My Mother's Old Red Shawl

by American folk song

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MY MOTHER'S OLD RED SHAWL 
American folk song
Key: G

-8 -7   7   -4  5   -5
It now lies on the shelf
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It is fad-ed and torn
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That dear old shawl my moth-er wore
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'Tis all that is left
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For this heart to a-dore
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To bring to mind
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Those hap-py days of yore
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How of-ten the hands
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To these folds have been pressed
 -6*  7  -9   8*  -8   7   -9
That now be-neath the dai-sies
 8* -8  -7
Are at rest
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The tears come un-bid-den
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And sil-ent-ly fall
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To gleam like gems
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On moth-er's old red shawl
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It is use-ful no more
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Yet I fond-ly a-dore
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That dear old shawl my moth-er wore
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And through life it shall be
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A loved treas-ure to me
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That lit-tle old red shawl
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My moth-er wore