God put a song in the heart of an angel   And softly she sang it to me      I get to thinkin' lotta times   About back when I was a lad   The old homeplace where I grew up   And of the days both good and bad      My overalls were hand-me-downs   And my shoes full of holes   But I used to walk four miles to school every day   Through the rain, the sleet and the cold      I've seen the nights when my daddy would cry   For the things that his family would need   But all he ever got was a badland farm   And seven hungry mouths to feed      And yet and yet our homefire never flickered once   'Cause when all the things went wrong   Mama took the hymn book down   And mama sang a song   (What a friend we have in Jesus)      Yeah, I've been rocked to sleep many a night   To the tune of 'What a Friend'   And come morning 'Rock of Ages'   It gently wake me once again      Then daddy'd reach up and take the Bible down   And he'd read it, oh, he read it loud and strong   And I always felt that maybe our home was blessed   When daddy would say "Mama sing a song"      Sister left home first I guess   And then Bob and Tommy then Dan   By then my dad's hair was turning white   And I had to be mama's little man      But when my daddy's back grew weak   It seem my mother's faith grew strong   And those were the greatest days of all   When mama sang a song   (Rock of ages cleft for me, let me hide myself in Thee)      I guess the old house is still standin'   I don't get back [Incomprehensible] much anymore   No voice is left to fill those halls   And no steps to grace the floor      You see mom sings in heaven now   Around God's golden throne   But I'll always believe that   This old world is a better place   Because one time my mama sang a song   (Precious memories flood my soul)