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To MOTHER
Oh, would that I, some song could sing
Of the joy you to me, this Christmoas bring:
I'm sure all the world would list to hear
This lay to one who's dearer year by year.
In fancy, I can plainly see,
A little boy at your knee;
Then again in a backward glance,
I see how "long" have grown his "pants."
Ah, how swiftly time has passed;
Why must childhood go so fast?
But of all that Life has brought of good and true,
Naught is so dear, Mother, to me as YOU.
PEMBERTON PARKER
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"TO MOTHER"
The original of this picture was first ex-
hibited at the great art show held in Chicago
in the summer of 1944 and was made by
Pemberton Parker to illustrate his beautiful
tribute, "To Mother."
It is said that a few days after writing the
poem, he created the illustration which has
now become almost inseparable from the
verses. Both the picture and the poem have
a universal appeal and are much admired
by all who hold in happy memory those
golden days of childhood.
5B-H135
WATSON ASSOCIATED DISTRIBUTORS, KIMMSWICK STATION, MO., U.S.A.
COPYRIGHTED 1943, W. R. DUPREE
