Lyr Req: Old Dogs and Children and Watermelon Wine

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Old Dogs and Children and Watermelon Wine
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 01 Jul 04 - 02:57 PM

Hall's recording can be heard at Record Lady, Record lady
A 8 (Real Country Archives p. 8).

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Old Dogs and Children and Watermelon Wine
From: GUEST,Jacqued
Date: 01 Jul 04 - 02:08 PM

Very many thanks, folks.   Makes the song complete for us.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Old Dogs and Children and Watermelon Wine
From: Roger in Baltimore
Date: 01 Jul 04 - 01:30 PM

Ol' Tom certainly could "catch a moment" when he was writin' well.

Roger in Baltimore

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Old Dogs and Children and Watermelon Wine
From: HiHo_Silver
Date: 01 Jul 04 - 12:57 PM

Just a bit of trivia: The word is Miami as stated earlier. Tom T. Hall sang it in
F major and stepped it up 1/2 tone every two verses;
FMajor -
F#Major
GMajor

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Old Dogs and Children and Watermelon Win
From: masato sakurai
Date: 01 Jul 04 - 12:46 PM

OLD DOGS, CHILDREN AND WATERMELON WINE

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Old Dogs and Children and Watermelon Win
From: GUEST,Bernie
Date: 01 Jul 04 - 12:27 PM

a friend of mine[big Tom T fan]learned it when it came out......says it's one word "Miami"....for what it's worth ......

Subject: Lyr Req: Old Dogs and Children and Watermelon Win
From: GUEST,Jacqued
Date: 01 Jul 04 - 12:05 PM

I have an old copy of Tom T Hall's "Old Dogs and Children and Watermelon Wine" but a couple of words in the first verse seem to be missing!?!   Can anyone please help?

How old do you think I am? he said, I said well I didn't know,
He said I turned sixty-five about eleven months ago.
I was sitting in my ????? pouring blended whiskey down,
When this old grey black gentleman was cleaning up the lounge

Many thanks