MOTHER'S NOT DEAD (SHE'S ONLY A-SLEEPING)

Recorded by: Charlie Monroe & His Kentucky Pardners



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I Left my old home way back in the mountains
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Mother was called to heaven that  day
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They carried my mother up to the  graveyard
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Ev'rything's lonesome since she went a-way.



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Mother's Not Dead, she's only a-sleeping
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Just patiently waiting for Jesus to come
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The birds will be singing while mother lies sleeping
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They will sing o'er her as the grave fades a- way.



Nothing seems right around the old home place
Even the place where we used to play
I love my old home way back in the mountains
But ev'rything's changed since she went away.

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Mother was good and now she's in heaven
She was the best pal a boy ever had
I still love my home way back in the mountains
But without you mother, a heart aches so sad.

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