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Thread #5550   Message #34097
Posted By: Barbara Shaw
04-Aug-98 - 08:47 PM
Thread Name: 'Mother Songs' of the tear-jerker variety
Subject: Lyr Add: JUST A FEW MORE DAYS^^
That's right, Bert!

Here's another "Mother Song" as done on "Gospel Songs by The Carter Family in Texas, Volume 3" and also done by Suzanne Thomas of Dry Branch Fire Squad:

Just a Few More Days
As Done by The Carter Family
  
G
Not so long ago one morning
C G
Mother called me to her bed

Then she threw her arms around me
D7
Listen to the words she said:
G
Darling I am going to leave you
C G
But you'll not be left alone

Jesus will protect and shield you
D7 G
After he has carried me home.

(Chorus)
Just a few more days of sorrow
Just a few more days of pain
Just a few more days of cloud'ness
Just a few more days of rain
Then I'm going to live with Jesus
He has got a home prepared
Then I'll join the holy angels
Mother will be waiting there.

Sometimes I'm sorely tempted
Sometimes I am sorely tired
But to overcome I'm trying
Taking Jesus as my guide
Oh, sometimes the past seems rugged
But it only makes me praise
And I know if I keep trying
I'll see my mother some sweet day.