《Shall We Gather At The River》歌词

[00:00:00] Shall We Gather At The River - Jim Reeves (吉姆·里夫斯)

[00:00:02] Shall we gather at the river

[00:00:07] That flows by the throne of God

[00:00:15] The church doors opened

[00:00:16] One Sunday in a little country town

[00:00:20] The people all were silent in the rain

[00:00:23] That misted down

[00:00:25] And an old gray-haired granddad

[00:00:27] His shoulders stooped with pain

[00:00:30] Was holdin' fast a little boy

[00:00:32] Who kept cryin' in the rain

[00:00:36] And in the dim candlelight

[00:00:37] Within a casket lay so still

[00:00:41] That soon would lie beneath

[00:00:44] At the top of the hill

[00:00:47] The little boy kept askin' in a low

[00:00:49] And plaintive tone

[00:00:52] What's wrong with mommy grandpa

[00:00:55] Won't she be comin' home

[00:00:57] It's awful lonesome grandpa

[00:00:59] Since daddy went away

[00:01:02] And mommy's all the reason

[00:01:03] Why I'm happy every day

[00:01:06] Wouldn't she feel better grandpa

[00:01:08] If I layed down by her side

[00:01:12] The old man turned and faced him

[00:01:15] And with these words replied

[00:01:19] Mother went a walkin' son

[00:01:23] Away up in the sky

[00:01:25] Along the brook that winds

[00:01:27] Among the stars up there on high

[00:01:30] And down the valley where

[00:01:32] The sun goes home at night to sleep

[00:01:35] Mother went a walkin' son

[00:01:38] She wouldn't want us to weep

[00:01:42] The boy didn't seem to understand

[00:01:44] Just where his mom had gone

[00:01:47] He couldn't realize that now

[00:01:50] She wouldn't be comin' home

[00:01:53] He saw the rain on grandpa's face

[00:01:56] He didn't know he cried

[00:01:58] And of course he couldn't hear the words

[00:02:00] That grandpa said inside

[00:02:06] Mother went a walkin' son

[00:02:10] Up yonder in the sky

[00:02:13] And all that we can do down here

[00:02:15] Son is bow our heads and cry

[00:02:20] She's gone to meet your daddy son

[00:02:22] And take him by the hand

[00:02:26] Yes mother went a walkin'

[00:02:29] Son in God's great meadowland