Song Lyrics Hank Williams - The Funeral    [Lyrics & Song Text Archive] lyrics archive>> H>> Hank Williams Singer Lyrics [Hank Williams other resources]>> The Funeral Song Lyrics Author/Artist/Singer: Hank Williams Music Title/Track: The Funeral Theme ID: 4309 Album: N/A Recorded by hank williams, sr. Writer: fred rose 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 til 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 Id 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 dont be weepin 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 didnt 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 til your hearts were bigger grown And these silver tears youre sheddin now is just interest on the loan. Just think, my poor dear mourners, creepin long on sorrows lifes way What a blessed picnic this here baby got today Your good fathers and good mothers crowd the little fellow round In the angels 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 angels chief musicians teach that little boy a song Says if only they be faithful theyll soon be comin long. So, my poor detached mourners, let your hearts with jesus rest And dont go to criticizin the one what knows the best He has give us many comforts, hes got the right to take away To the lord be praised in glory, forever, let us pray." Related Lyrics Random lyrics: They Ll Never Take Her Love From Me, Theyll Never Take Her Love From Me, Thy Burdens Are Greater Than Mine, TOO MANY PARTIES (TOO MANY PALS), Two Faced Preacher, We Live In Two Different Worlds, Wealth Wont Save Your Soul, Wealth Wont Save Your Soul, Weary Blues, Wedding Bells, When God Comes And Gathers His Jewels, When God Comes Gathers His Jewels, When The Book of Life is Read, Where The Soul Of Man Never Dies, Why Dont You Love Me, Why Dont You Love Me, Why Should I Cry, Why Should We Try Anymore, Window Shopping, With Tears in My Eyes, YOU BETTER KEEP IT ON YOUR MIND, YOU BROKE YOUR OWN HEART, You Caused It All By Telling Lies, You Win Again, Youre Gonna Change (Or Im Gonna Leave), Your Cheatin Heart, Your Cheating Heart, YOUR TURN TO CRY, Youre Barkin Up The Wrong Tree Now, 5 Shots Of Whiskey, 7 Months 39 Days, 87 Southbound, Atlantic City, Blue Devil, Cecil Brown, Choking Gesture, Cocaine Blues, Cock Rock Song, Country Heroes, Crazed Country Rebel, Cutthroat, Dick In Dixie, Drink It Drug It, Fearless Boogie, Go Fuck You, Gotta Buy Paw A Truck, Gravel Pit, Hang On, Hellbilly, Honky Tonk Girls, 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