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Our Family Tree
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The apple never falls too far from a Family Tree.
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Vermont singer/songwriter; transplanted from the plains of Colorado over forty-five years ago.
Singer/songwriter living in Vermont's Northeast Kingdom with strong connections to the plains of Colorado, my childhood home.
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Genre
Country • Rockabilly
Charts
#148 in subgenre Peak #6
Charts
Peak #52
Author
Dwight Lakey
Rights
Brown Barn Publishing and Dwight Lakey
Uploaded
December 04, 2010
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MP3 2.8 MB • 128 kbps • 3:01
Story behind the song
Another of my fictional tunes; dang, I'm glad I'm not actually living the life I'm singing about! Bits of reality sewn together with some imagination and lyrical license...
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OUR FAMILY TREE By Dwight Lakey Intro Verse 1 Our family tree spans centuries With a bunch of fancy names from overseas There's a Capulet who got married to a Montegue Our tree's in West Virgini-a We've got Hatfields and McCoys livin' there today With kin like that, I shouldn't have to give you a clue Chorus The apple never falls too far from Our Family Tree Daddy passed his tartness on to my brothers and me Grampy was a cuss who wouldn't be outdone I see his stubborn streak in my new grandson The apple never falls too far from Our Family Tree Bridge The branches come together once or twice a year With coolers full of ice, soda pop and beer The food is always spicy; the jokes are always racy and crude As evening comes along, attitudes collide The kids, sensin' trouble, gather up and hide Instead of a reunion, ours is called a a family feud Chorus The apple never falls too far from Our Family Tree Daddy passed his tartness on to my brothers and me Grampy was a cuss who wouldn't be outdone I see his stubborn streak in my new grandson The apple never falls too far from Our Family Tree Solo (over Bridge) ... Instead of a a reunion, ours is called a family feud Verse 2 Our Family Tree's seen drought and hail It never would have grown being weak and frail There's tough stuff bred in every fork and bough Our tree is rooted deep in God's good Earth It's swayin' in the wind but for what it's worth I'm bettin' that we're standin' strong generations from now Chorus The apple never falls too far from Our Family Tree Daddy passed his tartness on to my brothers and me Grampy was a cuss who wouldn't be outdone I see his stubborn streak in my new grandson The apple never falls too far from Our Family Tree Slowly The apple never falls too far from Our Family Tree
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