
Stars in My Crown
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(0.00 / 0 votes)# Will there be any stars,
# When at evening the sun goeth down #
# When I wake with the blessed
# Will there be any stars in my crown? #
# I am thinking today
of that beautiful land #
the sun goeth down #
# When through wonderful
# Will there be any stars in my crown? #
# Will there be any stars,
# When at evening the sun goeth down #
# When I wake with the blessed
# Will there be any stars in my crown? #
# Oh, what joy it will be #
# When his face I behold... #
Hear that?
Might say I was raised on that song.
Hearing it takes me back...
back to the old times when I was young,
Back to Walesburg.
According to the words of the song,
We're promised a city
of gold in the hereafter.
I used to think that was a
long time to have to wait.
But I know now that
there is a city of gold
Right here on earth
for every one of us...
the city of our youth.
Walesburg's only one
name for it; that's all.
Walesburg not as it is
now, but as it used to be.
I just have to shut
my eyes, and I'm there.
Nothing's changed.
Even I haven't changed.
I'm always a boy in Walesburg.
And there at my side, just as he'll
always be, is the Parson... Parson gray.
And passing before me are all the people
who were a part of my growing up...
People like Mrs. Belcher,
who took in boarders,
the district schoolteacher.
Sweet, pretty miss Samuels.
Did you hear that, john?
Granny Gailbraith, who could remember
Seeing George Washington.
Thad Carroll, who had served as
drummer boy at the first bull run.
Lon Backett, who kept the general
store and had a finger in every pie.
Even chloroform Wiggins.
chloroform until he was born,
And she thought it was
And all the others,
Walesburg people.
Gone now, most of them,
And yet as close to me still
as people in a favorite story...
a story that had its
beginning before I was born
On the day the Parson
arrived in our town.
Of course, this wasn't
much of a town then
That followed the war
between the states,
But it suited the Parson
Right from the minute
he stepped off the train
And started to look around.
He must have attracted
plenty of attention
As he walked down main
street for the first time
In his brand-New black pulpit coat
And faded gray cavalry breeches
And his big old bible in his hand.
But he just kept on walking till
he got to jerry Higgins' saloon.
He didn't have to call for quiet.
It just followed him through
that room like a hound dog.
Boys, I'm your new preacher,
And I aim to give my first
sermon right here and now.
Thanks.
Now, seeing that this is as
new to me as it is to you...
I reckon we'd best
begin at the beginning.
"In the beginning was the word,
"And the word was with god.
And the word was god. "
From that day on,
Walesburg and the Parson
kind of grew up together.
He preached around in back rooms,
And he prayed in parlors,
And he led the singing in barns.
# Shall we gather at the river #
# Where bright angel feet have trod #
# With its crystal light forever #
# Flowing by the throne of god #
# Yes, we'll gather at the river #
# The beautiful, the beautiful river #
# Gather with the saints at the river #
# That flows by the throne of god #
And by the time work
started on the Parson's church,
His victory was won.
Just about everybody in Walesburg
took a hand in that church building.
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