NOW LET MAMA BE:

She has worked hard all her life & done it all,

Supporting her family, so they wouldn’t fall

She has cooked, laundered, swept & mopped,

She has dusted, polished, stooped & slopped,

She´s tired, now let Mama be.

 

She has kissed, petted, patted & rubbed sores better,

She followed recipes of motherhood, down to last letter,

She changed nappies, cleaned pee, poop, misaimed feces,

Mama, ever there, replacing broken bits & mislaid pieces,

She´s tired, now let Mama be.

 

She is rock of her family, well honed, worn & lathered,

Wanting to be stone now, of moss, truly & well gathered,

She´s given & loved, with her body, heart & woman´s soul,

She´s Mama of the hearth, the home & has given her whole,

She is tired, now let Mama be.