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An Angel to Watch Over Me MP3 Recording featuring vocals by Colleen Thliveris (low voice) :   Hi-speed    Dialup    Download MP3 Accompaniment Track (low voice) :   Hi-speed    Dialup    Download MP3 Recording featuring vocals by Marc Johnson (high voice) :   Hi-speed    Dialup    Download    CD: "The Riches of My Soul" MP3 Piano Track :   Hi-speed    Dialup    Download    CD: "The Riches of My Soul--Accompaniment Tracks" View/print sheet music:     Medium-voice Solo     Low-voice Solo Make a list of all the things mothers do and you'll run out of paper. Make a list of all the things mothers do that are poetic--things you can sing about--and the list becomes much more manageable. One doesn't sing about casseroles or clean sheets. There is very little poetry in diapers or parent-teacher conferences. As I wrote this song about the gentler, more poetic contributions that mothers make to our happiness, I'll admit to entertaining a few errant lines that didn't make the final draft. (There's not much that rhymes with "carpool." Perhaps that's fortunate.) These lyrics are based on the singable list, but the less poetic list, for which I am also grateful, is hovering there in the background. Lyrics: She watched by my cradle through long, sleepless nights She taught me to pray as she knelt by my side She guarded my childhood, and all through the years She echoed my laughter, she counted my tears In the arms of my mother, I came to believe That God sent an angel to watch over me She taught me the meaning of courage and faith She taught me to live with the Lord as my strength She taught me to follow the pathway he marked She guided my steps when the journey grew dark And I know there were dangers that I could not see But God sent an angel to watch over me She taught me to serve with a spirit that sings She taught me to seek after heavenly things And because of her love and her kindness and care Because of the place that I hold in her prayers And because of her goodness, I still believe That God sent an angel to watch over me This song is a part of the Built Upon the Rock program.