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Thread #116137   Message #2513242
Posted By: Richie
12-Dec-08 - 12:12 AM
Thread Name: Origins: The authors of the 'Carter Family songs'
Subject: Lyr Add: SCHOOL HOUSE ON THE HILL
School House on the Hill is another song by Aldine Kieffer titled "The School House On The Hill" from 1907.

Aldine Silliman Kieffer (August 1, 1840 – November 30, 1904) was a leading 19th century proponent of shape note musical notation, music teacher and publisher.

SCHOOL HOUSE ON THE HILL- Carter Family 1933

Fond memory paints its scenes of other years
Bring me their memory still
And bright amid those joyous scenes of years
The schoolhouse on the hill

    Oh, the schoolhouse that stands upon the hill
    I never, never can forget
    Dear happy days are gathered 'round me still
    I never, no never can forget
    [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]

There hangs the swing upon the maple tree
Where you and I once swung
There flows the spring, forever flowing free
As when we both were young

    Oh, the schoolhouse that stands upon the hill
    I never, never can forget
    Dear happy days are gathered 'round me still
    I never, no never can forget
    [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]

There climbs the vines and there the berries grow
Which once would rise so high
And there the ripe nuts glistened in the grove
Of rich October skies

    Oh, the schoolhouse that stands upon the hill
    I never, never can forget
    Dear happy days are gathered 'round me still
    I never, no never can forget