Drunkard's Hell Lyrics - The Stanley Brothers

It was on one dark and starless night 

I heard and saw an awful sight 

The lighting flashed and the thunder roared 

All around the drunkard's feet 

I started home to change my life 

To see my long neglected wife 

I found her kneeling by her bed 

She said our darling baby was dead 

I took her by her trembling hand 

She was so weak she could not stand 

On bended knees I prayed a prayer 

That God might save and protect us there 

Who preached like Paul who once did say 

Our sins have all been washed away 

That whiskey stay as far from me 

As the mountains are from the deep blue sea