The Precious Jewel-Roy Acuff

[ti:The Precious Jewel] [ar:Roy Acuff] [al:The Essential Roy Acuff] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Precious Jewel - Roy Acuff [00:06.17]Way back in the hills when a boy I once wandered [00:13.46] [00:14.14]Buried deep in her grave lies a gal that I love [00:19.04] [00:20.08]She was called from this earth a jewel for heaven [00:27.14] [00:27.95]More precious than diamonds more precious than gold [00:32.37] [00:34.00]A jewel here on earth a jewel in heaven [00:40.97] [00:41.97]She'll brighten the kingdom around God's great throne [00:48.06]May the angels have peace God bless her in heaven [00:55.14] [00:56.07]They've broken my heart and they've left me to roam [01:01.18] [01:02.23]When a girl of sixteen we courted each other [01:08.83] [01:10.08]She promised someday to become my sweet wife [01:15.31] [01:16.25]I bought her the ring to wear on her finger [01:23.00] [01:24.27]But the angels they called her to heaven one night [01:29.03] [01:30.42]A jewel here on earth a jewel up in heaven [01:37.62] [01:38.43]She'll brighten the kingdom around God's great throne [01:44.70]May the angels have peace God bless her in heaven [01:51.93] [01:52.61]They've broken my heart and they left me to roam [01:57.87] [01:58.80]This world has it wealth its' trials and troubles [02:06.01] [02:06.83]Mother earth holds her treasures of diamonds and gold [02:12.09] [02:12.98]But it can't hold the soul of one precious jewel [02:19.88] [02:20.94]She's resting in peace with the heavenly fold [02:25.93] [02:26.99]May the angels have peace God bless her in heaven [02:34.32] [02:35.26]They've broken my heart and they left me to roam