That's My Boy - song lyrics 
American Old-time song lyrics from www.traditionalmusic.co.uk 
THAT'S MY BOY. Copyright, 1889, by M. Witmark & Sons. Words and Music by Julius P. Witmark. 
The distant days of childhood come back again to me, The dear old face of mother in fancy I can see; Her smile, so sweet and loving, would banish every care, Her gentle voice at twilight's close taught me a mother's prayer. The years rolled quickly onward, to manhood I had grown, And one day duty forced me to leave her all alone; How fondly she embraced me when parting on the quay, And in my ear still lingers sweet her farewell words to me: 
Chorus. Be upright, brave and truthful, where'er your lot is cast, That little word of honesty contains a meaning vast; Tho' fortune's smile may shun you, 'twill fill my heart with joy To proudly say to all the world: That's my boy. 
The words she spoke when parting I've treasured all my life, How often have they cheered me thro' trouble, toil and strife; Upon the field of battle, amid the cannon's roar, I heard her whispered blessing just as sweetly as of yore. No more she waits my coming to take me to her breast, .; Beneath the churchyard mosses she slumbers now at rest; But when the twilight shadows fall softly o'er the lea, The echo of my mother's voice comes back again to me:-Chorus.