I Heard My Mother Call My Name In Prayer

Key of Bb · Chords: I II V

Verse 1

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While kneeling by her bedside in a cottage on the hill
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My mother prayed her blessings on me there
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She was talking there to Jesus while everything was still
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and I heard my mother call my name in prayer

Chorus

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Yes I heard my mother call my name in prayer
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She was pourin out her heart to Jesus there
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Then I Gave my heart to him and he saved my soul from sin
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For he heard my mother call my name in prayer

Verse 2

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She was anxious for her boy to be just what he ought to be
And she asked the Lord to take him in his care
Just the words I can’t remember but I know she prayed for me
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For I heard my mother call my name in prayer

Verse 3

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So I gave my heart to Jesus and I’m livin now for him
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And someday I’ll go and meet him in the air
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For he heard my mother praying and he saved my soul from sin
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Yes he heard my mother call my name in prayer