Peace in the Valley

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Peace in the Valley

Well, I’m tired and so weary

But I must go along

Till the lord will come and call, call me away, oh yeah

Well the morning’s so bright

And the Lamb is the light

And the night, night is as black as the sea, oh yes

(alt lyric: ‘and the night, night is as fair as the day, oh yes’)

(There will be peace in the valley for me, some day)

There will be peace in the valley for me, oh Lord I pray

(There’ll be no sadness, no sorrow, my Lord,

no trouble, trouble I see)

There will be peace in the valley for me

Well the bear will be gentle

And the wolf will be tame

And the lion shall lay down, down by the lamb, oh yes

And the beasts from the wild

Shall be led by a child

And I’ll be changed, changed from this creature that I am, oh yes

(There will be peace in the valley for me, some day)

There will be peace in the valley for me, oh Lord I pray

(There’ll be no sadness, no sorrow, oh my Lordy, no trouble, trouble I see)

There will be peace in the valley for me, [for me]

You tube version below the fold.

I grew up on Johhny Cash and his version of this song brings tears to my eyes.  Originally this was written by Thomas Andrew Dorsey (not the same guy as Tommy Dorsey) for Mahalia Jackson and it was the first gospel song to ever sell 1,000,000 copies.

This video is interspersed with death penalty interviews.  I couldn’t find one without but in the end I decided to go ahead and use it.  Somehow, it seemed appropriate.