Just a few more days (video)

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1. Not so long ago one morning mother called me to her bed,

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then she threw her arms around me, “Listen to the words”, she said.

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“Darling, I am going to leave you, but you'll not be left alone,

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Jesus will protect and shield you after he has carried me home.”

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Just a few more days of sorrow, just a few more days of pain,

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just a few more days of cloudiness, just a few more days of rain.

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Then I'm going to live with Jesus, he has got a home prepared,

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then I'll join the holy angels, mother will be waiting there.

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2. Sometimes I am sorely tempted, sometimes I am sorely tired,

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but to overcome I'm trying taking Jesus as my guide.

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Oh, sometimes the path seems rugged, but it only makes me pray,

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and I know if I keep trying I'll see my mother some sweet day.

(orig. = capo 2nd) (The Carter Family)