Alison Krauss - Jacobs dream

^EmIn the spring of 1856 with the snow still on the g^Dround Two ^A/C#little boys were ^Emlost in the ^Dmountains a^A/C#bove the ^Emtown ^EmThe father went out hunting the boys had stayed be^Dhind While ^A/C#mother tended ^Emto her chores they ^Dwandered ^A/C#from her ^Emside ^{Bm Em}

^EmThe two had gone to follow him and lost their way in^Dstead By d^A/C#usk the boys had ^Emnot been found and ^Dfear had ^A/C#turned to ^Emdread ^Em200 men had gathered there to comb the mountain ^Dside The ^A/C#fires were built on the ^Emhighest peak in ^Dhopes they'd ^A/C#see the ^Emlight

Oh ^Amommy and daddy why ^Emcan't you hear our cries The day is almost over, ^Dsoon it will be ^Emnight ^AWe're so cold and hungry and our ^Emfeet are tired and ^Bmsore We ^Cpromise not to ^Dstray again ^Gfrom our ^Bmcabin ^Emdoor ^{Bm Em}

^EmNow Jacob Diverd woke one night from a strange and eerie ^Ddream He s^A/C#aw a path be^Emtween two hills near a ^Ddark and ^A/C#swollen ^Emstream ^EmHe told his wife he saw the boys huddled close beside a ^Dlog For ^A/C#two more nights the ^Emdream returned this ^Dvision ^A/C#sent from ^EmGod

^EmA thousand men had searched in vain the west side of pop's ^Dcreek But ^A/C#Jacob's wife knew ^Emof this place and ^Dsaid to ^A/C#travel ^Emeast ^EmWith a guide to take him there, Jacob came upon the ^Dscene And ^A/C#found the boys ^Emcold and still be^Dneath the ^A/C#old birch ^Emtree

Oh ^Amommy and daddy, look ^Empast the tears you cry We're both up in Heaven now, ^DGod is by our ^Emside ^AAs you lay us down to rest in the ^Empresence of the ^BmLord ^CKnow that we will ^Dmeet you ^Ghere at ^BmHeaven's ^Emdoor ^{Bm Em}