Hank Williams – The Blind Childs Prayer (Guitar)

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Oh father tonight they say you are, to wed another bride

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That you will hold her in your arms, where my dear mother died

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They say her name is Mary too, the name my mother bore

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But Father is she kind and true, like the one we loved before

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And is her footstep soft and light, her voice so meek and mild?

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And father do you think she'll love, your blind and helpless child?

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Oh father do not bid me come, to welcome your new made bride

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I could not greet her in the room, where my dear mother died

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But when I've cried myself to sleep, as I so often do

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Into my chamber you may creep, my new-made mama and you

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He turned away to leave the room, a joyful cry was given

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He turned about and he knew at last, his blind child had gone to Heaven

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They buried her by her mother's side and erected a marble square

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And there on the tomb these words do read, she'll not be blind up there