Dream Awhile

This song was recorded while we sang to a woman in her home who was terminally ill.  This is also a camp song that I learned at camp.  I also remember my parents teaching/singing it with us in the car.  My daughter's also sang it at their dad's funeral. This is absolutely one of my very favorite songs. 

Dream Awhile, Key of D, me w/daughters, 2014

Dream Awhile, Key of D
Lyrics and chords

D                         A                    
Dream Awhile, of friendships ever true

A7                           D
Dream of them, and they will be with you

G                      D             Bm
Memories of the loved we shared

      E            E7        A           A7           
The presence of our Lord was there….

D                             A
Now's the time, that you and I must part

A7                            D
Take this dream, and lock it in your heart

          G                         D         Bm
These precious moments we'll relive

E             A      A7 D
When we meet again

"It's Time", at the Elementary School's Talent Show

This was so fun to watch!  Trevor and his friend sounded great on "Rhythm", Mason was solid on his guitar, holding it all together, and Carter sang with such confidence.  I loved it.

"It's Time", for the Talent Show

Glory Land (I've Got a Home In Glory Land)

Singing for Grandma Wilma at the assisted living home.  Mason is helping out on the guitar.  He has never played it before, therefore the "actions" by me to help him know when to "break" on the guitar.

This is a song I learned as a child, again singing in our volkswagen bug driving up the mountain to go home.  This is absolutely one of my favorites!  Very fun memories associated with it, and now, the memory of singing for Grandma Wilma.

I've Got A Home In Glory Land


Glory Land Words and Chords (Key of G)

1st verse

G
I've got a home in glory land that outshines the sun

C                                                                    G
I've got a home in glory land that outshines the sun


I've got a home in glory land that outshines the sun

         D               G
Way, beyond the blue



Chorus

G
Do Lord, oh Do Lord, oh Do remember me

C                                                       G
Do Lord, oh Do Lord, oh Do remember me


Do Lord, oh Do Lord, oh Do remember me

             D           G
Way, beyond the blue


2nd verse

G      
I took Jesus as my Savior, You take him too

C                                                        G
I took Jesus as my Savior, You take him too


I took Jesus as my Savior, You take him too

             D           G
Way, beyond the blue


Repeat chorus

Rose, Rose, a camp song sung in a round

We are singing for Grandma Wilma at the assisted living home.  I'm missing a daughter, but it still sounds ok :)

Rose, Rose (a Round)


Rose, Rose Words and Chords

Dm     Am      Dm     Am
Rose, Rose, Rose, Rose,

Dm    Am   Dm         Am
Will I ever see thee wed?

Dm    Am     Dm      Am
I will marry when I will

        Dm     Am  Dm      Am
sire when  I     will

And then start all over again.  The round starts with the 2nd line.

O My Father, sung at Grandpa Dollar's Funeral

This song was also sung at my mother and my father's funeral service.  This is an arrangement by me, and as always, I love hearing it sung by my daughters. 

O My Father

I'm Going To Leave Ol' Texas Now

I learned this song in 2nd grade.  My teacher played the guitar, and taught us a lot of fun songs.  She was one of the main reasons I ever started playing guitar, and all the songs she taught us were great.

This was a first time through for this group-my nephews, friends and brother.  I was down visiting, and this was really a treat to get to play and sing with them!

This song is in the key of D, and A is the only other cord in this song.  One person sings the first line and holds it out, and the group repeats after them.  It is easy to do around a camp fire, or a group where no one knows each other songs.

I'm Going To Leave Ol' Texas Now


Chords and Lyrics for I'm Going To Leave Ol' Texas Now

D
I'm going to leave….. (echo), Ol' Texas now…….
                         A                                        D
They've got no use……., for the longhorn cow……

They've plowed and fenced…….   My cattle range…….
                          A                                   D
And the people there……..    Are all so strange……

I'll say adios……  to the Alamo…………
                      A                               D
And turn my head………   toward Mexico………

I'll take my horse…….   I'll take my rope…….
                   A                             D
And hit the trail……..   Upon a lope………..

Spider's Web, Quick Record for Learning

"Spider's Web" is a favorite of all girl's camp goers.  This was recorded quick, the two separate parts, so that my friend Sue could review for girls camp coming up this week.

I will post with the parts combined when I get a few of my daughters together.

It's A Web, Like A Spider's Web (Spider's Web), (quick practice)

Young Love, Sung by Grandpa $'s Grandkids and Great Grandkids

This was most of the grandkids and great grandkids of Grandpa $, sung at his funeral service.  Please listen to the introduction too.  I will post the picture that goes with this when I figure out how to do that.

Great grandson's Mason and Trevor (guitar and ukelele), grandson Mark on drum, and Grandson Mike on guitar.

Young Love, sung by Grandkids and Great Grandkids of Grandpa $

YOUNG LOVE (Key of C)

Intro – C x 4 bars (16 counts)

1^st verse

                     C

She was sitting cross-legged on a hood of a Ford

Filing down her nails with an emery board

                       G

Talking to her friends about people they knew

And all of the things that young girls do

                                C

When she said, "You see that guy in the baseball cap?

I'd like to spend some time with a boy like that."

                     G

Betty said, "I've seen him at the hardware store.

I think his name is Billy, but I'm not sure."

                                        C

And as they talked a little while he passed by

She smiled at him he just said "Hi."

                                  G

He was thinking to himself as he walked away

Man, I'd like to find a girl like her someday

[Chorus]

           F                C                 G                       C

         Young love, strong love, true love, it's a new love

                                                 F                 C

They're gonna make it through the hard times, walk those lines

                         G                                     C         

                Yeah, these ties will bind,  young love

2^nd verse

   C

Well, she just couldn't stop herself from thinking 'bout him

And at a store downtown she saw him again

                                  G

She had both hands full, he held open the door

He said, "My name is Billy. I've seen you before.

                             C

Can I help you with these? Can I give you a ride?

Can I take you out on a Saturday night?"

                           G

She didn't have to say what she was feeling inside

He could see the answer shining in her eyes

[Repeat Chorus]

3^rd verse

     C

Well, from that day on you couldn't keep them apart

They were side by side, heart to heart

                      G

Mama cried as Billy slipped the ring on her hand

And when the baby was born she was crying again

                              C

Well, he worked real hard and put some money down

On a little old house at the edge of town

                            G

And that night as he held her he couldn't believe

That God had made a girl that he'd never ever leave

[Repeat Chorus]

(Halle solo)

       C

She was sitting cross-legged on the hood of a Ford

Filing down her nails with an emery board

End with same as intro, 4 bars of C, (16 counts)

Young Love, by the Judds

This is the song that you can use to practice the song, "Young Love", by the Judds.  This is what the grandkids and great grandkids of Grandpa $ will be singing for the funeral.
We will do this in the Key of C.  This is sung on this video in the key of B, which is a 1/2 step lower than what we will be singing in. 

If you want a solo (or a solo with someone else), call me and let me know.  Otherwise, all you will need to learn is the chorus, and will just sing each time it comes around.  

Sweet Violets at Assisted Living Home for Great Grandma Wilma

This is a song that as a child, I could never quite figure out why it didn't seem to flow as well as other songs - something seemed wrong with it.  About the time I became a teenager, I realized it was the lack of rhyme that was bothering me.  I also appreciated what the song was really portraying, and then I really liked the song.  It wasn't until I was even older that I realized what the last verse was telling me about, "All a girl wants from a man is his "dough".  Now I just smile as we sing it, and enjoy it.

We are missing Rachelle :(.  It never sounds as good without one of the daughters!
Mason helped out on the guitar.  He had never played this song before.  I'll post the lyrics and cords.

Sweet Violets at the Assisted Living Home for Wilma

Radioactive at the Middle School Talent Show (grandsons), April, 2014

Trevor (beat box), Mason (guitar, back up vocal) and their little brother Carter (lead vocal) performing at the Middle School Talent Show.  Trevor on beat box is a little hard to hear, cause it sounds so natural and blends in.  No recorded music, all live.  These boys figured this out off I Tunes and rehearsed all on their own.  No sheet music, etc.  I'm very proud of them for putting themselves out there in front of the whole school  Way to go!!!!   They sound great.

Radioactive at the Middle School Talent Show (grandsons)

Adelin's Dream Dance at the School Talent Show

My daughter found this dress at the second hand store for $3.00 and gave it to her for her birthday.  You can tell that Adelin feels beautiful, and she is dancing so beautifully :) She told me she was going to twirl and do the splits at the talent show, and so she did! We all laughed so hard, and you would too if you knew her personality.


Adelin's Dream Dance at the Elementary School Talent Show