Where I Learned To Pray Song Lyrics and Chords by Loretta Lynn
Where I Learned To Pray
Written and Recorded by Loretta Lynn
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little one room country school is
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where I learned to pray
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church without a
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steeple that's
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where I learned to
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pray
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about the hour of
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ten
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door would open
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to our school the preacher he'd walk
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in
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smile and say good mornin'
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how's ever' thin
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g
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bow our heads and
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close our eyes and
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then he'd say let's
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pray
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little one room country school is
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where I learned to pray
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church that had no steeple is no
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longer there
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today
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Monday until Friday at
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school we'd learn and
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play
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back to school on
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where I learned to
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pray
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sometimes our feet were
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bare
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no one noticed
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anything except the Lord was
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there
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come from all directions
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searchin' for the
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way
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knees at school on
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where I learned to
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pray
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FAQ
Who sang the the song Where I Learned To Pray?
- The song Where I Learned To Pray was sang by Loretta Lynn.
Who is Loretta Lynn?
- Loretta Lynn (née Webb April 14, 1932) is an American singer-songwriter. In a career which spans six decades in country music, Lynn has released multiple gold albums. She is famous for hits such as "You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man)", "Don't Come Home A-Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)", "One's on the Way", "Fist City" and "Coal Miner's Daughter" along with the 1980 biographical film of the same name.
Lynn has received numerous awards and other accolades for her groundbreaking role in country music, including awards from both the Country Music Association and Academy of Country Music as a duet partner and an individual artist. She has been nominated 18 times for a GRAMMY Award, and has won 3 times. Lynn is the most awarded female country recording artist and the only female ACM Artist of the Decade (1970s). Lynn has scored 24 No. 1 hit singles and 11 number one albums. She ended nearly 50 years of touring on the road after she suffered a stroke in 2017 and then broke her hip in 2018.