The Mandolin Song-Rosenshontz

[ti:The Mandolin Song] [ar:Rosenshontz] [al:Share It!] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Mandolin Song - Rosenshontz [00:16.44]I remember when I was a little boy [00:20.46]At home on a rainy day [00:23.41] [00:24.06]My father would go and he's look in his room [00:27.92]And bring out his music to play [00:31.64]He'd open his case and play us a tune [00:35.81]For me and the family [00:39.30]And the sound was so clear and full of life [00:43.63]As I played a harmony [00:47.10] [00:49.09]He played polkas and jigs a two step and more [00:53.18]He played them with style and finesse [00:56.15] [00:57.12]But when it came time for a viennesse waltz [01:01.00]I knew then that's what he loved best [01:03.97] [01:04.61]He'd pick it and dance it and play it again [01:08.83]He'd sing us a serenade [01:12.48]And the rain was the rhythm that faded away [01:16.64]And left us a sunny day [01:20.14]Yes when my dad played the mandolin [01:24.04]You could almost hear the orchestra play [01:28.28]When my dad played the mandolin [01:31.35] [01:32.09]A waltz is what he played [01:35.74]Yes when my dad played the mandolin [01:39.58]You could almost hear the orchestra play [01:43.88]When my dad played the mandolin [01:46.78] [01:47.59]A waltz is what he played [01:50.84] [01:57.61]Now I am grown I live on my own [02:01.23]I'm home on a rainy day [02:04.20] [02:04.95]I thought of old times so I called up my dad [02:08.65]Long distance 'cause I wanted to say [02:12.13]I've been thinking about you and those good old songs [02:16.47]The ones we used to know [02:19.18] [02:19.89]Well he said [02:21.19] [02:21.84]I put the mandolin down [02:23.54] [02:24.12]More than a year ago [02:26.95] [02:29.76]Now it's taken me years to finally know [02:33.58]The gift of that rainy day [02:37.09]When my father would go and he'd look in his room [02:41.19]And bring out his music to play [02:44.67]He'd be playin' a tune so sweet and so free [02:48.87]As I sat there and followed along [02:51.81] [02:52.63]Now I give back to him what he gave to me than [02:56.10] [02:56.63]He gave to me a song [02:59.19] [03:00.06]Yes when my dad played the mandolin [03:03.29] [03:03.84]You could almost hear the orchestra play [03:07.96]When my dad played the mandolin [03:11.12] [03:11.73]A waltz is what he played [03:15.39]Yes when my dad played the mandolin [03:19.13]You could almost hear the orchestra play [03:23.46]When my dad played the mandolin [03:26.42] [03:26.96]A waltz is what he played [03:30.12] [03:30.73]La la la la la la la la la la [03:34.96]La la la la la la la la la la [03:38.50]La la la la la la la la la la [03:42.45]La la la la la la la la la la [03:46.33]La la la la la la la la la la [03:53.68]La la la la la la la la la la [03:59.66]La la la la la la la la la la [04:05.76]La la la la la la la la la la [04:12.55]La la la la la la la la la la [04:17.62] [04:18.24]La la la la la la la la la la