I was walking in Savannah past a church, decayed and dim
When slowly through the window came a plaintive funeral hymn
My sympathy awakened and a wonder quickly grew
'Til I found myself environed in a little colored pew
Out front a colored couple sat in sorrow nearly wild
On the altar was a casket and in the casket was a child
I could picture him while living, curly hair protruding lips
I'd seen perhaps a thousand in my hurried southern trips
Then rose a sad, old colored preacher from his little wooden desk
With a manner sort of awkward and countenance grotesque
The simplicity and shrewdness in his Ethiopian face
Showed the wisdom and the ignorance of a crushed, undying race
And he said, Now don't be weepin' for this pretty bit of clay
For the little boy who lived there has done gone and run away
He was doing very finely and he 'ppreciates your love
But his sho nough father wanted him in the big house up above
The Lord didn't give you that baby, by no hundred thousand miles
He just think you need some sunshine and he lent it for a while
And he let you keep and love him 'til your hearts were bigger grown
And these silver tears you're shedding now, are just interest on the loan
Just think my poor dear mourners creeping long on sorrow?s way
What a blessed picnic this here baby got today
Your good fathers and good mothers crowd the little fella round
In the angels 'tender garden of the big plantation ground
And his eyes they brightly sparkle at the pretty things he view
But a tear came and he whispered, I want my parents too
Then the angel's chief musicians teach that little boy a song
Says if only they be faithful, they'll soon be comin' 'long
And so my poor dear mourners, let your hearts with Jesus rest
And don't go to criticizn' the one what knows the best
He has give us many comforts He's got the right to take away
To the Lord be praised in glory, now and ever, let us pray
Funeral
Hank Williams
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Lyrics by Hank Williams
5 7 87 A Beautiful Home A Home in Heaven [#] A Mansion on the Hill [*] Alabama Waltz All the Love I Ever Had [#][*] Alone and Foresaken Angel of Death [*] Angel of Death [#] Angel of Death [Demo Version] Angel Of Sin Are You Walking And A-Talking With The Lord? At the First Fall of Snow [*] At the First Fall of Snow [Demo Version] Baby, We’re Really In Love Bayou Pon Pon Blues Come Around Blues Come Around Blues Come Around Calling You [#] Cold Cold Heart Cold Cold Heart Cold Cold Heart Cold Cold Heart Cold, Cold Heart [#] Cool Water [#] Faded Love and Winter Roses [Demo Version] Fool About You [First American Issue][*] Freight Train Blues [#] Grand Ole Opry Half as Much [#] Happy Rovin' Cowboy Home in Heaven Honey Do You Love Me, Huh? [#] Honey, Do You Love Me Huh? Honky Tonk Blues [#] Honky Tonk Blues [Demo Version] Honky Tonk Blues [Instrumental] House of Gold [*] House Without Love (Is Not a Home) House Without Love (Is Not a Home) House Without Love (Is Not a Home) How Can You Refuse Him Now? I Could Never Be Ashamed of You [#] I Don't Care I Dreamed About Mama Last Night [As Luke the Drift... I Heard You Crying In Your Sleep (Last Night) I Wish I Had a Nickel [Demo Version] I'll Have A New Body, I'll Have A New Life I'll Never Get Out Of This Word Alive Jambalaya (On the Bayou) [#] Jesus Is Calling [*] Jesus Is Calling [#] Kaw-Liga [Demo With Two False Starts][#] Last Night (I Heard You Crying in Your Sleep) Last Night I Heard You Crying in Your Sleep Last Night I Heard You Crying in Your Sleep Last Night I Heard You Crying in Your Sleep Last Night I Heard You Crying in Your Sleep Lead Me to That Rock [#] Leave Me Alone With the Blues [Demo Version] Let The Spirit Descend Little Bocephus Little Rootie Tootie Lonesome Whistle Long Gone Lonesome Blues [#] Lost Highway [#] Lovesick Blues Lovesick Blues [#] Lovestick Blues Low Down Blues [Demo Version] Move It on Over [#] My Main Trial Is Yet to Come [#] Oh, You Beautiful Doll [#] Old Country Church Old Joe Clark Please Make up Your Mind [As Luke the Drifter] Prodigal Son Ready to Go Home [Demo Version] Roly Poly [#] Sally Goodin Sally Goodin [Close] Sally Goodin [Close][Mix] Sally Goodin' San Antonio Rose [#] Six More Miles Swing Wide Your Gate of Love [#] Teardrop on a Rose Tennessee Border [#] The Log Train [*] The Prodigal Son [*] The Waltz of the Wind [Demo Version] The Wild Side of Life The Wild Side of Life [#] Thy Burdens Are Greater Than Mine [*] Time Has Proven I Was Wrong [#] Too Many Parties Too Many Pals Wait for the Light to Shine [#] Wedding Bells [#] When God Dips His Love in My Heart [Broadcast Reco... When You're Tired Of Breaking Other's Hearts Where The Soul Of A Man Never Dies Why Should I Cry? Why Should We Try Anymore? Wild Side Of Life With Tears in My Eyes [*] Won't You Sometimes Think Of Me? You Broke Your Own Heart [#] You Caused It All by Telling Lies [#] You Caused It All by Telling Lies [Demo Version]
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