The Old Kelly Place
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I guess there was a time I could have left this old place
As a young man I longed to see more than fields of corn
I remember once I had a hundred dollars saved
But dad needed it to put it on this old farm
He used to say, "Son, you got to put down roots
Like I had done and the Kelly's before me"
He'd pick up a handful of that wore out dirt
And now I knowed I was in for this familiar old story
You know that 40 acres we got in corn this year
Your great-granddaddy cleared that land
With two big mules and sweat with tears
And a good woman who lend him a hand
And when he give out before his time
Then boys of his had land of their own
So you see all of this that I call mine
Is more in the neighborhood of just a loan
From father to son, through a hundred years
For generations still unknown
Every Kelly passin' through this way will know this place as home
Yet dad had a way of tellin' that story
It sorta kept me a-lingerin' on
While all my younger brothers drifted away one by one
But I couldn't leave him alone
And today, when that oldest son of mine
Got to talkin' about places he longed to see
I told him once again that old, familiar story
Just the way it was told to me
From father to son, through a hundred years
For generations still unknown
Every Kelly passin' through this way will know this place as home
As a young man I longed to see more than fields of corn
I remember once I had a hundred dollars saved
But dad needed it to put it on this old farm
He used to say, "Son, you got to put down roots
Like I had done and the Kelly's before me"
He'd pick up a handful of that wore out dirt
And now I knowed I was in for this familiar old story
You know that 40 acres we got in corn this year
Your great-granddaddy cleared that land
With two big mules and sweat with tears
And a good woman who lend him a hand
And when he give out before his time
Then boys of his had land of their own
So you see all of this that I call mine
Is more in the neighborhood of just a loan
From father to son, through a hundred years
For generations still unknown
Every Kelly passin' through this way will know this place as home
Yet dad had a way of tellin' that story
It sorta kept me a-lingerin' on
While all my younger brothers drifted away one by one
But I couldn't leave him alone
And today, when that oldest son of mine
Got to talkin' about places he longed to see
I told him once again that old, familiar story
Just the way it was told to me
From father to son, through a hundred years
For generations still unknown
Every Kelly passin' through this way will know this place as home
โฑ๏ธ Synced Lyrics
[00:05.56] I guess there was a time I could have left this old place
[00:09.36] As a young man I longed to see more than fields of corn
[00:14.13] I remember once I had a hundred dollars saved
[00:18.44] But dad needed it to put it on this old farm
[00:22.70] He used to say, "Son, you got to put down roots
[00:27.08] Like I had done and the Kelly's before me"
[00:30.84] He'd pick up a handful of that wore out dirt
[00:34.69] And now I knowed I was in for this familiar old story
[00:39.93] You know that 40 acres we got in corn this year
[00:44.38] Your great-granddaddy cleared that land
[00:48.61] With two big mules and sweat with tears
[00:53.26] And a good woman who lend him a hand
[00:57.35] And when he give out before his time
[01:01.56] Then boys of his had land of their own
[01:06.02] So you see all of this that I call mine
[01:09.35] Is more in the neighborhood of just a loan
[01:14.13] From father to son, through a hundred years
[01:18.62] For generations still unknown
[01:23.04] Every Kelly passin' through this way will know this place as home
[01:34.20] Yet dad had a way of tellin' that story
[01:37.70] It sorta kept me a-lingerin' on
[01:42.91] While all my younger brothers drifted away one by one
[01:47.92] But I couldn't leave him alone
[01:51.83] And today, when that oldest son of mine
[01:56.29] Got to talkin' about places he longed to see
[02:00.88] I told him once again that old, familiar story
[02:05.57] Just the way it was told to me
[02:08.85] From father to son, through a hundred years
[02:13.40] For generations still unknown
[02:17.84] Every Kelly passin' through this way will know this place as home
[02:27.95]
[00:09.36] As a young man I longed to see more than fields of corn
[00:14.13] I remember once I had a hundred dollars saved
[00:18.44] But dad needed it to put it on this old farm
[00:22.70] He used to say, "Son, you got to put down roots
[00:27.08] Like I had done and the Kelly's before me"
[00:30.84] He'd pick up a handful of that wore out dirt
[00:34.69] And now I knowed I was in for this familiar old story
[00:39.93] You know that 40 acres we got in corn this year
[00:44.38] Your great-granddaddy cleared that land
[00:48.61] With two big mules and sweat with tears
[00:53.26] And a good woman who lend him a hand
[00:57.35] And when he give out before his time
[01:01.56] Then boys of his had land of their own
[01:06.02] So you see all of this that I call mine
[01:09.35] Is more in the neighborhood of just a loan
[01:14.13] From father to son, through a hundred years
[01:18.62] For generations still unknown
[01:23.04] Every Kelly passin' through this way will know this place as home
[01:34.20] Yet dad had a way of tellin' that story
[01:37.70] It sorta kept me a-lingerin' on
[01:42.91] While all my younger brothers drifted away one by one
[01:47.92] But I couldn't leave him alone
[01:51.83] And today, when that oldest son of mine
[01:56.29] Got to talkin' about places he longed to see
[02:00.88] I told him once again that old, familiar story
[02:05.57] Just the way it was told to me
[02:08.85] From father to son, through a hundred years
[02:13.40] For generations still unknown
[02:17.84] Every Kelly passin' through this way will know this place as home
[02:27.95]