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I SAT ALONE AT MIDNIGHT HOUR Sung by: Zona Everett Recorded in Oxley, AR 8/20/59 Click here to listen to the original recording And watched the starlight skies And dreamed I heard my mother say, "I wish my boy was nigh. I know not where he is tonight, Perhaps in foreign land, But this I know, if life holds out, He'll wander back again. "He's coming home, oh joyful thought; My boy no more will roam. A letter here says, 'Mother, dear, I'm coming, coming home.'" Alas, dear friends, 'twas but a dream. My mother's here no more. She's left this world of sin and pain, For Canaan's happy shore. Lord, send some messenger of love To guide my wayward feet, That I may meet my mother dear, Who's waiting at the gate. I'm going home, 'twill not be long, Ere I shall cease to roam, And then I'll join redemption throne With Mother dear at home. |
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