text: I want to sing to her:\n\nWhat a friend, what a pal, only now I can see,\nHow you dreamed and you planned all for me,\nI never knew what a mother goes through,\nThere's nothing that you didn't do.\n\nChorus:\nPal of my cradle days, I've needed you always.\nSince I was a baby upon your knee,\nYou sacrificed everything for me.\nI stole the gold from your hair.\nI put the silver threads there,\nI don't know any way I could ever repay,\nPal of my cradle days.\n\nGreatest friend, dearest pal,\nIt was me who caused you\nEvery sorrow and heartache you knew,\nYour face so fair Is wrinkled with care,\nI placed every line that is there,\n\nPal of my cradle days, I've needed you always.\nSince I was a baby upon your knee,\nYou sacrificed everything for me.\nI stole the gold from your hair.\nI put the silver threads there,\nI don't know any way I could ever repay,\nPal of my cradle days.