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THY BURDENS ARE GREATER THAN MINE

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Topic: THY BURDENS ARE GREATER THAN MINE
Posted By: TasunkaWitko
Subject: THY BURDENS ARE GREATER THAN MINE
Date Posted: 09 December 2004 at 09:31

Thy Burdens are Greater Than Mine

Hank Williams

 

Traveling down a lonely highway
I knew not where the road would end
Not a penny in my pocket
All alone without a friend
In a little country village
I met a man and he was blind
And as I helped him cross the highway
Oh Lord I cried his burdens are greater than mine

I can see the light of day
I need not feel my way
Yes thy burdens are greater than mine

Met a lad while on my travels
Trying hard to play the game
Though his leg was very crippled
And he could not speak his name
Yet he smiled in understanding
Though life to him had been unkind
And as I watched I cried in sorrow
Oh Lord I cried his burdens are greater than mine

I can speak my name aloud
Make my way among the crowd
Yes his burdens are greater than mine

Just by chance I passed a graveyard
I saw a young man kneeling there
In his hands there were some roses
On his lips there was a prayer
On a stone these words were written
“Thy soul is God's thy memory mine”
And as I watched I cried in sorrow
Oh Lord I see his burdens are greater than mine

 



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TasunkaWitko - Chinook, Montana

Helfen, Wehren, Heilen
Die Wahrheit wird euch frei machen



Replies:
Posted By: samchap
Date Posted: 09 February 2005 at 14:06

Tas,

How true. Each of us has some type of burden that we worry with, but no one has to look too far to see someone with one heavier. So true, so true.



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samchap - Waldoboro, ME








Be careful what you decide to not like. Your wife may wear one. Your son may ride one. Your daughter may bring one home. You may have to have one someday.


Posted By: waksupi
Date Posted: 09 February 2005 at 17:42
One of my favorites from years back. Hank Sr. wrote some good ones.

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Shooters Cast Bullet Alumnus
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Posted By: Rob1
Date Posted: 09 February 2005 at 18:17

Gloom, despair, and agony on me! (WOE!)

Deep, dark depression, excessive misery! (WOE!)

If it weren't for bad luck, I'd have no luck at all. (WOE!)

Gloom, despair, and agony on me!



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last in line for the nobel peace prize. first in line for pie

Charter Member of the Round Earth Society


Posted By: max-p
Date Posted: 10 February 2005 at 00:48

 

With ragged coat and rundown shoes

He shuffled up the street.

I watched him from the cafe from my warm and cozy seat.

My conscience bade me run outside in sympathetic zeal,

And lead him back inside the joint and buy the man a meal.

He ate in humble silence with a blank look on his face,

Drank several cups of coffee and got up and left the place.

I revelled in my goodness and allowed myself a gloat

Until the waitress told me that the bastard stole my coat!!!

END.

max

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