Karaoke Track: Vacant Chair by Kathy Mattea (Harris Studios) - Karaoke Nerds

VACANT CHAI R

Civil War Classic
Kathy Mattea

WE SHALL MEET
BUT WE SHALL MISS HIM
THERE WILL BE
ONE VACANT CHAIR

WE SHALL LINGER
T0 CARESS HIM
WHILE WE BREATHE
OUR EVENING PRAYER

WHEN A YEAR AGO
WE GATHERED

JOY WAS IN
HIS MILD BLUE EYE

BUT A GOLDEN CHORD
IS SEVERED

AND OUR HOPES IN RUIN LIE

WE SHALL MEET
BUT WE SHALL MISS HIM
THERE WILL BE
ONE VACANT CHAIR

WE SHALL LINGER
T0 CARESS HIM
WHEN WE BREATHE
OUR EVENING PRAYER

AT OUR FIRESIDE
SAD AND LONELY

OFTEN WILL
THE BOSOM SWELL

AT REMEI'IIIBRANCE
OF THE STORY

HOW OUR NOBLE
WILLIE FELL

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AND UPHOLD
OUR COUNTRY'S HONOR

IN THE STRENGTH
0F MANHOOD'S NIGHT

WE SHALL MEET
BUT WE SHALL MISS HIM
THERE WILL BE
ONE VACANT CHAIR

WE SHALL LINGER
T0 CARESS HIM
WHEN WE BREATHE
OUR EVENING PRAYER

TRUE THEY TELL US
WREATHS 0F GLORY
EVER MORE
WILL DECK HIS BROW

BUT THIS SOOTHES
THE ANGUISH ONLY

SWEEPING O'ER
OUR HEARTSTRINGS NOW

SLEEP TODAY
0H EARLY FALLEN

IN THY GREEN
AND NARROW BED

DIRGES FROM
THE PINE AND CYPRESS
MINGLE WITH
THE TEARS WE SHED

WE SHALL MEET
BUT WE SHALL MISS HIM
THERE WILL BE
ONE VACANT CHAIR

WE SHALL LINGER
T0 CARESS HIM
WHEN WE BREATHE
OUR EVENING PRAYER

Title: Vacant Chair
Artist: Kathy Mattea
Brand: Harris Studios
Code: VH105-12
Genres: country, folk, traditional country