Rosalee-Grandpa Jones

[ti:Rosalee] [ar:Grandpa Jones] [al:Sings Real Folk Songs] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Rosalee - Grandpa Jones [00:08.79]Way down in old Kentucky state was many years ago [00:12.96]I used to hunt the 'possum and the 'coon [00:16.52] [00:17.37]The old folks they would gather 'round and have a merry day [00:21.39]While the fiddles and the banjos were in tune [00:24.87] [00:25.76]I'll never never see again those happy days of yore [00:29.98]And the little gods' rolling on the green [00:33.27] [00:34.12]The old folks and my Rosalee a-sittin' round the door [00:38.03]Of my little old log cabin by the stream [00:41.97] [00:42.60]Then hang up the fiddle and the banjo on the wall [00:46.30] [00:46.91]Lay way the beating tamborine [00:50.03] [00:50.59]Angels called away my Rosalee the sweetest flower of all [00:54.96]From my little old log cabin by the stream [00:58.81] [01:07.63]The little cabin's empty now and the river's rolling on [01:11.78]And the willows wave above my Rosalee [01:15.43] [01:16.03]I sit beside her lonesome grave and cry because she's gone [01:20.40]And wish I had her back again with me [01:23.91] [01:24.57]I know that in a better land I'll find my Rosalee [01:28.78]I see her with the angels in my dream [01:32.24] [01:33.03]She'll be among that angel faire that comes to carry me [01:36.85]From my little old log cabin by the stream [01:40.63] [01:41.42]Then hang up the fiddle and the banjo on the wall [01:45.29] [01:45.86]Lay way the beating tamborine [01:48.95] [01:49.59]Angels called away my Rosalee the sweetest flower of all [01:53.91]From my little old log cabin by the stream