Book 2 — Mother o' Mine

If I were hanged on the highest hill,

Mother o' mine!

Oh, mother o' mine!

I know whose love would follow me still;

Mother o' mine!

Oh, mother o' mine!

If I were drowned in the deepest sea,

Mother o' mine!

Oh, mother o' mine!

I know whose tears would flow down to me,

Mother o' mine!

Oh, mother o' mine!

If I were damned o' body and soul,

Mother o' mine!

Oh, mother o' mine!

I know whose prayers would make me whole,

Mother o' mine!

Oh, mother o' mine!

Rudyard Kipling.