A Ballad of a Mother's Regret

“I never wanted three children,” my mother said to me
“Two was my intention for our family,
but God intended three.”
Oh, pity the burden on me.

“I never wanted three children,” my mother said to me
“two was my intention for our family,
but God intended three.”
Please heavenly father,
Let this cup pass from me.

“I never wanted three children,” my mother said to me
“two was my intention for our family,
but God intended three. If I could do it over,
not one, not two, nor three,
neither a family
would I chose for me.”

“I never wanted three children,” my mother said to me
“two was my intention for our family,
but God intended three.”
One is my sister,
my brother makes two,
and I, sadly, am number three.

“I never wanted three children,” my mother told me...
Neither chose you I, dear mother--