The Old Wooden Rocker-Doc Watson

[ti:The Old Wooden Rocker] [ar:Doc Watson] [al:Doc Watson At Gerdes Folk City] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Old Wooden Rocker - Doc Watson [00:04.80]There it stands by the fire with [00:07.87]It's back to the wall [00:09.81] [00:10.77]That old wooden rocker [00:13.15]So stately and tall [00:15.27] [00:16.34]With naught to disturb [00:19.09]It but dusting of broom [00:20.96] [00:21.90]And no one to use [00:23.79]It in that parlor room [00:26.54] [00:28.40]As she sat by the fire [00:31.13]She would rock rock rock [00:33.12] [00:33.74]And she heard but the tick [00:35.92] [00:36.50]Of the old grand clock [00:39.24]Eighty years has she sat in that chair [00:43.42]Grim and tall [00:44.09] [00:45.36]That old wooden rocker [00:47.13] [00:47.98]That stands by the wall [00:50.08] [00:52.21]How well I still remember [00:55.02]In days that are gone by [00:57.02] [00:57.84]How we stood by that rocker [01:00.63]My sister and I [01:02.70] [01:03.38]And we'd listened to the stories [01:06.54]That grandma would tell [01:07.94] [01:08.63]As she sat in the rocker [01:11.28]That we all loved so well [01:13.92] [01:15.60]If the chair could but speak [01:18.45]Oh the tales it would tell [01:20.38] [01:21.10]How my poor aged grandpa in his battle fell [01:26.30] [01:26.92]'Neath the stars and the stripes [01:29.54]He fought bravely and true [01:31.46] [01:32.46]He cherished his freedom 'neath [01:35.54]The red white and blue [01:37.64] [01:38.99]As she sat by the fire [01:41.93]She would rock rock rock [01:44.03] [01:44.64]And she heard but [01:46.54]The tick of the old grand clock [01:50.17]Eighty years has she sat in that chair [01:54.27]Grim and tall [01:55.13] [01:56.10]That old wooden rocker [01:58.27] [01:58.80]That stands by the wall [02:01.58] [02:07.18]Now grandma is dead [02:09.59]All the stories are done [02:11.77] [02:12.66]All the children have followed her [02:15.92]Yes one by one [02:17.60] [02:18.22]They have all gone to meet her [02:20.29] [02:20.87]In the sweet by and by [02:22.58] [02:23.75]And all that is left is my sister and I [02:28.89] [02:30.57]As she sat by the fire [02:33.27]She would rock rock rock [02:35.97]And she heard but [02:37.93]The tick of the old grand clock [02:41.44]Eighty years has she sat in [02:44.59]That chair grim and tall [02:46.47] [02:47.19]That old wooden rocker [02:49.43] [02:50.38]That stands by the wall