Mother Went A-Walkin' Lyrics
Mother Went A-Walkin' - Jim Reeves (吉姆·里夫斯)
Shall we gather at the river
That flows by the throne of God
The church doors opened
One Sunday in a little country town
The people all were silent in the rain
That misted down
And an old gray-haired granddad
His shoulders stooped with pain
Was holdin' fast a little boy
Who kept cryin' in the rain
And in the dim candlelight
Within a casket lay so still
That soon would lie beneath
At the top of the hill
The little boy kept askin' in a low
And plaintive tone
What's wrong with mommy grandpa
Won't she be comin' home
It's awful lonesome grandpa
Since daddy went away
And mommy's all the reason
Why I'm happy every day
Wouldn't she feel better grandpa
If I layed down by her side
The old man turned and faced him
And with these words replied
Mother went a walkin' son
Away up in the sky
Along the brook that winds
Among the stars up there on high
And down the valley where
The sun goes home at night to sleep
Mother went a walkin' son
She wouldn't want us to weep
The boy didn't seem to understand
Just where his mom had gone
He couldn't realize that now
She wouldn't be comin' home
He saw the rain on grandpa's face
He didn't know he cried
And of course he couldn't hear the words
That grandpa said inside
Mother went a walkin' son
Up yonder in the sky
And all that we can do down here
Son is bow our heads and cry
She's gone to meet your daddy son
And take him by the hand
Yes mother went a walkin'
Son in God's great meadowland