Cat. #1148 (MFH #799) - As sung by Ollie Gilbert, Mountain View, Arkansas on July 15, 1970
VERSE 1
There's a place dear to me
I am longin' to see
With my friends at the ole country church
There with Mother we went
And our Sundays were spent
With my friends at the ole country church
CHORUS:
Precious years of memories
O, what joy they bring to me
How I long once more to be
With my friends at the ole country church
VERSE 2
As a small little boy
How my heart beat with joy
When I knelt in the ole country church
An' th Saviour above
With His wonderful love
Saved my soul there, in the ole country church
VERSE 3
How I wish that today
All th people would pray
As they prayed in that ole country church
If they only confess
Jesus will bless
As he did in that ole country church
VERSE 5
Of't my thoughts make me weak
For so many now seek
In their grave, ole country church
An' sometimes I will rest
With my friends, I love best
In my grave near the ole country church