Alexander's Hymns No. 3 ‎#148

148. Your Mother’s Heart is Breaking

1 Your memory goes back tonight to when you were a boy,
Before you trod the paths of sin and wrong;
To childhood’s happy carefree days of frolic and of joy,
When life was filled with sunshine and with song.

Refrain:
Your mother’s heart is breaking for her boy,
For him who once was all her hope and joy;
O retrace the path you’ve trod, and come back to mother’s God,
For your mother’s heart is breaking for her boy.

2 Your memory goes back tonight to when you were a boy,
When at your mother’s knee you learned to pray;
When weary of your frolic and when tired of ev’ry toy,
You knelt beside her knee at close of day. [Refrain]

3 But you have left you childhood home, rejected mother’s God,
In sin and shame you will you life destroy;
The voice of God is calling: “O retrace the path you’ve trod,”
Your mother’s heart is breaking for her boy. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: Your memory goes back tonight to when you were a boy
• Title: Your Mother’s Heart is Breaking
• Author: H. L.
• Refrain First Line: Your mother’s heart is breaking for her boy
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1915

Tune Information

• Name: [Your memory goes back tonight to when you were a boy]
• Composer: Haldor Lillenas