ANGELS GATHERING FLOWERS
By: Troy Engle (BMI)
Tom T. Hall (BMI)
Dixie Hall (BMI)

VERSE 1: WHEN WE CAME HOME FROM THE GRAVEYARD
WHERE WE LAID DEAR MOTHER TO REST
MY FATHER WAS SO DEEP IN SORROW
HIS CHIN WAS WAY DOWN ON HIS CHEST
I SAID THOSE WERE BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS
IT SURE SHOWED A WHOLE LOT OF LOVE
HE SAID THERE WAS NEVER A FLOWER
AS LOVELY AS YOUR MOTHER WAS

CHORUS: THE ANGELS WERE GATHERING FLOWERS
TO PUT IN THE MASTER'S BOUQUET
THE ANGELS WERE GATHERING FLOWERS
THAT'S WHY THEY TOOK MOTHER AWAY

VERSE 2: SHE WAS THE LIGHT OF OUR FAMILY
IT'S DARK NOW SINCE SHE HAD TO GO
THE LIGHT HAS GONE OUT IN THE KITCHEN
THE FIRE HAS GONE OUT IN THE STOVE
AN UNFINISHED DRESS ON THE SINGER
AND THERE ARE NO CLOTHES ON THE LINE
SHE GAVE US ALL SHE COULD GIVE US
WITH LOVE 'TIL THE END OF HER TIME

VERSE 3: SOME DAY WE WILL SEE HER UP YONDER
AT HOME ON THAT BEAUTIFUL SHORE
WHEN WE WILL BE GATHERED LIKE FLOWERS
WITH LOVED ONES WHO WENT ON BEFORE
A GLORIOUS DAY WILL BE DAWNING
WITH HAPPINESS ALL THRU THE HOURS
THE GARDEN OF LOVE WILL BE BLOOMING
AND ANGELS STILL GATHERING FLOWERS

REPEAT CHORUS TWICE