Shivering in the Cold
Knowles Shaw • English
Primary Scripture: Proverbs 23:21
Verse 1
Far back in my childhood, I remember to-day, I was happy and beloved, ere I wandered away. I was taught by my mother, who sleeps 'neath the stone, And caressed by my father, but I wander alone.
Chorus
Yes, alone, all alone, And I feel I'm growing old; Yet I wander, oh, how lonely, I am shiv'ring in the cold.
Verse 2
I remember the maiden, and my heart bleeds to tell, How I loved her, her devotion--but on this I can not dwell. We were wed--our path was pleasant, and the sun of fortune shone, But alas! I took to drinking, and I wander alone.
Chorus
Yes, alone, all alone, And I feel I'm growing old; Yet I wander, oh, how lonely, I am shiv'ring in the cold.
Verse 3
I remember, too, my children, how they climbed upon my knee, As I kissed my little darlings, in the days when I was free. But I squandered all my fortune, I'm now without a home, I know it's all from drinking, that I wander alone.
Chorus
Yes, alone, all alone, And I feel I'm growing old; Yet I wander, oh, how lonely, I am shiv'ring in the cold.
Verse 4
But why do I stand trembling and blighted by this curse? I know I am not mending, I am only growing worse. I wander lone and friendless, I know I'm growing old, No home, no food, nor shelter, I am shiv'ring in the cold.
Chorus
Yes, alone, all alone, And I feel I'm growing old; Yet I wander, oh, how lonely, I am shiv'ring in the cold.
Verse 5
Oh, can I break this bondage--this awful chain in twain? Can I escape these shackles? can I be free again? Oh, help me, friends of temperance, my bondage is untold, While I wander lone and friendless--shiv'ring in the cold.
Chorus
Yes, alone, all alone, And I feel I'm growing old; Yet I wander, oh, how lonely, I am shiv'ring in the cold.
Scripture References
Reference 1
- proverbs 23:21