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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
John Denver
Vocals
Paul Griffin
Piano
Stan Free
Piano
Herb Lovelle
Drums
Ted Sommer
Drums
Paul Prestopino
Mandolin
Russ Savakus
Bass
Richard Romoff
Bass
Ray Alonge
French Horn
Al Richmond
French Horn
Richard Berg
French Horn
Marvin Stamm
Trumpet
Johnny Glasel
Trumpet
George Marge
Flute
Max Polikoff
Violin
Emanuel Green
Violin
Sylvan Shulman
Violin
Tommy Goodman
Performer
George Ockner
Violin
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Jerry Jeff Walker
Songwriter
John Denver
Arranger
Milton Okun
Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Milton Okun
Producer
Jim Crotty
Recording Engineer
John Woram
Recording Engineer
Jean Goldhirsch
Assistant Producer
Lyrics
This song was first released on the Rhymes and Reasons album. It is the only album it has been released on.
(These words are incorrect at this time)
My old man had a round of soul
He'd hear an old freight train
Then he'd have to go
Said he'd been blessed with a gypsy bone
That's the reason they guessed
He'd been cursed to roam
Came into town back before the war
Didn't even know what it
Was he was looking for
He carried a tattered bag for his violin
It was full of lots of songs
Of places he had been
He talked real easy
Had a smiling way to pass abn^. to you
When his fiddle played
Making people drop their cares and woes
To hum out loud those tunes
That his fiddle howed
Till the people there began to join that sound
And everyone in town was
Laughing, singing, dancing round
Like the fiddlers tune was
All the years that passed
That love would keep them warm
All their lives they'd share
A dream come true
All because she danced while his fiddle tuned
My old man had a round of soul
He'd hear an old freight train
Then he'd have to go
All that I recall said when I was young
No one else could really
Sing those songs he sung
Words and Music by Walker
Writer(s): Jerry Jeff Walker
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