[00:06.71]Lord have mercy on me
[00:11.97]
[00:12.54]Was the kneeling drunkard's plea
[00:17.79]And as he knelt there on the ground
[00:23.35]I know that god from heaven looked down
[00:28.95]
[00:31.22]I went down by an old country church
[00:35.83]
[00:36.34]I saw a drunkard stagger and lurch
[00:41.96]And as he reached his mother's grave
[00:47.63]I saw that drunkard kneel and pray
[00:53.82]
[00:55.16]Lord have mercy on me
[01:00.13]
[01:00.81]Was the kneeling drunkard's plea
[01:06.15]And as he knelt there on the ground
[01:11.96]I know that god from heaven looked down
[01:18.14]
[01:26.82]Bring my darling boy to me
[01:31.43]
[01:32.22]Was his mother's dying plea
[01:37.60]And as he staggered through the gate
[01:43.22]Alas he came just one day too late
[01:49.18]
[01:58.05]Three years have passed since she went away
[02:02.49]
[02:03.12]Her son is sleeping beside her today
[02:07.97]
[02:08.65]And I know that in heaven his mother he'll see
[02:14.08]For god has heard that drunkard's plea
[02:20.51]
[02:21.81]Lord have mercy on me
[02:26.66]
[02:27.42]Was the kneeling drunkard's plea
[02:32.79]And as he knelt there on the ground
[02:38.61]I know that god from heaven looked down