[(Deposited June 28, 1853;
Recorded Vol. 28, Page 272)
No. 203]
"My Father and My Mother" (28 Jun 1853)
Poetry by Anson G. Chester
Music composed & affectionately inscribed to the memory
of his
Beloved Parents
by
W[illia]m. R[ichardson]. Dempster. [1809-1871]

Boston, MA: Oliver Ditson, 115 Washington St.
Philadelphia, PA: J. E. Gould
Cincinnati, OH: D. A Truax
Boston, MA: C. E. Clapp & Co.
New York, NY: T. S. Berry
Plate No. 6213
[Source: 530500@LoC]

1. Years ago, when rosy childhood
Lapped me in its dreams of bliss,
Then I heard a father’s accents,
Then I felt a mother’s kiss;
I was happy as the songbird,
Flitting to its secret nest;
Not a cloud, from morn till even,
Not a thorn within my breast,
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Not a cloud, form morn till even,
Not a thorn within my breast.

2. O! how well do I remember
What a smile my mother had!
How she laughed with me when merry,
How she wept with me when sad;
And my father fondly loved me,
As he never loved another,
Now alas! the turf is lying
On my father and my mother,
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Now alas! the turf is lying
On my father and my mother.

3. There are few on earth who love me;
O ’tis sad to dwell alone
But I hope to reach that country
Where my heart’s first friends are gone;
Let me wait without re pining,
Cheering every drooping brother,
’Till the wings of angels bear me
To my father and my mother
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’Till the wings od angels bear me
To my father and my mother.