In My Dear Old Southern Home

from Bowling Green by Alice Gerrard & Mike Seeger

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(Jimmie Rodgers/Ellsworth Cozzen) We learned our version from the Monroe Brothers, Bill & Charlie.


Recorded at a concert in Hakodate, Japan in 1970

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In my dear old southern home
I was happy as I could be
Where the mocking birds sing at night while I rest
In the little old log cabin by the sea.
(yodel)

There was mother and dear old dad
When I left I know it made them sad
So I'm going back to that dear old shack
Where I spent my happy days as a lad.
(yodel)

Goodbye friends I'm leaving today
Goodbye friends I'm going away
I'll be happy as can be by my dear old mother's knee
In that little old log cabin by the sea.
(yodel)

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from Bowling Green, released January 1, 2008
Vocal duet
Mike-mandolin
Alice-guitar

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Alice Gerrard Durham, North Carolina

A singer and songwriter, Alice’s recordings with Hazel Dickens during the 1960s and ’70s influenced a generation of women musicians from Laurie Lewis to the Judds. Nominated for a Grammy in 2015, she was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Assoc. Hall of Fame in 2017. A documentary film about Alice, "You Gave Me a Song" premiered at the Full Frame Independent Film Festival in 2019. ... more

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