Have you ever been awaken by the crowing of a rooster
While the night do still heavy on the ground
And the voice of Uncle Ben seems to break the morning silence
Bringing light to windows all around
It’s time to rise and shine start another hard work day
Get the cows in and start the milking chores
It’s nice to think about it maybe even visit but I wonder could I live there
anymore
Something bout the smell of cornbread cooking on a wood stove
Seems to bring a picture to my mind
Of a little three room house with mama in the kitchen
But she can’t stop to talk ain’t got the time
She’s a fixing dad his supper he’s a working over time
Trying to pay our bill at the grocery store
It’s nice to think about it maybe even visit but I wonder could I live there
anymore
As I think about my childhood and of my old hometown
I don’t really miss 'em like before
It’s nice to think about it maybe even visit but I wonder could I live there
anymore
There is so much musical talent out there and Charlie Pride is right there with the best of them. Many in the music field have given us great music and a legacy of their talent to enjoy. Love this song, just can't hear it enough and I play it often.
Have you ever been awakened
By the crowing of a rooster
While the night's dew is still heavy on the ground
And the voice of Uncle Ben
Seems to break the morning's silence
Bringing lights to windows all around
Well it's time to rise and shine
And start another hard workday
And get the cows in and start the milking chores
It's nice to think about it, maybe even visit it
But I wonder could I live there anymore
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Something 'bout the smell of cornbread
Cooking on a wood stove
Seems to bring a picture to my mind
Of a little three room house with mama in the kitchen
But she can't stop to talk, ain't got the time
She's a fixing daddy's supper, he's a 'working overtime
Trying to pay our bill at the grocery store
It's nice to think about it, maybe even visit it
But I wonder could I live there anymore
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As I think about my childhood
And of my old hometown
I don't really miss them like before
It's nice to think about it, maybe even visit it
But I wonder could I live there anymore.....
This great song was written after a vacation trip songwriter Bill Rice took to his hometown, in the summer months of 1969, and was recorded by Country Charlie Pride in 1970. :-)
I know Charley didn't write the song but he well could have. Today's country stars can't honestly sing about humble beginnings and working their way to the top from obscuerity
ha...I do still live there...on the old family farm, in the same house my grandpa and grandma lived in. I have roosters that wake me up every morning. One that comes to the back porch to roost at night and so every morning he awakens me with his crowing. I love to hear his 4 AM crow. I have a whole back yard full of farm birds. I cannot imagine living anywhere else. The city? Not for me.
I got to say this I have listen to Charlie Pride most of my life and I am huge fan he came from Humble beginnings and became one of the biggest names in country music but today him and all that great other Legends don't get hardly any air time cuz everybody wants to hear this new stuff I like mine legendary country music God bless all the great Legends
