

Page Scan

Popular Hymns Number 2 #245

Page Scan

Praises #100

Page Scan

Quartets and Choruses for Men #51

Page Scan

Redemption Songs #742

Page Scan

Revival Hymns #146

Select Songs of Praise for Evangelistic Services, Church and Sunday School #d146

Page Scan

Seth Parker's Hymnal #161

Seth Parker's Hymnal. 5th ed. #d186

Sing Hosannas (a revised and enlarged ed. of Let Everybody Sing) #d284

Songs and Stories of Mother, Childhood, and Home #d52

Songs of Comfort #d118

Songs of Salvation #d125

Page Scan

Songs of the Assembly #177

Page Scan

Songs of the Sanctuary #230

Spiritual hymns of worship #d532

The American Hymnal for English Speaking People Everywhere #d390

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #6821

Page Scan

The Finest of the Wheat No. 3 #162

Page Scan

The Modern Hymnal #454

Page Scan

The Old Story in Song #110

The Pathway of Praise No. 1 #d156

TextAudio

Timeless Truths #373

Exclude 63 pre-1979 instances
Suggestions or corrections? Contact us