The Riverside song book/My Mother's Memory
MY MOTHER’S MEMORY.
John Boyle O’Reilly. Wilhelm Taubert.
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Andante con moto.
1. There is one bright star in heav - en. Ev - er shin - ing
2. In my far - thest, wild - est wan - d'rings I have turned me
in my night; God to me one guide has giv - en,
to that love, As a div - er 'neath the wa - ter,
Like the sai - lor's bea - con light, Set on ev - ry
Turns to watch the light a - bove.— There is one bright
shoal and dan - ger, Send - ing out its warn - ing ray To the
star in heav - en Ev - er shin - ing in my night; God to
home-bound, wea - ry stran - ger Looking for the land-locked bay.
me one guide has giv - en. Like the sai - lor's bea - con light.