Hank Snow – Ill Not Forget My Mothers Prayer (Guitar)

        C                G7
I never shall forget the day

           G               C
I heard my dear old mother say

             C                F
"I'm leaving now the old home dear

         C    G               C
Remember Jack,  your mother's prayer"

            C             G7
She left me as the golden sun

           G               C
Behind the hill top it did hide

           C                  F
And when I found that she had gone

          C      G        C
I laid my guitar down and cried

              E         F        C
And now she's gone this world is drear

          D7        D      G   G7
I long to have dear mother here

              C               F
She's gone to join the angels there

            C      G        C
I'll not forget my mother's prayer

               C                   G7
The birds were still, no sound was made

          G                C
The organ sad, but sweetly played

          C                F
As by her side we gathered there

                C       G      C
Our heads bowed down in silent prayer

             C                  G7
We laid here where the fragrant rose

             G               C
Was blooming o'er her lonely grave

            C            F
And now in answer to her prayer

               C      G          C
I'll meet dear mother some sweet day

              E         F        C
And now she's gone this world is drear

          D7        D      G   G7
I long to have dear mother here

              C               F
She's gone to join the angels there

            C      G        C
I'll not forget my mother's prayer