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THE FAMILY WHO LIVED IN BETHANY (THE LITTLE FAMILY) Sung by: Mrs. Ollie Gilbert Recorded in Timbo, AR 10/13/60 Click here to listen to the original recording Who lived in Bethany. Two sisters and the brother Composed the family. While they were living so happy, So good, pure and kind, Their brother was afflicted And by disease confined. When Jesus heard the tidings, Far in a distant land, So quickly did he hasten To see the holy land. When Martha saw him coming, She met him on the way, And told him of her brother, Who’d died and passed away. When Mary saw him coming, She ran and met him too. Fell at his feet a-weeping, Rehearsed their tale of woe. When Jesus saw her weeping, He fell a-weeping, too, And wept until they showed him, Where Lazarus lay entombed. He rolled away the stone, Looked into the grave, And prayed to his heavenly father, His loving friend to raise. He rolled back the cover, Looked into the gloomy mound, And as the breath was given He walked up on the ground. If we would only but love Jesus, And do his blessed will, Like these two loving sisters, He’d always treat us well, And at death he would redeem us, And carry us to the sky, And there we’d live forever, Where pleasure never dies. Also found in Randolph, Vol. IV, #614; Brown, Vol. III, #615; Belden, p. 447; “The Little Family.” |
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All Songs Recorded by John Quincy Wolf, Jr., unless otherwise noted The John Quincy Wolf Folklore Collection Lyon College, Batesville, Arkansas Back to the Song Index Back to the Wolf Collection Homepage ©Copyright 2002 Lyon College |