Shall We Gather at the River (Mother Went a Walkin')-Jim Reeves

[ti:Shall We Gather at the River (Mother Went a Walkin')] [ar:Jim Reeves] [al:37 Great Performances] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Shall We Gather at the River (Mother Went a Walkin') - Jim Reeves (吉姆·里夫斯) [00:02.15](Shall we gather at the river that flows by the throne of God) [00:12.15] [00:15.80]The church doors opened one Sunday in a little country town [00:20.81]The people all were silent in the rain that misted down [00:24.50] [00:26.03]And an old gray-haired granddad his shoulders stooped with pain [00:29.94] [00:31.15]Was holdin' fast a little boy who kept cryin' in the rain [00:35.20] [00:36.35]And in the dim candlelight within a casket lay so still [00:40.81] [00:41.89]That soon would lie beneath the earth up at the top of the hill [00:46.43] [00:47.36]The little boy kept askin' in a low and plaintive tone [00:52.75]What's wrong with mommy grandpa won't she be comin' home [00:58.36]It's awful lonesome grandpa since daddy went away [01:01.46] [01:02.31]And mommy's all the reason why I'm happy every day [01:05.45] [01:07.04]Wouldn't she feel better grandpa if I layed down by her side [01:11.76] [01:13.07]The old man turned and faced him and with these words replied [01:17.26] [01:19.96]Mother went a walkin' son away up in the sky [01:25.86]Along the brook that winds among the stars up there on high [01:29.88] [01:31.07]And down the valley where the sun goes home at night to sleep [01:35.25] [01:36.25]Mother went a walkin' son she wouldn't want us to weep [01:40.61] [01:42.59]The boy didn't seem to understand just where his mom had gone [01:47.11] [01:47.65]He couldn't realize that now she wouldn't be comin' home [01:52.15] [01:53.30]He saw the rain on grandpa's face he didn't know he cried [01:58.07] [01:59.00]And of course he couldn't hear the words that grandpa said inside [02:03.53] [02:06.58]Mother went a walkin' son up yonder in the sky [02:12.98] [02:13.57]And all that we can do down here son is bow our heads and cry [02:19.29] [02:20.79]She's gone to meet your daddy son and take him by the hand [02:25.19] [02:26.94]Yes mother went a walkin' son in God's great meadowland