![Steal Away - Merle Haggard, The Strangers, The Carter Family](https://cdn.muztext.com/i/32847565504943925347.jpg)
Date of issue: 07.11.1971
Song language: English
Steal Away |
Steal away, steal away |
Steal away to Jesus |
Steal away, steal away home |
I ain’t got long to stay here |
I was walkin' in Savannah, passed the church decayed and dimed |
When there’s slowly through the window came a plaintive funeral hymn |
And a sympathy awakened an' a wonder quickly grew |
Till I found myself seat in a little negro pew |
Out at front a young couple sat in sorrow, nearly wild |
And on the altar was a coffin and in the coffin lay a child |
Rows of sad old negro preacher at his little wooden desk |
With a manner grandly awkward with the countless grotesque |
And he said now don’t be weepin' for this little bit of clay |
For the little boy who lived there he done gone and run away |
He’s was doin' very finely and he appreciated your love |
But it’s sure enough father want him in the large house up above |
Now he didn’t give you that baby by a hundred thousand miles |
He just think you need some sunshine and he lend it for awhile |
He let you keep and love it till your hearts were bigger grown |
And these silver tears you have shed that’s just interest on the loan |
So my poor dejected mourners let your hearts with Jesus rest |
And don’t go criticizein' no one the one that knows the best |
He gives us many comforts he’s ever right to take away |
To the Lord be praised in glory now and ever, let us pray |
My Lord calls me, He calls me by the thunder |
The trumpet sounds within my soul |
I ain’t got long to stay here |
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I'm A White Boy ft. The Strangers | 1976 |
The Coming And The Going Of The Trains ft. The Strangers | 1975 |
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Always Wanting You ft. The Strangers | 1995 |
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I Think I'll Just Stay Here And Drink | 1995 |
My Rough And Rowdy Ways ft. The Strangers | 1998 |
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Life In Prison ft. The Strangers | 1998 |
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Artist lyrics: Merle Haggard
Artist lyrics: The Strangers
Artist lyrics: The Carter Family