From the recording Blue Ridge Mountain Time: Songs from Wildacres
(2012): prompt: a journey using the 3rd person; The outro is one of my favorite hymns, "It is well with my soul," beautifully sung by Lise Uyanik Ebel, Roberta Schultz, Rugh Wakefield, and Megan Whitted. Richard Putnam on piano.
Lyrics
she got the news at ten past two
she was on her way by four
just took the things she thought she’d need
didn’t change the clothes she wore
she didn’t take the highway
it might have saved a little time
she took the road she knew the best
the one that curved and climbed
o’er the hills, beside the stream
on the backside of the towns
past the churches and the schools
gave her time to settle down
it was well past midnight
the porch light left on bright
but her granny wouldn’t be the one
to welcome her that night
somehow hymns were chosen
somehow hymns were played
somehow voices carried
granny’s body to the grave
when it was time to head back home
she made her way upstairs
into her granny’s bedroom
sat down in her rocking chair
on the bed stand there still lay
silver comb with silver hair
she picked it up and held it close
like it was an answered prayer
it is well (it is well) with my soul (with my soul)
it is well, it is well with my soul