Can anyone tell me what this country song is???

Question

some one had me listen to this country song the other day to see if i knew the name. Now im dying to know too. to me its more of a commentary than a song. But its an older country song. A man sings it and this is all i can remember about it...

its a man singing about passing through some town on a business trip. When he heard a funeral hymn. So he stops in the church to see what was going on. There in the casket was a little boy. The preacher sat behind his old woden desk and began to speak. He says something about how god send children for those who need a little cheer in thier life. in the end it talks about how these tears you shead now are the silver of whats to come.

I can only remember this verse from the song..

"He's just gone and ran away."

Any help is appreciated!!

Answer 1

It's called "The Funeral" by Red Sovine.

The 'silver' you mentioned is 'silver tears' I beleive. Good luck!!

I couldn't find a direct link to the song itself, but I know you can download it off of limewire.com (that's where I got mine)

Answer 2

This song was originally released in 1953 by Hank Willams on his album called Luke the Drifter.

Red Sovine did a version on an album that he did singing Hank Williams songs in 1986. It was called Red Sovine Sings Hank Williams.

Hank Williams The Funeral Lyrics
Recorded by hank williams, sr.
Writer: fred rose

I was walking in savannah past a church, decayed and dim
When slowly through the window came a plaintive funeral hymn
And my sympathy awakened and a wonder quickly grew
'til I found myself envired in a little colored pew.

Out front a colored couple sat in sorrow, nearly wild
On the altar was a casket and in the casket was a child
I could picture him while livin', curly hair, protuding lips
I'd seen perhaps a thousand in my hurried southern trips.

Rose a sad, old colored preacher from his little wooden desk
With a manner sorta awkward, and countenance grotesque
The simplicity and shrewdness in his eithopian face
Showed the wisdom and ignorance of a crushed, undying race.

And he said, "now don't be weepin' for this pretty bit of clay
For the little boy who lived there has done gone and run away
He was doin' very finely and he appreciates your love
But his shore 'nuff father wanted him in the big house up above.

The lord didn't give you that baby, by no hundred thousand miles
He just thought you need some sunshine, and he lent it for awhile
And he let you keep and love it 'til your hearts were bigger grown
And these silver tears you're sheddin' now is just interest on the loan.

Just think, my poor dear mourners, creepin' 'long on sorrows life's way
What a blessed picnic this here baby got today
Your good fathers and good mothers crowd the little fellow 'round
In the angel's tender garden of the big plantation ground.

And his eyes they brightly sparkle at the pretty things he viewed
But a tear came, and he whispered, 'i want my parents , too'
But then the angel's chief musicians teach that little boy a song
Says if only they be faithful they'll soon be comin' 'long.

So, my poor detached mourners, let your hearts with jesus rest
And don't go to criticizin' the one what knows the best
He has give us many comforts, he's got the right to take away
To the lord be praised in glory, forever, let us pray.

Answer 3

Charlie Ryan - Hot Rod Lincoln Dan Seals - Everything That Glitters (isn't gold) David Ball - Riding With Private Malone Dolly Parton - Traveling Man George Jones - White Lightning Hank Snow - Pick Me Up on Your Way Down Highway one hundred and one - The Bed You Made For Me Kenny Rogers - Coward of the County Kenny Rogers - The Gambler Marty Robins - Big Iron Marty Robins - Wolverton Mountain Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Dance Little Jean Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Long Hard Road Paul Brandt - It's a Beautiful Thing Randy Travis - He Walked on Water Randy Travis - Pray For the Fish Randy Travis - Raise Him Up Randy Travis - Three Wooden Crosses Tammy Wynette - D-I-V-O-R-C-E Tanya Tucker - Two Sparrows in a Hurricane Terry Jacks - Seasons within the Sun Tracey Lawrence - Time Marches On