SHE SUCKLES NECTAR AT HER WARM BOSOM
THE MOTHER IS AFTER ALL A MOTHER.
SHE FONDLES THE BABY IN HER LAP, WITH LULLABIES,
THE MOTHER IS AFTER ALL A MOTHER.

SHE TEACHES HOW TO TALK; SHADOWS THE BABY EVERYWHERE,
SHE NURSES IT WITH INNER LONGING,
SHE TRICKS IT INTO CATING WITH STORIES OF SPARROW AND STARLING,
THE MOTHER IS AFTER ALL A MOTHER.

'I SACRIFICE MY LIFE FOR YOU WITH ALL I HAVE
IS ALWAYS AT HER TONGUE.
SHE CARESSES EVERY PORE AND COOLS DOWN ITS SWEAT,
THE MOTHER IS AFTER ALL A MOTHER.

WHOLE OF HER HEART IS AT ITS BECK AND CALL,
SHE MEASURES IT BY HER FINGER TIPS,
RECLINING ON HER ARM, SHE LIES WITH IT,
THE MOTHER IS AFTER ALL A MOTHER.

REALLY SHE DOES NOT TOLERATE A THING ABOUT HER DARLING,
SHE SACRIFICES ALL FOR HER OFFSPRING,
SHE DOES NOT BEAR A LITTLE DISCOMFORT TO IT,
THE MOTHER IS AFTER ALL A MOTHER.

SHE LOOKS AT IT WITH GREAT LOVE AND AFFECTION,
SHE FONDLES IT UNDER COOL SHADOWS AND GROOVES,
RAISING HANDS SHE PRAYS FOR ALL THE GOOD,
THE MOTHER IS AFTER ALL A MOTHER.

THE MOTHER IS A GODDESS, AN OCEAN OF LOVE,
HEAVENS EXIST UNDER HER FEET,
GOD REMOVES THE DREAD OF THE CHAIN OF BIRTHS,
THE MOTHER IS AFTER ALL A MOTHER.

DO NOT MAKE LIGHT OF HER KINDNESSES,
DON’T YOU EVER BREAK HER HEART,
SHE MAKES A SMALL KID INTO AN ADULT.
THE MOTHER IS AFTER ALL A MOTHER.

RESPECT YOUR MOTHER AND YOU WILL STAY HAPPY (SHAD),
YOUR AFFLICTIONS WILL VANISH AND YOU WILL THRIVE,
HER BLESSINGS LAST A LIFE TIME,
THE MOTHER IS AFTER ALL A MOTHER.