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WITH THE ANGELS

SHE'S UP THERE WITH THE ANGELS
WHERE STREETS ARE PAVED WITH GOLD
AND SHE HAS A MANSION GRAND
WHERE PEARLY GATES UNFOLD

SHE'S UP THERE WITH THE ANGELS
WHERE HEAVENS' JOY BELLS RING
SHE JOINS IN WITH HEAVENS CHOIR
AND HELPS THE ANGELS SING

SHE'S UP THERE WITH THE ANGELS
WHERE HEAVENS HOST DOES STAND
SHE'S UP THERE WITH ALL THE SAINTS
THERE IN THE PROMISED LAND

SHE'S UP THERE WITH THE ANGELS
IN THAT GREAT BEYOND
SHE'S UP THERE WITH THE ANGELS
IN HER ETERNAL HOME


HARLEY HEMBREE
MINERAL WELLS ,TEXAS


MY LITTLE WIFE AND ME

WE WALKED ALONG THE SEASHORE
OUR FOOTPRINTS IN THE SAND
WALKING BY THE SEA OF TIME
WALKING HAND IN HAND

WE STOOD AND BRAVED EACH ROLLING WAVE
THAT CAME UPON THE SEA
AND WITHSTOOD EVERY RAGING STORM
MY LITTLEE WIFE AND ME

WE WALKED THROUGH LIFE TOGEATHER
FOR YEARS WE DID OUR BEST
THEN ONE DAY I LAYED HER DOWN
IN THE VALLEY THERE TO REST

YES I OFTEN MISS HER
AND I LOOK BACK TO SEE
OUR FOOTPRINTS IN THE SANDS OF TIME
MY LITTLE WIFE AND ME

SOMEDAY I'LL GO AND MEET HER
DOWN BY LIFE'S ENDLESS SEA
AND WE'LL FLOAT AWAY TOGEATHER
MY LITTTLE WIFE AND ME.
H.J.HEMBREE
MINERAL WELLS TEXAS


THIS FATHER'S DAY
I WANTED TO BE DIFFRENT
ON THIS FATHER'S DAY
SO I BOUGHT SOME FLOWERS
AND PUT THEM ON HER GRAVE

I TOLD HER THAT I MISSED HER
SINCE SHE WENT AWAY
BUT I KNOW WE'LL MEET AGAIN
ON RESERCTION DAY

SOME FOLKS THINK I'M CRAZY
I GUESS THAT , THAT'S OK
TO TALK TO A MOUND OF CLAY
ON THIS FATHER'S DAY

NO MATTER WHAT THEY TELL ME
NO MATTER WHAT THEY SAY
I'LL SAY A PRAYER, WISH SHE WERE THERE
ON THIS FATHER'S DAY

TO MY DARLING CHILDREN
HERE'S WHATY I HAVE TO SAY
THOUGH MOMA'S GONE ,SHE'S STILL AT HOME
ON THIS FATHER'S DAY
HARLEY HEMBREE
MINERAL WELLS, TX.


THE VALLEY

ALTHOUGH I WALK THE VALLEY
AND DEATH SEEMS DARK AND DIM
I WALK ALONG THE HIGHWAY
THE ONE THAT'S MADE BY HEM

THERE'S NOT BEEN NO PAVEMENT
BUT LOTS OF BRIERS AND MUD
YET EVERY STEP HE'S MARKED THE WAY
MARKED WITH HIS OWN BLOOD

I DON'T FEAR NO EVEL
NO WEAPON FORMED WILL STAND
ONE DROP OF BLOOD FROM JESUS
FROM HIS NAIL SCARED HAND

I'VE BEEN THROUGH WARS AND BATTLES
THROUGH LIFES THICK AND THIN
AND ALWAYS SMILED AT SATIN'S RAGE
AND SAY I WIN AGAIN
H.J.HEMBREE
MINERAL WELLS TX.


HUMBLE MAN AND WIFE

THERE WAS ONE I WANTED
THE ONE I DIDN'T GET
BUT I TOOK THE ONE I GOT
AND MADE THE BEST OF IT

WE LIVED FOR YEARS TOGEATHER
WE LOVED THROUGH TOIL AND STRIFE
WE TRIED TO MAKE LIFE BETTER
AS HUMBLE MAN AND WIFE

WE HAD NOT MANY ROSES
BRIERS WERE BY TTHE SCORE
WE JUST HELD EACHOTHER TIGHTER
AND LOVED EACHOTHER MORE

OUR LIVES WERE NEVER EMPTY
OUR CUPBOARD NEVER BARE
AND WHEN ONE NEEDED COMFORT
THE OTHER ONE WAS THERE

ALTHOUGH SHE'S GONE TO HEAVEN NOW
WITH JESUS THERE TO BE
I FEEL THAT IN MY HEART SOMEHOW
SHE'S WAITING THERE FOR ME

HARLEY HEMBREE
MINERAL WELLS TX.


The Legend of The Dogwood Tree
At the time of the crucifixon,The dogwood attained the size,oak and other
forest trees, so strong and firm was the wood, it was chosen as the
timber for the cross.
To be thus used for such a cruel purpose greatly destressedthe tree
and Jesus nailed upon it,sensed this and in His gentle pity for all
sorrow,said to it. Because of your regret and pity for my suffering,
I make you this promise,Never again shall the doogwood tree growlarge
enough to be used for a cross.Henceforth it shall be slinder, and shall
be bent and twisted . And it's blossems shall be in the form of a cross
two long petals and two short petals.
and in the center of the outer edge of each petal there will be nail
prints.And in the center of the flower, brown with rust and stained
with blood.With a crown of thorns, so that all who see it will remember
it was upon a doogwood tree that I was crusified,And this tree shall not be
mutilated nor destroied, But cherished and protected as a reminder of my
agoney, and death upon the cross.


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