I Am Weary Let Me Rest Song Lyrics and Chords by The Cox Family
I Am Weary Let Me Rest
Recorded by The Cox Family
Written by
Pete Kuykendall
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Kiss me mother
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kiss your
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darling
Lay my head upon your
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breast
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loving arms around me
I am weary
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let me r
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est
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Seems my life is swiftly
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fading
By your sea they do now
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show
I am
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standing by the
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river
Angels wait to
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take me
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home
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Kiss me mother
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kiss your
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darling
See their fate upon my
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brow
While I'll
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soon be with the angels
Faith has doomed my
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future
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well
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Through the years you've always
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loved
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And my life you tried to
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save
But now
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I shall slumber
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sweetly
In a deep and
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lonely
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grave
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Kiss me mother
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kiss your
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darling
Lay my head on your
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breast
Throw your
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loving arms around me
I am weary
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let me
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rest
I am weary
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let me
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rest
FAQ
Who sang the the song I Am Weary Let Me Rest?
- The song I Am Weary Let Me Rest was sang by The Cox Family.
Who is The Cox Family?
- The Cox Family is an American country/bluegrass music group from Cotton Valley in Webster Parish in northwestern Louisiana, United States. The Cox Family can be heard on the O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack. Their 1994 collaboration with Alison Krauss, I Know Who Holds Tomorrow, won the 1995 Grammy Award for Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album. They were nominated for another Grammy for their album Beyond the City. They may also be heard on the Traveller (1997) motion picture soundtrack with their renditions of the Carter Family's "I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes" and "Sweeter Than the Flowers". In 2015, they released Gone Like the Cotton, their first album for nearly 20 years.
