Happy Mother's Day, Saratoga!

I served for many years as a children's primary volunteer in my church while my daughters were young and helped lead many choirs that performed these special lullabies on Mother's Day. Enjoy.

I Often Go Walking

I often go walking in meadows of clover,
And I gather armfuls of blossoms of blue.
I gather the blossoms the whole meadow over;
Dear mother, all flowers remind me of you.

O mother, I give you my love with each flower
To give forth sweet fragrance a whole lifetime through;
For if I love blossoms and meadows and walking,
I learn how to love them, dear mother, from you.

“I Often Go Walking,” Children’s Songbook of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 202.

Words: Phyllis Luch, 1937–1995. © 1969 IRI

Music: Jeanne P. Lawler, b. 1924. © 1969 IRI

Mother, I Love You

Mother, I love you; mother, I do.
Father in Heaven has sent me to you.
When I am near you, I love to hear you
Singing so softly that you love me too.

Mother, I love you; mother, I do.
I want to help you because I love you.
I want to mind you; I want to find you
Happy and smiling because I love you.
Mother, I love you; I love you, I do.

Words and music: Lorin F. Wheelwright, 1909–1987
© 1969 by Lorin F. Wheelwright. This song may be copied for incidental, noncommercial church or home use.

“Mother, I Love You,” Children’s Songbook of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 207