I was walking in Savannah, past a church decayed and dim

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Dec 17, 2012 2:33 am

I was also looking for this song and found it on ITUNES. The Funeral by Hank Williams, but this is not the one I remember as I believe the background tune was steel away. Probably by Pat Boon, but I could not find that version on ITUNES.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-f ... =590426036

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Mar 10, 2013 4:22 am

it was also done by walter brennen

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Mar 14, 2013 2:09 am

The Pat Boone version is the one I heard at 18 years old. I played it over and over again, and it's a good thing. Our only daughter ran in front of a moving car
at 10 years of age in 1984, in the presence of our 3 sons, her Dad and I.It was because of this song and the faith in our Lord that carried us through those sad,
difficult times. But it was always in the back of my mind that our children aren't
really our own, they belong to our God and they are just in our keeping for a little r7v3jwhile. So hold your babies and grandbabies tight and be ready to 'steal away home' because we never know when we will be called...

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Jun 14, 2013 12:48 pm

Ernie Ford did the most beautiful version of this song I have ever heard.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Feb 25, 2014 11:59 am

Walter Brennan did a sad slow version of this on an albumn entitled 'Old Rivers' It can still be found available on Amazon

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Mar 12, 2014 3:47 pm

Th e song was on a record called Hank Williams as "Luke the Drifter"

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Feb 03, 2015 5:50 pm

Bill Kearney "Precious Memorys" is a fantastic version of this as well

Jeneralee · Post by **Jeneralee** » Sat Apr 11, 2015 12:32 pm

This is a long version of Steal Away originally by Red Foley and was sung by Johnny Cash..my favorite version.. on YouTube

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Apr 12, 2015 2:56 am

"The Funeral is the name of this song by Hank williams Sr. The music is "Steal Away". Tennesse Ernie Ford did the best version of this song.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Jul 09, 2015 12:15 pm

The best version for me was Kenny Price I think is was on Country Gospel Volume 2