Lyrics | verse 1: AS I SIT HERE IN THIS OLD FOLKS HOME MY HAIR IS WHITE AS SNOW, I REMEMBER BACK WHEN I WAS YOUNG AGAIN, HOW EV'RYTHING WAS JOLLY.
Chorus: SISTER DID THE JIG AND BROTHER BEAT THE DRUM AND BABY ROCKED HER DOLLY, BABY ROCKED HER DOLLY.
verse 2: WELL, THEM KIDS OF MINE HAVE ALL GROWN UP, THEY WRITE EV'RY NOW AND THEN, AS I READ THE LETTERS IT BRINGS MEMORIES OF ALL OUR FUN AND FOLLY.
Chorus: SISTER DID THE JIG AND BROTHER BEAT THE DRUM AND BABY ROCKED HER DOLLY, BABY ROCKED HER DOLLY.
verse 3: THAT WIFE OF MINE, GOD REST HER SOUL, SHE'S GONE ON BEFORE ME. I'LL BET SHE TOLD THE LORD ABOUT THE TIMES THE HOUSE WAS FILLED WITH FOLLY.
Chorus: SISTER DID THE JIG AND BROTHER BEAT THE DRUM AND BABY ROCKED HER DOLLY, BABY ROCKED HER DOLLY.
verse 4: THE MAN ACROSS THE HALL IS A LONELY MAN, HE NEVER HAD A FAM'LY, SO HE ASKED ME TO TELL HIM ALL ABOUT MY KIDS WHEN HE'S FEELING MELANCHOLY.
Chorus: SISTER DID THE JIG AND BROTHER BEAT THE DRUM AND BABY ROCKED HER DOLLY, BABY ROCKED HER DOLLY.
verse 5: EV'RY NIGHT I PRAY FOR THEM KIDS OF MINE, I WISH THEY WERE BACK WITH ME. BUT BEFORE I DIE, LORD, LET ME SEE A SIGHT THAT MAKES ME JOLLY.
Chorus: SISTER DID THE JIG AND BROTHER BEAT THE DRUM AND BABY ROCKED HER DOLLY, BABY ROCKED HER DOLLY. |