There was a place in childhood

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There was a place in childhood

Author: Samuel Lover
Tune: [There was a place in childhood]
Published in 12 hymnals

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1 There was a place in childhood,
That I remember well;
And there a voice of sweetest tone,
Bright fairy tales did tell;
And gentle words and fond embrace
Were giv’n with joy to me,
When I was in that happy place,
Upon my mother’s knee.
My mother dear, my mother dear,
My gentle, gentle mother.

2 When fairy tales were ended,
"Good night," she softly said,
And kissed, and laid me down to sleep,
Within my tiny bed;
And holy words she taught me there;
Methinks I yet can see
Her angel eye, as close I knelt
Beside my mother’s knee,
My mother dear, my mother dear,
My gentle, gentle mother.

3 In sickness of my childhood,
The perils of my prime,
The sorrows of my riper years,
The cares of every time:
When doubt and danger weighed me down,
Then pleading all for me,
It was a fervent prayer to Heav’n
That bent my mother’s knee.
My mother dear, my mother dear,
My gentle, gentle mother.

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #16744