The Old Country Church
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There`s a place dear to me where I`m longing to be, How I wish that today, all the people would pray,
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With my friends at the old country church; As we prayed in the old country church;
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There with mother we went, and our Sundays were spent, If they`d only kneel, Jesus surely would heal,
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With our friends at the old country church. As He did in the old country church.
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Precious years of memory, O what joy they bring to me; O my thoughts make me weep, for so many now sleep,
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How I long once more to be With my friends at the old country In their graves near the old country church;
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church. In some time, I may rest, with the friends I love best,
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In a grave near the old country church.
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As a small country boy how my heart beat with joy,
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When I knelt in the old country church;
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And the Savior above, by His wonderful love,
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Saved my soul in the old country church.
SUGGESTED SEQUENCE: verse 1, chorus, instrumental verse,
verse 4, chorus (ABAAB)