Recorded by hank williams, sr.
Writer: fred rose

I was walking in savannah past a church, decayed and dim
When slowly through the window came a plaintive funeral hymn
And my sympathy awakened and a wonder quickly grew
'til I found myself envired in a little colored pew.

Out front a colored couple sat in sorrow, nearly wild
On the altar was a casket and in the casket was a child
I could picture him while livin', curly hair, protuding lips
I'd seen perhaps a thousand in my hurried southern trips.

Rose a sad, old colored preacher from his little wooden desk
With a manner sorta awkward, and countenance grotesque
The simplicity and shrewdness in his eithopian face
Showed the wisdom and ignorance of a crushed, undying race.

And he said, now don't be weepin' for this pretty bit of clay
For the little boy who lived there has done gone and run away
He was doin' very finely and he appreciates your love
But his shore 'nuff father wanted him in the big house up above.

The lord didn't give you that baby, by no hundred thousand miles
He just thought you need some sunshine, and he lent it for awhile
And he let you keep and love it 'til your hearts were bigger grown
And these silver tears you're sheddin' now is just interest on the loan.

Just think, my poor dear mourners, creepin' 'long on sorrows life's way
What a blessed picnic this here baby got today
Your good fathers and good mothers crowd the little fellow 'round
In the angel's tender garden of the big plantation ground.

And his eyes they brightly sparkle at the pretty things he viewed
But a tear came, and he whispered, 'i want my parents , too'
But then the angel's chief musicians teach that little boy a song
Says if only they be faithful they'll soon be comin' 'long.

So, my poor detached mourners, let your hearts with jesus rest
And don't go to criticizin' the one what knows the best
He has give us many comforts, he's got the right to take away
To the lord be praised in glory, forever, let us pray.

• '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