I Dreamed About Mama Last Night

I've just been to heaven with someone so true

I dreamed about Mama last night

She read me the Bible as she used to do

I dreamed about Mama last night

She never closed her eyes to sleep

Till we were all in bed

And on party nights till we came home

She always sat and read

We had little thought about it then

For we were young and gay

Just how much Mama worried

When we children were away

We only knew she never slept

While we were out at night

That she waited just to know

That we'd all come home alright

And sometimes when we'd stay away

Till 1 or 2 or 3

It seemed to us that Mama heard

The turning of the key

For always when we'd step inside

She'd call and we'd reply

We were all too young back then

To understand the reason why

Till the last one had returned

She always kept a light

For Mama couldn't sleep until

She'd kissed us all good night

She had to know we were safe

Before she went to rest

For she always feared the world might harm

The ones she loved the best

Once she said, "When you are grown

To women and to men

Perhaps I'll sleep the whole night through

It might be different then"

So it seemed that night and day

We knew our mother's care

For always when we got back home

We found her waiting there

Then came the day

We were called together 'round her bed

"The children are all with ya now"

The kindly doctor said

Then in her eyes there gleamed again

That old-time tender light

That told that she waited

Just to know we made it home alright

She smiled that old familiar smile

And prayed to God to keep

Her children safe from harm throughout the years

And then she went asleep

My dream is a treasure that I'll always keep

I dreamed about Mama last night