Come to the church by the wildwood Oh, come to the church in the vale No spot is so dear to my childhood As the little brown church in the vale How
Gonna lay down my burdens, down by the riverside Down by the riverside, down by the riverside Gonna lay down my burdens, down by the riverside Ain't
I am a pilgrim and a stranger Traveling through this wearisome land And I got a home in that yonder city, good Lord And it's not, not made by hand I
Within the old home place her patient smiling face Was always spreading comfort hope and cheer And when she used to sing to her eternal king It was the songs
Well, you got to walk that lonesome valley You got to walk it by yourselves Nobody else can walk it for you You got to walk it by yourselves Now mother
cling (Him I'll cling) In His blessed presence live ever His praises sing (praises sing} Love so mighty and so true merits my soul's best songs Faithful
A man and wife had prayed for years for children Were losing faith and close to giving up Then a young girl with no way to keep her baby Laid in their
Precious memories, flood my soul Precious memories, unseen angels Sent from somewhere to my soul How they linger ever near me And the sacred past unfolds
Many years ago in days of childhood I used to play till evening shadows would come Then winding down that old familiar pathway I heard my mother call
Oh, say, can you see, by the dawn's early light What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through
he could pick up a deer and walk right out of those woods Old Dillon had a million tales but he sung me one refrain And I recall that song by John Dillon
Lord knows I've made mistakes Not of which I'm proud but I got down on my knees And begged him please to hear me somehow Forgive me of my sins and show
I was standing by the window On one cold and cloudy day When I saw the hearse come rolling For to take my Mother away Oh, will the circle be unbroken