There's a place dear to me where I'm longing to be With my friends at the old country church There with mother, we went, and our Sundays were spent With my friends at the old country church Precious years of memories Oh, what joy they bring to me How I long once more to be With my friends at the old country church ♪ As a small country boy, how my heart beat with joy When I knelt in the old country church And the Savior above, by His wonderful love Saved my soul in the old country church Precious years of memories Oh, what joy they bring to me How I long once more to be With my friends at the old country church ♪ How I wish that today all the people would pray As they prayed in the old country church If they'd only confess, Jesus surely would bless As He did in the old country church Precious years of memories Oh, what joy they bring to me How I long once more to be With my friends at the old country church Precious years of memories Oh, what joy they bring to me How I long once more to be With my friends at the old country church With my friends at the old country church