Chords for Little Bessie

_ _ _ _ Hug me _ closer, mother, _ _ _ _ closer.
_ _ _ _ Put your _ _ _ arms _ around me _ _ tight. _
For _ _ I'm cold and [D] tired, _ dear _ mother.
_ _ _ _ And _ _ I feel so strong [G] tonight. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Something hurts me here, _ dear mother. _ _ _ _
_ Like a [Db] stone _ _
_ [B] up on my _ _ _ breast.
_ Oh, _ I wonder, _ mother, _ _ _ wonder.
_ _ _ _ Why _ _ it is I _ cannot _ _ _ rest. _
_ _ All the day while you _ were _ working.
_ _ _ _ As I lay _ _ _ upon my _ _ _ bed.
I was [D] _ _ trying to be _ _ _ patient. _ _
_ _ And _ to think of what you'd said. _
_ _ _ How _ the king, dear, blessed _ _ _ _ _ Jesus. _ _ _
Loves his _ [B] _ lambs to _ watch and _ keep. _
_ Oh, I _ wish he would come _ and take me.
_ _ _ In _ _ his arms that I might [G] sleep. _ _ _ _
Just _ _ before the lamps were _ _ _ _ _ _ lighted.
_ Just _ [Cm] before _
_ [B] _ the children _ _ _ came.
_ While the _ room was very _ _ _ _ quiet. _ _ _
I _ _ heard someone _ call my _ _ _ name.
_ _ _ All at once a _ window _ [G] _ _
opened.
_ On a field _ of lambs and _ _ sheep.
Some far _ _ out in a brook were drinking.
_ _ _ _ _ Some were lying fast asleep. _ _
_ In a moment I was looking.
_ _ On a world so bright and _ fair.
Which was filled _ with little children. _ _ _ _ _
And they seemed so happy there. _
_ They were singing oh so _ sweetly.
_ _ Sweetest songs _ [D] I ever _ [G] heard. _
They were _ _ _ singing sweeter, mother.
_ _ _ _ Than _ our darling little bird. _
_ [D] But I could [G] not see the savior.
_ _ _ Though I strain my eyes to see. _ _
Oh, I wondered _ if he saw me. _ _ _ _
Would he speak to such as me? _
_ _ All at once a window opened.
_ _ One so bright _ _ upon me smiled. _ _
And I knew it must be Jesus.
_ When _ _ _ he said come here my _ child.
_ Come up here my little blessing.
_ _ Come up here _ and live with me. _
Where little _ _ children never suffer. _ _ _ _ _
_ Suffer through _ eternity. _
_ Then I thought of all you told me.
_ Of that bright and happy _ land.
I was gone _ when you called me. _ _ _
When you came and kissed my hand.
_ _ And at first I felt so sorry.
_ _ You had called and I would _ go.
_ Off to sleep _ _ and never suffer. _ _ _ _
Mother _ don't be crying so.
_ _ _ Hug me closer, mother, closer.
_ _ Put your _ _ arms around me _ tight.
Oh, how much _ I miss you, mother. _ _ _ _
And how strong I feel tonight.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ And the mother pressed her closer.
_ _ To her own _ dear _ burdened breast.
On the [Gm] heart so near it's breaking.
_ _ _ _ Lay _ the heart so near it's [Gm] _ _
[G] rest.
At the solemn hour of midnight.
_ _ In the _ _ _ darkness calm and _ _ deep.
Lying _ _ on her _ mother's bosom. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Little _ Bessie fell _ _ asleep. _ _ _
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[Ebm] Jesus loves _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
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_ [Eb] _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [Eb] me.
_ [N] _ _ _ _ Yes, _ Jesus loves me.
The Bible _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ says so. _