PRECIOUS MEMORIES 
(J.B.F. Wright)

Jim Reeves - 1959
Ernest Tubb - 1963
Kitty Wells - 1965
Skeeter Davis - 1967
Jimmy Dean - 1967
Norma Jean - 1967
Jean Shepard - 1968
Bill Anderson & Jan Howard - 1972
Waylon Jennings - 1976


 

Precious mem'ries, unseen angels
Sent from somewhere to my soul
How they linger ever near me
And the sacred past unfolds

Precious mem'ries, how they linger
How they ever flood my soul
In the stillness of the midnight
Precious sacred scenes unfold

(Instrumental Break)

Precious father, loving mother
Fly across the lonely years
And ol' home scenes from my childhood
In fond memories appear

Precious mem'ries, how they linger
How they ever flood my soul
In the stillness of the midnight
Precious sacred scenes unfold



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - January 2011)

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As recorded by SISTER ROSETTA THARPE 1968



Precious memories
How they linger; yeah
How um… how they ever, flood my soul; oh yeah
It’s here, in the stillness; 
Of the midnight
Precious, sacred, oh yes, scenes unfold
It’s in the stillness, [when everybody’s gone]
Of the midnight; oh yes; echoes, um
Echoes from the past are here; oh yes [this is what I been hearing]
Yes; old time singing
Gladness, gladness ringing
>From the lonely land somewhere; oh yes
Precious father
Loving, lovin’ mother
Fly; oh yes, fly across the lonely years
Oh the lonely years
And old, old home scenes [Oh it carry me back so far]
Of my childhood
In, in memories, in memories of here
Oh, oh yes.




(Transcribed by Lizzi -August 2014).