Mother's Only Sleeping

BILL MONROE

Mothers not dead, she's only a sleeping
Just patiently waiting for Jesus to come
The birds will be singing while Mother is sleeping
They will sing o'er as the grave sinks away.

Well I left my old home way back in the mountains
For mother and father had both passed away
We followed our mother up to the graveyard
For mother was called to heaven that day.

Oh, how we miss her around the old home place
Everything seems so lonesome since she went away
Mother is sleeping way back the mountains
Yes mother is sleeping way back in the hills...

Trivia about the song Mother's Only Sleeping by Ricky Skaggs

On which albums was the song “Mother's Only Sleeping” released by Ricky Skaggs?
Ricky Skaggs released the song on the albums “History of the Future” in 2001 and “Honoring the Fathers of Bluegrass: Tribute to 1946 & 1947” in 2008.
Who composed the song “Mother's Only Sleeping” by Ricky Skaggs?
The song “Mother's Only Sleeping” by Ricky Skaggs was composed by BILL MONROE.

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