One of the most pleasant songs about mothers is My Mother's Eyes by Abel Baer and L. Wolfe Gilbert. It is from a film, Lucky Boy, screened in 1929. The lyrics are easy to remember with its rhyming couplet:
One bright and guiding light,
That taught me wrong from right
I found in my mother's eyes
Those baby tales she told
That road all paved with gold
I found in my mother's eyes
Then the form changes with the chorus:
Chorus:
Just like a wandering sparrow,
One lonely soul,
I walk the straight and narrow,
To reach my goal.
God's gift sent from above,
A real unselfish love,
I found in my mother's eyes.
Back in childhood days,
I can remember loving caresses showered on me.
Mother's eyes would gaze at me so tender,
What was their meaning?
Now I can see.
Singers and Instrumentalists who recorded, My Mother's Eyes:
The first lot includes Frankie Valli, Tom Jones, Russ Hamilton, George Jessel, Ella Fitzgerald, The Mills Brothers, Etta Jones, Tab Smith, Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen, Lonnie Johnson, Kevin Coyne, Nellie Lutcher, Sydney Devine and David Newton.
There's also Nancy Sinatra, Roland Stone, Christine Tyrrell, Karl Denver, Linda Hopkins, The Royal Teens and many others.
This posting is for all mums. A Happy Mother's Day!
Images: Google.
Great job bringing them all in one place ! Keep it going Andy.
ReplyDeleteThanks Andy. It's a beautiful song and I have this version on Karaoke.
ReplyDeleteLovely, thanks.
ReplyDeleteTks Andy.Happy Mother's Day.
ReplyDeleteSongs of love for our mothers always warm our hearts. A popular Chinese version of yesteryear was sung by Xiao Fang Fang. I wonder whether there are similar Malay, Indian version of songs of love for mothers:)
ReplyDeleteThanks Andy. Still prefer Russ Hamilton's version. Miss him.
ReplyDeleteCheers!
Thank you everyone for the comments. Appreciate the replies. I know it is difficult to key in the comment page with so much security measures. I wish BLOGSPOT could make some changes to make it easier for readers to write in.
ReplyDeleteIf you know my email address just write a direct reply and I shall transfer the message.
Check out Dr Lee's postings by clicking on his name. His very good friend was Russ Hamilton who sang 'My Mother's Eyes' and other pop hits. Hamilton had passed away some years ago.
ReplyDeleteLike what Yan San said, I still prefer Hamilton's version. Makes for a great Mother's Day number.
I am also looking into LKM's suggestion to post songs of love about mothers in Indian, Chinese and Malay. If there are readers out there who are familiar please contribute.
The song, "Mother of mine, you gave to me..." has both lyrics and melody that tug at the heart strings. I read KM's query about such songs in Malay and I can remember a pantun? "Aiyoh mama , mama jangan marah beta..."
ReplyDeleteAll the best in your endeavour
Thank you CYL for taking the trouble to write. Appreciate your encouragement and the Malay song you contributed. I shall ask friends about it. Sounds familiar.
ReplyDeleteWould like to share this blog authored by a good friend, Mr Andy Lim. If you are interested in Spore's 60s music, then you should visit his blog which is an interesting read. Btw in his younger days he sang with the popular group, The Silver Strings.
ReplyDelete"Hello Mr Andy Lim alias Andy Young. You vanished from fb for a while and finally resurface. Hope my fb friends do visit your blog which has a wide international readership. Young Singaporeans interested in our local history of popular music will find lots of interesting snippets in your blog. So keep writing, Mr Andy Young!"
ReplyDeleteHi Andy morning,
ReplyDeleteI just saw your blog on the old classic, my mother's eye. Honestly preferred the old Russ Hamilton but Kenny Ball & The Jazzmen version also go down well too.
Cheers.
Gee, thanks Rickie for your positive response. Must meet and chat about songs. I just love many of them.
ReplyDeleteThanks to LKM again for the continuous support. I am back on FB, hopefully to get some stories from other readers.
I like Russ Hamilton's My Mother's Eyes best. When I was a kid, my father had the LP record. I don't think it's a lullaby - years later, I was singing another Russ Hamilton's song to put my little girl to sleep - "Little One". That's a nice lullaby.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the visit and comments about the song. I tried logging on to your blog but couldn't get in. You've got a great site too and I enjoy the postings.
ReplyDeleteHi Andy - a song worthy for all mother - who is someone you can have only one regardless or race, country. religion or culture. Cheerio
ReplyDeleteyes Andy Russ Hamilton..love his 10 song LP.....jimmy
ReplyDeleteHappy Mother's Day to all mothers ..😘😘😘😘😘
ReplyDeleteHappy Mother's Day to your wonderful wife, brother Andy Young 🌹💖😊
ReplyDeletethanks to the following for liking this post
ReplyDeleteJohn Cher
Hiroshi Deguchi
Ericbronson Wong
Koh Sui Pang
Rose Khoo
Jennie Law
Jalani Mohamed
Joey Koh
Jimmy Appudurai-chua
Van Der Beek Philip
Foo Jong Fook
Charlie Yap Locomotion
Rodney Tan
Faith Faustina Felicity
Nyonya Jenny Yeo
Michael Fonseca
Happy Mother's Day!
ReplyDelete