I'VE JUST SEEN THE ROCK OF AGES (John Preston) >From "Clinch Mountain Country" (Rebel-5001) Released May 1998 Ralph Stanley with THE RAYBON BROTHERS Disk 1/Track 18 Key of D, CAPO 2 INTRO VERSE 1 I was standing by the bedside Where my fevered mother laid When she called me close beside her And these words I heard her say CHORUS I've just seen the Rock of Ages Jacob's ladder hanged down I've just crossed the river of Jordan Now my son I'm homeward bound VERSE 2 As we gathered all around her The tears began to fill our eyes Then she called me close beside Whispered softly her goodbyes (CHORUS) VERSE 3 High breeze blowing on the mountain Where forever she will lay There she'll rest beside the fountain There she'll sleep beneath the clay (CHORUS) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++