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Zeb nuts Johnson
Apr 21, 2012, 10:27:45 PM4/21/12
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Story Behind The Song
Y'all Come?
by Arleigh Duff
"I was coaching basketball and staying with my Grandma. One Sunday
afternoon, this old lady came to visit in a flat bed truck. I was lying
in the porch swing listening to their conversation. (Picture this old
house that was never painted. Dogs on the porch.) As the old lady
started to leave, before she finally crawled into that flat bed truck,
she said 'Y'all come' seventeen times. I just knew there had to be a
song there somewheres. I accidentally wrote it, and it turned out to be
a standard.
—Arleigh Duff
Y'all Come
When you live in the country, everybody is your neighbour On this one
thing you can rely
They'll all come to see you and never, ever leave you Say, "You all come
to see us by and by." Y'all come! Y'all come!
You all come to see us now and then
Y'all come! Y'all come!
You all come to see us when you can.
Kinfolks a-comin', they're comin' by the dozen Eatin' everything from
soup to hay
And right after dinner, they ain't lookin' any thinner And here's what
you hear them say: Grandmaw's a-wishin' they'd come to the kitchen
And help do all the dishes right away
But they all start a-leavin', even though she's grievin' You can still
hear Grandmaw say:
Story Behind The Song
Y'all Come?
by Arleigh Duff
"I was coaching basketball and staying with my Grandma. One Sunday
afternoon, this old lady came to visit in a flat bed truck. I was lying
in the porch swing listening to their conversation. (Picture this old
house that was never painted. Dogs on the porch.) As the old lady
started to leave, before she finally crawled into that flat bed truck,
she said 'Y'all come' seventeen times. I just knew there had to be a
song there somewheres. I accidentally wrote it, and it turned out to be
a standard.
—Arleigh Duff
Y'all Come
When you live in the country, everybody is your neighbour On this one
thing you can rely
They'll all come to see you and never, ever leave you Say, "You all come
to see us by and by." Y'all come! Y'all come!
You all come to see us now and then
Y'all come! Y'all come!
You all come to see us when you can.
Kinfolks a-comin', they're comin' by the dozen Eatin' everything from
soup to hay
And right after dinner, they ain't lookin' any thinner And here's what
you hear them say: Grandmaw's a-wishin' they'd come to the kitchen
And help do all the dishes right away
But they all start a-leavin', even though she's grievin' You can still
hear Grandmaw say:
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