[Verse:]
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How can I ever pay the debt I owe you
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Mother o' mine, Mother o' mine
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What is there I could ever do to show you
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How much I love you
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Mother o' mine
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[Refrain:]
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I kiss the hand, the wrinkled hand
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That rocked my cradle in babyland
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A mem'ry lingers of byegone years
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When gentle fingers would dry my tears
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Her face will ever be my guiding light
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She'll whisper tenderly "Turn to the right"
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No harm can come to me by day or night
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For the hand that rocked my cradle rules my heart
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[2nd verse:]
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Close to my side you stand what e'er betide me
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Mother o' mine, Mother o' mine
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How can I come to harm with you beside me
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Ever to guide me
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Mother o' mine
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The Hand That Rocked My Cradle Rules My Heart
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| Irving Berlin |
