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14 Feb 01 - 12:13 PM (#397921) Subject: Love of the Mountain From: GUEST,Gardenia Does anyone know the lyrics for the bluegrass song Love of the Mountain (recorded by Larry Sparks and the Seldom Scene among others) Thanks. |
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14 Feb 01 - 01:12 PM (#397969) Subject: Lyr Add: LOVE OF THE MOUNTAINS (Allen Mills) From: Malcolm Douglas Well, I found this, but no details as to writer(s) or tune: LOVE OF THE MOUNTAINS Two trees on the hillside of the mountain, Always looking' up toward the sky, Reminds me of my Papa and Mama, Who lived there eighty years before they died. CHORUS: Now a bright moon is shining in the valley. An old wagon leans against a stack of hay. Two graves on a hillside by a cabin, My Mom and Dad are resting there today. The burning of the greenwood on the fireplace, The fallen snow around the redbud tree, The branches of the laurel by the creek bed, And the ripplin' waters of the little stream. Papa used to talk about the young days When he and Mama first were settled there. He spoke about the love of the mountains That he and Mama shared together there. Malcolm |
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15 Feb 01 - 11:50 AM (#398608) Subject: to Malcolm re: Love of the Mountain From: GUEST,Gardenia Hi Malcolm- Thanks for the lyrics, it'll make singing the song in our group a whole lot easier! It's one of those songs everyone knows the chorus for but nothing else. I wonder who wrote it? Maybe a "traditional". |
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08 Jul 03 - 04:05 PM (#979242) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Love of the Mountains From: Joe Offer We got the lyrics from Malcolm, but does anybody have any background information on the song? Doesn't seem like something we could call "traditional." "Old," perhaps, but it sure seems like a composed song. -Joe Offer- |
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08 Jul 03 - 09:57 PM (#979437) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Love of the Mountains From: Stewie Its author is Allen Mills (Fairystone Pub Co BMI). It is on Seldom Scene 'Dream Scene' Sugar Hill SHCD-3858. In stanza 2, the Seldom Scene sing: Line 2: redbud tree Line 4: And the ripplin' waters of the gentle stream --Stewie. |
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18 Oct 11 - 11:57 AM (#3240799) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Love of the Mountains (Allen Mills) From: GUEST,Sunny I never heard Love of the Mountain before 1985. So I know it's not traditional. I'm tring to find out when it was first released. Stewie is right about the lyrics, it's a beautiful song. |
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26 Feb 14 - 11:09 AM (#3605054) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Love of the Mountains (Allen Mills) From: GUEST Does anybody have the vocal music? |
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26 Feb 14 - 11:55 AM (#3605082) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Love of the Mountains (Allen Mills) From: GUEST https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOee0Ov9iyY Good take of the song there. |
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26 Feb 14 - 11:59 AM (#3605083) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Love of the Mountains (Allen Mills) From: GUEST NB: Song was written by Allen H Mills. That may be of use to folks trying to find things about the song. |
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05 Sep 21 - 10:19 AM (#4118901) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Love of the Mountains (Allen Mills) From: GUEST I can’t find any information about Allen H Mills. I’d like to know if he was really writing about his parents and where it was |
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05 Sep 21 - 03:55 PM (#4118920) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Love of the Mountains (Allen Mills) From: The Og Allen was a bass player and cofounder of the Bluegrass band Lost & Found. He wrote many of their songs |