If You Get There Before I Do 가사

I read a note my grandma wrote back in 1923 grandpa kept it in his coat and he showed it once to me he said boy you might not understand but a long long time ago grandmas daddy didn't like me none but i loved your grandma so we had this crazy plan to meet and run away together get married in the first town we came to and live forever but nailed to the tree where we were suppose to meet instead i found this letter and this is what it said: if you get there before i do don't give up on me i'll meet you when my chores are through i don't know how long i'll be but i'm not gonna let you down darling wait and see and between now and then until i see you again i'll be lovin' you love, me i read those words just hours before my grandma passed away in the doorway of the church where me and gandpa stopped topray i know i've never seen him cry in all me fifteen years but as he read these words to her his eyes filled up with tears if you get there before i do don't give up on me i'll meet you when my chores are through i don't know how long i'll be but i'm not gonna let you down darling wait and see and between now and then until i see you again i'll be lovin' you love, me and between now and then until i see you again i'll be lovin' you love, me