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My mother's just like a rainbow
And I wish that you could see
The different colors that she shows
To a little boy like me.

When I was bad the other day
She looked like purple dark,
And sent me off to bed to stay—
I tell you, that's no lark.

But if I'm full of laughs and fun
My mother shines so bright
She is all yellow like the sun
Or the big moon at night.

The time I fell and hurt my head
She hugged and kissed me too,
I thought her like the roses red
That in our garden grew.

Often we walk through field or park,
And talk of what we've seen,
Then mother dear's so fresh and sweet
Just like the springtime green.

But oh! I love her best of all
When she's put out the light
And whispers low "God bless my son"—
Why she seems softest white.