Short Stories/Song Lyrics

01 - Grandma's Song

~song lyrics~

Come a lou, come a lou, come a hi-lo. Come down the merry stream. Come a ram tam tam and a dippy dippy dow. Hear the bow! the bow-wow-wow, the bugle horn, the big fi diddle and the hidey-ho! Through the woods we're gonna roam, boys. Through the woods we're gonna roam. First thing I saw was a blind man blind as he could be. He said he saw Corina while sitting in the tallest tree. Come a lou, come a lou, come a hi-lo. Come down the merry stream. Come a ram tam tam and a dippy dippy dow. Hear the bow! The bow-wow-wow, the bugle horn, the big fi diddle and the hidey-ho! Through the wood we're gonna roam, boys. through the woods we're gonna roam.

All along the old back road, people stop to talk at her garden gates while inside the family cried all through the night 'cause the old woman had passed away. I loved her so and oh she was a special one. The lovely lady had a gentle old soul. And she taught me to sing an old folk song that has a melody of 100 years ago. And she sang "come a lou, come a lou, come a hi-lo. Come down the merry stream..." I'm remembering. Those memories have given me so much. She wore her age so gracefully. And there was not a living thing that she did not love and I pray that there's a little of her in me.

Oklahoma in the summertime. In a rocking chair, she's sitting on the porch. While the hounds are howling through the hot, black night, well that fox is running like he never has before. When you hear the melody and when I play my song, every note you hear from me, she's singing right along! And she sang "come a lou, come a lou, come a hi-lo. come down the merry stream..." I'm remembering. All along the old back road, people stop to talk at her garden gates while inside the family cried all through the night. Did you hear that old Missus Witten has passed away today?

Come a lou, come a lou, come a hi-lo. Come down the merry stream. Come a ram tam tam and a dippy dippy dow. Hear the row! The bow-wow-wow, the bugle horn, the big fi diddle and the hidey-ho! Through the woods we're gonna roam, boys. Through the woods we're gonna roam.

Come a lou, come a lou, come a hi-lo. Come down the merry stream. Come a ram tam tam and a dippy dippy dow. Hear the row! the bow-wow-wow, the bugle horn, the big fi diddle and the hidey-ho! Through the woods we're gonna roam, boys. Through the woods we're gonna roam.

//song by: Gail Davies. She wrote this song because her grandmother (who originally thought of the song) had passed away, hence why she says "the old woman has passed away." It's hinting towards her grandmother.

word count: 502 words.