#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# # From: Gene L. Graham <ah827@rgfn.epcc.Edu> Date: Saturday, February 21, 1998 5:20 PM Subject: DEAR BROTHER DEAR BROTHER Recorded by Hank Williams, Sr. (With Audrey Williams) Words and music by Hank Williams, Sr. [C] Dear Brother, Mama left us this morning Death's [G7] angels took her a-[C] way She's gone to meet Daddy up there in heaven But [G7] we'll meet again some [C] day. [C7] She [F] left this world with a [C] smile on her face Whisp'ring the Saviour's [G7] name [C] Dear Brother, Mama left us this morning For the [G7] city where is no [C] pain. As I stood by her bedside, those last few moments I lived my childhood again I thought of you Brother and of the old homestead And my tears they fell like rain.