[Intro] 

[Verse #1]
             
There's a plac

              
e dear to me w

             
here I'm longi

         
ng to be 
              
With my friend

              
s at the old c

         
ountry church 
             
There with mot

              
her we went, a

             
nd our Sundays

       
 were spent 
              
With my friend

            
s at the old c

        
ountry church 
 
 
[Chorus]

   Precious years of memory's 
            
   Oh what joy

              
 they bring to

  
 me 
              
   How I long 

             
once more to b

  
e 
             
   With my fri

             
ends at the ol

           
d country chur

ch 
 

[Verse #2]
              
As a small cou

              
ntry boy, how 

             
my heart beat 

       
with joy 
              
As I knelt at 

              
the old countr

    
y church 
             
There with Jes

              
us above in hi

            
s wonderful lo

 
ve 
              
Saved my soul 

            
at the old cou

       
ntry church 


[Chorus]
 
   Precious years of memory's 
            
   Oh what joy

              
 they bring to

  
 me 
              
   How I long 

             
once more to b

  
e 
             
   With my fri

             
ends at the ol

           
d country chur

ch 
 

[Verse #3]
              
How I wish tha

              
t today all th

             
e people would

   
 pray 
              
As they did at

              
 the old count

    
ry church 
             
If they'd only

              
 confess, Jesu

             
s surely would

  
 bless 
              
As he did at t

            
he old country

 
 church 


[Chorus]
 
   Precious years of memory's 
            
   Oh what joy

              
 they bring to

  
 me 
              
   How I long 

             
once more to b

  
e 
             
   With my fri

             
ends at the ol

           
d country chur

ch