Be Kind To The Motherless Child - song lyrics 
American Old-time song lyrics from www.traditionalmusic.co.uk 
Be Kind to the Motherless Child. Copyright, 1883, by W. A. Evans & Bro 
The kind heart is touched by the sight of distress, And often the eyes overflow; Sweet pity is nurtured by sorrowfulness, And sympathy fostered by woe; But all the kind feelings that sleep in the breast Are seldom from slumber beguiled, 'Till the eyes on that picture of mournfulness rest, The face of a motherless child. 
Chorus. O soothe that sad heart with a kind loving word, And ever be gentle and mild, And let your heart's warmest affections be stirred, Be kind to the motherless child: And let your heart's warmest affections be stirred, Be kind to the motherless child. 
The loss of a father is heavy to bear, His loving protection we miss; Whose highest ambition and tenderest care, Were ever to comfort and bless; But, ah! there's a sorrow much greater by far, The greatest of sorrows confess'd; When home is deprived of its light and its star, And mother has gone to her child.-Chorus. 
The teardrop that trembles on infancy's cheek, Proclaiming a loved mother's loss; Oh, wipe it away, And a loving word speak, And grief in sustaining it cross; As rain-drops refreshen the sun-withered rose, That blossoms alone on the wild. So words kindly spoken will lighten the woes That sadden the motherless child.-Chorus.