Info: long time since I've seen the old home place

Subject: Origins: Need info
From: Peace
Date: 19 Dec 03 - 12:21 AM

"It's been a long time since I've seen the old home place." Anyone know about this song? Who did it? Who wrote it? Am asking on behalf of an older gal who remembers it from her youth.

Subject: RE: Info: long time since I've seen the old home place
From: Joe Offer
Date: 20 Dec 03 - 04:02 PM

Hmmm. I couldn't find it anywhere, but yet it really sounds familiar. Can anybody come up with lyrics for this one? I'll send e-mail to Dale & Gene.
Here's a little more infromation I got from Brucie:

She first heard it about 30 years ago.
Was a country and western song.
She heard it on the radio in Alberta.
The singer was a male.

I know I've heard this one - but where???
-Joe Offer-

Subject: Lyr Add: OLD HOME PLACE (Dean Webb - Mitch Jayne)
From:
Date: 20 Dec 03 - 04:48 PM

How about Bluegrass? I found this one from Old Home Place

Old Home Place Mitch Jayne It's been ten long years since I left my home In the hollow where I was born Where the cool fall nights make the wood smoke rise And the foxhunter blows his horn   I fell in love with a girl from the town I thought that she would be true I ran away to Charlottesville And worked in a sawmill or two   What have they done to the old home place Why did they tear it down And why did I leave the plow in the field And look for a job in the town   Well my girl she ran off with somebody else The taverns took all my pay And here I stand where the old home stood Before they took it away   Now the geese they fly south and the cold wind blows As I stand here and hang my head I've lost my love I've lost my home And now I wish that I was dead

Subject: Lyr Add: OLD HOME PLACE OF MINE
From:
Date: 20 Dec 03 - 04:53 PM

From Old Home Place of Mine

OLD HOME PLACE OF MINE There's a place in old Kentucky where I'm longing to be Where the bluegrass is growing so fine Where the dogwoods are in bloom in the mountains so high Around that old home place of mine   Oh the bluegrass is growing in the valley And the birds are singing in the trees That's where I want to go when I leave this world below It's home sweet home to me   Oh the good time I had playin' as a lad They often enter my mind Oh how long my heart did grive that day I had to leave That dear old home place of mine   I remember Dad and Mom sitting there all alone That day I left them behind Oh how my heart does yearn for the day when I'll return Back to that old home place of mine

Subject: RE: Info: long time since I've seen the old home p
From: GUEST,Dale
Date: 21 Dec 03 - 05:31 PM

The only one I could think of at the moment was the first one George gave, first performed by the Dillards, of course. I think Dean Webb is listed on the credits as well, though I don't have the album right in front of me.

It's not all that old though, early sixties, I'd say.

Subject: RE: Info: long time since I've seen the old home p
From: GUEST,Dale
Date: 21 Dec 03 - 05:39 PM

And of course, early 60s is MORE than 30 years ago. As you get older, perspective of what constitutes long ago changes. (hadn't paid enough attention to Joe's additional information)