Mama Sang A Song-Bill Anderson

[ti:Mama Sang A Song] [ar:Bill Anderson] [al:Greatest Songs] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Mama Sang A Song - Bill Anderson (比尔·安德森) [00:02.52]God put a song in the heart of an angel [00:08.77] [00:10.58]And softly she sang it to me [00:16.27] [00:22.14]I get to thinking lots of times [00:23.71]About back when I was a lad [00:25.33] [00:26.33]Of the old homeplace where I grew up [00:28.58] [00:29.33]Of the days both good and bad [00:31.58] [00:32.46]My overalls were hand-me-downs [00:33.96] [00:34.96]My shoes were full of holes [00:36.64] [00:37.46]I used to walk four miles to school every day [00:40.08] [00:41.26]Through the rain the sleet and the cold [00:43.76] [00:44.52]I've seen the nights [00:45.34]When my daddy would cry [00:47.09]For the things that his family would need [00:49.15] [00:50.02]But all he ever got was a badland farm [00:52.59] [00:53.65]And seven hungry mouths to feed [00:55.65] [00:57.44]And yet and yet our homefire [01:00.69]Never flickered once [01:02.06] [01:03.19]Cause when all these things went wrong [01:05.32] [01:06.00]Mama took the hymn book down [01:07.75] [01:08.50]And mama sang a song [01:10.13] [01:13.00]What a friend we have in Jesus [01:18.00] [01:22.13]I've been rocked to sleep many a night [01:24.69]To the tune of What a Friend [01:27.06]And come morning Rock of Ages [01:29.13]Would wake me gently once again [01:31.32]And when daddy would reach up [01:32.88]And he'd take the Bible down [01:34.31]And he'd read it [01:35.44]Read it loud and long [01:38.38] [01:39.38]And I always felt that maybe our house was blessed [01:42.63]When daddy would say mama sing a song [01:46.06] [01:47.81]Sister left home first I guess and then Bob [01:50.69]And then Tommy and then Dan [01:52.44] [01:53.31]By then dad's hair was turning white [01:55.63]And I had to be mama's little man [01:58.31]But it seemed that as daddy's back grew weak [02:01.25] [02:01.88]My mother's faith just grew strong [02:04.19] [02:05.19]And those were the greatest days of all [02:07.76] [02:09.13]When mama sang a song [02:11.13] [02:13.13]Rock of ages cleft for me [02:19.94] [02:22.94]Let me hide myself in Thee [02:30.13] [02:33.88]I guess the house is still standing [02:38.50] [02:39.44]I don't get to go back much anymore [02:41.69] [02:43.00]No voice is left to fill those halls [02:45.32] [02:46.82]And no steps to grace the floor [02:48.81] [02:50.63]For you see my mother sings in heaven now [02:54.13] [02:55.19]Around God's golden throne [02:56.69] [02:58.31]But I'll always believe [03:00.25] [03:00.94]That this world is a better place [03:03.07] [03:04.32]Because one time my mama sang a song [03:10.19] [03:11.50]Precious memries flod my soul