Country Colored Memories
Daddy played the Mandolin Had us laughing made us grin When daddy played his Mandolin Brother played the steel guitar mama tried to hum the bar When brother played his steel guitar Uncle played a mean violin He’d hold it...
My granddad told me stories aboutWay back whenOf when to let things go and whenI should defend He taught me things about theplanting of a fieldThe way the garden grows and howit gives its yield The names of all the...
A leather and denim strop used to sharpen straighten razors Grandad hung on a wall behind the potbelly to straighten behaviors We thought it was hanging for the show It was there so we would know The strop on the...
I have a sweet niece who’s a special womanWhen she was small she always seemed timid Always hanging in the back of a groupShe never was at the head of the troup She quietly stood back and took it all...