Willie And Laura Mae Jones-Mel Tormé

[00:15.92]Willie & Laura Mae Jones [00:18.32]Were our neighbours a long time back [00:20.17]They lived right down the road from us [00:24.35]In a shack just like our shack [00:26.33]The people worked the land together [00:29.04]And we learned to count on each other [00:31.31]When you live off the land [00:34.29]You don't have the time to think about another man's colour [00:37.67]The cotton was high and the corn was growing fine [00:47.41]But that was another place and another time [00:49.63]Sit out on the front porch [00:52.17]In the evening when the sun went down [00:55.48]Willie would play and the kids would sing [00:57.98]And everybody would mess around [01:01.48]Daddy'd bring out his guitar [01:04.41]And play on through the night [01:07.44]Every now and then ol' Willie would grin and say [01:09.88]"Hey, you play all right" [01:13.18]Made me feel so good [01:16.44]I remember the best times of all [01:19.93]When Saturday came around [01:22.20]We all would stop by Willie's house and say [01:26.80]"Do y'all need anything from town?" [01:28.40]He'd say "No, but why don't y'all stop on the way back through? [01:34.16]And I'll get Laura Mae, yeah, to cook up some barbecue" [01:40.08]And you know that's good [01:41.66]The cotton was high and the corn was growing fine, yes it was [01:50.40]But that was another place and another time [02:06.37]Oh, the years rolled past the land [02:08.89]And took back what they'd given [02:11.81]We all knew we had to move [02:15.53]If we were gonna make a living [02:17.84]So we all moved off [02:20.74]And went about our separate ways [02:23.55]It sure was hard to say goodbye [02:31.21]The cotton was high and the corn was growing fine [02:34.21]To willie and laura mae (jones), oh yeah [02:37.21]But that was another place and another time [02:42.21]The cotton was high and the corn was growing fine