ฟังเพลงShall We Gather At The River (Mother Went A Walkin)

Shall We Gather At The River (我们要在河边聚会吗) - 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