Verse There's a place dear to me where I'm longin' to be With my friends at the old country church There with mother we went, and our Sundays we spent With our friends at the old country church Precious years of memory's Oh what joy they bring to me How I long once more to be With my friends at the old country church Verse As a small country boy, how my heart beat with joy As I knelt in the old country church And the savior above in his wonderful love Saved my soul at the old country church Precious years of memory's Oh what joy they bring to me How I long once more to be With my friends at the old country church Verse How I wish that today all the people would pray As we prayed in the old country church If they'd only confess, Jesus surely would bless As we did in the old country church Precious years of memory's Oh what joy they bring to me How I long once more to be With my friends at the old country church Verse Oh my thoughts make weak for so many now sleep In that grave near the old country church May I rest with my friends in that grave in the end In the grave near the old country church Precious years of memory's Oh what joy they bring to me How I long once more to be With my friends at the old country church