Just a Baby's Prayer at Twilight

Just a Baby's Prayer at Twilight - Henry Burr/The Peerless Quartet

I've heard the prayers of mothers

Some of them old and gray

I've heard the prayers of others

For those who went away

Of times a prayer will teach one

The meaning of goodbye

I felt the pain of each one

But this one made me cry

Just a baby's prayer at twilight

When lights are low

Poor baby's years

Are filled with tears

There's a mother there at twilight

Who's proud to know

Her precious little tot

Is Dad's forget-me-not

After saying Goodnight Mama

She climbs up stairs

Quite unawares

And says her prayers

Oh kindly tell my daddy

That he must take care

That's a baby's prayer at twilight

For her daddy over there

Oh kindly tell my daddy

That he must take care

That's a baby's prayer at twilight

For her daddy over there