Heard around the Bluegrass Circle

Don't try to tell me God is dead. I just talked to him this morning.

Don't we all have the right to be wrong now and then.

The thing that goes the furtherist to making life worth while-is just a smile

I guess I wasn't so smart after all

You can't accuse him of being a wine-o---cause he'll drink any thing even shoe blackin

See you next time Not if I see you first

We ain't played cowboys and Muslim's yet But it's commin' quick

My first wife was a Cherokee after that I didn't want to see any more Indians

I will not be embarassed by what anyone else does.

Arbuckle four jams going at once

Mrs T will go in when the music stops

I must accept it There are no guarantees in life

God had placed me in this position to do the best that I can

They put Thel in a special place right in the center of the group

I collect all my thoughts and throw away the ones that I don't want

good cheer is contageous

I had rather die out here, playing Bluegrass

I used to wish that I could sing now I wish that you could

'and I'm against cats in the house'

spousal equivelent

I'm going to play it 'till I get it right maybe not tonight

God is still there when we get to the end of the rope

I knew that I was called to preach when I woke up one morning

craving fried chicken and banana pudding

I got cured from cussing not lying

I'm gonna lay my head on a lonesome railroad track before a train comes along

I'm gonna pull my head right back My Mama didn't raise no fool

Honey let me be your salty dog or I won't be your man at all

Sally Goodin Liberty Yellow bird soppin' the gravey

she sang it faster than you could listen to it

I get the biggest cramps in my hand, trying to play that stuff, forget it

where the air is clean and the neighbors say howdy

Glen Campbell can't read music point at him when he's supposed to come in

I had to 'be nice' for years as a preachers wife

I'm 71 and I'm ashamed to go in before T, he's 91 I'll wait and we'll walk out together

Bob Wills lived it up- he married a 14 year old girl-

and her Daddy liked to have cleaned him out

He said,"I'll buy a bus for you", and he did

How are you? Good! I'm the only one that thinks so

God guns and guts made America Let's keep all three

The preacher couldn't get the lawn mower started

The boy that sold it to him said, "It won't start untill you cuss it"

The preacher said,"I quit cussing a long time ago."

The boy said, "You keep pulling on it and it will come back to you"

Thats pretty grassy

the detail stripe on a pretty red pickup was barbed wire

every time I fill up my car, I get Bushed'.

we put a Texas and Nebraska man in the white house what do you expect

If a king starts a war, he ought to be be out in front heading it

You don't run down my guitar or my wife

slap her down again Pa slap her down again

don't put a bonnet on a pig and wonder why it stinks

Richard pulled up and stopped by our R:V just as a big tuba gave a blast across the road

he thought it was his car

Rodger rich for 2 or 3 days money burns his pocket paid one day and broke the next

You may be a year older but you can't get any better

I'll lay down quietly and I will go to sleep as the crow flies

You'll get $100. if you can get another drop of juice out of this lemon

He got 6 more drops 'I work for the IRS'

bum fuzzled bad mouth cutting up I smell a mouse make ends meet

'can't' never did do anything grass is always greener on the other side of the fence

These are 'my Sunday Go to Meetin Clothes' a miss is as good as a mile

they saw you comming shade tree mechanic cute as a bug in a rug

gonna clean your plow got him whipped down the drain make ends meet

who pulled your string gonna tan your hide you clean up real good

You don't miss the water untill the well runs dry. pore as a snake

Nathaniel at 26, sees that he needs more education smart boy

Governors mansion burned in Arkansas- in fact the whole trailor park burned

I don't need to be toldwhat to do but how to live through it

Georgia, pink house; yellow trim; loud colors keep the haints away

one good woman will make all the difference in the world

God has placed me in this position to do the best that I can

Lynzi Grace kissed her fish

Some days are diamonds-- some days are stones-- hard times won't leave me alone

I just can't do them Tra la las You can when you forget the words

ambition provides the ability

Those who think they know everything irritate those of us who do

I don't remember the words to the chorus I hope they come to me before I get there

All great accomplishments have a simple beginning

All movement is not forward

My face is toward the sunshine I don't see the shadows

Do you know where this road goes No, I've lived here all my life

A man is poor only if he chooses to be

A bluegrass friend told me that she just found out

Her great grandmother had a black baby

She kept him kinda hid untill he was about eleven

then some men found him and took him away

You can't laugh and be afraid at the same time

Merle Haggard auctioneer faster than you can listen

Doctor "That check that you gave me last week, it come back"

"My arthritus did too."

I caught this Asian flu from a broad

Take your time going and hurry back

windy and cold- socks on my feet- if my feet turn to ice I'll not get up and leave

Thel is enjoying his self

he tells me every day how lucky I am heathern song

How you been doin' Pretty good but thats fixin to change

I can't walk on water--but I know a man that can

his money is good- but he just ain't got much of it

sugarfoot rag Jollie Blon Soppin the gravey highway 40 blues

This man is 91 I wish I could keep up with him

The trouble is, the fellow owes me 40 bucks

I'll be ridin that midnight train when it leaves; I always wanted to know where it goes

Red River wet backs; Oakies are coming into Texas

a young man passed me on that double curve He just missed me and waved

It's a good thing I quit carrying a gun

Oh Lord it's hard to be humble--but I'm doing the best that I can

I hate to put youall up against it but I've got to go

from now on, all my friends are gonna be strangers

to old to die young you all talking about me?

My body is old but it ain't impaired I don't need your rocking chair

the humility is getting high in here

20 ft high limb I jumped and missed it I caught it on the way down

after 60 years of practice and perfection, I still don't prepare the same dish the same way

Lord for my sake--teach me to take--one day at a time

You may be a year older but you can't get any better

Sh I just got Granny to sleep it's a goodern

When you can't sleep don't count sheep talk to the shepard

will you please address him respectfully Thel singing 'In the sweet by and by'

when it comes to giving wheather it's time, money or stuff

It is better to always be generous than to wonder if you should have given more

People screw up I won't punish then by withholding love and kindness

Faith is not believing what God can do It's knowing that he will

My attitude affects my blessings from God

my git up and go has got up and went It will come quicker than you think

We don't look at the thorns on the roses but we look at the flowers instead

everybodies got worts Thats just the way that I'd have done it

There are those of us who think they know everything annoy those of us who do

So ugly have to tie a porkchop around his neck to get his dog to play with him

Lord for my sake--teach me to take--one day at a time

absorb life and not rush through it theres no such thing as a dumb question

white lightening hasn't been aged in a keg

and if I want her to know it- I'll tell her

I come here to tell you boys I'm ragged but I'm right

a musical face lines and spaces

but what will we do about Mama

his other hand.