Played in the Key of E
Capo 2nd fret covering the first 5 strings

   D
1. If I were hanged on the highest hill
              G                     D
   If I were hanged on the highest hill
   D
   If I were hanged on the highest hill
                 G          Asus4      D
   I know whose love would soothe me still
   D
   If I were slain in a foreign land
              G                  D
   If I were slain in a foreign land
   D
   If I were slain in a foreign land
                 G          Asus4    D
   I know whose touch would take my hand

Refrain
     D                                              A7
   Mother, my first companion, mother, my truest friend,
     D                         G          D
   Mother, way up in heaven, we'll meet again

2. If I were killed in the battle's strife (3)
   I know whose cries would mourn my life
   If I were drowned in the salty sea (3)
   I know whose tears would come down to me

Refrain

3. If I were dead in the cause of right (3)
   I know whose lamp would pierce the night
   If I were damned both body and soul (3)
   I know whose prayer, sweet prayer would make me whole

Refrain

Refrain

Based on Rudyard Kipling’s poem
   Mother o’ Mine
   If I were hanged on the highest hill
   Mother o’ Mine, O mother o’ mine
   I know whose love would follow me still
   Mother o’ Mine, O mother o’ mine

   If I were drowned in the deepest sea
   Mother o’ Mine, O mother o’ mine
   I know whose tears would come down to me
   Mother o’ Mine, O mother o’ mine

   If I were damned of body and soul
   I know whose prayers would make me whole
   Mother o’ Mine, O mother o’ mine