The day's are so lonely the night are so long Our home is a prison since you are gone And I'll always wonder why our love didn't last With no hope for
On Sunday, when the church bells start ringin' They're ringin' for you and for me Let's all kneel down at the altar And pray that our souls might be free
I wish I knew how it would feel to be free I wish I could break all the chains holding me I wish I could say all the things that I should say Say 'em
I'll meet you in the morning by the bright riverside When all sorrow has drifted away I'll be standin' at the portals when the gates open wide At the
I'm begging to you and I want to go with you You're breaking my heart as you say goodbye I hope and I pray we'll soon be together My heart is so full,
I left my old home in the mountains And the only friends I ever had And while I rambled this world over My heart felt so lonely and sad I'm going
I'm waiting at the gate looking for my ride Soon to take me to my home on high Angel bands a coming From the other side I don't want to be late I'm waiting
Down in the willow garden where me and my love did meet There we sat a-courting my love fell off to sleep I had a bottle of burgundy wine which my true
JUST OVER IN THE GLORYLAND Traditional I've a home prepared, where the saints abide, Just over in the Gloryland! And I long to be by my Savior's side
The longest train I ever saw Went down that Georgia line The engine passed at six o'clock And the cab passed by at nine In the pines, in the pines Where
I'm growing old and feeble and I can't work on more My rusty bladed hoe, I've laid to rest My mama and my papa they are sleeping side by side And their
Oh I'm gettin' old and feeble and I cannot work no more The children no more gather 'round my door And old masters and old mrs they are sleepin' side
Many years I've been lookin' for a place to call home But I still didn't find it so I must travel on I don't care for the fine mansions on earth's sinkin
Was midnight on the stormy deep My solitary watch I'd keep And think of her I'd left behind And ask if she'd be true and kind I never shall forget the
Out in the cold world and far away from home some mother's boy is wanderin' all alone. No one to guide him or keep his footsteps right Some mother's
No answer to my letter To soothe my aching heart Oh, why did God ever permit True love like ours to part No letter in the mail today No answer from my
Sitting alone in the moonlight Thinking of the days gone by Wondering about my darling I can still hear her saying goodbye Oh, the moon grows pale as
You told me that your love was true Sweetheart, I thought the world of you But now you left me all alone I have no one to call my own Now sweetheart,