Give a Red Rose to Mother

Give a red rose to your mother -
A rose on this Mother's Day -
She who has loved you and raised you;
She who has taught you to pray;
She who through good and through lean times
Has constantly stayed by your side.
Give a red rose to your mother,
Oh, give a red rose to her, child.

Give a red rose to your mother,
Not only this day, but each day.
Sprinkle the velvety petals
With kind words of love and of praise.
For God gave us mothers so precious,
Through they be near or afar.
Oh, give a red rose to your mother,
The rose of a grateful heart. 

~ Loise Pinkerton Fritz