Family Bible - Lyrics - Ferlin Husky

Ferlin Eugene Husky was an early American country music singer who was equally adept at the genres of traditional honky-tonk, ballads, spoken recitations, and rockabilly pop tunes. He had two dozen Top 20 hits in the Billboard country charts between 1953 and 1975; his versatility and matinee-idol looks propelling a seven-decade entertainment career.

I can see us sittin' round the table when from the family Bible dad would read I can hear my mother softly singing rock of ages rock of ages cleft for me There's a family Bible on the table each page is torn and hard to read But the family Bible on the table will ever be my key to memory At the end of day when work was over and when the evening meal was done Dad would read to us from the family Bible And we'd count our many blessings one by one I can see us sittin'... This old world of ours is full of trouble but this old world would also better be If we'd find more Bibles on the tables and mothers singing rock of ages cleft for me I can see us sittin'...