It was on one dark and starless night I heard and saw an awful sight The lightning flashed, the thunder roared All around this drunkard’s feet 
I started home to change my life To see my long neglected wife I found her kneeling by her bed She said our darling baby was dead 
I told her not to cry and weep Because our babe had went to sleep Its precious soul had fled away To live with Christ in endless day 
I took her by her trembling hand She was so weak she could not stand On bended knees I prayed a prayer That God might save and protect us there 
Who preach like Paul who once did say Our sins have all been washed away Let whiskey stay as far from me As the mountain is from the deep blue sea 
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