Late in the evening at about sundown High on the hill up above the town Uncle Pen played the fiddle, Lordy how it would ring You could hear it talk, you could hear it sing Oh, the people come from far away Dance all night til the break of day When the caller hollered the do-si-do You knew Uncle Pen was ready to go Late in the evening at about...Learn More

First Momma Poppa call a little boy Ned Raise him on the banks of the riverbed In a houseboat tied to a big tall tree Home for my Momma and my Poppa and me Half-past three Poppa jumps to his feet Already Momma cooking Poppa somethin' to eat Half-past five Poppa's ready to go Jumps in his hero headed down the bayou Got fishin' lines running cross...Learn More

Whoa yay guy chertay bebé Tol' mama et tol' papa Di joh dit zhay dit par bon I got a house on stilts a five dollar bill A settin' on the banks of muddy, muddy bayou Lot better than the streets of crowded cars Pawn shops friendly neighborhood bars Ah, but your mama and your papa won't let me come courtin' They say that I can't make a good livin'...Learn More

Back when Cattle Creek used to sing Its waters were sweet and its banks were green And sunny days went on forever Me and ol' Bugler we went wild Blue tick hound and redneck child We thought we were birds of a feather Ah, the fish would bite, my, how they'd fight We'd catch them possums in the pale moonlight For Ma, just to please her Bugler's...Learn More

Got in a little trouble at the county seat Lawd, they put me in the jail house for loafing on the street When the judge heard the verdict I was a guilty man He said forty-five dollars or thirty days in the can Said, that'll be cash on the barrelhead, son You can take your choice you're twenty-one No money down, no credit plan No time to chase you...Learn More

Over the years I've tried to be a better man Over the tears that I've lived and I've cried Over the hill they say lies a better land And I know we can survive Come a little closer we can make it all work out tonight Come a little closer help me see it will be all right Come a little closer we can have it all tonight People drift apart when...Learn More

In South Carolina there're many tall pines I remember the oak tree that we used to climb But now when I'm lonesome, I always pretend That I'm headin' the field of Hickory wind I started out younger, had most everything All the riches and pleasures, what else can life bring? But it makes me feel better each time you begin Callin' me home, Hickory...Learn More

Sometimes I get upset when people treat me bad I don't have time to think and so I get real mad I pull my hair and find somewhere that I can be alone But when I do I think of you and then I hurry home Where I've got chores to keep me busy A clock to keep my time A pretty girl to love me With the same last name as mine And when the flowers wilt A...Learn More

Did you see the old man coming Did you see him passing by Did you listen to his footsteps See the twinkle in his eye Listen to him, listen well Happens all too fast Like a spell Some say you've seen the daylight And you know just where you stand Did you think you've got the answer Take a look at that old man See him come, see him go Never last...Learn More