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"Old and only in the way"
Composer - L.T. Billings
Lyricist - P.J. Downey
sheet music published 1880 by T.B. Harms & Co., NY

A sentiment we can all identify with, first recorded by Fiddlin' John Carson in 1924 and 1927, and later recorded by Charlie Poole's North Carolina Ramblers in 1928. We have corrected Charlie Poole's sometimes garbled text with the original published words and added a harmony vocal to the refrain.

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When you walk along the street
How often times you'll meet
Some poor old man whose life is fraught with woe.
His back with age is bent
In his pocket not a cent
And for shelter he has nowhere to go

His relations by the score
They'll turn him from the door
If they'll meet him on the street, they'll pass him by
If you ask them why they do
They'll answer you and say,
"He is poor, he's old, and only in the way"

Now let us cheer them on
They won't be with us long
Don't quarrel with them because they're old and grey
For remember while you're young
Old age to you will come
You'll be old and grey and only in the way

There was a time, I hear
When youth was not so queer
But since that time there's been an awful change.
Young men of strength and might
Their parents they would strike
If it happens every day, it's nothing strange.

Take this poor wreck of toil:
His children he did spoil
For death ofttimes I'm sure he did pray
Himself and faithful wife, after toiling all their lives
To find they're old and only in the way.

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from heart​-​songs, released November 4, 2020
Donna Stewart, vocals
Ron Andrico, guitar, mandolin, vocals
arranged by Donna Stewart & Ron Andrico

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these old songs tell the stories of people's lives.
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