I loved you in the morning,
All through the cold winter,
I picked for you some snowdrops,
For you were deep inside me,
And when I heard your first cry,
my tears were filled with joy
I watched you stand and fall again,
then walk across the floor
But when you toddled back to me,
And I will always love you,
I watched you from the doorway,
I must feel it all alone.
Your first day at school,
I helped you with arithmetic,
it sometimes made you cry
But soon your learning caught me up,
I watched you bloom and blossom,
you were changing every day
to face the world and all that lay in store
But when you'd come home again,
I'd love you all, you know
And I will always love you
We rarely see each other now,
oh how the years have flown
So good to see you back again,
Your little room, it's still the same,
I haven't changed a thing
Since you fought with arithmetic
and learned to dance and sing
Your little one beside me
like snowdrops that gather at the door
We'll welcome you home again,
And I will always love you
