[Intro]
          
Bluegrass melo


dies
            
Sing me a swee

             
t mountain son

   
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[Verse]
             
In the summer 

            
in the evening

         
 momma and pap

a
             
Would sit down

            
 on the front 

          
porch swing
           
Me and my banj

            
o papa with hi

  
s fiddle
             
And momma with

            
 the tunes she

          
 would sing


[Chorus]
          
Bluegrass melo


dies
              
My how I'd lov

          
e to sing alon

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Bluegrass melo


dies
            
Sing me a swee

             
t mountain son

    
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[Verse]
             
The songs woul

         
d tell a story
            
Of some heart 

         
that was broke

n
             
Or sometimes s

            
he'd sing Uncl

    
e Pen
             
Then she'd do 

             
one soft and g


entle
            
That would mak

           
e me cry a lit

tle
             
How I wish I c

            
ould hear one 

    
again

             
All that's lef

            
t is a memory 

            
of a little wo

     
oden cabin
             
And two countr

            
y graves side 

      
by side
             
But on a summe

            
r evening some

            
times I start 

  
believing
            
I hear momma s

             
ingin' one mor

  
e time


[Chorus]
          
Bluegrass melo


dies
              
My how I'd lov

          
e to sing alon

g
          
Bluegrass melo


dies
            
Sing me a swee

             
t mountain son

     
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