Blackwood Brothers By The Statler Brothers(Album Version) - The Statler Brothers

We all four grew up together in a small
Virginia country town
And for some strange reason
God only knows we got to singin' around
And about twice a year at the
National Guard
Armory or the old school house we'd go see the
Blackwood
Brothers who were coming to town to sing especially for me
They always drew a crowd of young folk and old women and men with the mortgage on their homes
Farmers and teachers rich men and preachers the old school house was full and they would come
And we bought up every album every picture every single their autographs were the only things free
But the main thing they were sellin' was
Jesus and good singin' in that old school house where the
Blackwoods sang for me
And they would sing
And they would sing
Hide me old blest Rock of Ages every day will be
Sunday by and by
Heavenly love inside the gates give the world a smile each day
They were all peace like a river to my soul
And I want to cross
I want to cross
That chilly
Jordan
Chilly Jordan
And
I want to be more and more like
Jesus every day
Rock my soul in the bosom of
Abraham at the old country church
God made a way for me that's what the good book says
How many times
How many times
Have we heard them sing those songs
So many times
So many times
They've been our idols for so long
And God if there's an old school house in
Heaven let me be somewhere close where
I can hear
R W sing for me
The road the road the road of
Calvary
And
God if there's an old school house in
Heaven let me be somewhere close where
I can hear the
Blackwoods sing for me