Mother Went A-Walkin' (Remastered)-Jim Reeves

[ti:Mother Went A-Walkin' (Remaster)] [ar:Jim Reeves] [al:Looking for the Gold Masterpieces (Remastered)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.01]Mother Went A-Walkin'(Remastered) (Remaster) - Jim Reeves (吉姆·里夫斯) [00:00.02]Written by：Jim Reeves [00:00.04] [00:02.59]Shall we gather at the river that [00:08.55]Flows by the throne of God [00:13.11] [00:15.89]The church doors opened one Sunday [00:18.21]In a little country town [00:19.91] [00:21.00]The people all were silent [00:22.94]In the rain that misted down [00:24.76] [00:26.24]And an old gray haired granddad [00:28.43]His shoulders stooped with pain [00:30.31] [00:31.37]Was holdin' fast a little boy [00:33.43]Who kept cryin' in the rain [00:35.44] [00:36.57]And in the dim candlelight [00:38.29]Within a casket lay so still [00:41.37] [00:42.14]That soon would lie beneath the earth up at the top of the hill [00:46.67] [00:47.66]The little boy kept askin' in a low and plaintive tone [00:51.42] [00:53.08]What's wrong with mommy grandpa [00:54.85] [00:56.17]Won't she be comin' home [00:57.55] [00:58.73]It's awful lonesome grandpa [01:00.79]Since daddy went away [01:01.87] [01:02.68]And mommy's all the reason [01:04.47]Why I'm happy every day [01:06.12] [01:07.50]Wouldn't she feel better grandpa [01:09.54]If I layed down by her side [01:11.93] [01:13.55]The old man turned and faced him [01:16.18]And with these words replied [01:17.71] [01:20.47]Mother went a walkin' son [01:22.70] [01:24.41]Away up in the sky [01:25.76] [01:26.43]Along the brook that winds among [01:28.81]The stars up there on high [01:30.71] [01:31.63]And down the valley where the sun [01:33.60]Goes home at night to sleep [01:35.26] [01:36.90]Mother went a walkin' son [01:38.40] [01:39.50]She wouldn't want us to weep [01:41.11] [01:43.21]The boy didn't seem to understand just where his mom had gone [01:47.25] [01:48.23]He couldn't realize that now [01:50.21] [01:51.25]She wouldn't be comin' home [01:52.77] [01:54.00]He saw the rain on grandpa's face [01:56.45] [01:57.54]He didn't know he cried [01:58.86] [01:59.76]And of course he couldn't hear the words [02:02.23]That grandpa said inside [02:04.36] [02:07.16]Mother went a walkin' son [02:09.75] [02:12.02]Up yonder in the sky [02:13.39] [02:14.31]And all that we can do down here son [02:17.04]Is bow our heads and cry [02:19.87] [02:21.62]She's gone to meet your daddy son [02:23.54]And take him by the hand [02:25.98] [02:27.82]Yes mother went a walkin' son in God's great meadowland