O Kentucky
words/music: Mark Melloan*Chorus 1:
O Kentucky, my sweet home,Roll all around me, but lay down below
my traveling road, make it sure, make it strong,
May the life that I'm living be happy and long,
where thoroughbreds fly on rolling blue hills,
The kids play outside, The music sounds real
Verse 1:
Granddaddy reaps his own harvestand eats his own corn,
He used to knock down his own lumber
to keep the house warm,
But he lost his wife to the cancer before I was born,
He says he'll meet her again on the day of the Lord
Chorus 2:
O Kentucky, our sweet home,Roll all around me, but lay down below
my traveling road, make it sure, make it strong,
May the life that I'm living be happy and long
Verse 2:
Plant, sow, and harvest in between hillswhere the steeples compete with the great bourbon mills
for the spirits of men, the spirits of men
Theme 1:
The sun shines bright on my old Kentucky home,It's summer, the children are glad,
By and by, hard times come a'knocking at the door
while the guitars make music out back,
Cry no more now, baby, oh cry no more today,
We will sing one song for the Kentucky home,
for the old Kentucky home far away,
Cry no more now, baby, oh cry no more today,
We will sing one song for the Kentucky home,
for the old Kentucky home far away
Bridge:
O Kentucky, O Kentucky, O Kentucky, YeahTheme 2:
This is my story, This is my song,Sing hallelujah, This feels like home
*"My Old Kentucky Home,"
Stephen Foster, 1853
"Blessed Assurance,"
Phoebe Knapp, Fanny Crosby, 1873
