It Won't Be Long Lyrics

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1: There's a little home on the mountain side,
Where the flowers bloom, and babies cry,
The red bird sings the sweetest song,
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Where happiness and love was strong.

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2: We watched the graceful days go by,
While hand in hand, and side by side.
The children played in the rippling stream,
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Nightfall would bring such peaceful dreams.

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3: We made our family and our home,
Mother and wife were her love song,
But flowers bloom and wilt away,
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It's in God's plan to come what may.

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4: A few short years her fate was known,
Her dying breath would not be long, Blue Highway - It Won't Be Long - http://motolyrics.com/blue-highway/it-wont-be-long-lyrics.html
I hang my head, to the Lord I pray,
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God take me from this mournful day.

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5: By her bedside we all did go,
And in her arms our baby hold,
In the still and quiet of the day,
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With tears of sadness she did say,

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6: "Now children when you sleep tonight,
Make sure your heart and soul are right,
And if you long for the Savior's love,
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I'll meet you in the home above."

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7: There's a little grave on the mountain side,
Where flowers bloom, the morning cries,
The red bird sings the sweetest song.
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I'll be with Him. It won't take long.