I
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.
THEN OUR SUNDAYS WERE SPENT
WITH OUR FRIENDS AT THE OLD COUNTRY CHURCH.
II
AS A SMALL COUNTRY BOY,
HOW MY HEART BEAT WITH JOY.
WHEN WE KNELT IN THE OLD COUNTRY CHURCH.
AND THE SAVIOR ABOVE,
BY HIS WONDERFUL LOVE,
SAVED MY SOUL IN THE OLD COUNTRY CHURCH.
III
HOW I WISH THAT TODAY,
ALL THE PEOPLE WOULD PRAY.
AS THEY DID IN THE OLD COUNTRY CHURCH.
IF THEY'D ONLY CONFESS,
JESUS SURELY WOULD BLESS AS HE DID IN THE OLD COUNTRY CHURCH.
CHORUS
PRECIOUS YEARS ... OF MEMORY
PRECIOUS YEARS SWEET MEMORY.
OH WHAT JOY ... THEY BRING TO ME
OH WHAT JOY THEY BRING TO ME.
HOW I LONG ... ONCE MORE TO BE
HOW I LONG ONCE MORE TO BE.
WITH MY FRIENDS AT THE OLD COUNTRY CHURCH.