David Allan Coe - Heavenly father holy mother

^DIf grandpa was alive right now ^GThere ain't no tellin' ^Awhat he'd have to ^Dsay ^DWhy he had fifteen wives all living ^Gwith him When he ^Afinally passed a^Dway And ^Gthough I've just got two now mama ^GThat's enough to keep me satis^Dfied I ^Ahaven't had a son yet but the ^Ggood Lord knows The ^Athree of us have ^Dtried

'Cause the ^APennsylvania ^GDutch That we once ^Aspoke has been ^Dforgotten And the ^GMormon way of ^Dlife is almost ^Agone But ^Gnow and then we ^Agather down in ^DSalt ^ALake ^GCity To ^Graise our voices ^Ain a joyful ^Gsong And we sing:^D Heavenly Father,^G Holy ^DMother Keeper of our children tiller of the ^Aland ^DTake us to the river^G in a horse and ^Dbuggy Give us our salvation help us ^Amake our ^Dstand

^DNo, ma'am, I did not go to see ^GThe Reverend Brigham ^AYoung while I was ^Dthere But ^DI'm sure glad to know you wanted ^Ghim To mention ^Amy name in a ^Dprayer I ^Ghope he did not preach about the young folks That re^Gfused to make the ^Dchange 'Cause ^Aif he did I'm sure I got a ^Glittle more Than ^Amy share of the ^Dblame

'Cause the ^APennsylvania ^GDutch That we once ^Aspoke has been ^Dforgotten And the ^GMormon way of ^Dlife is almost ^Agone But ^Gnow and then we ^Agather down in ^DSalt ^ALake ^GCity To ^Graise our voices ^Ain a joyful ^Gsong And we sing:^D Heavenly Father,^G Holy ^DMother Keeper of our children tiller of the ^Aland ^DTake us to the river^G in a horse and ^Dbuggy Give us our salvation help us ^Amake our ^Dstand