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18 Dec 02 - 08:55 AM (#849558) Subject: Lyr req: 'My Little Home In Tennessee' From: GUEST,Newfiegirl can anybody please help me with this song?" thanks. here are the only words I have to the song "My Home In Tennessee" I can still remember many years ago When I drove the old cow up the lane ...... Just a little shack though .....turning back But it means a Palace there to me Song birds always singing around my cabin door from my little home in Tennessee. |
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18 Dec 02 - 09:05 AM (#849565) Subject: Lyr Add: MY LITTLE HOME IN TENNESSEE (A P Carter) From: Richie Here's the Carter Family lyrics: MY LITTLE HOME IN TENNESSEE Carter Family- Original [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] Every night I'm dreaming of a little home Down among the hills of Tennessee And I'm always lonely, longing to return To the place that means the world to me Just a little shack, roof all turning black Still it is a palace fair to me Songbirds always singing 'round my kitchen door In my little home in Tennessee [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] I can see my mother standing by the gate As I drove the old horse up the lane She would never scold me when I'd get in late How I wish I'd never caused her pain With her tender smile beaming all the while No one could be so kind to me Now she's gone to heaven and she'll never return To my little home in Tennessee [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] I can still remember many years ago When my sweetheart wandered by my side Down among the mountains where wildflowers grow There she promised she would be my bride Then another man won her heart and hand Then I knew how much she meant to me I was brokenhearted and I went away From my little home in Tennessee -Richie |
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18 Dec 02 - 09:37 AM (#849576) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: 'My Little Home In Tennessee' From: GUEST,Newfiegirl Hi Richie, thank you for helping me with the lyrics to the song, My Home In Tennessee. God Bless....Nita |
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18 Dec 02 - 09:56 AM (#849582) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: 'My Little Home In Tennessee' From: GUEST,Pete Peterson Hi Newfiegirl Nita Don't forget if you want to sound like the Carter Family play only I, IV and V chords, leave out the II chord even though you can HEAR where it goes so clearly. . . that's one of the things that made the Carter Family sound like the Carter Family! and hi Richie! |
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18 Dec 02 - 11:15 AM (#849648) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: 'My Little Home In Tennessee' From: Nigel Parsons From "The Tatooed Lady" "But the bit I loved best Was across her chest My home in tennessee" Nigel |