Biography:
Washington Phillips (January 11, 1880 – September 20, 1954) was a Texan gospel singer and musician. Phillips died in 1954 in Teague, Texas.
Phillips recorded eighteen songs, all between 1927 and 1929, though only sixteen survived. Some of his songs amount to highly specific and detailed gospel sermons, featuring Phillips' voice self-accompanied by an instrument that sounds like a fretless zither. This instrument, which has been variously identified as a Dolceola
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Optional Intro: [F], [C], [A#][F], [C][F], <- Last F leads into verse
[F] [C] [F]
I never can forget the day
[Am] [Dm]
When my dear mother did sweetly say
[A#] [F]
"You are leaving, my darling boy,
[C] [C7]* [F]
You always have been your mother's joy."
* C7 chord is optional to return to the F.
Now as you leave this world to roam
You may not be able to get back home
But remember Jesus who lives on high
Is watching over you with a mighty eye.
The world is so full of old sin and woe
And many sorrows everywhere you go
But remember Jesus who's everywhere
If you get in trouble now, He'll meet you there
If you'll bow down before His face
And trust in Him for His saving grace
You have a burden He'll make then light
And He sure will guide you in the right
Now when I think of my mother dear
How often she did felt her cheer
My wondering mind was going astray
Was saying son, "Accept the way."
[F] [C] [F]
I never can forget the day
[Am] [Dm]
When my dear mother did sweetly say
[A#] [F]
"You are leaving, my darling boy,
[C] [C7]* [F]
You always have been your mother's joy."
* C7 chord is optional to return to the F.
Now as you leave this world to roam
You may not be able to get back home
But remember Jesus who lives on high
Is watching over you with a mighty eye.
The world is so full of old sin and woe
And many sorrows everywhere you go
But remember Jesus who's everywhere
If you get in trouble now, He'll meet you there
If you'll bow down before His face
And trust in Him for His saving grace
You have a burden He'll make then light
And He sure will guide you in the right
Now when I think of my mother dear
How often she did felt her cheer
My wondering mind was going astray
Was saying son, "Accept the way."
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