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Ah mother mother my beloved mother

Why is it that I must leave

why is it that I must go away 

from you from family and from the land that I called home

I have grown 

I have grown enough to take on the challenges

or I thought I was ready to take on the challenges

alas I'm not strong enough

not old enough to leave your side

Ah mother mother my beloved mother

I'm taken by fear

I feel so small in front of the new world

Tears are welling up in my eyes

Ah mother mother my most beloved mother

Will I be truly on my own when I leave you

you with your fragile hand have cleared my path

knowing that you are ill now it makes me unwilling to leave

Ah mother mother my most beloved mother

Is the fear in my heart from the new world that I do not know

or from the thought that I won't be seeing you

I just want to go back

go back in time when you were strong

and protected me from the world

but alas now I must learn to face the world

Ah mother mother my most honorable mother

I know with my every fall you will cry

I know that you will cheer me on from behind

but mother mother I'm afraid

I feel like a little child 

barely old enough but still deadly afraid

Ah mother mother must I leave your side

I know you cannot clear path for me anymore

and I must undertake the journey from here

Ah mother mother promise me

promise me that when I come back

well and strong

all grown and confident

you will greet me and still hold my hands.

Ah mother mother my most beloved mother

I hate to leave