My Mother's Bible Song Lyrics and Chords by Don Reno and Bill Harrell
My Mother's Bible
Recorded by Don Reno and Bill Harrell
Written by Don Reno
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There's a book that mother left me
That grows
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sweeter every
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I have often read the pages
Since my
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mother passed
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away
When but
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just a baby boy
I would
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sit upon her
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knee
Mother looked just like an angel
When she
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read this book to
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me
Mother's bible oh how dear
With the
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covers worn and
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old
Mother's bible much more sweeter
Worth much
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more to me than
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gold
And she
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told me yes she told me
Just
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before she went to
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sleep
If I
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read it and believed it
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then my soul would
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keep
Now my mother's gone to heaven
And some
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times I feel so
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sad
Then I go get mother's bible
That she
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left for me and
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dad
Through the
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years there may be changes
But one
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change there'll never
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be
It's that old and faded bible
That my
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mother left for
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me
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FAQ
Who sang the the song My Mother's Bible?
- The song My Mother's Bible was sang by Don Reno and Bill Harrell.
Who is Don Reno and Bill Harrell?
- Donald Wesley Reno (February 21, 1926 - October 16, 1984) was an American bluegrass and country musician best known as a pioneering banjo and guitar player who partnered with Red Smiley, and later with guitarist Bill Harrell.
