The Blind Child's Prayer (2019 - Remaster)

[00:00.35] Let's go back this morning and get one of the old, old timers
[00:05.22] I think this is 'bout one of the first songs I ever learned
[00:10.92] The Blind Child, ready?
[00:13.98] Oh, father tonight, they say you are
[00:20.79] To wed another bride
[00:27.70] That you will hold her in your arms
[00:34.74] Where my dear mother died
[00:41.76] They say her name is Mary, too
[00:48.46] The name my mother bore
[00:55.49] But father, is she kind and true
[01:02.22] Like the one we loved before?
[01:09.29] And is her footstep soft and light?
[01:16.38] Her voice so meek and mild
[01:23.16] And father, do you think she'll love
[01:30.13] Your blind and helpless child?
[01:36.93] Oh father, do not bid me come
[01:43.94] To welcome your new made bride
[01:51.07] I could not greet her in the room
[01:57.95] Where my dear mother died
[02:05.29] But when I've cried myself to sleep
[02:12.38] As I so often do
[02:19.53] Into my chamber, you may creep
[02:26.67] My new made mama and you
[02:33.60] He turned away to leave the room
[02:40.68] A joyful cry was given
[02:47.78] He turned about and he knew at last
[02:54.71] His blind child had gone to Heaven
[03:01.77] They buried her by her mother's side
[03:08.70] And erected a marble square
[03:15.75] And there on the tomb, these words do read
[03:22.54] "She'll not be blind up there"
[03:31.85] That's an old, old timer there
[03:34.27] The Blind Child
[03:35.17] Right now here is cousin Louis Buck with a word about the best flower there is for Mother's Day
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