Take My Mother Home
I think I heard Him say when He was struggling up the hill,
I think I heard Him say, take my mother home.
Then I’ll die easy, take my mother home.
I’ll die so easy, take my mother home.
I think I heard Him say, when they was raffling off His clothes,
I think I heard Him say, take my mother home.
I think I heard Him cry when they was nailing in the nails,
I think I heard Him cry, take my mother home.
I’ll die this death on Calvary, ain’t gonna die no more,
I’ll die on Calvary, ain’t gonna die no more.
Ain’t gonna die no more.
I think I heard Him say, when He was giving up the ghost.
I think I heard Him say, please, take my mother home.
Please, take my mother home.
David Jennings Smith sang Hall Johnson’s setting of Take My Mother Home during the Maundy Thursday service on April 17, 2014 with Dr. Ed Moore at the piano. Listen to the live recording here.
