rock my cradle once again

Hank Williams Iii

Recorded by Hank Williams, Sr.
Writer: Johnn Bond and Billy Folger

[C] Far away from friends and loved ones
Mid the [G7] storm, a soldier [C] lay
Gathered round him all his buddies
Raised his [G7] head, we heard him [C] say.

There s a [F] lamp light in the [C] window
Where an [F] angel from a-[C] bove
Gently [F] rocked my baby [C] cradle
With such [G7] tender care and [C] love.

Mother [F] dearest, darlin [C] mother
It would [F] ease this awful [C] pain
If she d sing until I m sleepin
Rock my [G7] cradle once a-[C] gain.

Neath the palms tonight he s sleepin
On an island far away
Tho the years pass on in sorrow
I still recall his words today.