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Lyr Req: Zither song: Take me to Lincoln
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Subject: Lyr Add: TAKE ME TO LINCOLN From: Dale Rose Date: 13 Sep 00 - 12:28 PM Spoken intro to the song, Nonnie Presson, 1974
This was during the depression years of 1930. I don't think there are many people living but what would remember that year. And we was showing in Arkansas and Oklahoma, and there was a terrible drought there that year, and everything was dried up, even to the little apples on the trees. So we couldn't collect any money on our show dates. We stayed with some people by the name of Youngs in Lincoln, Arkansas. We couldn't pay them one penny of board while we were staying there, because we were making so little, we were barely making our gas and car expenses. So when we finally got ready to leave, I wrote this song for these people; they were so wonderful. I wrote this song, Take Me Back To Lincoln. (NOTE: Lincoln, Arkansas is approximately 20 miles west of Fayetteville, near the Oklahoma border. Idle observation ~~ I just checked Peoplefinder, there are no people with listed phones named Youngs in Lincoln at present, only six listed for all of Arkansas ~~ two each in Pocahontas and Jasper, one each in Fort Smith and Siloam Springs. There are two numbers listed for Young (no s) in Lincoln.
TAKE ME TO LINCOLN
Some folks like Texas, some Tennessee
Chorus
Once a stranger far from my home (I think they may actually be saying whence)
Chorus
Oh, how I lingered when we said good-bye Chorus
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Subject: Zither song: Take me to Lincoln From: harpgirl Date: 20 Aug 00 - 10:20 AM ...I wonder if any of our invisible elves have the words to this tune? It really should be entombed on the forum and the DT...many thanks elves!!! I can get it off the recording I have from our Arkansas friends but I need some help since it is a scratchy one....harpgirl |
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