The Hand That Rocked My Cradle Rules My Heart

A popular song from 1919
words and music by Irving Berlin

The sheet music:

The-Hand-That-Rocked-My-Cradle-Rules-My-Heart – Sheet MusicDownload

Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:

The_Hand_That_Rocked_The_Cradle_Rules_My_Heart – MIDIDownload

Lyrics

  1. How can I ever pay the debt I owe you
    Mother o’ mine, Mother o’ mine
    What is there I could ever do to show you
    How much I love you
    Mother o’ mine

Refrain
I kiss the hand, the wrinkled hand
That rocked my cradle in babyland
A mem’ry lingers of byegone years
When gentle fingers would dry my tears
Her face will ever be my guiding light
She’ll whisper tenderly “Turn to the right”
No harm can come to me by day or night
For the hand that rocked my cradle rules my heart

  1. Close to my side you stand what e’er betide me
    Mother o’ mine, Mother o’ mine
    How can I come to harm with you beside me
    Ever to guide me
    Mother o’ mine