The Old Country Church

[Verse 1]

There's a place dear to me, where I'm longing to be

With my friends at the old country church

There with mother we went and our Sundays we spent

With our friends at the old country church

[Chorus]

Precious years of memories

Oh, what joy they bring to me

How I long once more to be

With my friends at the old country church

[Verse 2]

As a small country boy, how my heart beat with joy

When I knelt in that old country church

And the savior above in his wonderful love

Saved my soul at the old country church

[Chorus]

Precious years of memories

Oh, what joy they bring to me

How I long once more to be

With my friends at the old country church

[Verse 3]

How I wish that today all the people would pray

As we prayed in that old country church

If they'd only confess, Jesus surely would bless

As He did in that old country church

[Chorus]

Precious years of memories

Oh, what joy they bring to me

How I long once more to be

With my friends at the old country church

[Verse 4]

Oh, my thoughts make weak for so many now sleep

In that grave near the old country church

May I rest with my friends in that grave in the end

In the grave near the old country church

[Chorus]

Precious years of memories

Oh, what joy they bring to me

How I long once more to be

With my friends at the old country church