I am looking for the title and lyrics of an old song

Hello!

I don't know if you got your answer because your question is a few months old. I know this song. My mother used to sing it and since she passed away, I asked my grandmother to write it down for me. Here are the lyrics:

My son, I just learned from a guy from our town that in Paris you're doing quite well with the ladies
You're a handsome boy, you speak much better than us, it's very easy for you to woo
We know that at your age, you have to have fun, but if you meet a serious young girl
Promise me, my boy, not to take advantage
There are already too many women who are unhappy
Think of your mother, your good old mother who you saw crying often in secret
You used to ask me, my boy, remember?
I would tell you it’s nothing, just a headache
I didn’t want you to know that I was an unwed mother, that a man had made me the most beautiful promises
He abandoned me when he became your father
To not be like him, think of your mother
So wrote an old woman with white hair
To her big boy who was acting foolishly
But we don’t listen when we’re 20 to the advice of those to whom we owe our lives
For a girl, a wretch, we steal from her master
Because she no longer wants to live in his house
It's dishonor and it's prison
In a small village, a poor old mother cries
Think of your mother, your good old mother
Who you saw cry often in secret
I have nothing but a jewel, a silver medal
That I was given long ago at church
When you love as much as I loved your father
You don't need a diamond ring
If you want to marry, take a homemaker
You're just a worker
Think of your mother.

As for the title, I never knew it, I always called it "think of your mother." It brought tears to my eyes when I was little and my mother sang it even though I didn’t really understand all the words.

I hope I’ve been helpful. It's fun to share old memories.

Sophie

Hello,
I would like to find the title of this song for my partner in memory of his dad who used to sing it to him.
If you have an answer for me

Thank you
Delphine

Hello.

I have always called it "Think of Your Mom," but I'm not sure if that's the exact title.

Sophie