Mommy Please Stay Home With Me Song Lyrics and Chords
Mommy Please Stay Home With Me Song Lyrics and Chords by Eddy Arnold
Mommy Please Stay Home With Me
Recorded by Eddy Arnold
Written by Eddy Arnold, Wally Fowler & J. Graydon Hall
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A mother went out
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on a
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party
She left at home her baby
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son
He cried and
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begged her
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not to
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leave
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But she would not
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give up her
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fun
She kissed his cheek and
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tried to
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soothe
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But would not heed his childish
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plea
She heard him
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call as
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she was
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leaving
Please mommy please stay
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home with
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me
The mother joined
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merry
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makers
And soon was lost in trifling
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joy
The mellow
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tunes and
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flitting
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shadows
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ade
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her forget her baby boy
She danced and laughed and
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did some
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drinking
The world for her was full of
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glee
But now and
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then these words
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would haunt
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her
Please mommy please stay
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home with
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me
She left the party
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feeling
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dizzy
The smell of drinking on her
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breath
She hurried
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home to
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find her
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baby
In raging pain and
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nearing
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death
The doctor came and
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looked on
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sadly
The case was hopeless he could
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see
The baby
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died these
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words
r
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epeating
Please mommy please stay
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home with
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me
The mother now her
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life would
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forfeit
To hear her baby's voice
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again
She grieved to
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think she
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rudely left
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him
To satisfy her
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wishes
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vein
Now mothers don't
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neglect your
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duty
This story should a lesson
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be
Do not
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ignore your
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baby's
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pleading
Please mommy please stay
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home with
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me
FAQ
Who sang the the song Mommy Please Stay Home With Me?
- The song Mommy Please Stay Home With Me was sang by Eddy Arnold.
Who is Eddy Arnold?
- Richard Edward Arnold (May 15, 1918 - May 8, 2008) was an American country music singer who performed for six decades. He was a Nashville sound (country/popular music) innovator of the late 1950s, and scored 147 songs on the Billboard country music charts, second only to George Jones. He sold more than 85 million records. A member of the Grand Ole Opry (beginning 1943) and the Country Music Hall of Fame (beginning 1966), Arnold ranked 22nd on Country Music Television's 2003 list of "The 40 Greatest Men of Country Music."
