Tavern Choir - George Jones, Jim Lauderdale

Everyone suspected ole Willie’s time was near

'Cause lately he’d been talkin' 'bout the Lord & leavin' here

He said if I fight the devil when I die I know I’ll lose

To sing my soul to Heaven 'for the devil gets the news

Well, everybody cried when poor ole Willie died

And his old flat top guitar was that all Willie left behind

They took it to the graveyard when they laid him down to rest

Someone tuned it up and answered Willie’s last request

The Tavern choir from Marvin’s Bar on Wine St. gathered 'round

They believe Willie’s soul passed through Heaven’s golden gate

Before his body touched the ground

They sang «Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound»

I come to the garden alone

The Tavern choir from Marvin’s Bar on Wine St. sang ole Willie home

There’s an ole flat top guitar on the wall behind the bar

And somewhere there’s a twinkle in a far distant star

Now that ole Satan raised some Hell when he finally got the news

That the only soul that Willie left

Was on a pair of his worn out shoes

Repeat Chorus

We believe they sang ole Willie home