Little Bessie

Hug me close dear mother closer Put your arms around me tight For I am cold and tired, dear mother And I feel so strange tonight Something hurts me here, dear mother Like a stone upon my breast Oh I wonder, wonder mother Why it is I cannot rest All the day as you were working And I lay upon my bed I was trying to be patient And to think of what you said How the King, Blessed Jesus Loves His lambs to watch and keep Oh, I wish He would come and take m In His arms that I might sleep Just before the lamps were lighted Just before the children came While the room was very quiet I heard someone call my name All at once a window opened On a field of lambs and sheep Some far out were in a brook drinking Some were lying fast asleep In a moment I was looking On a world so bright and fair Which was filled with little children And they seemed so happy there They were singing oh so sweetly Sweetest songs I ever heard They were singing sweeter mother Than our own little birds But I could not see the Savior Though I strained my eyes to see And I wonder if He saw me Would He speak to such as me All at once a window opened One so bright upon me smiled And I knew it must be Jesus When He said come here, my child Come up here, little Bessie Come up here and live with me Where little children never suffer Suffer through eternity Then I thought of all you told me Of that bright and happy land I was going when you called me When you came and kissed my hand And at first I felt so sorry You had called, I would go Oh, to sleep and never suffer Mother, don't be crying so Hug me close dear mother closer Put your arms around me tight Oh how much I love you mother And how strong I feel tonight And her mother pressed her closer To her own dear burdened breast On the heart so near it's breaking Lay the heart so near it's rest At the solemn hour of midnight In the darkness calm and deep Laying on her mother's bosom Little Bessie fell asleep