The Stanley Brothers - The Drunkard's Hell lyrics

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