Key: C 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
I get to thinking lots of times
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Of the days, both good and bad
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My overalls were hand -me -downs
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I used to walk four miles
to school every day
and the cold
my daddy would cry
For the things that his family would need
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But all he ever got was a badland farm
Cause when all these
Mama took the hymn book down
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What a friend we have in Jesus.
I've been rocked to sleep many a night
to the tune of what a friend,
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rock of ages would wake me gently once again.
And then Daddy would reach up
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and I always felt that maybe our home was blessed
Sister left home first, guess,
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then Bob, then Tommy, then Dad.
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By then, Dad's hair was turning white,
and I had to be Mama's little man.
But it seemed that as Daddy's
when Mama sang a song.
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Rock of Ages, cleft for me
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Am
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Let me hide myself in Thee
I guess the house is still standing
back there anymore
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No voice is left to fill those halls,
For you see,
Mother sings in heaven now,
around God's golden throne.
But I'll always believe
my mama sang a song.
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Precious memories flood my soul
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