Kneeling Drunkard's Plea by The Louvin Brothers
YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dy9GCWirmas
Lyrics and Music by Maybelle Carter, June Carter Cash, Helen Carter and Anita Carter
Released November 16, 1959


[Intro--Organ]
   


[Verse 1]
           
"Lord, have me

rcy on me"
             
Was the kneeli

             
ng drunkard's 


plea
             
And as he knel

        
t there on the

 ground
            
I know that Go

             
d in heaven lo

     
oked down


[Verse 2]
             
I went down by

    
 an old countr

y church
             
I saw the drun

             
kard stagger a

   
nd lurch
             
And as he reac

        
hed his mother

's grave
            
I saw that dru

             
nkard kneel an

  
d pray


[Chorus]
           
"Lord, have me

rcy on me"
             
Was the kneeli

             
ng drunkard's 


plea
             
And as he knel

        
t there on the

 ground
            
I know that Go

             
d in heaven lo

     
oked down

[Instrumental--Electric Guitar]
   

[Verse 3]
             
"Bring my darl

    
ing boy to me"
             
Was his mother

        
's dying plea
             
And as he stag

      
gered through 

the gate
            
Alas, he came 

             
just one day t

   
oo late


[Instrumental--Organ]
   


[Verse 4]
             
Three years ha

              
ve passed sinc

  
e she went awa

y
             
Her son is sle

             
eping beside h

   
er today
             
And I know tha

             
t in heaven, h

is mother he'l

l see
            
For God has he

             
ard that drunk

      
ard's plea


[Chorus]
           
"Lord, have me

rcy on me"
             
Was the kneeli

             
ng drunkard's 


plea
             
And as he knel

        
t there on the

 ground
            
I know that Go

             
d in heaven lo

      
oked down