When the angels came to take you home Did you beg to let you stay? For who would take good care of us, If you were gone away? A man of courage and of strength Your hands each line a story How hard you worked, how much you gave So we didn’t have to worry He blessed you with a loving wife And seven children too He even gave them offspring As he knew they would please you You held us all in those strong hands At times it seemed so tight But you never could have kept us safe If we were out of sight He made you in his image And your beauty it shone through How else could you have loved so much And we have loved you too In life a man of many keys A watchman for our Lord Now exchanged for keys of heaven And a body that’s restored When our Saviour called out to you Was Nana waiting at the gates? What I’d do to see that meeting And the look upon your face Oh to touch you for one moment To sit and laugh at times we’ve shared My heart aches to sit and hold you To let you know how much I cared So when the angels came to take you home Did you beg to let you stay? Or did you run to see your sweetheart As you knew He’d keep us safe?