I'm Dying Mother

Intro: C Am C Am C 


C 
On one summer eve as the sun was setting 
    Am        C 
The wind blew soft and cold 
  Am7       C 
A young man lay on a bed of fever and 
C 
Tears stood in his eyes 


C 
I’m dying mother I’m surely dying 
    Am         C 
And hell is my awful doom 
Am7          C 
take my hand and 
C 
Press it tight for my heart is sad with gloom 



C 
The other night as I left the meeting 
    Am        C 
The spirit it bid me pray 
     Am7   C 
Said not tonight but 
C 
Next week only I must go and bang til the day 
C 
After this I’ll get converted 
    Am          C 
And be a Christian bride 
  Am7        C 
But alas too late 
C 
I have seen the folly of saying not tonight 


C 
I’m dying mother I’m surely dying 
    Am         C 
And hell is my awful doom 
Am7          C 
take my hand and 
C 
Press it tight for my heart is sad with gloom 

Instrumental: C Am C Am 



C 
After this I’ll get converted 
    Am         C 
And be a Christian bride 
    Am       C 
But alas too late 
C 
I have seen the folly of saying not tonight 


C 
Mother dear go and tell my comrades 
       Am           C 
Not to do as I have done 
         Am           C 
When the spirit calls you 
C 
Do not reject him and put him off in time 

 
C 
I’m dying mother I’m surely dying 
    Am         C 
And hell is my awful doom 
Am7          C 
take my hand and 
C 
Press it tight for my heart is sad with gloom 

C 
I’m dying mother I’m surely dying 
    Am         C 
And hell is my awful doom 
Am7          C 
take my hand and 
C 
Press it tight for my heart is sad with gloom