The Precious Jewel-Elton Britt

[ti:The Precious Jewel] [ar:Elton Britt] [al:Country Music's Yodelling Cowboy Crooner] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Precious Jewel - Elton Britt [00:06.93]Way back in the hills when a boy I once wandered [00:14.19] [00:15.46]Buried deep in her grave lies a gal that I love [00:20.66] [00:21.70]She was called from this earth a jewel for heaven [00:29.21] [00:30.49]More precious than diamonds more precious than gold [00:35.50] [00:36.76]A jewel here on earth a jewel in heaven [00:44.23] [00:45.24]She'll brighten the kingdom around God's great throne [00:50.21] [00:51.75]May the angels have peace God bless her in heaven [00:58.92] [01:00.33]They've broken my heart and they've left me to roam [01:05.47] [01:06.79]When a girl of sixteen we courted each other [01:14.12] [01:15.24]She promised someday to become my sweet wife [01:20.51] [01:21.80]I bought her the ring to wear on her finger [01:29.45] [01:30.32]But the angels they called her to heaven one night [01:35.75] [01:36.80]A jewel here on earth a jewel up in heaven [01:44.59] [01:45.36]She'll brighten the kingdom around God's great throne [01:50.37] [01:51.93]May the angels have peace God bless her in heaven [01:59.48] [02:00.64]They've broken my heart and they left me to roam [02:05.30] [02:07.20]This world has it wealth it's trials and troubles [02:14.65] [02:15.80]Mother earth holds her treasures of diamonds and gold [02:21.08] [02:22.31]But it can't hold the soul of one precious jewel [02:29.59] [02:30.86]She's resting in peace with the heavenly fold [02:36.10] [02:37.45]May the angels have peace God bless her in heaven [02:44.73] [02:45.91]They've broken my heart and they left me to roam