Come All You Tenderhearted

I saw an old hymn book last night that had this one in it, and I hope
I can remember all the words. I'd love to do it for you if I can
I hope you'll like it. It's called "Come All You Tender Hearted"

Come all you tender hearted, your attention I will call
I'll tell you how it started, come listen one and all

Last Wednesday night there was a light seen shining on a hill
A mother ran with all her might while everything was still
She went into a neighbor's house some hundred yards away
She sat down and talked with them, but she did not mean to stay
"Don't stay too long, dear mother, there, for we'll be lonesome here
I'll give some liniment," she said, "then I'll return again"

But when she started home again, her house was in a flame
She cried, "Oh Lord, my babies
They're gone, and I'm the one to blame!"
She bursted all asunder then, and the flames rolled over her head
Their little bones lay on the ground, they both lay face to face
Each other's dead entwined, each other did embrace