Song Description

You'd have had to have been there

Lyrics

I saw Sylvie on Lost Creek Road
She was draggin' a wagon
Talked at Sylvie about her load
Ain't heard nothin' but braggin'

Lost Creek Road, Lost Creek Road
Gonna walk a mile on Lost Creek Road
Better look fast 'cause she might be sold
Pretty little smile on Lost Creek Road

Old Jeb stays down at Stinkin' Fork
Tied his own fly but it never did work
Drop it in the fishin' hole and give 'er a jerk
Never caught nothin' worth keepin'

Stinkin' Fork, Stinkin' Fork
Learned my bible on Stinkin' Fork
Lookin' fer a place where the rainbow lurks
Under that pile down on Stinkin' Fork

Hen Houghton sittin' on Lickford Bridge
Fixed himself a sod house up on the ridge
Boys out huntin' stop in to say
Old Hen's orchard needs tendin'

Lickford Bridge, Lickford Bridge
Old Hen climbin' up Hen Houghton Ridge
Puttin' up a tower so's he can play
Ain't thought nothin' 'bout sleepin'

Tine Cole livin' under Greenbriar Knoll
Logs of his cabin are thick and old
Dug a little holler spot and filled it with gold
Tine's got pockets need mendin'

Clingon Cole, Greenbriar Knoll
John don't talk like the jay bird scolds
See how the summer sky it does roll
Along the top of Greenbriar Knoll

Know a little place on Buck Creek Road
Went to the party so they could show
Just plain folks how it does go
Down the bank of Buck Creek

Buck Creek Road, Buck Creek Road
Splash of the water, song of the toad
Quiet little place where the wood cock goes
Close by the fire on Buck Creek Road

Come to a spot in Leavenworth
Skin flint rich and spend thrift poor
Asked fer a bottle but they give me a broom
Rise up in the mornin' and sweep my room

Leavenworth, 'Tater Run Church
Wade through the river, stand on the porch
Listen at the flies that come from the earth
Wend my while in Leavenworth