On an old far house veranda there sat Silas and Marinda dreamin' of the days gone by. He said deary don't be weary you're always bright and cheery. Now a tear did dim your eye.
Put it off until tomorrow. Oh, oh, you've hurt me enough today. You say, our love is over, that you have found another. And you say, you're going away, leave me tomorrow.
Precious mem'ries how they linger sent from somewhere to my soul. How they linger ever near me and the sacred past unfolds. Precious mem'ries how they linger how they ever flood my soul.
When I was a little boy. You came walking down my street. I was only ten years old. And my heart fell at your feet. And now you've grown and grown and grew.
(singers). Just picture a lad, between Mom and Dad. Its Sunday the tables all set. There's uncles, there's aunts, and cousins galore. There's plenty of food to be et.
Well I'm tired and so weary but I must go along. Till the Lord comes and calls me calls me away oh yes. Well the morning is bright and the lamb is the light.
Pass me not oh gentle Saviour hear my humble cry. While all others now are calling do not pass me by. . Saviour Saviour hear my humble cry. While all others now are calling do not pass me by.
In '43 they put to sea, thirteen men and Kennedy. Aboard the P.T. 109, to fight the brazen enemy. And off the isle of ol' Lusana, in the strait beyond Nehru.
Mhm, I'd like to be the one you say good mornin' to. Then I could spend my days seein' just how many ways. I could make your dreams come true. . So if you're a looking for someone.
One last time one last time let me kiss you and pretend that you're still mine. Wantin' you so before you go let me hold you let me love you one last time.
(Once a day every day all day long). When I found somebody new I thought I never would. Forget you for then I thought I never could. But time has taken all the pain away until now I'm down to hurtin' once a day.
Now give me that old time religion give me that old time religion. Give me that old time religion Lord it's good enough for me. . Makes me love everybody makes me love everybody.
How old was I when I first seen Old Rivers. I can't remember when he weren't around. That old fellow he did a heap of work he spent his whole life walkin' plowed ground.
The General just gave me a medal oh I'm a sight for mom to see. But when the news gets round that I ain't got ole Bill. Some kids gonna think a whole lot less of me.
We don't smoke marijuana in Muskogee. We don't take our trips on LSD. We don't burn our draft cards down on Main Street. 'Cause we like living right and being free.
Everybody knows now everybody knows. Well you have made no secret of your new love affair. He buys you pretty presents and he takes you everywhere. You seen him all the places where you and I once went.
I gotta get up I gotta get goin' rain or shine sleetin' or snowin'. Nothing can stop me stop me stop my loving you. Wander through woods climb a high mountain.
North south east or west where can I forget her best. North south east or west which way should I go Lord I just don't know. . They say that Maine is beautiful and so is old Vermount.
When life seems full of clouds and rain and I am filled with not but pain. Who soothes my thumpin' bumpin' brain nobody. When winter come with snow and sleet me with hunger and cold feet.
No one will ever know how much I love you. Although a million tears start to flow. I may cry myself to sleep but I'll wake up smiling. Oh, I'll miss you but no one will ever know.