SHAKE MY MOTHER’S HAND
Sung by: Snake Maynard
Recorded in Mountain Home, AR 6/15/63

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. . . that golden city,
Friends and loved ones you will see.
When the saints come out to meet you,
Oh, shake my mother’s hand for me.

Chorus: Shake my mother’s hand and tell her
Happy may her spirit be.
When the saints come out to meet you,
Oh, shake my mother’s hand for me.

There are times I’ve often wondered
How can all these trials be?
Time can’t keep me here much longer.
Oh, shake my mother’s hand for me.

(Chorus, sung twice.)

All Songs Recorded by John Quincy Wolf, Jr., unless otherwise noted

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Lyon College, Batesville, Arkansas
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