《Mother Went a-Walkin’》歌词

[00:00:00] Mother Went a-Walkin' - Jim Reeves (吉姆·里夫斯)

[00:00:02] Shall we gather at the river that

[00:00:07] Flows by the throne of God

[00:00:15] The church doors opened one Sunday

[00:00:18] In a little country town

[00:00:20] The people all were silent

[00:00:22] In the rain that misted down

[00:00:26] And an old gray-haired granddad

[00:00:28] His shoulders stooped with pain

[00:00:31] Was holdin' fast a little boy

[00:00:33] Who kept cryin in the rain

[00:00:36] And in the dim candlelight

[00:00:37] Within a casket lay so still

[00:00:41] That soon would lie beneath the earth up

[00:00:45] At the top of the hill

[00:00:47] The little boy kept askin in a low and plaintive tone

[00:00:52] What's wrong with mommy grandpa

[00:00:56] Won't she be comin home

[00:00:58] It's awful lonesome grandpa

[00:01:00] Since daddy went away

[00:01:02] And mommy's all the reason

[00:01:04] Why I'm happy every day

[00:01:07] Wouldn't she feel better grandpa

[00:01:09] If I layed down by her side

[00:01:13] The old man turned and faced him

[00:01:16] And with these words replied

[00:01:20] Mother went a walkin son

[00:01:24] Away up in the sky

[00:01:26] Along the brook that winds among

[00:01:28] The stars up there on high

[00:01:31] And down the valley where the sun

[00:01:33] Goes home at night to sleep

[00:01:36] Mother went a walkin son

[00:01:39] She wouldn't want us to weep

[00:01:43] The boy didn't seem to understand just

[00:01:45] Where his mom had gone

[00:01:48] He couldn't realize that now

[00:01:50] She wouldn't be comin home

[00:01:53] He saw the rain on grandpa's face

[00:01:57] He didn't know he cried

[00:01:59] And of course he couldn't hear the words

[00:02:02] That grandpa said inside

[00:02:06] Mother went a walkin son

[00:02:11] Up yonder in the sky

[00:02:14] And all that we can do down here son

[00:02:17] Is bow our heads and cry

[00:02:21] She's gone to meet your daddy son

[00:02:23] And take him by the hand

[00:02:27] Yes mother went a walkin son in

[00:02:32] God's great meadowland