Stanley Brothers

My latest sun is sinking fast, my race is nearly run
My strongest trials now are past, my triumph has begun
Oh, come Angel Band come and around me stand
Oh bear me away on your snow white wings to my immortal home
Oh bear me away on your snow white wings to my immortal home

Oh bear my longing heart to him who bled and died for me
Whose blood now cleanses from all sin and gives me victory
Oh, come Angel Band come and around me stand
Oh bear me away on your snow white wings to my immortal home
Oh bear me away on your snow white wings to my immortal home
Oh bear me away on your snow white wings to my immortal home

Often my thoughts drift back to childhood
To the times when I was free
As I played before the fireside
'Round my darling, mother's knee

There's a blessed home up yonder
Where my loved ones wait for me
I saw mother in a vision
Kneeling there to pray for me

Then one day our mother left us
Daddy said she'd gone to rest
I remember how she loved me
As she clutched me to her breast

There's a blessed home up yonder
Where my loved ones wait for me
I saw mother in a vision
Kneeling there to pray for me

Some sweet day I'll meet you, mother
Your little boy is coming home
To see you as in days of childhood
The one you loved and left alone

There's a blessed home up yonder
Where my loved ones wait for me
I saw mother in a vision
Kneeling there to pray for me

In the deep rolling hills of old Virginia
There's a place that I love so well
Where I spent many days of my childhood
In the cabin where we loved to dwell

White dove will mourn in sorrow
The willows will hang their heads
I'll live my life in sorrow
Since mother and daddy are dead

We were all so happy there together
In our peaceful little mountain home
But the Savior needs angels up in heaven
Now they sing around the great white throne

As the years roll by I often wonder
If we will all be together someday
And each night as I wander through the graveyard
Darkness finds me as I kneel to pray

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Written By WALSH, JAMES/STELFOX, JAMES/WESTHEAD, BARRY/BYRNE, BENJAMIN
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Death is an angel sent down from above
Sent for the buds and the flowers we love
Truly 'tis so, for in heaven's own way
Each soul is a flower in the Master's bouquet

Gathering flowers for the Master's bouquet
Beautiful flowers that will never decay
Gathered by angels and carried away
Forever to bloom in the Master's bouquet

Let us be faithful till life's work is done
Blooming with love 'til the reaper has come
Then we'll be gathered together someday
Transplanted to bloom in the Master's bouquet

Now darlin', I've tried, I've never done wrong
I've been fair to you, you know all along
Why treat me this way, you're breakin' my heart
I'm lonesome for you we're so far apart

It's never too late to start over new
I've loved you so long, you know I've been true
Please come back to me, my heart is so blue
It's never too late to start over new

Now when you are tired, your new love gone down
I hope you'll return and I'll still be around
I love you so well, you know I will wait
But remember these words, it's never too late

It's never too late to start over new
I've loved you so long, you know I've been true
Please come back to me, my heart is so blue
It's never too late to start over new

Have you someone in Heaven awaiting?
Expecting you on that beautiful shore
Be ready to join that great band of angels
When they welcome you into that Heavenly door
(When they welcome you into that Heavenly door)

Come sinners take heed while Jesus is waiting
Please never be caught in the pathway of sin
For Jesus may call you home in the mornin'
When Heaven's gates open will you enter in?

Have you someone in Heaven awaiting?
Expecting you on that beautiful shore
Be ready to join that great band of angels
When they welcome you into that Heavenly door
(When they welcome you into that Heavenly door)

The savior will hear the prayer of the sinner
No matter how dark, no matter how late
He'll welcome you home to the Heavenly mansion
Take a straight narrow way to that beautiful gate

Have you someone in Heaven awaiting?
Expecting you on that beautiful shore
Be ready to join that great band of angels
When they welcome you into that Heavenly door
(When they welcome you into that Heavenly door)

Come little girl let's go get married
My love is so great, how can you slight me
I'll work for you both late and early
At my wedding my little wife you'll be

Oh Willie dear, let's both consider
We're both too young to be married now
When we're married, we're bound together
Let's stay single just one more year

He went to the bar where she was dancing
A jealous thought came to his mind
I'll kill that girl, my own true lover
Before I let another man beat my time

He went to the bar and called her to him
She said Willie dear, what you want with me
Come and drink wine with the one that loves you
More than anyone else you know, said he

While they were at the bar a-drinking
That same old thought came to his mind
He'd kill that girl, his own true lover


He gave her poison in a glass of wine

She laid her head over on his shoulder
Said Willie dear, please take me home
That glass of wine that I've just drinken
Has gone to my head and got me drunk

He laid his head over on the pillow
Let me read you the law let me tell you my mind
Molly dear, I'm sorry to tell you
We both drank poison in a glass of wine

They folded their arms around each other
They cast their eyes unto the sky
Oh God, oh God, Ain't this a pity
That the both true lovers are bound to die

Many times I've thought about you
Many times I've wondered why
That you'd ever go and leave me
And this heart you taught to cry

Darling wait until I see you
Since you say it is the end
Though I know that you don't love me
Won't you let me be your friend

As I lay upon my pillow
Thinking of you in my dreams
Are you happy with another
I'm so lonesome here it seems

Do you ever think about me
Will you love again someday
Will you ever think my darling
Of this heart you stole away

Darling, do you really love me?
Are you the girl I used to know?
Something's happened to you, darling
But it pleases me to know

Life is sweet when love is blooming
Like a wild rose on the hill
But when lovers part forever
Where it ends no one can tell

Many lonely nights I've traveled
Far across this barren land
Thinking of that peaceful village
Where we once strolled hand in hand

When our journey here has ended
And this life on earth is done
We'll be sweethearts up in heaven
For me I know you are the one

Darling, do you really love me?
Are you the girl I used to know?
Something's happened to you, darling
But it pleases me to know

Now tonight as I write this note to you
There's sorrow in my heart
I hate to say goodbye my dear
But it's better that we part

Don't think that I've grown tired of you
Or found somebody new
For you were all I've ever had
And I love no one but you

Now when you read this note my dear
I hope you'll understand
And think of the one that loves you best
This broken hearted man

Now that I have loved and lost
I hope you're satisfied
It'll be so hard to go through this world
With a broken heart inside

Come take me by my trembling hand
And hold me close to you
And think of all the days gone by
The days when love was true

Come go with me to the old depot
And wave your hand goodbye
I know, I've done you wrong sweetheart
But now it's too late to cry

Sweetheart of mine, I hate to go
And leave you here all alone
May God protect and keep you
Wherever you may roam

Come go with me to the old depot
And wave your hand goodbye
I know, I've done you wrong sweetheart
But now it's too late to cry

Come go with me to the old depot
And wave your hand goodbye
I know, I've done you wrong sweetheart
But now it's too late to cry

I left my old home in the mountains
And the only friends I ever had
And while I rambled this world over
My heart felt so lonely and sad

I'm going back to the old home
Back to the place I love so well
Where the sweet waters flow
And the wildflowers grow
Back to the old home on the hill

I know that dear old mother?s waiting
Waiting alone on that hill
With the silver in her hair and a twinkle in her eye
In the old cabin home on the hill

I'm going back to the old home
Back to the place I love so well
Where the sweet waters flow
And the wildflowers grow
Back to the old home on the hill

Years have gone by since I saw her
I?ve traveled many a mile
But tonight there?s a light in the window
And she's waiting at the door with a smile

I'm going back to the old home
Back to the place I love so well
Where the sweet waters flow
And the wildflowers grow
Back to the old home on the hill

I'm going back to the old home
Back to the place I love so well
Where the sweet waters flow
And the wildflowers grow
Back to the old home on the hill

I saw you last night in my dreams, love
I awoke as the clock was strikin' four
But I didn't think that I'd meet you
And now as you walk through the door

Come sit here with me, little darlin'
And allow me to sing
I love you, sweetheart, I love you
Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey

As you stood there before me, I wondered
If I'd ever get you off of my mind
And the tears filled my eyes when you vanished
With your golden curls that hung down behind

Come sit here with me, little darlin'
And allow me to sing
I love you, sweetheart, I love you
Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey

Won't you come back to me in my dreams, love?
Some dark night when I'm here all alone
Would you tell me sweetheart that you love me?
Some dark night when I'm here all alone

Come sit here with me, little darlin'
And allow me to sing
I love you, sweetheart, I love you
Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey

Oh Polly, Pretty Polly, would you take me unkind
Polly, Pretty Polly, would you take me unkind
Let me set beside you and tell you my mind

Well my mind is to marry and never to part
My mind is to marry and never to part
The first time I saw you it wounded my heart

Oh Polly Pretty Polly come go along with me
Polly Pretty Polly come go along with me
Before we get married some pleasures to see

Oh he led her over mountains and valleys so deep
He led her over hills and valleys so deep
Pretty Polly mistrusted and then began to weep

Oh Willie, Little Willie, I'm afraid to of your ways
Willie, Little Willie, I'm afraid of your ways
The way you've been rambling you'll lead me astray

Oh Polly, Pretty Polly, your guess is about right


Polly, Pretty Polly, your guess is about right
I dug on your grave the biggest part of last night

Oh she knelt down before him a pleading for her life
She knelt down before him a pleading for her life
Let me be a single girl if I can't be your wife

Oh Polly, Pretty Polly that never can be
Polly, Pretty Polly that never can be
Your past recitation's been trouble to me

Oh went down to the jailhouse and what did he say
He went down to the jailhouse and what did he say
I've killed Pretty Polly and trying to get away

After traveling through this world of sorrow
No one on earth to call my friend
I'm on my way back to old Kentucky
Where I met and loved but could not win.

I've always loved you little darling
My heart will always feel the same
I could never do one thing to hurt you
I'd rather die than bring you shame.

When that cold dark shroud is wrapped around me
They lay my weary head to rest
Will you stand around and gaze upon me
For I'm the one that loved you best

When your golden hair is turned to silver
The master calls your soul to heaven
Where we can be free from all our troubles
I'll meet you there at journey's end

Here's a story of two childhood sweethearts
And a love that we shared still untold
How our simple little vows they were broken
And our love that I treasured more than gold

Are you tired of the life that you're livin'?
Does your mind wander back to the past?
Do you think of the love you've forsaken?
Darlin' true love is too sweet to last

I remember that night in the moonlight
When you said that you'd found someone new
Do you realize the heartache you've caused me
You should know that my love was so true

Are you tired of the life that you're livin'?
Does your mind wander back to the past?
Do you think of the love you've forsaken?
Darlin' true love is too sweet to last

Alone and sad as I'm travelling
I'm lost on this sea of regret
Wandering back to the place of my childhood
And the one that I've always loved the best

Are you tired of the life that you're livin'?
Does your mind wander back to the past?
Do you think of the love you've forsaken?
Darlin' true love is too sweet to last

Out in the cold world and far away from home
Some mother's boy is wandering all alone
No one to guide him or keep his footsteps right
Some mother's boy is homeless tonight

Oh, bring back to me, my wandering boy
For there is no other that's left to give me joy
Tell him his mother with faded cheeks and hair
Is at the old home, awaiting him there

Out in the hallway there stands a vacant chair
Had an old pair of shoes he used to wear
Empty now the cradle, he used to love so well
Oh, how I love him, no tongue can tell

Oh, bring back to me, my wandering boy
For there is no other that's left to give me joy
Tell him his mother with faded cheeks and hair
Is at the old home, awaiting him there

Well, I remember the parting words he said
"We'll meet again where tears are never shed
No separation [Incomprehensible]
When life is over, I'll meet you up there

Oh, bring back to me, my wandering boy
For there is no other that's left to give me joy
Tell him his mother with faded cheeks and hair
Is at the old home, awaiting him there

Each night I dream of you sweet heart
I can't see why we had to part
But there's no reason now to stay
For I was only in your way

Oh how I long to see your face
Tho' there's someone in my place
Or just to hear your voice again
Darling why not part the best of friends

I played the game of love and lost
My broken heart has paid the cost
And now that I am free to go
Somehow sweet heart I miss you so

You say that you are happy now
I'll try to forget the past some how
But if your new love turns you down
Remember me I'm still around