The Precious Jewel-Roy Acuff/Roy Acuff & His Smoky Mountain Boys/His Smoky Mountain Boys

[ti:The Precious Jewel] [ar:Roy Acuff] [al:The All Time Greatest Country Artists-Roy Acuff-Vol. 17] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Precious Jewel - Roy Acuff/His Smoky Mountain Boys [00:06.73]Way back in the hills when a boy I once wandered [00:13.40] [00:15.02]Buried deep in her grave lies a gal that I love [00:19.47] [00:20.99]She was called from this earth a jewel for heaven [00:27.37] [00:28.98]More precious than diamonds more precious than gold [00:32.91] [00:35.20]A jewel here on earth a jewel in heaven [00:42.05] [00:43.28]She'll brighten the kingdom around God's great throne [00:49.61]May the angels have peace God bless her in heaven [00:56.41] [00:57.65]They've broken my heart and they've left me to roam [01:01.61] [01:03.76]When a girl of sixteen we courted each other [01:10.35] [01:11.86]She promised someday to become my sweet wife [01:16.97] [01:18.19]I bought her the ring to wear on her finger [01:24.91] [01:26.27]But the angels they called her to heaven one night [01:30.46] [01:32.49]A jewel here on earth a jewel up in heaven [01:39.06] [01:40.58]She'll brighten the kingdom around God's great throne [01:46.91]May the angels have peace God bless her in heaven [01:53.94] [01:55.09]They've broken my heart and they left me to roam [01:59.65] [02:01.32]This world has it wealth it's trials and troubles [02:07.60] [02:09.38]Mother earth holds her treasures of diamonds and gold [02:14.98] [02:15.69]But it can't hold the soul of one precious jewel [02:22.22] [02:23.82]She's resting in peace with the heavenly fold [02:28.42] [02:30.10]May the angels have peace God bless her in heaven [02:36.83] [02:38.47]They've broken my heart and they left me to roam