Pat McKenna - Mother's Birthday Song Lyrics

She sits there in the corner in that old easy chair
Grandchildren all around her, not a worry or a care
Mother's birthday is today but she won't tell her age
She just smiles and winks and says I've turned another page

And as we sit there talking, the conversation flows
Memories came flooding back of days so long ago
When she worked in the fields with Dad from morning until dusk
Raising a big family on hard work, love and trust

Everybody's had one, everybody's loved one
I hope that you'll have yours a long, long time
She brought us all into this world, a lady with a heart of gold
Mother, sweet mother of mine

I remember well my younger days working on the farm
She always said hard labour never done you any harm
She'd never go to sleep at night, sometimes we'd be late
A dedicated Mother who didn't mind the wait

Now a whole new generation is part of God's great plan
Means Mothers name now has changed and she is known as Gran
And as her young grandchildren sing happy birthday dear
She smiles and gives them all a hug and wipes away a tear

Everybody's had one, everybody's loved one
And I hope that you have yours a long, long time
She brought us all into this world, a lady with a heart of gold
Mother, sweet mother of mine

Everybody's had one, everybody's loved one
And I hope that you have yours a long, long time
She brought us all into this world, a lady with a heart of gold
Mother, sweet mother of mine

She's my Mother, sweet Mother of mine