[Verse 1]
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 we spent
With our friends at the old country church

[Chorus]
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

[Verse 2]
As a small country boy, how my heart beat with joy
When I knelt in that old country church
And the savior above in his wonderful love
Saved my soul at the old country church

[Chorus]
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

[Verse 3]
How I wish that today all the people would pray
As we prayed in that old country church
If they'd only confess, Jesus surely would bless
As He did in that old country church
[Chorus]
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

[Verse 4]
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

[Chorus]
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