A young man pleads with his maiden fair to prove his love is true. She tells him he must prove his love through deeds. He goes to his mother and takes her heart without shedding a tear. When he returns to his maiden with his mother's heart, he slips in the rain. As he lies hurt, he hears a voice telling him to get up, though the voice is not his own. He realizes he cannot give his mother's heart to his maiden.

1. The Ballad of a
mothers Heart
Of Jose Villa Tierra

2. The night was dark for the
moon was young,
And the star were sleep
and rare,
The clouds were thick ,
Yet youth went out
To see MAIDEN FAIR.

3. Dear one .
He pleaded as he knelt
before her feet on tears ,
My love is true ,
Why you have kept me
waiting after all this years,
Maiden look at him
un move it seem,
and whisper low.

4. "Persistent Youth, you have to prove
By deeds your love is true.
" Without a word, Youth left
And went to his mother dear,
And opened her breast and took her
heart...
He did not shed a tear!
"There's nothing I would not do
For you beloved," said he.
"Then go," said she, "to your mother
dear,
And bring her heart to me."

5. " Then back to his Maiden fair he ran,
Unmindful of the rain;
But his feet slipped and he fell down
And loud he groaned with pain.
Still in his hand he held the price
That would win his Maiden's hand;
And he thought of his mother dear...
So kind, so sweet, so fond.
And then he heard a voice, not from
His lips, but all apart,
"Get up," it said, "were you hurt, child?"