Song Lyrics Hank Williams - Funeral    [Lyrics & Song Text Archive] lyrics archive>> H>> Hank Williams Singer Lyrics [Hank Williams other resources]>> Funeral Song Lyrics Author/Artist/Singer: Hank Williams Music Title/Track: Funeral Theme ID: 4217 Album: N/A I was walking in Savannah past a church decayed and dim When slowly through the window came a plaintive funeral hymn And my sympathy awakened and a wonder quickly grew Till I found myself envired in a little colored pew Out front a colored couple sat in sorrow nearly wild On the altar was a casket and in the casket was a child I could picture him while livin' curly hair protuding lips I'd seen perhaps a thousand in my hurried southern trips Rose a sad old colored preacher from his little wooden desk With a manner sorta awkward and countenance grotesque The simplicity and shrewdness in his Eithopian face Showed the wisdom and ignorance of a crushed undying race And he said now don't be weeping for this pretty bit of clay For the little boy who lived there has done gone and run away He was doin' very finely and he appreciates your love But his shore 'nuff father wanted him in the big house up above The Lord didn't give you that baby by no hundred thousand miles He just thought you need some sunshine and he lent it for awhile And he let you keep and love it till your hearts were bigger grown And these silver tears you're sheddin' now is just interest on the loan Just think, my poor dear mourners creepin' along on sorrows life's way What a blessed picnic this here baby got today Your good fathers and good mothers crowd the little fellow round In the angel's tender garden of the big plantation ground And his eyes they brightly sparkle at the pretty things he viewed But a tear came, and he whispered I want my parents too But then the angel's chief musicians teach that little boy a song Says if only they be faithful they'll soon be comin' along So my poor detached mourners let your hearts with Jesus rest And don't go to criticizin' the one what knows the best He has give us many comforts he's got the right to take away To the Lord be praised in glory forever let us pray Related Lyrics Random lyrics: I Aint Got Nothin But Time, I Cant Help It (If Im Still in Love With You), I Cant Help It (If Im Still In Love With You), I Could Never Be Ashamed of You, I Cried Again, I Dreamed About Mama Last Night, I HANG MY HEAD AND CRY, I Hang My Head Cry, I Heard You Crying in Your Sleep, I JUST DONT LIKE THIS KIND OF LIVIN, I Just Dont Like This Kind Of Livin, I Saw The Light, I Told A Lie To My Heart, I Wish I Had A Nickel, I Wont Be Home No More, Im Gonna Sing, Im Gonna Sing, Ive Just Told Mama Goodbye, Jambalaya, Jambalaya (On the Bayou), Jesus Died For Me, Jesus Remembered Me, Just Waitin, Just When I Needed You, Kaw-Liga, Last Night I Dreamed Of Heaven, Leave Me Alone With The Blues, LETS TURN BACK THE YEARS--HANK WILLIAMS, LITTLE BOSEPHUS, Lonely Tombs, Lonesome Whistle, Lost Highway, Lovesick Blues, Low Down Blues, Mansion On The Hill, May You Never Be Alone, May You Never Be Alone Like Me, ME AND MY BROKEN HEART, Me My Broken Heart, Men With Broken Hearts, Mind Your Own Business, MINNI-HA-CHA, Moanin the Blues, Mother Is Gone, Move It On Over, My Buckets Got A Hole In It, MY COLD COLD HEART IS MELTED NOW, My Heart Would Know, My Love for You, My Love for You (Has Turned to Hate), Other Hank Williams song Lyrics (I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle Lyrics 30 Pieces of Silver Lyrics A Home in Heaven Lyrics A House Of Gold Lyrics A House Without Love Lyrics A Mansion On The Hill Lyrics A Message To My Mother Lyrics A Stranger in The Night Lyrics A Teardrop On A Rose Lyrics All The Love I Ever Had Lyrics Alone And Forsaken Lyrics ...Show All Other Artists Hank Williams III Lyrics Hank Williams Jr. Lyrics Hank Williams Sr. Lyrics Hankey Mr Lyrics Hanna Berglund Lyrics Hanna Pakarinen Lyrics Hannah Lyrics Hannah Jones Lyrics Hanne Boel Lyrics Hanne Haller 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