There was a young man one day away from homeHe received a letter that said, hurry on homePacked his clothes and started on homeAnd when he got to the station, he heard the church bell toneAnd went on to his father's houseFound his father laying on the cooling bowlTouched his father's bodyHis body was turning coldAnd a few days later, they rolled his father into the wagonAnd the man was talking to a young man one dayAnd this is what he saidHe said, I could hearYeah, wagonOh Lord, oh LordRolling alongRolling alongSometimes we wonderRolling alongRolling alongWhile we cry sometimesRolling alongHe said his father was coldRolling alongHis father rolled to the church that dayRolling alongThe preacher said the God is beginningRolling alongThe Lord is hereRolling alongOh, the way he didRolling alongRolling alongHe shall live againRolling alongHe went on down to the graveyardRolling alongBoy, it's hard to be so braveRolling alongTrying to keep from cryingRolling alongTrying to be so braveRolling alongHe said, I can't wait to see you againRolling alongRolling alongI hate to leave my fatherRolling alongRolling alongHe cried all nightRolling alongRolling alongRolling alongThe Lord is my shepherdRolling alongOh, the way he did the work© transcript Emily Beynon