Lonesome Valley- Songs and Ballads from Overton Co.
[Traditional gospel song recorded by a number of old-time country artists such as the Carter Family. Published in the 1929 Old Songs Hymnal (Georgia).
R. Matteson 2014]
CHORUS:
You gotta walk that lonesome valley,
You gotta walk it by yourself,
No one here can go there with you,
You gotta there by yourself.
Mother called me to her bedside,
These are the very words she said.
Remember them when I am dying,
Remember them when I am dead: [CHORUS]
You gotta climb up Jacob's ladder,
You gotta climb it by yourself.
No one here can climb it with you,
You gotta climb it by yourself: [CHORUS]
Some folks say that John was a Baptist,
Others say he was a Jew,
But the holy Bible plainly tells us,
That he had salvation too. [CHORUS]