WHY MOTHER IS PROUD

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVII, Issue 20, 20 May 1909, Page 37

WHY MOTHER IS PROUD

Look at his face, look in his eyes, Roguish and blue^ and terribly wise — Roguish and blue, but quickest to see When mother comes in as tired as can be; Quickest to find her the nicest old chair, Quickest to get to the top of the stair, Quickest to see that a kiss on her cheek Would help her far more than to clatter to speak, Look in his face, and guess, if -you can, Why mother is proud of her little man.

The mother is proud — I will tell you this: You can see it yourself in her tender kiss. But why? Well, of all her dears, There is scarcely one who ever hears The moment she speaks, and jumps to see What her want or her wish may be. Scarcely one. They all forget, Or are not ii> the notion to go quite yet ; But this she knows, if her boy is near, There is somebody certain to want to hear.

Mother is proud, and she holds him fast And kisses him first and kisses him last. And he holds her hand and looks in her face, And hunts for her spool, which is out of place, And proves that he loves her whenever he can — That's why she's proud of her little man.