title: My Mother’s Old Red Shawlkey: Folkharp type: Chromaticgenre: Gskill: AnyAmerican folk songKey: G-8 -7 7 -4 5 -5It now lies on the shelf8 -8 -7 -5* 6 -7It is fad-ed and torn6 7 -6* 5 7 -6* 6 -5That dear old shawl my moth-er wore-8-7 7 -4 5 -5‘Tis all that is left8 -8 -7 -5* 6 -7For this heart to a-dore-8 8 -8 8To bring to mind-7 -6* -5 6 -6* 7Those hap-py days of yore-7 -7 -6* 7 -7How of-ten the hands-9 -9 8* -8 7 6To these folds have been pressed-6* 7 -9 8* -8 7 -9That now be-neath the dai-sies8* -8 -7Are at rest-7 -7 -6* 7 -7 -9The tears come un-bid-den-9 8* -8 7 6And sil-ent-ly fall-9 8* -8 -7To gleam like gems6 -7 -7 7 6 -5On moth-er’s old red shawl-8 -7 7 -4 5 -5It is use-ful no more8 -8 -7 -5* 6 -7Yet I fond-ly a-dore6 7 -6* 5 7 -6* 6 -5That dear old shawl my moth-er wore-8 -7 7 -4 5 7And through life it shall be8 -8 -7 -5* 6 -7A loved treas-ure to me-8 8 -8 8 -7 -6*That lit-tle old red shawl-5 6 -6* 7My moth-er wore