Song Lyrics Hank Snow - The Drunkards Son    [Lyrics & Song Text Archive] lyrics archive>> H>> Hank Snow Singer Lyrics [Hank Snow other resources]>> The Drunkards Son Song Lyrics Author/Artist/Singer: Hank Snow Music Title/Track: The Drunkards Son Theme ID: 4080 Album: N/A In an old dusty attic of a tenement house I happened to wander one day And there on the rafters 'neath shavings and chips A drunkard's poor little boy lay Oh why are you lying up here in the cold What makes you lie on this hard bed My father's a drunkard and he beat me today My darling old mother is dead I'm hiding from father and please sir, don't tell He beat me 'cause I would not steal He said he would kill me the next I failed And I'm so afraid sir, he will I'm leaving you here, son, I sadly replied But I will be back right away But when I returned to the attic I found That Jesus had been there that day The chips and the shavings were there as before And the little boy lie on his bed With tears on his cheeks and his hands at his side The poor little fellow was dead A picture of mother lay close to his heart A faint little note by his head As I opened the paper, my eyes filled with tears For these were the words that I read I'm hiding with Jesus across the divide With dear mother forever I'll dwell And thank you dear mister for your kindness to me And now it's alright if you tell Related Lyrics Random lyrics: The Name Of the Game Was Love, The New Blue Velvet Band, The Next Voice You Hear, The Night I Stole Old Sammy Morgans Gin, The Only Rose, The Owl And I, The Party of The Secong Part, The Prisoned Cowboy, The Reindeer Boogie, THE RESTLESS ONE, The Rhumba Boogie, The Runt, The Shooting of Dan McGrew, The Spell Of The Yukon, The Streamlined Cannonball, The Sun Has Gone Down On Our Love, The Texas Cowboy, The Texas Silver Zephyr, The Wishing Well, The Wreck Of The Number Nine, The Wreck Of The Old 97, The Wreck Of The Old 97, The Yodeling Cowboy, Then I Turned And Walked Slowly Away, These Hands, These Tears Are Not For You, These Things Shall Pass, This Cold War With You, This Train, Tip Of My Fingers, Tiptoeing, To You My Sweetheart, Aloha, Today I Started Loving You Again, Top Of The Morning, Trade Winds, Tragic Romance, Travelin Blues, Treasure Untold, Trouble In Mind, Trouble, Trouble, Trouble, Tuck Away My Lonesome Blues, Tumbling Tumbleweeds, Under The Double Eagle, Unfaithful, Unwanted Sign Upon Your Heart, Vaya Con Dios, Vaya Con Dios (May God Be With You), Wabash Blues, Waiting For A Train, Walking The Last Mile, Other Hank Snow song Lyrics (seashores Of) Old Mexico Lyrics 90 Miles An Hour Lyrics 90 Miles An Hour (Down A Dead End Street) Lyrics A Daisy Day Lyrics A Good Gal Is Good To Find Lyrics A Letter To Santa Claus Lyrics A Little Box Of Pine On The 729 Lyrics A Message From The Trade Winds Lyrics A Scale To Measure Love Lyrics Act 1, Act 2, Act 3 Lyrics Address Unknown Lyrics ...Show All Other Artists Hank The Knife The Jets Lyrics Hank Thompson Lyrics Hank Williams Lyrics Hank Williams III Lyrics Hank Williams Jr. Lyrics Hank Williams Sr. Lyrics Hankey Mr Lyrics Hanna Berglund Lyrics Hanna Pakarinen Lyrics Hannah Lyrics All lyrics are property and copyright of their owners and are strictly for educational purposes only. lyricstrue.net Copyright © 2005-2007 All Rights Reserved., , Privacy policy