The Old Country Church | by J. W. Vaughan

Hi, I'm sure a lot of you have memories of a childhood church you used to go to as a little kid. In the town where we used to live, my mother would take me to church, and in that church is where I gave my heart to Jesus. It doesn't have a cemetery next to it, but the church holds a lot of childhood memories.

The Old Country Church was written by J. W. Vaughan in 1934. The song has been sung my many artists over the years. Here are the lyrics:

There's a place dear to me, where I'm longing to be
With my friends at the old country church
There with mother, we went and our Sundays, we spent
With our friends at the old country church

(chorus)
Precious years (precious years) of memories (of memories)
Oh, what joy (oh, what joy) it bring to me (it bring to me)
How I long (how I long) once more to be (once more to be)
With my friends at the old country church

As a small country boy, how my heart beat with joy
When I looked in that old country church
And the savior above in His wonderful love
Save my soul at the old country church

How I wish that today all the people would pray
As we prayed in that old country church
If they'd only confess, Jesus surely would bless
As He did in the old country church

Oh, my thoughts make me weak for so many hours I weep
In that grave near the old country church
May I rest with my friends in that grave in the end
In the grave near the old country church