The original song was played in G minor, but that may be too high for some singers,
so I transposed it down to a manageable pitch.
Dm A# F C
1st Verse: Come, come with me out to the old churchyard,
Dm A# Gm Dm
I so well know those paths 'neath the soft green sward.
Dm A# F C
Friends slumber in there that we want to regard;
Dm A# C Dm
We will trace out their names in the old churchyard.
F
Mourn not for them, their trials are o'er
Dm A# F
And why weep for those who will weep no more?
Dm A# F C
For sweet is their sleep, though cold and hard
Dm A# C Dm
Their pillows may be in the old churchyard.
Dm A# F C
2nd Verse: I know that it's vain when our friends depart
Dm A# Gm Dm
To breathe kind words to a broken heart;
Dm A# F C
And I know that the joy of life is marred
Dm A# C Dm
When we follow lost friends to the old churchyard.
F
But were I at rest 'neath yonder tree,
Dm A# F
Oh, why would you weep, my friends, for me?
Dm A# F C
I'm so weary, so wayworn, why would you retard
Dm A# C Dm
The peace I seek in the old churchyard?
Dm A# F C
3rd Verse: Why weep for me, for I'm anxious to go
Dm A# Gm Dm
To that haven of rest where no tears ever flow;
Dm A# F C
And I fear not to enter that dark lonely tomb
Dm A# C Dm
Where our Saviour has lain and conquered the gloom.
F
I rest in the hope that one bright day
Dm A# F
Sunshine will burst to these prisons of clay,
Dm A# F C
And old Gabriel's trumpet and voice of the Lord
Dm A# C Dm
Will wake up the dead in the old churchyard.
