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Introdução:
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There's a place dear to me where I'm longin' to be
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With my friends at the old country church
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There with mother we went, and our Sundays we spent
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With our friends at the old country church
Precious years of memory's
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Oh what joy they bring to me
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How I long once more to be
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With my friends at the old country church
Verse
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As a small country boy, how my heart beat with joy
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As I knelt in the old country church
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And the savior above in his wonderful love
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Saved my soul at the old country church
Precious years of memory's
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Oh what joy they bring to me
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How I long once more to be
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With my friends at the old country church
Verse
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How I wish that today all the people would pray
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As we prayed in the old country church
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If they'd only confess, Jesus surely would bless
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As we did in the old country church
Precious years of memory's
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Oh what joy they bring to me
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How I long once more to be
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With my friends at the old country church
Verse
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Oh my thoughts make weak for so many now sleep
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In that grave near the old country church
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May I rest with my friends in that grave in the end
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In the grave near the old country church
Precious years of memory's
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Oh what joy they bring to me
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How I long once more to be
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With my friends at the old country church