Kneeling Drunkard’s Plea
Written By: Anita Carter, June Carter, Maybelle Carter, Helen Carter
Released November 01, 2005
[Chorus]
Lord have mercy on me
Was the kneeling drunkard’s plea
And as he knelt there on the ground
I know that God in heaven looked down
I went down by an old country church
I saw the drunkard stagger and lurch
And as he reached his mother’s grave
I saw the drunkard kneel and pray
[Chorus]
Bring my darling boy to me
Was his mother’s dying plea
And as he staggered through the gate
A lassie came just one day too late
Three years have passed since she went away
Her son is sleeping beside her today
And I know that in heaven his mother he’ll see
For God has heard the drunkard’s plea
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