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pat campbell
Miscellaneous
mother went a walking
The church doors opened one Sunday
In a little country town,
The people all were silent
And that rain just misted down.
An old grey haired grandad
His shoulders stooped with pain,
Was holding fast a little boy
Who kept crying in the rain.
And in the dim candlelight within
A casket lay so still,
But soon would lie beneath thee earth
Up at the top of the hill.
The little boy kept askin
In a low and plaintive tone,
Whatâs wrong with mommy grandpa
Wonât she be comin home?
Oh it its awful lonesome grandpa
Since my daddy went away,
An mommyâs all the reason
Why Iâm happy every day.
Eh wo wouldnât she feel better grandpa
If I lay down by her side,
Thee old man turned an faced him
An with these words he replied.
Mother went a walkin son way up in the sky
Along the brook that winds among the stars
Up there on high, an down the valley
Where the sun goes home at night to sleep
Your mother went a walkin son
She wouldnât want us to weep.
But the boy just didnât seem to understand
Just where his mom had gone
An he couldnât realize that now
She wouldnât be comin home.
He saw the rain on grandpaâs face
She didnât know he cried,
Of course he couldnât hear the words
His grandpa said inside.
Your mother went a walkin son
Up yonder in the sky
An all that we can do down here son
Is bow our heads an cry,
Shes gone to meet your daddy son
An take him by the hand,
Yes your mothers went a walkin son
In gods great meadowland.
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