1.

(# 19 country hit)

Howdy Neighbor Howdy

James Morris

© Warden Music, BMI

Howdy neighbor howdy get out and come right in
We'll make a bowl of gravy to sop your biscuits in
Boil a pot of coffee and bake a big fat hen
Cook another country ham to feed a hundred men

Drive your wagon in the yard and turn your donkey loose
Kick that old hound out of the way and watch them fightin' goose
So howdy neighbor howdy come in and sit right down
Come on and tell us all the news how are things in town
[ instrumental ]
We're so glad to see you been a wonderin' how you've been
Everybody's feelin' fine so let the fun begin
Get the banjo off the wall and tune it up in A
Play some good ole country tunes like grandpa used to play
[ instrumental ]
Go and get your fiddle down play the tune that I like so
Somethin' about an old man Clark I think his name was Joe
[ instrumental ]
Howdy neighbor howdy get out and come right in...

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2.

I Wonder How The Old Folks Are At Home

A.P. Carter - Anne Bybee

© Peer Int, BMI

Well I wonder how the old folks are at home
I wonder if they'll miss me when I'm gone
I wonder if they'll pray for the boy who went away
And left his dear old parents so alone

Now you can hear the cattle lowin' in the lane
You can see the fields of blue grass where I roam
You can almost hear them cry as they kiss their boy goodbye
I wonder how the old folks are at home
[ instrumental ]
Just a village and a homestead on the farm
And a mother's love to shield you from all harm
A mother's love so true a sweetheart that loves you
Just a village and a homestead on the farm

Now you can hear the cattle lowin' in the lane...

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3.

Blue Moon Of Kentucky

Bill Monroe

© Peer Int, BMI

Blue moon of Kentucky keep on shinin'
Shine on the one that's gone and proved untrue
Blue moon of Kentucky keep on shinin'
Shine on the one that's gone and left me blue

It was on the moonlight night the stars were shining bright
When she whispered on high your lover said goodbye
Blue moon of Kentucky keep on shinin'
Shine on the one that's gone and said goodbye
[ instrumental ]
It was on the moonlight night the stars were shining bright...

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4.

Cotton Fields

Huddie Ledbetter - Anne Bybee

© Folkways Music, BMI

When I was a little bitty baby
My mama would rock me in the cradle
In them old cotton fields back home
When I was a little bitty baby
My mama would rock me in the cradle
In them old cotton fields back home

Well when them cotton bolls get rotten
You can't pick very much cotton
In them old cotton fields back home
It was down in Louisiana just about a mile from Texarkana
In them old cotton fields back home
[ instrumental ]
When I was a little bitty baby...
Well when them cotton bolls get rotten...
In them old cotton fields back home

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5.

A Gathering In The Sky

Wayne Raney - Robert Winsett

© Fort Knox Music, BMI

There'll be a great gathering in the sky
When all of God's children get home
We'll join the happy millions as they sing
There around the great white throne
I'm speakin' of a big camp meetin'
Where we never shall say goodbye
I'm longin' for the day when I hear my Saviour say
There's a gathering in the sky

One by one we pass through the valley den
Our load seems hard to bear
But I'm goin' to a great reunion
Where people's not afraid of prayer
There'll be a lot of old time singin'
Somewhere up there on high
It seems that I can hear them sayin'
There's a gathering in the sky

There'll be a great gathering in the sky...
[ instrumental ]
There'll be a great gathering in the sky...

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6.

Country Music Has Gone To Town

Jimmie Driftwood

© Warden Music, BMI

Oh they say that country music's gone to town
Hold your flocks and put on the cap and gown
What's the country boy to do what's this world a comin' to
Oh they say that country music's gone to town

Grandpa used to take his dear old fiddle on his knee
And Uncle Buck would git the banjo down
The only music ever heard that could stop a mockin' bird
Now they say that country music's gone to town

Oh they say that country music's gone to town...
[ instrumental ]
One day I was walkin' through the canyons and the hills
I came upon a cabin far away
An old man with his banjo sat there a paddin' his big toe
And as he played it I could hear his say

Oh they say that country music's gone to town...

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7.

Head Over Heels In Love With You

Lester Flatt

© Peer Int, BMI

I think I'll go across the ocean if I don't change my notion
I just got to forget you if I can
Well I'm feelin' so blue I don't know what to do
Because I'm head over heels in love with you

Every day I'm sad and lonely I keep thinkin' of you only
I just can't bear the thought of losin' you
Well I'm feelin' so blue I don't know what to do
Because I'm head over heels in love with you
[ instrumental ]
Oh when nights are sad and lonely I keep thinkin' of you only
I just can't bear the thought of losin' you
Well I'm feelin' so blue I don't know what to do
Because I'm head over heels in love with you
Oh yes I'm head over heels in love with you

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8.

Before I Met You

Charles Seitz - Joe Lewis - Elmar Rader

© Cedarwood Pub, BMI

I thought I had seen pretty girls in my time
But that was before I met you
I never saw one that I wanted for mine
That was before I met you

I thought I was swingin' the world by the tail
I thought I could never be blue
I thought I'd been kissed and I thought I'd been loved
But that was before I met you
[ instrumental ]
I wanted to ramble and always be free
But that was before I met you
I said that no woman could ever hold me
But that was before I met you

I thought I was swingin' the world by the tail...
[ instrumental ]
They tell me I must reap just what I have sown
But darlin' I hope it's not true
For once I made plans about living alone
But that was before I met you

I thought I was swingin' the world by the tail...
That was before I met you

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9.

Little Cabin Home On The Hill

Lester Flatt - Bill Monroe

© Bill Monroe Music, BMI

Tonight I'm alone without you my dear
But in my heart's a longin' for you still
All I have to do now is sit alone and pine
In our little cabin home on the hill

Oh someone has taken you from me
And left me here all alone
Just listen to the rain beat on my window pane
In our little cabin home on the hill
[ instrumental ]
I hope you were happy tonight as you are
But in my heart's a longin' for you still
But I'll just keep it there then I won't be alone
In our little cabin home on the hill

Oh someone has taken you from me...

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