It was on one dark and starless night

I heard and saw an awful sight

The lighting flashed and the thunder roared

All around the drunkard's feet



I started home to change my life

To see my long neglected wife

I found her kneeling by her bed

She said our darling baby was dead



I took her by her trembling hand

She was so weak she could not stand

On bended knees I prayed a prayer

That God might save and protect us there



Who preached like Paul who once did say

Our sins have all been washed away

That whiskey stay as far from me

as the mountains are from the deep blue sea