[ti:Calling My Children Home (Unreleased Acapella Version 1986)] [ar:Dolly Parton/Linda Ronstadt/Emmylou Harris] [al:The Complete Trio Collection (Deluxe)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Calling My Children Home (A Cappella, 1986) - Dolly Parton/Linda Ronstadt/Emmylou Harris [00:00.24]Written by:DoyleLawson [00:00.48]Those lives were mine to love and cherish [00:07.14]To guard and guide along life's way [00:14.32]Oh god forbid that one should perish [00:21.37]That one alas should go astray [00:29.48]Back in the years with all together [00:36.57]Around the place we'd romp and play [00:44.05]So lonely now I oft' times wonder [00:50.93]Oh will they come back home some day [00:59.33]I'm lonesome for my precious children [01:06.58]They live so far away [01:13.55]Oh may they hear my calling calling [01:23.67]And come back home some day [01:32.48]I gave my all for my dear children [01:39.32]Their problems still with love I share [01:46.91]I'd brave life's storm defy the tempest [01:54.19]To bring them home from anywhere [02:02.05]I lived my life my love I gave them [02:09.01]To guide them through this world of strife [02:16.33]I hope and pray we'll live together [02:23.52]In that great glad here after life [02:31.89]I'm lonesome for my precious children [02:38.93]They live so far away [02:46.23]Oh may they hear my calling calling [02:57.36]And come back home some day