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'Lord, have mercy on me' |
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Was the kneeling drunkard's plea |
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And as he knelt there on the ground |
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I know that God in Heaven looked down |
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I went down by an old country church |
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I saw the drunkard stagger and lurch |
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And as he reached his mother's grave |
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I saw that drunkard kneel and pray |
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'Lord, have mercy on me' |
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Was the kneeling drunkard's plea |
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And as he knelt there on the ground |
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I know that God in Heaven looked down |
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'Bring my darling boy to me' |
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Was his mother's dying plea |
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And as he staggered through the gate |
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Alas, he came just one day too late |
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Three years have passed since she went away |
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Her son is sleeping beside her today |
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And I know that in Heaven, his mother he'll see |
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For God has heard that drunkard's plea |
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'Lord, have mercy on me' |
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Was the kneeling drunkard's plea |
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And as he knelt there on the ground |
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I know that God in Heaven looked down |
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I know that God in Heaven looked down |
