BY THE MARK------Dailey and Vincent

By the Mark

Love this song so much. Probably my favorite song right now. I would like this song at my funeral service, someday in the far distant future. I will know my Savior, by the mark of the nails in His hands...






Dailey and Vincent are such amazing singers.

I guess some would consider them very progressive bluegrass, I know when we saw them at Starvy Creek last July they had a drummer and the owners of the festival would not let the drums be played. 

The reason was it was not "traditional" bluegrass...okay, I do understand that and I am not a big fan of drums in bluegrass or gospel songs in general, but they have a drummer so I think if that is what they want in their band, they should be allowed to have that. They are head and shoulders above any other singers out there in my humble opinion. 

I also wanted to point out to the owners that they had several groups that sang traditional COUNTRY songs that they tried to sing in a bluegrass fashion, sometimes. Most of the time the group just did it as a country song. And one group even sang "SPLISH SPLASH, I WAS TAKING A BATH, LONG ABOUT SATURDAY NIGHT....(whole song)" which is in fact an old pop rock, bubble gum rock song from the 50s. 

Now how in the world is that traditional bluegrass if you want to split some hairs??? Let 'em sing and get out of the way.

Beautiful City of Gold

(Sung in this video by Yvonne St. Germaine)

I posted this song before but I love it so much and I really love this ladie's version of it too!



CITY OF GOLD

VERSE: 1

THERE'S A CITY THAT LOOKS-- OVER THE VALLEY OF DEATH

AND IT'S GLORY HAS NEVER BEEN TOLD,

WHERE THE LAMB IS THE LIGHT--IN THE MIDST OF THE NIGHT

IN THAT BEAUTIFUL CITY OF GOLD


CHORUS:

WHERE THE SUN NEVER SETS

WHERE THE LEAVES, THEY NEVER FADE

AND THE RIGHTEOUS FOREVER WILL SHINE LIKE THE STARS

IN THAT BEAUTIFUL CITY OF GOLD


VERSE: 2

THERE WILL BE NO SORROW, PAIN, NOR SICKNESS OR DEATH,

AND THE SAINTS, THEY WILL NEVER GROW OLD

HOW I LONG FOR THAT CITY,

WHERE THERE NEVER COMES A NIGHT

IN THAT BEAUTIFUL CITY OF GOLD...


 REPEAT CHORUS:

TAG:

IN THAT BEAUTIFUL CITY OF GOLD!!

SHADY GROVE

Here are some lyrics to the old bluegrass/folk song, Shady Grove. I found these lyrics online and understand that there are dozens more verses to the song, or different versions that are around. I have found several different versions just by searching the web. 

I later learned the song my grandpa taught me might not be "Shady Grove" but another old song, "Bile That Cabbage Down", but he kinda liked to mix 'em up a little, so who knows. Grandpa was one of a kind, that is for sure! Love it anyway!

This version is my favorite, because this is what my Grandpa Toad sung to me, and this is what he taught me to play a few chords of on the piano. I am not a piano player, and when I play what he taught me it doesn't sound quite like the versions I have heard on youtube and here and there else, but it is still my favorite version! 

Thank you Grandpa Richardson!  

Shady Grove

Peaches in the summertime

Apples in the fall

If I can't have the one I love

I won't have none at all

Chorus:

Shady Grove, my little love

Shady Grove, my darling

Shady Grove, my little love

I'm going back to Harlan

Cheeks as red as the blooming rose

Eyes of the prettiest brown

You are the darling of my heart

Love me when the sun goes down

Fly around, my pretty little dove

Fly around, my daisy

Fly around, my pretty little love

About to drive me crazy

Some come here to fiddle and dance

Some come here to tarry

Some come here to fiddle and dance

I come here to marry

PEARLY BLUE

Pearly Blue. Old bluegrass song that Alicia taught Garrett to sing. He loved the song. He won't sing it much anymore, at least not to me. Maybe he sings it to Alicia when he is over at her house. 

Here is Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs in 1956 singing Pearly Blue (I guess the actual name of the song is "Down the Road").



PEARLY BLUE

Now down the road just a mile or two,
Lives a little girl named Pearly Blue,
About so high and her hair is brown,
The prettiest thing, boys, in this town.

Now any time you want to know,
Where I'm going down the road,
Get my girl on the line,
You'll find me there most any old time.

Now everyday and Sunday too,
I go to see my Pearly Blue,
Before you hear that rooster crow,
You'll see me headed down the road.

Now old man Flatt he owned the farm
From the hog lot to the barn
From the barn to the rail
He makes his living by carrying the mail.

Now every time I get the blues,
I walk the soles right off my shoes,
I don't know why I love her so,
That gal of mine lived down the road.

On the Banks of the Promised Land

Oh my goodness, I love this gospel song sung by Karen Peck and New River. Love Love Love it! 




What a thought! Thinking about the morning when I stand in front of my LORD and SAVIOR, and reach for 
his NAIL SCARRED HANDS.....


I wanted to sing this song so badly, but Karen Peck is a high soprano, and what I sing could be described as a squeaky wannabe soprano. No, if I had to say what my voice is it is a gravely alto...and not pretty in any way. 


But I digress. Great song. Sung great. "Nuff said.

Cumberland River

This Song that gets stuck in my head A LOT is "Cumberland River" by Dailey and Vincent.  LOVE their music! If it gets stuck in my head as it often does, I find myself playing it on youtube over and over until it goes away. Sometimes it just makes matters worse and it is stuck longer. I don't mind, because I LOVE the song. Now I also have another thing on my bucket list and that is to go see that beautiful, lazy, long long Cumberland River !!! (I don't really have a bucket list, but if I did, this would be on it!)Here it is for your listening pleasure...





HAHAHA....Just a side note. I need a hearing aid or two. I am not kidding. I have listened to this song over and over the past couple or so years and there is a line in the chorus that says "Shirley Mae's a'waitin', lonely as can be" and I misheard it as "Shirley Mae's a'waitin', bony as can be"...that lyric really bothered me. I thought, couldn't the songwriter think of anything else? I thought, wow, it is a hit the way it is, who am I to tell a songwriter what to write? 


Then I decided that the word was "bonny" instead of "bony" and that Dailey and Vincent didn't know the word "bonny" and so pronounced it "bony". I even asked my kids and other family members if they knew what "bonny" meant. A couple had a vague idea kinda what it meant, and some of the others didn't. I was convinced the word was "bonny" and they were mis-pronouncing it...what arrogance on my part. HAHAHAHA....well one night I was listening to it as usual and when it came to that line, I heard "lonely".....LONELY.....LONELY....LONELY....made complete sense. Sure enough, when I looked up the lyrics that was the word. Why didn't I look it up first? I forgot I could....maybe I need some jellyfish for my memory too...I should have known, I have misheard song lyrics all my life. Haven't told any of the kids yet...I might. hahaha

Third Day-Revelation

Have loved this song for years. Heard it one time when I really needed it. Have to go back every little while and hear it again. 

That is all.

Beautiful City of Gold

Heard the Gary Waldrep Band sing this at Starvy Creek. The guy that played the mandolin sang it and absolutely tore it up! He had such a powerful voice and while I use the word "annointed" very carefully, I will use it here. He sang it in their first set and when they came back for the  second set they said they had so many requests from people to sing it again that they DID sing it again. I was absolutely taken with this song. Cold chills running all over me in July. It was stuck in my head for a good 2 months, the words running through my mind again and again.

Beautiful City of Gold (I wanna hear the Gary Waldrep Band sing it! Again and again)

Well there a city that looks o'er the valley of death

And it's glory has never been told

Where the lamb is the light, in the midst of the night...

in that beautiful city of gold

chorus:

Oh where the sun never sets

and the leaves, they never fade

and the righteous forever will shine like the stars

in that beautiful city of gold...

There will be no more sorrow, pain, sickness or death

and the saints, they will never grow old...

oh how I long for that city, where there never comes a night

In that beautiful city of gold...

chorus:

Oh where the sun never setsG

and the leaves, they never fade

and the righteous forever will shine like the stars

in that beautiful city of gold...

repeat 2^nd verse:

There will be no more sorrow, pain, sickness or death

and the saints, they will never grow old...

oh how I long for that city, where there never comes a night

In that beautiful city of gold...

chorus:

Oh where the sun never sets

and the leaves, they never fade

and the righteous forever will shine like the stars

in that beautiful city of gold...

The Rose

Saw this song on the post of another blog I follow and was reminded just how much I loved it "back in the day", so here are the words, you'll have to hum your own music.

"The Rose"

Some say love, it is a river

That drowns the tender reed.

Some say love, it is a razor

That leaves your soul to bleed.

Some say love, it is a hunger,

An endless, aching need.

I say love, it is a flower,

And you, its only seed.

It's the heart afraid of breaking

That never learns to dance.

It's the dream afraid of waking

That never takes the chance.

It's the one who won't be taken,

Who cannot seem to give,

And the soul afraid of dyin'

That never learns to live.

When the night has been too lonely

And the road has been too long,

And you think that love is only

For the lucky and the strong,

Just remember in the winter

Far beneath the bitter snows

Lies the seed that with the sun's love

In the spring becomes the rose.

Turn, Turn, Turn

This was one of my favorite songs when I was a young brat. Oh, 13-14, thereabouts, can't remember really, it was long ago. I loved it. Several groups sung this song but I really liked the version sung by Judy Collins. Later in my life I understood it was part of a chapter from the Bible. Ecclesiastes 3, loosely copied, or paraphrased. Still love the song and the Scripture that suggested the song.

(SONG) Turn, Turn, Turn

(chorus)

To everything, turn, turn, turn,

There is a season, turn, turn, turn,

And a time to every purpose,

Under Heaven.

A time to be born, a time to die,

A time to plant, a time to reap,

A time to kill, a time to heal,

A time to laugh, a time to weep,

To every thing, turn, turn, turn,

There is a season, turn, turn, turn,

And a time to every purpose,

Under Heaven...

A time to build up, a time to break down,

A time to dance, a time to mourn,

A time to cast away stones,

A time to gather stones together...

To everything, turn, turn, turn,

There is a season...and a time

To every purpose,

Under Heaven...

A time of love, a time of hate,

A time of war, a time of peace

A time You may embrace,

A time to refrain from embracing.

To everything, turn, turn, turn

There is a season, turn, turn, turn,

To every purpose,

Under Heaven

A time to gain, a time to lose,

A time to rend, a time to sew,

A time of love, a time of hate,

A time of peace, I swear,

It's not too late...

To everything, turn, turn, turn,

There is a season...and a time

To every purpose,

Under Heaven...

And a time to every purpose,

Under Heaven...

https://www.google.com/#q=judy+collins+turn+turn+turn


(SCRIPTURE)

Ecclesiastes 3 (KJV)

1.To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:

2. A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;

3. A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;

4. A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

5. A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;

6. A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;

7. A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

8. A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.

9. What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?

10. I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men, to be exercised in it.

11. He hath made everything beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.

12. I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.

13. And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labor, it is the gift of God.

14. I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor anything taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.

15. That which hath been is now; and that which is to be has already been; and God requireth that which is past.

16. And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgement, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.

17. I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.

18. I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.

19. For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity.

20. All go unto one place, all are of the dust; and all turn to dust again.

21. Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?

22. Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?

Did I Mention

Did I Mention

Wonderful song, written by Kyla Rowland and performed by the southern gospel group, The Perrys.

I've heard this song on the radio and CD for many months, and it is one of those songs that is stuck in my head and heart. I sing it around the house all the time. I may sing it at church sometime, if nobody else does, and I feel like that is what I should do. It's a wonderful song. 


verse 1:

David sang the praises of the glory of Jehovah

Paul preached that all is lost save knowing Christ

Little John said He is precious by leaning on His bosom

So for a moment may I humbly testify?

CHORUS:

Did I mention that I love Him,

How I worship and adore Him?

When I can see no way, He makes a way

And did I mention He’s been faithful

To every promise He ever made me?

I love Him!

That’s all I want to say

verse2:

How many sermons can be preached about this Jesus?

How many songs can be sung about God’s Son?

There are not enough words, enough notes in the music

To tell the story of all the Savior has done

CHORUS:

Did I mention that I love Him,

How I worship and adore Him?

When I can see no way, He makes a way

And did I mention He’s been faithful

To every promise He ever made me?

I love Him!

That’s all I want to say

CHORUS AGAIN:

Did I mention He’s been faithful

To every promise He ever made me?

I love Him!

That’s all I want to say

I love Him, that’s all I want to say…

Get Together-The Youngbloods-1967

Love this song, recorded by the Youngbloods in 1967, although there are many other versions I think I like this one the best. The lead voice on this recording is amazing. I think this song is amazing also. Could almost be a gospel song. If I could just sing better I might attempt it. 

EVERYDAY PEOPLE

This song has always been a favorite of mine, sung by Sly & the Family Stone or later by Nicole C. Mullen. 






Everyday People

Sometimes I'm right, and I can be wrong,
My own beliefs are in my song,
the butcher, the banker, the drummer and then,
Makes no difference what group I'm in...

I'm everyday people, yeah, yeah

There is a blue one who can't accept the green one,
For living with a fat one trying to be a skinny one
And different strokes, for different folks,
And so on and so on and scooby dooby doo

Ooooh sha sha we got to live together

I am no better and neither are you,
We are the same whatever we do,
You love me, you hate me, you know me and then,
You can't figure out the bag I'm in...

I am everyday people, yeah, yeah

There is a long hair who doesn't like the short hair,
For being such a rich one that will not help the poor one,
And different strokes, for different folks,
And so on and so on and scooby dooby doo

Ooooh sha sha we got to live together

There is a yellow one that won't accept the black one
That won't accept the red one that won't accept the white one
And different strokes, for different folks
And so on and so on and scooby dooby doo

I am everyday people.....

What a Day That Will Be

A beautiful song I have always loved is "What a Day That Will Be". I always think of Herman Rossner singing this song. We used to go to a singing once a month at a little church in Taneyville and if Herman was there he always sang this.

What a Day That Will Be

There is coming a day
when no heartaches shall come,
No more clouds in the sky,  (thank you, Lord!)
no more tears to dim the eye;
All is peace forevermore
on that happy golden shore,
What a day glorious day that will be.

What a day that will be
when my Jesus I shall see,
And I look upon His face,
the One who saved me by His grace;
When He takes me by the hand,
and leads me through the Promised Land,
What a day, glorious day, that will be.

There'll be no sorrow there,
no more burdens to bear,
No more sickness, no pain,
no more parting over there;
And forever I will be
with the One who died for me,
What a day, glorious day, that will be.

What a day that will be
when my Jesus I shall see,
And I look upon His face,
the One who saved me by His grace;
When He takes me by the hand,
And leads me through the Promised Land,
What a day, glorious day, that will be.

Class of '57

Something today reminded me of this song, and I got to thinking about it. It is such a true song. Sung by the Statler Brothers. Although, I would have been in the "Class of 73" if I had graduated...Just insert whatever year YOU graduated...pretty much still says it all.

Class of 57

Tommy's selling used cars, Nancy's fixing hair

Harvey runs a grocery store and Margaret doesn't care

Jerry drives a truck for Sears and Charlotte's on the make

And Paul sells life insurance and part time real estate

Helen is a hostess, Frank works at the mill

Janet teaches grade school and prob'ly always will

Bob works for the city and Jack's in lab research

And Peggy plays organ at the Presbyterian Church

And the class of '57 had it's dreams

Oh, we all thought we'd change the world with our great works and deeds

Or maybe we just thought the world would change to fit our needs

The class of '57 had dreams

Betty runs a trailer park, Jan sells Tupperware

Randy's on an insane ward and Mary's on welfare

Charlie took a job with Ford and Joe took Freddie's wife

Charlotte took a millionaire and Freddie took his life.

John is big in cattle, Ray is deep in debt

Where Mavis finally wind up is anybody's bet

Linda married Sonny, Brenda married me

And the class of all of us is just a part of history

And the class of '57 had it's dreams

But living life day to day is never like it seems

Things get complicated when you get past eighteen

But the class of '57 had its dreams

Oh, the class of '57 had dreams

STAND BY ME

 This is the version I heard the Florida Boys sing, not to be confused with the pop song, Stand By Me. I like it too, though!

Stand By Me (Southern Gospel Florida Boys version)

When the storms of life are raging,
Stand by me, stand by me,
When the storms of life are raging,
Stand by me, stand by me,
When the world is tossing me,
Like a ship upon the sea,
Thou who rulest wind and water,
Stand by me, stand by me...

When I'm growing old and feeble,
Stand by me, stand by me,
When I'm growing old and feeble,
Stand by me, stand by me,
When my life becomes a burden,
And I'm nearing chilly Jordan,
Oh Thou Lily of the Valley,
Stand by me, stand by me......

Blessings

Blessings

We pray for blessings

We pray for peace

Comfort for family, protection while we sleep

We pray for healing, for prosperity

We pray for Your mighty hand to ease our suffering

All the while, You hear each spoken need

Yet love us way too much to give us lesser things

'Cause what if Your blessings come through raindrops

What if Your healing comes through tears

What if a thousand sleepless nights

Are what it takes to know You’re near

What if trials of this life are Your mercies in disguise

We pray for wisdom

Your voice to hear

And we cry in anger when we cannot feel You near

We doubt Your goodness, we doubt Your love

As if every promise from Your Word is not enough

All the while, You hear each desperate plea

And long that we'd have faith to believe

'Cause what if Your blessings come through raindrops

What if Your healing comes through tears

What if a thousand sleepless nights

Are what it takes to know You’re near

And what if trials of this life are Your mercies in disguise

When friends betray us

When darkness seems to win

We know that pain reminds this heart

That this is not, this is not our home

It's not our home

'Cause what if Your blessings come through raindrops

What if Your healing comes through tears

And what if a thousand sleepless nights

Are what it takes to know You’re near

What if my greatest disappointments

Or the aching of this life

Is the revealing of a greater thirst this world can’t satisfy

And what if trials of this life

The rain, the storms, the hardest nights

Are Your mercies in disguise