IF I COULD HEAR MY MOTHER PRAY AGAIN
(John Vaughn / James Rowe)

Mac Wiseman - 1961
Loretta Lynn - 1965
Roy Acuff - 1966
David Houston - 1967


 

How sweet and happy seem those days of which I dream
When memory recalls them now and then
And with what rapture sweet my weary heart would beat
If I could hear my mother pray again

If I could (only) hear my mother pray again
If I could (only) hear her tender voice as then
How glad (happy) I would be, would mean so much to me
If I could hear my mother pray again

She used to pray that I on Jesus would rely
And always walk the shining gospel way
So trusting still his love I'll seek that home above
For I shall meet my mother some glad day

If I could (only) hear my mother pray again
If I could (only) hear her tender voice as then
How glad (happy) I would be, would mean so much to me
If I could hear my mother pray again



(Transcribed from the Loretta Lynn 
recording by Mel Priddle - Jan 2011)