(Verse 1)As I was walking over the Cork and Kerry mountainsI reflected on the chains of my sins and all my countingsI remembered Captain Farrell and the money I had takenAnd the lonely cell in Kilmainham where my spirit had been shakenBut a light broke through the iron bars and mercy found me cryingNo more running from the law, no more cheating and no more lying(Chorus)Mush-a ring dum-a doo dum-a daRefuge for my soulStandin' on the Rock of AgesHe has made me wholeThere's water in the jar(Verse 2)Now Jenny was my darling, but her love was cold and fleetingShe turned me to the soldiers while my foolish heart was beatingBut I found a greater love that will never leave me strandedOn the road to salvation where my broken life expandedI traded all my silver and my loaded brass pistolsFor the word of the Living God that shines as bright as crystals(Chorus)Mush-a ring dum-a doo dum-a daRefuge for my soulStandin' on the Rock of AgesHe has made me wholeThere's water in the jar(Verse 3)Some take delight in the fishing and the fowlingAnd others take delight in the ancient taverns howlingBut I take delight in the grace that is pouring like a riverAnd the holy, mighty hand of the everlasting GiverThe whiskey it has vanished, and the jars are filled with wonderLike the wedding feast of Cana, pulling all my chains asunder(Chorus)Mush-a ring dum-a doo dum-a daRefuge for my soulStandin' on the Rock of AgesHe has made me wholeThere's water in the jar(Outro)Yes, there's water in the jarLiving water in the jarMush-a ring dum-a doo dum-a daGlory, hallelujah
