Luyện nghe bài hát Daddy Was A God Fearin' Man

By Allan Coe

USED TO GO WITH MY GRANDPA UP TO THE TOWN SQUARE, SET HIM DOWN UP THERE ON A PICNIC BENCH AND HE USED TO PLAY CHECKERS WITH THEM OTHER OLD MEN UP THERE. THEY USED TO TELL STORIES BOUT WHEN THEY WERE KIDS. GRANDPA SAYS HE SHOT THE CHIEF OF POLICE WHEN HE WAS NINE YEARS OLD. N' I BELIEVE HIM, CAUSE THEY TELL ME THAT HAZARD, KENTUCKY'S THE BALDEST PLACE IN THE WORLD. WHY, THEY SAY THEY USED TO SIT OUT THERE ON THERE FRONT PORCH, SHOOT REVENUERS WHEN THEY'D COME DOWN THE HOLLOW. SAID THEY WAS SO YOUNG, TOOK TWO O' THEM BOYS TO HOLD THE RIFLE AND ONE TO PULL THE TRIGGER, HYMN! WELL, GRANDPA , HE'D LIE A LITTLE BIT, BUT I'LL TELL YOU, THERE'S A LOT OF STORIES IN HARLAN COUNTY.

YEA, IN HARLAN COUNTY, LORD, THEY KNEW THAT WE WERE POOR
THEY ALWAYS CALLED MY PREACHER DAN
BUT DADDY WEREN'T NO PREACHER, LEAST WAYS I DON'T
NEVER HEAR OF POPPA OF NOTHING' BUT THE LAND

AND WAS A GOD FEARING' FARMER YES HE WAS
COULD NOT READ NOR WRITE, LORD, HE COULD BARLEY SPELL HIS
DADDY WAS A GOD FEARING' FARMER ALL HIS
WHEN IM GROWN ILL BE THE SAME.

WELL HE ALWAYS GREW TOBACCO THOUGH HE DID NOT HIMSELF
HE HAD THE TOBACCO CROP AROUND
AND HE TOUCHED A DROP OF LIQUOR THAT I CAN RECALL
MADE HIS LIVING' ON THE GROUND.

YES SUNDAY-GO-TO-MEETING' CALLED FOR MORE HE COULD STAND
I GUESS HE FELT AT IN HIS OLD CLOTHES
BUT HE NEVER MISSED A SUNDAY MOMMA TO THE CHURCH
IT WAS HABIT, LORDS, BUT HEAVEN ONLY KNOWS
YEA, FOLKS IN HARLAN COUNTY, LORD, THEY THAT WE WERE POOR
THEY ALWAYS CALLED MY DADDY DAN
BUT DADDY WEREN'T NO PREACHER, LEAST I DON'T RECOLLECT
NEVER OF GRANDPA TALK OF NOTHING' BUT THE LAND