YOU COULD GIVE ME AN OLD-TIMEY FOLK SONG is Lyrics I wrote after hearin' Tom Paxton and Dave Maloney sing at Freight and Salvage this chilly evenin' in March...just bless their hearts: I cried my way through half of them...partly for my own singin' good-old-days...partly because the songs were so gentle and true and kind...thank you all, older old-timey Folk Singers...you've brought me so much joy and lovely tears...for years and years and years....

YOU COULD GIVE ME AN OLD-TIMEY FOLK SONG

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What can I give you, you asked me
What can I give you, my dear...
Jus' give me the stars and the moon and
A Song: a Song that will bring me to tears....
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Well, you could give me clear diamonds
Or give me some money and things -
But you can't give me the tears that I cry
When oldey-time folk singers sing...

An' you can give me a sweet summer day
Or dinner and a movie show -
But you can't give me that wisdom inside
That them oldey-time folk singers know....
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Well, it's jus' I'm a'course gettin' older -
An' my fine voice is losin' its say...
But an oldey-time folk singer's stolen my heart -
Some would say I jus' gave it away....

So we ain't got that barrel of money -
You could give me a reason for song...
That Song would be worth all the gold that there is -
An' that gold jus' won't last half as long....
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So dance to the oldey-time folk tunes -
An' sing to an oldey-time story -
It ain't got the hype of some pop tune -
But a pop tune ain't got any glory...

An' tears come so free with that old song -
Because it has truth and shines light
On each lovin' day of your whole life...
An' makes all your livin' days bright....
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