D A
There’s a church in the valley by the wild-wood,
D
No lovelier place in the dale;
G D
No spot is so dear to my child-hood,
A D
As the little brown church in the vale.
[Refrain]
Oh, come come come come
D A
Oh, come to the church in the wild-wood,
D
Come to the church in the dale,
G D
No spot is so dear to my child-hood,
A D
As the little brown church in the vale.
[Verse 2]
D A
How sweet on a clear Sunday morn-ing,
D
To listen to the clear ringing bell;
G D
Its tones so sweetly are call-ing,
A D
Oh, come to the church in the dell.
[Refrain]
D
Oh, come, come, come, come...
A
Oh, come to the church in the wild-wood,
D
Come to the church in the dale,
G D
No spot is so dear to my child-hood,
A D
As the little brown church in the vale.
[Refrain]
D
Oh, come, come, come, come...
A
Oh, come to the church in the wild-wood,
D
Come to the church in the dale,
G D
No place is so dear to my child-hood,
A D
As the little brown church in the vale.
[Outro]
A D
Oh, come to the church in the wild-wood.
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ADDITIONAL VERSES (not sung by Dolly Parton)
[Verse 3]
D A
There, close by the church in the val-ley,
D
Lies one that I loved so well;
G D
She sleeps, sweetly sleeps, ’neath the wil-low,
A D
Dis-turb not her rest in the vale.
[Verse 4]
D A
There, close by the side of that loved one,
D
To trees where the wild flowers bloom,
G D
When the fare-well hymn shall be chant-ed
A D
I shall rest by her side in the tomb.
[Verse 5]
D A
From the church in the valley by the wild-wood,
D
When day fades away into night,
G D
I would fain from this spot of my child-hood
A D
Wing my way to the mansions of light.
