--She watched by my cra-dle through long sleep-less nights, She taught me to pray as she knelt by my side, She guard-ded my child-hood, and all through the years, She e-choed my laugh-ter, She count-ed my tears, In the arms of my mo-ther I came to be-lieve that God sent an an-gel to watch o-ver me. She taught me the mean-ing of cou-rage and faith, She taught me to live with the Lord as my strength, She taught me to fol-low the path-way he marked, She guid-ed my steps when the jour-ney grew dark, And I know there were dan-gers that I could not see, But God sent an an-gel to watch o-ver me. She taught me to serve with a spi-rit that sings, She taught me to seek af-ter hea-ven-ly things, And be-cause of her love and her kind-ness and care, Be-cause of the place that I hold in her prayers, And be-cause of her good-ness, I still be-lieve that God sent an an-gel God sent an an-gel to watch o-ver me.
