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The Old Man Has Gone • PDF
Words and Music by Joe LaMay
They say that the old man has gone
He’s gone away to the sweet by and by
He's taken the stand with the angel band
He's passed through the walls of time
Now, when I walk through these hills of old Kentucky
I feel like I’m on hallowed ground
Through the pines I can hear a mandolin playing
And the wind blows a high lonesome sound
As I walk down the old rocky road
On my way back to the old home
There are times I can hear a sweet voice a’callin
And singing an old sacred song
Chorus
Up on Jerusalem Ridge
Where the cold winter nights are so long
There’s a spirit that fills these old piney hills
A spirit that lives on and on
Chorus
©2001 Joe LaMay. Pressed For Time, BMI.
All rights reserved.
Pressed For Time
56 West Main Street
Macedon, NY
pressedfortimemusic@gmail.com
606-305-6741
Released on:
Joe LaMay & Sherri Reese Heaven (2002)
What The Woof? Music
and
Joe LaMay & Sherri Reese Cumberland Rose (2005)
Tall Cotton Music
and
Sound Local Central KY Music Compilation (2009)
and
LaMay &Reese Twenty Five Years 1998-2023
(2023)
Lokel Folkel Records
Award:
The Old Man Has Gone
Honorable Mention Bluegrass/Roots
2002 Madison Songwriters Group Song Contest
Seen on:
The Cumberland Highlanders Bluegrass Show (RFD-TV)
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