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Sweet KY Mts.
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Hardley Parton hangs around the campfire and plays one of his personal favorites for all his friends. 'Sweet KY Mts' is an up-tempo bluegrass romp sure to have you tappin' your toes and singin' along!
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Hardley Parton Brings you his CD/EP 'Hardley Parton : Partly Hardened' Solo work on tenor guitar and vocals.
Hardley Parton (formerly of The Turkies Dunn)strikes out on his own with the EP/CD:'Hardley Parton - Partly Hardened'
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Genre
Country • Bluegrass
Charts
#652 in subgenre Peak #10
Charts
Peak #109
Author
Hardley Parton
Rights
Hardley Music 2004
Uploaded
September 02, 2004
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MP3 5.8 MB • 128 kbps • 6:18
Story behind the song
This song was inspired by the red-head from kentucky who stole my heart and broke it to pieces on her way out the door.
Lyrics
Chorus: In the sweet Kentucky Mountains, there's a lover I left behind Now I'm goin' home to find her, and ask her if she'll be kind... I was a rambler when I was younger and they told me all around my town "Boy, you can't stay young forever' someday you will have to settle down." And there was work for me waitin'in the quarry But I couldn't bring myself to sign on 'Cause that slavin' life just wasn't for me I had to keep a ramblin' on And I remember when mama told me "Son your love won't pay the rent" Now I'm comin' home from the city All my money's been spent (Chorus) It was a Sunday when I first met her She was all gussied in her ribbons and curls When she looked at me Green eyed and smilin' I knew I had to give this girl a whirl She was a red haired southern beauty Standin' barefoot in her Sunday best And with that fire in her eyes burnin' through me I knew I couldn't put my heart to rest So I said "Lady, where you been hidin'? Can we go strollin' for an hour or two?" And in the sweet hills of Kentucky We went rollin' in the mountain dew... (Solo) But there were bright lights waitin in the valley I could see them from way up in the hills And I knew the time had come for me to get movin' Down to the city to try to find my fill But after three years of poundin' pavement I find myself so lonely and destitute That I know the time has come again for me to get movin' Back to the hills to try to find my roots And I remember when momma told me "Son, your love won't pay the rent" Now I'm comin' home from the city All my money's been spent (Chorus) When I found her she was a lyin' In the grass, Lord, with my child And when they looked up at me green eyed and smilin' Once again my heart was beatin' wild... Yeah in the sweet Kentucky mountains There's a lover who's mine all mine and I'll stay with her here forever At least until the end of our time, at least until the end of our time I'm stuck here 'til the end of all time!
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