Mother Dear
Author: Maud Belnap Kimball
Composer: Mildred Tanner Pettit
Languages (42)
This song text has been indexed at SingPraises.net in the following languages:
- Albanian: Nën’ e Shtrenjt’
- Bulgarian: Мила мамо
- Cebuano: Minahal nga Inahan
- Croatian: Volim te, majčice
- Czech: Maminko má nejdražší
- Danish: Mor
- Dutch: Moederlief
- English: Mother Dear
- Estonian: Emake
- Fijian: Au Lomani Iko Nau
- Finnish: Äiti armas
- French: Ma maman
- German: Liebe Mutti
- Greek: Σ’ αγαπώ πολύ μαμά
- Hungarian: Anyu, én úgy szeretem
- Icelandic: Elsku hjartans mamma mín
- Indonesian: Ibuku Yang Tersayang
- Italian: Cara mamma
- Japanese: お母さん
- Kekchi: At innaʼ, nakatinra
- Khmer (Cambodian): ម៉ាក់ជាទីស្រឡាញ់
- Korean: 사랑하는 어머니
- Latvian: Māmiņ, tevi mīlu es!
- Lithuanian: Mama, myliu aš tave
- Malagasy: Neny malala
- Mandarin (Romanized/Pinyin): Qīn’ài mǔqīn
- Mandarin (Simplified): 亲爱母亲
- Mandarin (Traditional): 親愛母親
- Mongolian: Ээж минь
- Norwegian: Kjære mor
- Polish: Droga Mamo
- Portuguese: Minha Mãe do Coração
- Romanian: Mamă dragă
- Russian: Мамочка любимая
- Samoan: Tina Pele
- Spanish: Madrecita de mi amor
- Swedish: Kära mor
- Tagalog: ’Nay, Mahal ko po Kayo
- Tahitian: Māmā
- Thai: คุณเเม่ที่รัก
- Tongan: Siʻi Faʻē
- Ukrainian: Мамо, я тебе люблю
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Copyright status of original text
This text was first published in English, in 1951 or earlier.
Public domain (not renewed)
Earliest known source: The Children Sing (1951).
Earliest source indexed at SingPraises.net:
Chantons (1950), 9.
Representative lyrics
English (Original Language)
1. Mother dear, I love you so.Your happy, smiling faceIs such a joy to look at;It makes home a lovely place.
2. Mother dear, I love you so.Your lovely, shining eyesAre just like stars that twinkleWay up in the bright blue skies.
3. Mother dear, I love you so.I’ll try the whole day throughTo please our Heav’nly Father.I’m so glad he gave me you.
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