The Story Of The Lawson Family-The Stanley Brothers

[ti:The Story Of The Lawson Family] [ar:The Stanley Brothers] [al:Stanley Brothers, Vol. 4 ] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Story Of The Lawson Family - The Stanley Brothers [00:05.79]It was on one Christmas evening [00:09.90]The snow was on the ground [00:13.16] [00:13.99]At his home in North Carolina [00:18.15]The murderer he was found [00:21.27] [00:23.30]His name was Charlie Lawson [00:27.29]And he had a loving wife [00:30.44] [00:31.39]But they never knew what caused him [00:34.95] [00:35.47]To take his family's life [00:38.79] [00:40.61]They say he killed his wife at first [00:44.53]And the little one did cry [00:47.81] [00:48.63]Please papa won't you spare us [00:52.77]How it is so hard to die [00:55.74] [01:13.89]But the raging man could not be stopped [01:17.97]He would not heed their call [01:21.09] [01:22.04]He kept on firing fatal shots [01:26.09]Until he killed them all [01:29.11] [01:31.15]They did not carry him to jail [01:35.12]No lawyers would be paid [01:38.39] [01:39.29]They'll have his trial in another land [01:43.13]On the final judgement day [01:46.28] [01:48.27]They all were buried in a crowded grave [01:52.19]While the angels watched from above [01:55.15] [01:56.32]Come home come home my little ones [02:00.29]To the land of peace and lord [02:03.54] [02:05.49]And now farewell come friends and home [02:09.53]I'll see you here no more [02:12.58] [02:13.50]But when we meet in another land [02:17.65]Our troubles will be all