MOTHER, I STILL HAVE YOU
From the film "The Jazz Singer" (1927)
(Louis Silvers / Grant Clarke)

Al Jolson (Film Soundtrack) - 1927

Also recorded by: The Silver-Masked Tenor; Henry Burr.


Mother, I'm sorry I've wandered away
Breaking your heart as I did
Now that I've grown up, I've come back to say
Things that I felt as a kid, Dear

Mother of mine, when friends all doubt me
I still have you, somehow you're just the the same
Mother divine, with your arms about me
I know I'm not to blame

Gee, ain't it funny, when skies are sunny
That's when my pals all want me
When things go wrong and they don't want me
Mother, I still have you

Mother of mine, when friends all doubt me
I still have you, somehow you're just the same
Mother divine, with your arms about me
I know I'm not to blame

Gee, ain't it funny, when skies are sunny
That's when my pals all want me
And when things go wrong and they don't want me
Mother, I still have you


(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - January 2006)


TRIVIA:
This was the very first song written specifically
for a film, Warner Bros "The Jazz Singer" in 1927.