The Gathering - Mel McDaniel

Every warm Sunday evening we all got together

Friendly folks would come from miles around

All the times they were hard but they don’t come no better

We had love and chicken on the ground

I can still see it now uncle buck would say the blessin'

We were all so thankful way back then

We would eat and laugh and talk then we started standin'

That was time for all our favorite hymns

And we would sing amazing grace and rock of ages

And songs about our mansions in the sky

Oh we would sing we were also happy waiting

For that great big coming by and by

For that great big coming by and by

I keep going back but only in my mem’ry

It’s the sweetest mem’ry of 'em all

And it don’t take me long to get a special feeling

It always comes around when i recall

Now we would sing amazing grace and rock of ages

And songs about our mansions in the sky

Oh we would sing we were also happy waiting

For that great big coming by and by

For that great big coming by and by

And we would sing amazing grace and rock of ages

And songs about our mansions in the sky

Oh we would sing we were also happy waiting

For that great big coming by and by

For that great big coming by and by