Little Brown Church in the Vale


 * There’s a church in the valley by the wildwood,
 * No lovelier spot in the dale;
 * No place is so dear to my childhood,
 * As the little brown church in the vale.


 * Refrain:
 * Come to the church in the wildwood,
 * Oh, come to the church in the dale,
 * No spot is so dear to my childhood,
 * As the little brown church in the vale.


 * How sweet on a clear, Sabbath morning,
 * To list to the clear ringing bell;
 * Its tones so sweetly are calling,
 * Oh, come to the church in the vale.


 * There, close by the church in the valley,
 * Lies one that I loved so well;
 * She sleeps, sweetly sleeps, ’neath the willow,
 * Disturb not her rest in the vale.


 * There, close by the side of that loved one,
 * To trees where the wild flowers bloom,
 * When the farewell hymn shall be chanted
 * I shall rest by her side in the tomb.


 * From the church in the valley by the wildwood,
 * When day fades away into night,
 * I would fain from this spot of my childhood
 * Wing my way to the mansions of light.

see also The Church in the Wildwood