Beyond The River Bend - Hazel Dickens

There’s a path that leads back through my memories

And how often I’ve walked it these days

Where I find sweet piece among the flowers

On the grassy banks beyond the river bend

But it’s only a memory

Yes it’s only a memory my friend

Yes it’s only a memory

I can never go back home again

Down by the river

Down by the old river bend

Down by the river

The sweet fragrance of flowers

Oh it seems life troubles and trials

Get harder and harder to mend

Oh how sweet it would be to sit down

On the grassy banks beyond the river bend

But it’s only a memory

Yes it’s only a memory my friend

Yes it’s only a memory

I can never go back home again

Down by the river

Down by the old river bend

Down by the river

The sweet fragrance of flowers