Life is like a mountain railroad
With an engineer that's brave
We must make the run successful
From the cradle to the grave
Watch the curves, the hills, and tunnels
Never falter, never fail
Keep your hand upon the throttle
And your eyes upon the rail
Blessed Saviour, Thou will guide us
Till we reach that blissful shore
Where the angels wait to join us
In that great forevermore
Blessed Saviour, Thou will guide us
Till we reach that blissful shore
Where the angels wait to join us
In that great forevermore
~Life's Railway to Heaven~
A favorite of Patsy's since her days at Gore Baptist
Church. With superb backing by the Jordanaires,
charged with emotion and the best singing
Patsy had done to date.
Samuel Lawerence Hensley, (Patsy's Dad) had left
his family when Patsy was 15. Later stricken with
cancer Sam let it be known he wanted a
reconciliation with his family, especially Patsy.
"He just bragged on about how proud he was of
her. At the hospital Patsy communicated her love
the only way she could, singing all the old
family songs as well as his favorite
"Life's Railway to Heaven".
She looked in his eyes for a sign of the words she
had never heard, that he loved her. She went
to see him several times before he died, on
December 11, at the age of sixty seven
The last of the nineteenth-century men.
