Hank Snow – Well Never Say Goodbye Just So Long (Guitar)

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In an old dusty attic of a tenement house

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I happened to wander one day

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And there on the rafters 'neath shavings and chips

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A drunkard's poor little boy lay

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Oh why are lying up here in the cold

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What makes you lie on this hard bed?

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My father's a drunkard and he beat me today

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My darling old mother is dead

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I'm hiding from father and please sir, don't tell

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He beat me 'cause I would not steal

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He said he would kill me the next I failed

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And I'm so afraid sir, he will

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I'm leaving you here, son, I sadly replied

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But I will be back right away

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But when I returned to the attic I found

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That Jesus had been there that day

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The chips and the shavings were there as before

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And the little boy lie on his bed

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With tears on his cheeks and his hands at his side

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The poor little fellow was dead

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A picture of mother lay close to his heart

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A faint little note by his head

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As I opened the paper, my eyes filled with tears

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For these were the words that I read

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I'm hiding with Jesus across the divide

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With dear mother forever I'll dwell

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And thank you dear mister for your kindness to me

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And now it's alright if you tell