Are All the Children In

Ever since I was a little girl I've been listening to Johnny Cash's Are All the Children In. My mom was a big fan of his music and she owned several of his gospel albums.
It became a favorite song of mine and I listened to it often. It is still on my playlist and I feel nostalgic every time it comes on.
When my husband's grandmother was dying last year, my mother-in-law was emailed a copy of this song by her sister. It is now a favorite song of hers.
This past Sunday, her first mother's day without her mother, my mother-in-law played that song. Just watching her, I could tell how the lyrics impacted her and that she is looking forward to seeing her mother again.
Below are the lyrics to Are All the Children In. If you get the chance to listen to the song, please do. You will not be disappointed.

          "Are All The Children In"

When I'm alone I often think of an old house on the hill
Of a big yard hedged in roses where we ran and played at will
And when the night time brought us home hushing our merry din
Mother would look around and ask are all the children in
Well it's been many a year now and the old house on the hill
No longer has my mother's care and the yard is still so still
But if I listen I can hear it all no matter how long it's been
I seem to hear my mother ask are all the children in
And I wonder when the curtain falls on that last earthly day
When we say goodbye to all of this to our pain and work and play
When we step across the river where mother so long has been
Will we hear her ask a final time are all the children in?