Mother Went A Walkin' Lyrics - Jim Reeves

(Shall we gather at the river that flows by the throne of God) 

The church doors opened one Sunday in a little country town 

The people all were silent in the rain that misted down 

And an old gray-haired granddad his shoulders stooped with pain 

Was holdin' fast a little boy who kept cryin' in the rain 

And in the dim candlelight within a casket lay so still 

That soon would lie beneath the earth up at the top of the hill 

The little boy kept askin' in a low and plaintive tone 

What's wrong with mommy grandpa won't she be comin' home 

It's awful lonesome grandpa since daddy went away 

And mommy's all the reason why I'm happy every day 

Wouldn't she feel better grandpa if I layed down by her side 

The old man turned and faced him and with these words replied 

Mother went a walkin' son away up in the sky 

Along the brook that winds among the stars up there on high 

And down the valley where the sun goes home at night to sleep 

Mother went a walkin' son she wouldn't want us to weep 

The boy didn't seem to understand just where his mom had gone 

He couldn't realize that now she wouldn't be comin' home 

He saw the rain on grandpa's face he didn't know he cried 

And of course he couldn't hear the words that grandpa said inside 

Mother went a walkin' son up yonder in the sky 

And all that we can do down here son is bow our heads and cry 

She's gone to meet your daddy son and take him by the hand 

Yes mother went a walkin' son in God's great meadowland 

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