Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MOTHER'S SONGS, by ISABEL ECCLESTONE MACKAY Poet's Biography First Line: Our mother sings quite different songs Last Line: Seem far and far away! Subject(s): Mothers; Singing & Singers | ||||||||
OUR mother sings quite different songs From those we learn at school And we all think that mother's songs Are nicer as a rule There's one quite lovely one that tells About "Sweet Ella Rhree," And one of "Darling Nellie Gray," And one of "Rosa Lee." And one about a "Minstrel Boy," Who to the war has gone, And all about his father's sword That he has girded on. There's one about "Toll, Toll the Bell," (For dark-eyed laughing Nell), And one called "Swinging in the Lane," I like it specially well. Another one goes very high About an "Evening Star," And "Blue Alsatian Mountains," too, (I wonder where they are!) In fact the songs we sing at school Are just plain everyday, But all the songs that mother sings Seem far and far away! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE APOLLO TRIO by CONRAD AIKEN BAD GIRL SINGING by MARK JARMAN CHAMBER MUSIC: 4 by JAMES JOYCE CHAMBER MUSIC: 5 by JAMES JOYCE CHAMBER MUSIC: 28 by JAMES JOYCE THE SONG OF THE NIGHTINGALE IS LIKE THE SCENT OF SYRINGA by MINA LOY A CHRISTMAS CHILD by ISABEL ECCLESTONE MACKAY |
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