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Title

Mother Machree

Authors

Chauncey Olcott

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

Mother Machree, song
lyric by Rida Johnson Young
music by Chauncey Olcott and Ernest R. Ball.

New York : M. Witmark

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 the attitudes of the time. The items are part of the historical record, and do not represent the views of the libraries or the institution.

Lyrics

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.

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!

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.

Recommended Citation

Olcott, Chauncey, "Mother Machree" (1910). Historic Sheet Music Collection. 954.
https://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/sheetmusic/954