I'm in search of lyrics for a song I heard on a field recording made by Leonard Roberts, Oct. 16, 1955 of Tom and Jim Couch, Harlan Co., KY singing the following first verse:

"I saw a sight all in a dream,
of things before I never seen,
I saw my companions traveling on,
a way my blessed redeemer's gone."

I am only able to understand the first verse. The rest is pretty unintelligible, at least to my ears. A friend has determined enough of the lyrics to be able to tell that a family is gathering around the death bed of a mother, something about "seven beautiful children", but that's about it.

The tune is similar to the tune of "So early in the Spring" performed by Pentangle on the recording entitled "sweet child".

I got the recording from the archive at Berea College. The librarian there was unable to find a copy of the lyrics. I would really like to know the lyrics because I'm interested in recording the song on our next CD. I would also like to know as much information about it as possible, and of course, who wrote it, so copyright requirements can be met if needed.

Thanks so much.
Lee