[00:00.12]'Lord, have mercy on me' [00:16.17]Was the kneeling drunkard's plea [00:18.93]And as he knelt there on the ground [00:23.49]I know that God in Heaven looked down [00:29.52]I went down by an old country church [00:34.95]I saw the drunkard stagger and lurch [00:38.52]And as he reached his mother's grave [00:43.14]I saw that drunkard kneel and pray [00:51.06]'Lord, have mercy on me' [00:55.35]Was the kneeling drunkard's plea [00:58.17]And as he knelt there on the ground [01:20.25]I know that God in Heaven looked down [01:20.94]'Bring my darling boy to me' [01:22.83]Was his mother's dying plea [01:28.32]And as he staggered through the gate [01:34.50]Alas, he came just one day too late [01:40.41]Three years have passed since she went away [01:43.83]Her son is sleeping beside her today [01:49.20]And I know that in Heaven, his mother he'll see [01:53.94]For God has heard that drunkard's plea [01:58.20]'Lord, have mercy on me' [02:06.93]Was the kneeling drunkard's plea [02:12.51]And as he knelt there on the ground [02:17.16]I know that God in Heaven looked down [02:20.07]I know tha