Each time I think of you I cry
I press your picture to my bosom
Then I feel that you're close by
Years have passed you've not returned dear
Now they say that you have died
But your soul will live forever
Now I know you'll be close by
I saw you last while you were leaving
The tears from you I tried to hide
You took me in your arms and said dear
Your memory I keep close by
They buried you in a lonely graveyard
And a spot they left beside
There I'll sleep 'till Jesus calls us
So that we can be close by
You've gone so far away, my darling Each time I think of you I cry I press your picture to my bosom Then I feel that you're close by Years have passed you've not returned dear Now they say that you have died But your soul will live forever Now I know you'll be close by I saw you last while you were leaving The tears from you I tried to hide You took me in your arms and said dear Your memory I keep close by They buried you in a lonely graveyard And a spot they left beside There I'll sleep 'till Jesus calls us So that we can be close by Explain Request ×
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