Lyr Req: Mention My Mother's Name

Subject: Lyr Req: 'Mention Her Mothers Name'
From: GUEST,Newfiegirl
Date: 26 Dec 02 - 03:33 PM

Can someone please help me find the lyrics to a real old song,
here are only some of the words I know, I'm not sure if this is the right name of this song."Mention Her Mothers Name"

IF you should see my daughter, tell her to come home
Her mother's heart is broken since she has gone to roam
Tell her to come quickly, and tell her not to wait
For I'm getting old and feeble, and she may come too late
Tell her she's still my baby, mention her mother's name

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Mention My Mothers Name'
From: GUEST,Gene
Date: 26 Dec 02 - 05:34 PM

Jimmie Rodgers 'Whisper Your Mother's Name'

Subject: Lyr Add: WHISPER YOUR MOTHER'S NAME (J Rodgers)
From: GUEST,Gene
Date: 26 Dec 02 - 08:10 PM

WHISPER YOUR MOTHER'S NAME
(Jimmie Rodgers)

1. I was seated one day
In a gilded cafe,
In a window that looked on the street.
A face caught my eye
In a crowd passing by,
And I hastily sprang to my feet.
It was my sister's sad face
I had left home to trace;
Through her pride, she had left us one day,
And it brought back to me,
As plain as could be,
My mother, as I heard her say:

CHORUS: If you should see your sister,
Do not reproach or blame.
Tell her how we've missed her.
I love her just the same.
Say, my darling, the words that you brought her,
Whether in pride or shame.
Say that she's still my daughter.
Whisper your mother's name. YODEL

2. There were tears on her face
As she passed by the place,
And I hastily sprang to her side.
As we walked along,
I said: "Nell, we were wrong.
We are sorry we wounded your pride.
Your sweetheart is true
And still waiting for you.
We are willing now you should wed.
If you'll only come back,
You can marry your Jack
And please your dear mother, who said: CHORUS AND YODEL

Subject: Lyr Add: WHISPER YOUR MOTHER'S NAME (from H Snow)
From: GUEST
Date: 26 Dec 02 - 08:33 PM

Hank Snow's version is only slightly different...

WHISPER YOUR MOTHER'S NAME
Recorded by: Hank Snow
Written by: Jimmie Rodgers

I was seated one day in a gilded cafe
In a window that looked on the street
When a face caught my eye, in a crowd passing by
And I hastily sprang to my feet
Was my sister's sad face, I had left home to trace
Thru her pride she had left us one day
And it brought back to me, as plain as could be
My mother, as I heard her say:

CHORUS:
If you should see your sister
Do not reproach or blame
Tell her how we've missed her
I love her just the same
Say, my darlin', the words you brought her
Whether in pride or shame
Tell her she's still my daughter
And Whisper your Mother's Name.

There were tears on her face, as she passed by the place
And I hastily sprang to her side
As we walked along, I said Nell, we were wrong
We are sorry we wounded your pride
Your sweetheart is true and still waiting for you,
We are willing now you should wed,
If you'll only come back, you can marry your Jack
And please your dear mother, who said:

CHORUS

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Mention My Mother's Name'
From: GUEST,Newfiegirl
Date: 27 Dec 02 - 10:59 AM

I don't think it's the same song I'm searching for,
This one seems like what could be the answer to the song.
but thanks anyways... god bless.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Mention My Mother's Name'
From: GUEST,Gene
Date: 27 Dec 02 - 11:22 AM

How terrible of me --
This may help explain-

Recently, I was diagnosed with AAADD--
Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder.

This is how it manifests:

I decided to wash my car. As I start toward the garage, I notice that there is mail on the hall table. I decide to go through the mail before I wash the car.

I lay my car keys down on the table, put the junk mail in the trash can under the table, and notice that the trash can is full. So, I decide to put the bills back on the table and take out the trash first.

But then I think, since I'm going to be near the mailbox when I take out the trash anyway, I may as well pay the bills first.

I take my checkbook out of my briefcase that is on the table, and see that there is only one check left. My extra checks are in my desk in the den, so I go to my desk where I find the bottle of soda that I had been drinking.

I'm going to look for my checks, but first I need to push the soda aside so that I don't accidentally knock it over. I see that the soda is getting warm, and I decide I should put it in the refrigerator to keep it cold.

As I head toward the kitchen with the soda, a vase of flowers on the counter catches my eye--they need to be watered. I set the soda down on the counter, and I discover my reading glasses that I've been searching for all morning.

I decide I better put them back on my desk, but first I'm going to water the flowers. I set the glasses back down on the counter, fill a container with water and suddenly I spot the TV remote. Someone left it on the kitchen table.

I realize that tonight when we go to watch TV, we will be looking for the remote, but nobody will remember that it's on the kitchen table, so I decide to put it back in the den where it belongs, but first I'll water the flowers.

I splash some water on the flowers, but most of it spills on the floor. So, I set the remote back down on the table, get some towels and wipe up the spill. Then I head down the hall trying to remember what I was planning to do.

At the end of the day: the car isn't washed, the bills aren't paid, there is a warm bottle of soda sitting on the counter, the flowers aren't watered, there is still only one check in my checkbook, I can't find the remote, I can't find my glasses, and I don't remember what I did with the car keys.

Then when I try to figure out why nothing got done today, I'm really baffled because I know I was busy all day long, and I'm really tired.

I realize this is a serious problem, and I'll try to get some help for it, but first I'll check my e-mail.

Do me a favor, will you?

Forward this message to everyone you know,
because I don't remember who all I sent it to already...

Subject: Lyr Add: WHISPER YOUR MOTHER’S NAME (Braisted...)
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 13 Oct 19 - 10:59 PM

Jimmie Rodgers is usually credited with writing this song, but this sheet music shows it’s older than that. I have boldfaced the words that are different from what Rodgers sang, but they are pretty insignificant. From the sheet music at Baylor University:


WHISPER YOUR MOTHER’S NAME
Words by Harry Braisted, music by Stanley Carter. ©1896.

1. I was sitting one day
In a gilded café,
Near a window which looked on the street.
When a face caught my eye
In the crowd passing by,
And I hastily sprang to my feet.
‘Twas my sister's sad face
That I’d left home to trace;
Through pride, she had left us one day,
And it brought back to me,
Just as plain as could be,
My mother, as I heard her say:

CHORUS: If you should see your sister,
Do not reproach or blame.
Tell her how we have missed her.
I love her just the same,
My darling!
Say that this word you’ve brought her,
Whether in pride or shame.
Tell her she's still my daughter.
Whisper your mother's name.

2. There were tears on her face
As she passed by the place,
So I hastily stepped to her side.
And as we walked along,
I said: "Nell, we were wrong.
I’m so sorry we wounded your pride.
Your old sweetheart is true
And still waiting for you.
And we’re all willing now you should wed.
If you'll only come back,
You can marry your Jack
And please your dear mother, who said: CHORUS

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Mention My Mother's Name
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 13 Oct 19 - 11:13 PM

A cylinder recording of WHISPER YOUR MOTHER’S NAME from the 1890s, sung by Dan W. Quinn, can be heard at the UCSB Cylinder Audio Archive.