Old Folks 1938

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A popular song from 1938 • Words by Dedette Lee Hill • Music by Willard Robison • Lyrics • 1. Everyone knows him as old folks • Like the seasons he’ll come and he’ll go • Just as free as a bird and as good as his word • That’s why everybody loves him so • Always leavin’ his spoon in his coffee • Puts his napkin up under his chin • And that yellow cob pipe • It’s so mellow it’s ripe • But you needn’t be ashamed of him • In the evening, after supper • What stories he would tell • How he held the speech at Gettysburg • For Lincoln that day • I know that one so well • Don’t quite understand about old folks • Did he fight for the blue or the gray? • For he’s so diplomatic and so democratic • We always let him have his way • 2. We always know where to find old folks • When there’s some little chore he can do • At the old liv’ry stable, whenever he’s able • Pitchin’ the shoes with lawd know who • Then he meets the late train at the station • Sits and whittles when it’s overdue • While they’re sortin’ the mail • Every night without fail • He’s sneakin’ a little nip or two • Every Friday he’ll go fishin’ • ‘Way down on Buzzards Lake • But he only hooks a perch or two • A whale got away • So we warm up the steak • Oh, some day there’ll be no more old folks • What a lonely old town this will be • Children’s voices at play will be stilled for a day • The day that they take old folks away • (Seems that I’ve heard some mention • He lives on a pension • He’ll never come right out and say) • ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- • Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein. • Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne. • Get the sheet music and MIDI at: • https://www.sheetmusicsinger.com/old-...

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