Recorded by hank williams, sr.
Writer: johnn bond and billy folger

[c] far away from friends and loved ones
'mid the [g7] storm, a soldier [c] lay
Gathered 'round him all his buddies
Raised his [g7] head, we heard him [c] say.

There's a [f] lamp light in the [c] window
Where an [f] angel from a-[c] bove
Gently [f] rocked my baby [c] cradle
With such [g7] tender care and [c] love.

Mother [f] dearest, darlin' [c] mother
It would [f] ease this awful [c] pain
If she'd sing until I'm sleepin'
Rock my [g7] cradle once a-[c] gain.

'neath the palms tonight he's sleepin'
On an island far away
Tho' the years pass on in sorrow
I still recall his words today.

Repeat 2nd and 3rd verse.

• 'neath a Cold Gray Tomb of Stone
• A Home in Heaven
• A House Without Love
• A Mansion on The Hill
• A Picture from Life's Other Side
• A Stranger in The Night
• A Teardrop on The Rose
• All The Love I Ever Had
• Alone & Forsaken
• Are You Walking & A-talking With The Lord
• Bayou Pon Pon
• Be Careful of Stones That You Throw
• Beyond The Sunset--hank Williams
• Blue Love
• California Zephyr
• Crazy Heart
• Dixie Cannonball Writen by Vaughn Horton
• Don't Do It Darlin'
• Everything's Okay
• Faded Love & Winter Roses
• First Year Blues
• Fly Trouble
• Fool About You
• Hank Williams Version of Freight Train Blues
• Help Me Understand
• Hey, Good Lookin'!
• Honey, Do You Love Me, Huh
• I Can't Escape from You
• I Can't Get You Off My Mind
• I Could Never Be Ashamed of You
• I Cried Again
• I Don't Care
• I Hang My Head & Cry
• I Heard You Crying in Your Sleep
• I Told a Lie to My Heart
• I Wish I Had a Nickel
• I'd Still Want You
• I'll Be a Bachelor 'till I Die
• I'm Free at Last
• I'm Going Home
• I'm Satisfied With You
• I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
• I'm So Tired of It All
• I'm Sorry for You, My Friend
• I've Just Told Mama Goodbye
• I've Lost The Only Love I Knew
• Just Waitin'
• Just when I Needed You
• Kaw-liga
• Leave Me Alone With The Blues
• Lets Turn Back The Years--hank Williams
• Lonely Tombs
• Lonesome Whistle
• Lost Highway
• Low Down Blues
• May You Never Be Alone
• May You Never Be Alone Like Me
• Me & My Broken Heart
• Mother is Gone
• Move It on Over
• My Heart Would Know
• My Love for You
• My Son Calls Another Man Daddy
• My Sweet Love Ain't Around
• Next Sunday Darlin' is My Birthday
• No One to Welcome Me Home
• No One Will Ever Know
• No, Not Now
• On The Banks of The Old Ponchartrain
• Pan American
• Peace Will Come
• Please Don't Let Me Love You
• Ramblin' Man
• Ready to Go Home
• Rock My Cradle
• Rockin' Chair Money
• Setting The Woods on Fire
• Singing Waterfall
• Six More Miles
• Someday You'll Call My Name
• Something Got a Hold of Me
• Sometimes Late at Night
• Take These Chains from My Heart
• Tennessee Border
• The Alabama Waltz
• The Battle of Armageddon
• The First Fall of Snow
• The Funeral
• The Great Judgement Morning Writer ?
• The Old Log Train
• The Pale Horse & His Rider
• The Prodigal Son
• The Tramp on The Street
• The Waltz of The Wind
• There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight
• There's a Tear in My Beer
• There's No Room in My Heart for The Blue
• There's Nothing as Sweet as My Baby
• Thy Burdens Are Greater Than Mine
• Two Faced Preacher
• We Live in Two Different Worlds
• Wearin' Out Your Walkin' Shoes
• Weary Blues
• When The Book of Life is Read
• Where The Soul of Man Never Dies
• Why Should I Cry
• Why Should We Try Anymore
• With Tears in My Eyes
• Won't You Sometimes Think of Me
• You Caused It All by Telling Lies
• You Win Again
• You're Barkin' up The Wrong Tree Now