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Hank Williams – Softly and Tenderly (2008) | Track profile | Dork

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Hank Williams
The Unreleased Recordings
Softly and Tenderly

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Softly and Tenderly

Release date: 10th July 2008

From The Unreleased Recordings

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"Softly and Tenderly" is a track by Hank Williams, from the album The Unreleased Recordings, released 10th July 2008. Full lyrics are available below.

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Hank Williams

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Lyrics

Softly and Tenderly

Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling

Calling for you and for me

See, on the portals, He`s waiting and watching;

Watching for you and for me

Come home, come home

Ye who are weary come home;

Earnestly, tenderly, Jesus is calling

Calling, "O sinner, come home!"

O for the wonderful love He has promised

Promised for you and for me

Though we have sinned He has mercy and pardon;

Pardon for you and for me

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Track details

From The Unreleased Recordings

2008

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Album

The Unreleased Recordings

Release year

2008

—Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain
—Gathering Flowers for the Master's Bouquet
—I Heard My Savior Calling Me
—I Dreamed That the Great Judgement Morning
—I'll Fly Away
—If I Didn't Love You
—I'll Have a New Life
—I'll Sail My Ship Alone
—I've Got My One-Way Ticket to the Sky
—Just When I Needed You
—Lonely Tombs
—Next Sunday Darling Is My Birthday
—On Top Of Old Smoky
—Pins and Needles (In My Heart)
—Softly and Tenderly
—Searching for a Soldier's Grave
—The Blind Child's Prayer
—Thy Burdens Are Greater Than Mine
—Where He Leads Me, I Will Follow
—You Blotted My Happy Schooldays
—Where the Soul Never Dies
—The Pale Horse and His Rider
—When God Dips His Love in My Heart
—Drifting Too Far from the Shore
—May You Never Be Alone
—The Prodigal Son
—On the Banks of the Old Ponchartrain
—Low and Lonely
—When the Saints Go Marchin' In
—Have I Told You Lately That I Love You
—I Can't Tell My Heart That
—Cherokee Boogie
—Dust On The bible
—From Jerusalem to Jericho
—Wait for the Light to Shine
—When the Fire Comes Down
—The Old Country Church
—Seaman's Blues
—Precious Lord, Take My Hand

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Ramblin’ Man (Undubbed Edition)

Ramblin’ Man (Undubbed Edition)

Honky Tonkin (Expanded Undubbed Edition)

Honky Tonkin (Expanded Undubbed Edition)

40 Greatest Hits

40 Greatest Hits

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Official Soundtrack Box Set

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Honky Tonkin’

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Hank Williams as Luke the Drifter

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Writer: Will L. Thompson