She's left to rear a child because of war Sadly alone Works hard to clothe and feed her little son Give him a home
She works all night into the early morn Streets cold and damp Stands at the corner near the Pig and Gun Lit by a lamp
Break
She has to work hard to scrimp and save Or he will go Go to a home somewhere far away She loves him so
Tired but she knows that it's the only way She wanders home Home to the child that's sleeping sound and warm Never a moan
---- "Pity the Mother" is the third original composition on the album, written by Holder and Lea, together for the first time, who both went on to write the majority of Slade’s material. The song features the use of electric violin, played by Lea. Allmsuic.com wrote "The songwriting duties are split between well-executed covers and full band compositions - the Noddy Holder/Jim Lea team of future renown has still to crystallize itself, and their one joint effort, the hauntingly folky Pity the Mother, has little in common with anything the future held." Allmusic.com also wrote "Listen to how musical the Holder/Lea original Pity the Mother is to hear how inspired and truly underrated these artists were and still are."