Ma... Mother...

Ma loves me when she cuts an' sews My little
cloak an' Sund'y Clothes;
An' when my Pa comes home to tea,
She loves him most as much as me.
She laughs an' tells him all i said,
An' grabs me up an' pats my head;
An' I hug her an' hug my Pa,
An' love him purt' nigh as much as Ma.

- James W Riley