There's a place near to me, where I'm longing to be
 
 With my friends at the old country church
 
 There with mother we went, and our Sundays were spent
 
 With our friends at the old country church.
 
  
  As a small country boy, how my heart beat with joy
 
 When I knelt in the old country church
 
 And the Savior above, by His wonderful love
 
 Saved my soul at the old country church.
  
 
 How I wish that today all the people would pray
 
 As we prayed in the old country church
 
 If they'd only confess, Jesus surely would bless
 
 As he did in the old country church.
  
 
 Of't my thoughts make me weep, for so many now sleep
 
 In their graves near the old country church
 
 And sometime I may rest, with the friends I love best
 
 In a grave near the old country church.
  
 
 Precious years of memories,
 
 Oh what joy they bring to me ( they bring to me)
 
 How I long once more to be,
 
 With my friends at the old country church...