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"THE THIRD MAN" - BY: LORETTA LYNN - FROM HER BOOK- HONKY TONK GIRL- "MY LIFE IN LYRICS"

OFFERIMUS tibi, Domine, calicem salutaris tuam deprecantes clementiam: ut in conspectu divinae majestatis tuae, pro nostra et totius mundi salute cum odore suavitatis ascendat.

WE OFFER You, O Lord, the chalice of salvation, humbly begging of Your mercy that it may arise before Your divine Majesty, with a pleasing fragrance, for our salvation and for that of the whole world.

AMEN

Saint Joseph Daily MIssal page 660 & 661

Below: Mooney and Loretta right after they married, 1948.

"THE THIRD MAN"

Loretta wrote with Frances Irene Heighton, Don Helms & Teddy Wilburn.

Release Date 1965

Album - Hymns


Last night I dreamed I took a walk up Calvary's lonely hill

The things I saw with my own eyes could not have been more real

I saw upon three crosses three men in agony

Two cried out for mercy and the third man looked at me

And oh the hurt in this man's eyes, Just broke my heart in two

It seemed that I could hear him say, I'm doing this for you

I knelt beneath the third man's cross and slowly bowed my head

I reached out and I touch his feet and it stained my hands with red

And when I heard him cryin' I raised my eyes to see

The blood spilled from the third man's side some of it spilled on me

The third man wore a crown of thorns spikes held him to the tree

And I heard him say "oh God my God why hast Thou forsaken me"

And there among a mighty crowd, the ones who mocked him cried

If thou art King then save thyself and then the third man died

Suddenly I heard the thunder roll and saw lightning pierce the sky

The third man was still hanging there and I began to cry

I saw the boulders fall and heard the breaking of the ground

Then, I awoke and though I dreamed, I touched my cheek and found

My eyes were wet where I had cried, a dream? I wish I knew

I still can hear the third man say, "I'm doing this for you"




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FROM THE BOOK ABOUT LORETTA LYNN - HONKY TONK GIRL "MY LIFE IN LYRICS"

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