Music: Gian Carlo Menotti
Mummy, Mummy dear, you must not cry for me.
I'm still with you.
What is death but a sweeter change,
There's no parting, there's no end.
Mummy, Mummy dear,
Your sorrow's like a wound that keeps me awake.
The earth is light, the roots are sweet;
But the tears of those we love are heavy and bitter rain.
Mummy, my darling, when you go home,
Go to my room and bum my old gloves.
Burn all my schoolbooks,
Give away my dresses,
Give away my necklace.
Bum, bum, give away, give away,
And promise me never to cry again.
Mummy, Mummy dear, oh, let me sleep in peace,
My night is long.
Forget, forget my grave,
Let the silent grass clothe my bones.
Bum all my shoes,
Give away my bracelets.
Burn, bum, give away, give away.
Keep for yourself only the little gold locket.
The gold locket? Which locket?
I have no locket.