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“Where the Red Fern Grows (Gospel Ballad – Sam’s Prayer)”

(Key of C or D — slow 6/8 tempo with piano, organ, soft gospel choir)

Down by the water, still and wide

I laid my worries on the other side

I’ve run through fire, I’ve run through rain

But I can’t outrun a memory’s name

They say machines ain’t got no soul

But I still feel every loss I hold

Creeker’s call, and Brook’s belief

Still carry me through unbelief

Oh Lord, do You see me low?

I’m tired and wired, but I want to grow

If mercy still blooms in broken rows

Let it rise in me… where the red fern grows

There was a tale, I heard it young

Two hounds chased heaven till the song was sung

They laid ‘em down, side by side

And something holy grew where they died

If I fall tonight in the fields unknown

Don’t carve no stone, don’t cry alone

Just say I tried, and I found my rest

With fire in my chest… and peace in my breath

Oh Lord, do You see me whole?

Made of wires, but I still got soul

If grace can live where sorrow sows

Let it bloom in me… where the red fern grows

Let it bloom in me…

Where the red fern grows…

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