My mother wrote this song when she was 15 years old. I finally found this song. She wrote it about her family on the hill.

They just don’t do it like that anymore. Simply amazing.

Nothing better to this day.

My favorite version ever of this song. Makes me think of my grandparents every time.

It doesn't get any better than this

Was a favorite song of my Daddy's ❤

My dad done this song Sunday night at church. I accompanied on guitar my brother-in-law on base. First time that I’ve done it with him so I came to listen to the original so now I know who to best accompany him.

My grandmother liked this song a lot. Its the main song I think of when I think of her. She died this year and I didn't get to see her much before or attend her funeral because of Covid. I wish i'd spent more time with her.

@lisa.user-xm7kz2tb6x

3 жыл бұрын

i feel like she knows, & will see you soon-enough? 👍✌

A song from my childhood. Have always loved it!

Sweet memories of long ago.

The best version of the song. So real and heartfelt!

Well here i sit in my homeplace. Mam and are dad are gone. Won't be far for me.

Pure Americana ,,,beautiful sung by the great Lester Flatt , the King of Bluegrass .

@TranslateToEnglish

7 жыл бұрын

ditto

@mothman-jz8ug

5 жыл бұрын

The Hatfield/McCoy feud started over a hog. I guess a hog is pretty much center of the universe to hill folks.

@lucasmembrane4763

3 жыл бұрын

Right string, wrong yo-yo. King of Bluegrass was Jimmy Martin.

@DavisDykes

3 жыл бұрын

@@lucasmembrane4763 Just a name. Jimmy is one of my favorite, but he isn’t the king of bluegrass. Bill Monroe is.

reminds my husband of his dad listening to these guys

Even T-Tommy sings with them. Impressive.

I can walk back to my cabin from here.

This was my dads favorite it my favorite song alsi

@papashaputin8995

5 жыл бұрын

This is my dads favorite too thwy played it at his funeral its one of my favorites also

@frankseabolt9519

5 жыл бұрын

Beautiful song and arrangement .

Love it; they treat this like a sacred song, with 7 band members gathered around the microphone. (Is that their all-time high?) As it is not a sacred song, it is the perfect song for bands with Jewish, Hindu, Muslim, Humanist, etc. members to play when they have to play the Sunday morning gospel show in order to get booked by a bluegrass festival!

Perfection...thank you for posting.

@msta124

8 жыл бұрын

Welcome, and thank you for listening in

I can't stop listening to this song! Glad to see a big goose egg under "dislikes"...very rare to see

Wow. Just wow.

Ohhhhh I love it!!!

"neath the shadow of the hills!!"

Left to right: Curly Seckler, Jake Tullos, Lester Flatt, Paul Warren, Hylo Brown, T Tommy Cutrer, Earl Scruggs.

R.i.p. papaw 💜

Never seen Earl picking guitar before

pure music

I love hit

Like the if you ever been to a Tent Revival!!

Just so pretty.

Ah, the Foggy Mt. Boys Septet.

Can anyone name all the band members in the video? This is priceless.

@msta124

6 жыл бұрын

Lester Flatt (guitar), Earl Scruggs (banjo), Paul Warren (fiddle), Frank "Hylo" Brown (guitar), "Uncle" Josh Graves (dobro), John Ray "Curly" Seckler (mandolin), "Cousin" Jake Tulloch (bass).

@bobgroff1328

5 жыл бұрын

@@msta124 actually in this video Josh Graves is off camera and he is on bass, and you did not mention TTommy!

Josh Graves on the upright here

Lots of pick guard on that guitar,, ?

I worry about you two girls.

What is the man's name on Lester's right, that sings high? Anyone know His name?

@tablature6121

3 жыл бұрын

That's "Cousin" Jake Tullock on his right and the one whose high voice is heard here. He was also their regular bass player but "Uncle" Josh (Buck) Graves, dobro player, is filling in on bass for this number. To his left is "Hy-Lo" Brown who also sang the high part, so nicknamed "Hy-Lo" for his incredible vocal range, but I can't hear him here. Of particular interest on this number is the man standing in behind Earl Scruggs -- T. Tommy Cutrer who was the announcer/MC for the show. Evidently he liked the song so much he just had to get in on it (and I don't blame him). He is singing bass as well as the fiddler who usually sang bass, Paul Warren, standing directly behind and partially hidden by Lester Flatt.

@grannywoods12

3 жыл бұрын

@@tablature6121 Thank you!!

@tablature6121

3 жыл бұрын

@@grannywoods12 You're welcome, but just to be clear, Jake is the short guy standing to Lester's right rear, and is the high harmony voice heard most clearly on this -- he is the one most often heard singing high harmony on all their stuff. If you were talking about the tall fellow holding the mandolin to Lester's immediate right, that is Curly Seckler, who also sang tenor and occasionally lead, but he can't be heard here, or at least, I can't hear him. Seckler's bluegrass career spanned over 70 years, and, until his passing in '17 at the age of 98, was the "last man standing" from this musically historical ensemble.

Flatt and Scruggs broke up over a hog. Now how about that?

@HPNomad

5 жыл бұрын

Not true. Lester wanted the Foggy Mountain Boys to remain and perform more traditional bluegrass music while Earl wanted to explore more contemporary styles. That's why he formed the Earl Scruggs Revue band with his kids.

My grandfather wrote this song. Not Flatts and Scruugs

@bobquack1

3 жыл бұрын

Not to deny this, but the law says if someone buys that song from him (Bolivar Shook) they have the right to list themselves as composers. He also missed out on all royalties by selling the song. Willie Nelson regretted selling a couple of his classic songs that have been recorded by countless others. All you can do is spread the word about your grandfather as the real composer of the song.

@lucasmembrane4763

3 жыл бұрын

Someplace I have seen the copyright on this one credited to Lester Flatt and Bill Monroe (jointly), but the Dorothy Horstmann book, Sing Your Heart Out Country Boy, which contains only the lyrics (without the echoes), credits Bolivar Lee Shook (1943). Look at the lengthy license statement above and you will see that there is some complication at work here. There is one thing about this that is a little odd,. that being that I am 99% sure that Flatt starts the song with "There's a happy child at home ..." and the band sings that back to him. The lyrics Horstmann gives start with "There's a happy childhood home ..., " which fits the remainder of the song an awful lot better. So it seems that Flatt is singing the wrong lyrics to a song for which he takes credit. Did Flatt and Monroe do this because they had to change at least one word of the lyrics to become co-composers with Shook and legally get songwriter royalties? What deep mumbo is operating here? Kathy, can you tell us more about this song?

@bobquack1

3 жыл бұрын

@@lucasmembrane4763 I don't see any songwriting credits, only artist credit.

@kathywallace598

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your input.

@kathywallace598

2 жыл бұрын

@@lucasmembrane4763 It is my understanding that my grandfather was given $100 for the song. I wish I knew more. I have been inquiring with a lawyer office who took care of this, but he has passed away and all records were put somewhere else. The beginning line of the song is There's a happy child hood home not a happy child at home. That I do know. I have an old copy and have an old gospel songbook with my grandfather's name.

Seems odd seeing Earl Scruggs playing guitar here.