Little Bessie Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]Hug me closer, mother, closer
Put [D]your arm[G]s around me tight
For I'm cold, dear mother
And I [D]feel so strange to[G]night

[Verse 2]
Something [G]hurts me here, dear mother
Like [D]a stone [G]upon my breast
And I wonder, mother, wonder
Why [D]it is I cannot [G]rest

[Interlude 1]
[G][D][G]

[Verse 3]
All [G]the day while you were working
As I [D]lay [G]upon my bed
I was trying to be patient
And [D]to think of what you said
[G]

[Verse 4]
Just before the lamps were lighted
Just be[D]fore [G]the children came
While the room was very quiet
I heard [D]someone call my [G]name

[Interlude 2]
[G][D][G]

[Verse 5]
"Come up [G]here, my little Bessie
Come up [D]here [G]and live with me
Where little children never suffer

[Verse 6]
Through the long eternity"
[G]
In the silent hour of midnight
In the si[D]lence [G]calm and deep
Lying on her mother's bosom
Little [D]Bessie fell [G]asleep

[Interlude 3]
[G][D][G]

[Verse 7]
Now up [G]yonder at the portal
Lamp [D]are shin[G]ing very fair
Little Bessie now is tendered
By her [D]Sa vior's loving [G]care