I ve only got two friends on earth :
I owe them both a debt ;
No matter what my trouble was
They 've never failed me yet ;
They lead me to the narrow way
They draw me from the broad ;
They seek for me by night, by day
My mother and my God.
They never place a stumbling block
Across my toilsome track,
Nor multiply my many faults
When I have turned my back.
And when I try to find the path
The blessed Savior trod,
They point His footsteps out to me
My mother and my God.
These are the two that I can trust
Wherever I may be ;
Ah, well I know they 'll never fail
Or treacherous prove to me !
And yet they do not spare I oft
Have felt their chastening rod ;
Yet, still I put my faith in them
My mother and my God.