Chords for Big Tom & The Mainliners ~ Aged Mother

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_ _ _ _ Last night while I [Eb] lay sleeping, _ _ [Bb] last night [F] while [Bb] in a dream,
_ _ I saw my dear [Eb] old mother _ _ [Gm] down [Bb] by [F] a _ [Bb] mystic stream.
_ _ _ [Eb] Don't ask me why [Bb] I'm weeping, _ _ _ [Eb] don't ask me why [Bb] I pray,
_ _ _ For _ I've an _ [Eb] aged mother _ _ [Gm] ten [Bb] _
[F] thousand miles [Bb] _
away.
_ _ A letter _ _ here [Eb] from sister dear, [Bb] come home [F] we're all [Bb] alone.
_ _ _ Dear _ mother's _ slowly [Eb]
fading, _ _ she [Bb]
can't [F] be with [Bb] us long.
_ _ [Eb] Don't ask me why [Bb] I'm weeping, _ _ _ [Eb] don't ask me why [Bb] I pray,
_ _ For _ I've an _ aged [Eb]
mother _ _ [Bb] ten _ thousand [F] miles [Bb] _
away. _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ I'm drawing _ near [Eb] the old home, _ [Bb] dear _
_ [F] sister's at [Bb] the gate.
_ _ _ She speeds me [Gb] through [Eb] the doorway, _ _ [Bb] oh brother [F] you've come [Bb] too late.
_ _ [Eb] Oh lead me [C] to [Bb] the casket, _ _ [Eb] throw back the linen [Bb] so fine,
_ _ _ That I might kiss [Eb] her pale white lips, [Bb] for I know [F] they'll never [Bb] kiss mine.
_ _ I see the pale [Eb] moon shining _ _ [Bb] on _ [F] mother's white [Bb] _
tombstone,
_ _ The _ rosebuds round [Eb] them twining _ _ [Bb] are just [F] like me [Bb] alone.
_ _ _ [Eb] Don't ask me why [Bb] I'm weeping, _ _ [Eb] don't ask me why [Bb] I pray,
_ _ For I've an aged [Eb] _
mother _ _ [Bb] ten _ [F] thousand miles _ [Bb] _
away.
_ _ For _ I've an aged [Eb] _
mother _ _ [Bb] ten _ [F] thousand miles [Bb] away.
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