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Dale Ann Bradley Cumberland River Dreams The Rockin' Chair It isn't much to look at Standing by the fireplace Down the hall from my room Where I can always see The arms are worn, the seat is frey Seems it's always been that way That rockin' chair, that's as old as me Daddy carved the arms from solid oak And made a cane bottom seat You know he gave it to my momma On the day that I was born He said he was so proud to have a child And I would always be the one To help momma if he were ever gone. You know I heard my momma Sing her songs As she rocked her babies One by one In that chair that was as old as me And I heard her praying every night Lord give me strength to raise 'em right She had the strength Just like that old oak tree That made the rockin' chair That was as old as me Sometimes when I was asleep I'd wake to hear those runners creak On that hard wood floor While momma would sing alone And as a child it always eased my mind To hear momma sing in time After her working day was done. Well I heard her laugh, I heard her cry On the day that my daddy died She rocked in that chair Her rocked there all alone And when I ran to her with open arms She said no, don't you be alarmed Cus daddy gave us the strength To carry on You see your daddy picked That big oak tree When he found out you were a part of me Oh he's left us something special He'd want us to believe And even though he's not around We can draw our strength Up through the ground Just like he did When he turned that old oak tree Into this rockin' chair He made for you and me Well mom and me, we got by And when times were hard We'd always try to Remember what dad could always see And now I have a family of my own And I told them just how I've grown From this rockin' chair That's as old as me I can still hear momma Sing her songs As I rock my babies One by one In this chair that's as old as me And I'm still praying every night Lord give me strength to raise 'em right Like you did when you turned That old oak tree Into this rockin' chair That's as old as me Oh this rockin' chair will always be A part of me |
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