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Verse Number One: |
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When I was but a boy in days of childhood.... |
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I used to play till evening shadows come.... |
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Then winding down an old familiar pathway.... |
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I heard my mother call at set of sun.... |
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The Chorus: |
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The shadows lengthen fast..... |
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We're goin' home at last..... |
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Verse Number Two: |
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One day beside her bedside I was kneeling.... |
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And angel wings were win-no-wing....the air.... |
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She heard the call for Suppertime in heaven.... |
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And now I know she's waiting for me there.... |
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The Chorus: |
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The shadows lengthen fast..... |
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We're goin' home at last..... |
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Verse Number Three: |
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In visions now I see her standing yonder.... |
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And her familiar voice I hear once more.... |
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The banquet table's ready up in Heaven.... |
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It' suppertime upon the golden shores.... |
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The Chorus: |
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The shadows lengthen fast..... |
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We're goin' home at last..... |
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Tag: (spoken over the out) |
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Mom, it won't be long now... |
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We'll have suppertime together... |
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(c) Ira Stanphill & Robert Metzgar (ASCAP) |
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Walt Disney Music/Universal Music Publishing (ASCAP) |
