God put a song In the heart of an angel And softly, she sang it to me
I get to thinking lots of times About back when I was a lad Of the old homeplace Where I growed up Of the days, both good and bad
My overalls was hand me downs My shoes was full of holes And I used to walk four miles To school every day Through the rain and The sleet and the cold
I've seen the nights When my daddy would cry For the things that his Family would need But all he ever got Was a badland farm and Seven hungry mouths to feed
And yet, and yet our Home fire never flickered once 'Cause when all these Things went wrong Mama took the hymn book down And mama sang a song
I guess the house is still standing I don't get back much no more No voice is left to fill them halls And no steps to grace the floor
You see My mama sings in Heaven now Around God's golden throne But I'll always believe This world's a better place One time My mama sang a song