“The Church Across the Way”

Description

"On Easter Sunday morning when the sun was shinging clear," the congregation was having an intense service while the preacher's brother Ned lay dying across the way. The dying man wishes he had never gone astray

Notes

This piece can't seem to decide if it's a moralizing ballad or a tearjerker. I'd say it fails at both. - RBW

References

1. Randolph 825, "The Church Across the Way" (1 text)
2. Roud #7438
3. BI, R825