Wills mark jacob's ladder lyrics

(Tony Martin/Carl Sweat/Brenda Sweat)

 

 Jacob was a dirt poor farm boy

 Raised at the fork in the road in a clapboard house

 And Rachael was a land baron's daughter

 Born with a silver spoon in her mouth

 Her daddy said he wouldn't stand

 For Rachael to waste her life with a common man

 He tried hard to keep them apart

 But you can't draw lines in a young girl's heart

 

 So late one night by the harvest moon

 Jacob climed a ladder up to Rachael's room

 He knew his place, it was right beside her

 Step by step up to her world

 Head over heels for a brown-eyed girl

 And gettin' caught didn't seem to matter

 'Cause heaven was waitin' at the top of Jacob's ladder

 

 It'll be five years September

 Since her daddy found a ladder and a note on her windowsill

 He swore he'd never forgive them

 But nothin' melts a heart like a grandchild will

 Now she climbs up on his knee

 Says, "Grandpa, tell a story, the one about me"

 He thinks back and his eyes shine

 Says, "Listen Child, once upon a time"

 

 Late one night by the harvest moon

 Your daddy climbed a ladder to your mama's room

 He knew his place, it was right besde her

 Step by step up to her world

 Head over heels for my little girl

 And here you are, that's all that matters

 'Cause heaven was watin' at the top of Jacob's ladder

 

 Oh, an angel was waitin' at the top of Jacob's ladder