Church in the Wildwood

Charley Pride · Live in Canada [Pillar Media] [2006]

(Jack Johnson & Charley Pride)



There's a church in the valley by the wildwood

No lovelier place in the dale

No place is so dear to my childhood

As the little brown church in the dale.



How sweet, on a clear Sabbath morning

To listen to the clear ringing bells

Its tones, so sweetly, are calling

Oh, come to the church in the vale.



Oh, come, come, come, come

Come to the church in the wildwood

Oh, come to the church in the dale

No spot is so dear to my childhood

As the little brown church in the vale.



There, close by the church in the valley

Lies one that I loved so well

She sleeps, sweetly sleeps, 'neath the willow

Disturb not her rest in the vale.



There, close by the side of that loved one

'Neath the trees where the wild flowers bloom

When the farewell hymns shall be chanted

I shall rest by her side in the tomb.



Oh, come, come, come, come

Come to the church in the wildwood

Oh, come to the church in the dale

No spot is so dear to my childhood

As the little brown church in the vale...