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Title

Mother Machree

Authors

Rida Johnson Young
Chauncey Olcott
Ernest R. Ball

Document Type

Score

Links to Recordings at the Internet Archive

https://archive.org/details/78_9515-Mother-Machree

https://archive.org/details/78_mother-machree_charles-harrison-r.-j.-young-chauncey-olcott-e.-r.-ball_gbia0003572a

https://archive.org/details/78_mother-machree_charles-harrison-r.-j.-young-chauncey-olcott-e.-r.-ball_gbia0013507a

https://archive.org/details/78_mother-machree_christopher-lynch-chauncey-olcott-ernest-r-ball-rida-johnson-young_gbia0028815a

https://archive.org/details/78_mother-machree_henry-burr-ernest-ball_gbia0018006b

https://archive.org/details/78_mother-machree_john-mccormack-rida-johnson-young-chauncey-olcott-and-ernest-ball_gbia0019688a

https://archive.org/details/78_mother-machree_john-mccormack-rida-johnson-young-chauncey-olcott-and-ernset-ball_gbia0019946a

https://archive.org/details/78_mother-machree_john-mccormack-young-olcott-ball-edwin-schneider_gbia0024014a

https://archive.org/details/78_mother-machree_mckee-trio-chauncey-olcott-ernest-ball_gbia0013509b

https://archive.org/details/78_mother-machree_mckee-trio-chauncey-olcott-ernest-ball_gbia0033951b

https://archive.org/details/78_mother-machree_society-night-club-orchestra-young-olcott-ball_gbia0018534b

https://archive.org/details/78_mother-machree_taylor-hackel-berge-trio-olcott-ball_gbia0003666a

https://archive.org/details/78_mother-machree_the-silver-masked-tenor-young-olcott-ball_gbia0024447a

https://archive.org/details/78_mother-machree_victor-salon-trio-young-olcott-ball_gbia0002868b

https://archive.org/details/78_mother-machree_william-robyn-young-olcott-ball_gbia0018809a

Publication Date

1910

Comments

MacIntosh Collection

New York: M. Witmark & Sons, (1910)

Some of these resources may contain offensive language or negative stereotypes. Such materials should be seen in the context of the time period and as a reflection of attitudes of the time. The items are part of the historical record, and do not represent the views of the library or the institution.

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
There’s a spot in me heart which no colleen may own,
There’s a depth in me soul never sounded or known;
There’s a place in my mem’ry, my life, that you fill,
No other can take it, no one ever will.

[Chorus]
Sure I love the dear silver that shines in your hair,
And the brow that’s all furrowed and wrinkled with care.
I kiss the dear fingers, so toil-worn for me, Oh, God!
Bless you and keep you, Mother Machree!

[Verse 2]
Ev’ry sorrow or care in the dear days gone by,
Was made bright by the light of the smile in your eye;
Like a candle that’s set in a window at night
Your fond love has cheered me, and guided me right.

[Chorus]

Recommended Citation

Young, Rida Johnson; Olcott, Chauncey; and Ball, Ernest R., "Mother Machree" (1910). Historic Sheet Music Collection. 1438.
https://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/sheetmusic/1438