The song incites the unrighteous to leave their path of sin and return to that trod by their mother. One day, your mother will die and then you will stand by her grave, wishing you could see her face once more
The value of virginity and the value of wealth are two types of human attitudes in Medieval Age, ref...
This, it was explained, was a morality song to be sung as a warning to girls not to marry poor men. ...
VERSE 1At a little cottage gate,Looking down the village street,Stands a mother old in years and ben...
Son leaves the path of goodness which his mother has followed all her life, and disgraces her name. ...
Sentimental song of wayward sons who stray from their mother's teachings, thus breaking the parental...
Religion supports grief when it holds both despair and hope, upholding parents as they find new hori...
A song about the dreadful results of not obeying your parents. A badly brought up disobedient girl i...
Honour and shame were core social values of the ancient Mediterranean world. Nearly everything pert...
The song praises mothers. Singer describes self as lonely, having no contact with family. Says child...
Warning to young maidens to beware of false lovers who leave you as a mother but not as a wife. Sing...
Song cautioning gainst mixing with bad company: despite his mother's warnings, the singer did so, an...
Humorous song about a mother not being very wise and therefore the child will not be any wiser, play...
Holy Mother, guide his footsteps,Guide them at a moment, guide them at a moment sure...Holy Mother, ...
Song describing how the singer's mother taught her to pray. Now her mother is dead, and the child pr...
This original song imagines a message from Charity Lamb to her children. As Charity slowly loses her...
The value of virginity and the value of wealth are two types of human attitudes in Medieval Age, ref...
This, it was explained, was a morality song to be sung as a warning to girls not to marry poor men. ...
VERSE 1At a little cottage gate,Looking down the village street,Stands a mother old in years and ben...
Son leaves the path of goodness which his mother has followed all her life, and disgraces her name. ...
Sentimental song of wayward sons who stray from their mother's teachings, thus breaking the parental...
Religion supports grief when it holds both despair and hope, upholding parents as they find new hori...
A song about the dreadful results of not obeying your parents. A badly brought up disobedient girl i...
Honour and shame were core social values of the ancient Mediterranean world. Nearly everything pert...
The song praises mothers. Singer describes self as lonely, having no contact with family. Says child...
Warning to young maidens to beware of false lovers who leave you as a mother but not as a wife. Sing...
Song cautioning gainst mixing with bad company: despite his mother's warnings, the singer did so, an...
Humorous song about a mother not being very wise and therefore the child will not be any wiser, play...
Holy Mother, guide his footsteps,Guide them at a moment, guide them at a moment sure...Holy Mother, ...
Song describing how the singer's mother taught her to pray. Now her mother is dead, and the child pr...
This original song imagines a message from Charity Lamb to her children. As Charity slowly loses her...
The value of virginity and the value of wealth are two types of human attitudes in Medieval Age, ref...
This, it was explained, was a morality song to be sung as a warning to girls not to marry poor men. ...
VERSE 1At a little cottage gate,Looking down the village street,Stands a mother old in years and ben...