Mother’s not dead she’s only a’ sleepin’

Just patiently waiting for Jesus to come

The birds will be singing while Mother lies sleeping

They will sing o’er her as the grave sinks away

Well I left my old home way back in the mountains

Since mother and father had both passed away

We followed our mother up to the graveyard

For mother was called to heaven that day

Chorus:

Mother’s not dead she’s only a’ sleepin’…

Oh how we miss her around the old home place

Everything seems so lonesome since she went away

Mother is sleeping way back in the mountains

Yes mother is sleeping way back in the hills

Chorus:

Mother’s not dead she’s only a’ sleepin’…