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Lighthousebob
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0 posted 2001-05-12 04:09 PM



Mama Use To Hold Me Up


Mama use to hold me up
and Mama use to pray.
She rocked me on her knee
and Mama use to say,
"Boy, your getting older
and getting stronger every day.
Soon, you'll be walking on your own
and you'll want to go out and play.
Soon, you'll be a man
and you'll go your own way..."
Mama use to hold me up
and Mama use to pray.

I recall the first time
I came back to Mama's side.
How I knelt at her alter
and I prayed and cried.
How I asked God to forgive me
for everything I'd done.
How His Love it surrounded me
and I spoke with a brand new tongue.
Oh, how I rejoiced
and praised God on that day...
Mama use to hold me up
and Mama use to pray.

Did you know that the church
is the Mother of us all?
And we'll be together
when we hear the trumpet's call?
And we'll all be in Heaven
in a twinkling of an eye?
And we'll all be singing praises
in our mansions in the sky?
But what about those
who are left here to die...

But, she's gone on,
Mama is gone away.
Yes, she's gone on,
Wish she was here to stay.
Oh, she's gone on,
We need her so today...

Mama use to hold me up
and Mama use to pray.



-Robert E. Michaud Jr.-


© Copyright 2001 Robert E. Michaud Jr. - All Rights Reserved
Mabel A. Dilley
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since 2001-03-17
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Seattle, WA, USA
1 posted 2001-05-12 05:47 PM


Poignant and so rich in tone I can hear the melody...Shalom...Julian

"I am not now that which I have been."

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Member Rara Avis
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Washington State
2 posted 2001-05-12 05:48 PM


A beautiful song full of truth.  Joyce
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Member Patricius
since 2001-03-09
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Idaho, USA
3 posted 2001-05-12 06:29 PM


Very touching and beautiful.

Betty Lou Hebert

Songbird
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Missouri
4 posted 2001-05-13 11:40 PM


Get out your guitar and sing it!!  Enjoyed!!
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