Some discussion down below of some long-forgotten
song lyrics reminded me of how good this forum is
about coming up with obscure information.
For a long time I've been trying to find the
lyrics to a country song (name unknown) by (name
unknown). I do know the first three verses:
"Sister Katy Jones passed away, so I went down to
the funeral parlor, to offer my sympathy to
millionaire Henry Jones. Well, he was cryin' and
a-tryin' to act sad, but I could tell he wasn't
broken-hearted, that his mate of forty-eight
years had just passed on.
"A few weeks later he came to church on a sunny
Sunday mornin', blowin' and a-crowin', all
swelled up and a-glowin' with pride. And a sweet
young thing, about nineteen, was a-clingin' to
his arm. He said, 'Brother, I'd like to have you
meet my brand-new bride.'
"Well his young wife smiled, blinked her big blue
eyes, shook my hand and said, 'Hello, brother,
how're you?' I said, 'Thank you I'm fine,'
thinkin' all of the time, 'Life's gotta be sunny
when you've got that money workin' for you.'"
The fourth verse, in which Brother Henry proves to be not up to the task he has assumed, is the one I'm missing.
This song got a lot of play back in the 70s or
early 80s. I googled a lot of times over the
years but never picked up anything on it. Any of you
remember it?
song lyrics reminded me of how good this forum is
about coming up with obscure information.
For a long time I've been trying to find the
lyrics to a country song (name unknown) by (name
unknown). I do know the first three verses:
"Sister Katy Jones passed away, so I went down to
the funeral parlor, to offer my sympathy to
millionaire Henry Jones. Well, he was cryin' and
a-tryin' to act sad, but I could tell he wasn't
broken-hearted, that his mate of forty-eight
years had just passed on.
"A few weeks later he came to church on a sunny
Sunday mornin', blowin' and a-crowin', all
swelled up and a-glowin' with pride. And a sweet
young thing, about nineteen, was a-clingin' to
his arm. He said, 'Brother, I'd like to have you
meet my brand-new bride.'
"Well his young wife smiled, blinked her big blue
eyes, shook my hand and said, 'Hello, brother,
how're you?' I said, 'Thank you I'm fine,'
thinkin' all of the time, 'Life's gotta be sunny
when you've got that money workin' for you.'"
The fourth verse, in which Brother Henry proves to be not up to the task he has assumed, is the one I'm missing.
This song got a lot of play back in the 70s or
early 80s. I googled a lot of times over the
years but never picked up anything on it. Any of you
remember it?
