Biography:
Roy Claxton Acuff (September 15, 1903 – November 23, 1992) was an American country musician known around the world as the "King of Country Music".
Roy Acuff was born in Maynardville, Tennessee, to Ida Carr and Simon E. Neil Acuff (a Baptist preacher, judge and tenant farmer), the third of their five children. Originally, Acuff didn't plan to be a singer. Acuff sang in the church choir as a schoolboy, but he was more interested in sports, particularly baseball.
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Words and music by Roy Acuff
[Verse]
G C G
Way back in the hills, when a boy, I once wandered
A D
Buried deep in her grave lies the one that I love
G C G
She was called from this earth, a jewel for heaven
D G
More precious than diamonds more precious than gold.
[Chorus]
G C G
A jewel here on earth, a jewel in heaven
A D
She'll brighten the kingdom around God's great throne
G C G
May the angels have peace, God bless her in heaven
D G
They've broken my heart and they left me to roam.
[Verse 2]
G C G
When a girl of sixteen, we courted each other
A D
She promised someday to be-come my sweet wife
G C G
I bought her the ring to wear on her finger
D G
But the angels they called her to heaven one night.
[Chorus]
G C G
A jewel here on earth, a jewel up in heaven
A D
She'll brighten the kingdom around God's great throne
G C G
May the angels have peace, God bless her in heaven
D G
They've broken my heart and they left me to roam.
[Verse 3]
G C G
This world has it wealth, its' trials and troubles
A D
Mother earth holds her treasures of diamonds and gold
G C G
But it can't hold the soul of one precious jewel
D G
She's resting in peace with the heavenly fold.
[End chorus]
G C G
May the angels have peace, God bless her in heaven
D G
They've broken my heart and they left me to roam.
[Verse]
G C G
Way back in the hills, when a boy, I once wandered
A D
Buried deep in her grave lies the one that I love
G C G
She was called from this earth, a jewel for heaven
D G
More precious than diamonds more precious than gold.
[Chorus]
G C G
A jewel here on earth, a jewel in heaven
A D
She'll brighten the kingdom around God's great throne
G C G
May the angels have peace, God bless her in heaven
D G
They've broken my heart and they left me to roam.
[Verse 2]
G C G
When a girl of sixteen, we courted each other
A D
She promised someday to be-come my sweet wife
G C G
I bought her the ring to wear on her finger
D G
But the angels they called her to heaven one night.
[Chorus]
G C G
A jewel here on earth, a jewel up in heaven
A D
She'll brighten the kingdom around God's great throne
G C G
May the angels have peace, God bless her in heaven
D G
They've broken my heart and they left me to roam.
[Verse 3]
G C G
This world has it wealth, its' trials and troubles
A D
Mother earth holds her treasures of diamonds and gold
G C G
But it can't hold the soul of one precious jewel
D G
She's resting in peace with the heavenly fold.
[End chorus]
G C G
May the angels have peace, God bless her in heaven
D G
They've broken my heart and they left me to roam.
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