Key: Eb major•
Verse 1
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(God put a song in the heart of an angel
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and softly she sang it to me)
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about back when I was a lad
My overalls were hand-me-downs, my
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my my shoes were full of holes
Verse 3
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I used to walk four miles to school every day through the rain,
the sleet and the cold
I've seen the nights when
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For the things that his family would need
But all daddy ever got was a badland farm
and seven hungry mouths to feed
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flickered once
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went wrong
Mama took the hymn book down
and mama sang a song
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night to the tune of "What a Friend"
would wake me gently once again
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And then I remember how daddy used to reach
up and he'd take the Bible down
And he'd read it loud
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and long
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was blessed
When daddy would say,
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Sister left home first I guess and then
Bob and then Tommy and then Dan
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By then dad's hair was turning white and I sort of
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had to be mama's little man
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But you know, it seemed that as my daddy's back grew weak,
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And those were the greatest days of all
when mama sang a song
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(Rock of ages cleft for me,
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let me hide myself in Thee)
I guess the old house is still standing
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For you see, you see my mother sings up in heaven now,
up around God's golden throne
But I'll always believe that this
whole world is a better place
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Because one time my mama sang a song
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(precious memories flood mysoul)
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