Mama Sang a Song-Bill Anderson

[ti:Mama Sang a Song] [ar:Bill Anderson] [al:Journey Through Country, Vol. 1 (100 Essential Tracks)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Mama Sang a Song - Bill Anderson (比尔·安德森) [00:00.49]God put a song in the heart of an angel [00:10.20]And softly she sang it to me [00:19.06] [00:22.10]I get to thinking lots of times [00:24.18]About back when I was a lad [00:25.88] [00:26.94]Of the old homeplace where I grew up [00:29.16] [00:29.90]Of the days both good and bad [00:32.01] [00:32.96]My overalls were hand-me-downs [00:35.20] [00:36.17]My shoes were full of holes [00:38.14] [00:39.07]I used to walk four miles to school every day [00:42.50]Through the rain the sleet and the cold [00:45.13] [00:46.14]I've seen the nights [00:47.29]When my daddy would cry [00:48.99]For the things that his family would need [00:51.24] [00:52.35]But all he ever got was a badland farm [00:55.67] [00:56.21]And seven hungry mouths to feed [00:58.67] [01:00.27]And yet and yet our homefire [01:03.37]Never flickered once [01:05.27] [01:05.82]'Cause when all these things went wrong [01:08.23] [01:09.08]Mama took the hymn book down [01:10.96] [01:11.88]And mama sang a song [01:13.23] [01:13.82]What a friend we have in Jesus [01:23.37] [01:24.47]I've been rocked to sleep many a night [01:26.30]To the tune of What a Friend [01:28.08] [01:28.62]And come morning Rock of Ages [01:30.61]Would wake me gently once again [01:32.85] [01:33.37]And when daddy would reach up [01:34.81]And he'd take the Bible down [01:36.11]And he'd read it [01:37.50]Read it loud and long [01:39.37] [01:39.96]And I always felt that maybe our house was blessed [01:42.77] [01:43.46]When daddy would say mama sing a song [01:46.59] [01:48.05]Sister left home first I guess and then Bob [01:52.07]And then Tommy and then Dan [01:54.12] [01:55.29]By then dad's hair was turning white [01:57.37] [01:58.01]And I had to be my mama's little man [02:00.15] [02:01.28]But it seemed that as daddy's back grew weak [02:03.89] [02:04.66]My mother's faith just grew strong [02:07.42] [02:08.33]And those were the greatest days of all [02:10.49] [02:11.33]When mama sang a song [02:12.82] [02:14.30]Rock of ages cleft for me [02:23.85] [02:24.45]Let me hide myself in Thee [02:33.81] [02:34.54]Do do do [02:36.67]I guess the house is still standing [02:38.40] [02:38.93]I don't get to go back much anymore [02:40.87] [02:41.89]No voice is left to fill those halls [02:44.27] [02:45.03]And no steps to grace the floor [02:47.32] [02:48.66]For you see my mother sings in heaven now [02:52.18] [02:53.16]Around God's golden throne [02:54.96] [02:56.13]But I'll always believe [02:57.83]That this world is a better place [02:59.90] [03:01.21]Because one time my mama sang a song [03:08.46] [03:09.67]Precious memries flod my soul