Cat. #1009 (MFH #449) - As sung by Ollie Gilbert, Mountain View, Arkansas on October 7, 1969
VERSE 1
I left my ole home way back in th mountin's
For Mother an' Dad had both passed away
We follered our Mother up to th graveyard
For Mother was called t' Heaven that day
CHORUS:
Mother's not dead, she's only sleeping
Patiently waiting, for Jesus to come
Th birds will be singing, while Mother is sleeping
They will sing on as th graves sinks away
VERSE 2
O, how we miss her around the ole home place
O, how lonely since she went away
Mother is sleeping away back in th mountin's
Mother is sleeping away back in th hills
VERSE 3
I go to th place where Mother is sleeping
I kneel down an' then I say a prayer
I pray that someday I'll go an' meet her
On that great Judgement day