Precious Memories

                                  Precious memories, unseen angels

Sent from somewhere to my soul

How they linger, ever near me

And the sacred scenes unfold.



Precious memories, how they linger

How they ever flood my soul

In the stillness of the midnight

Precious, sacred scenes unfold.



Precious father, loving mother

Fly across the lonely years

And old home scenes of my childhood

In fond memory appear.



In the stillness of the midnight

Echoes from the past I hear

Old-time singing, gladness bringing

From that lovely land somewhere.



I remember mother praying

Father, too, on bended knee

Sun is sinking, shadows falling

But their prayers still follow me, well



As I travel on life's pathway

Know not what the years may hold

As I ponder, hope grows fonder

Precious memories flood my soul.