Please let me keep on going, Lord
from dawn to setting sun
Till I'm no longer needed
and all my work is done.
Please let me be around to see
my little ones grow strong
And keep my shoulder handy
for their tears when things go wrong.
Please let me make our home a place
they're happy to be in
And help me by example
to keep them from sin.
For not until they're all prepared
to face life's rocky road
Does any mother dare to drop
her burden and her load.
It's only then that she can feel
she's truly earned her rest
As thankfully she whispers,
"Lord, I've done my very best!"

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