Mother Went A-Walkin' 歌词
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 the earth up
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