Written by A.P. Carter, Maybelle Carter, Sara Carter
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What will the birds do
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mother in the
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When they stop to gather crumbs around the
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door
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Will they fly from the trees
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half as nice with glee
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Asking why Joe wanders out no
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more
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do mother all
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alone
Will he stop from his frolic for the
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day
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Will he lie on his rug by
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the side of my bed
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As he did before I went
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away
What will Thomas that
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old gardener
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say
When you ask him for flowers for
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me
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Will he give you a rose he
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has tended with care
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The first fairest bloom of the
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I have seen the tears in
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his honest old
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But he said it was the wind that brought them
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there
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As he gazed on my cheeks growing
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paler each day
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And his hand went trembling through my
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Keep tied mother my
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poor little
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dog
For I know he'll mourn for me
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too
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Just keep him when old and
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useless he grows
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Sleeping the whole summer
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Show him my coat mother
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so he'll not
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forget
His master who then will be
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dead
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Just speak to him kindly
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and often of Joe
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And pat him on his brown shaggy
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head
And you dearest mother may
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miss me for a
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while
But in heaven I'll no larger
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grow
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And any kind angel will
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know at the gate
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When you ask for your darling little
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Joe
FAQ
Who sang the the song Little Joe?
- The song Little Joe was sang by Hank Snow.
Who is Hank Snow?
- Clarence Eugene "Hank" Snow (May 9, 1914 - December 20, 1999) was a Canadian-American country music artist. Most popular in the 1950s, he had a career that spanned more than 50 years, he recorded 140 albums and charted more than 85 singles on the Billboard country charts from 1950 until 1980. His number-one hits include the self-penned songs "I'm Moving On", "The Golden Rocket" and "The Rhumba Boogie" and famous versions of "I Don't Hurt Anymore", "Let Me Go, Lover!", "I've Been Everywhere", "Hello Love", as well as other top 10 hits.Snow was an accomplished songwriter whose clear, baritone voice expressed a wide range of emotions including the joys of freedom and travel as well as the anguish of tortured love. His music was rooted in his beginnings in small-town Nova Scotia where, as a frail, 80-pound youngster, he endured extreme poverty, beatings and psychological abuse as well as physically punishing labour during the Great Depression. Through it all, his musically talented mother provided the emotional support he needed to pursue his dream of becoming a famous entertainer like his idol, the country star, Jimmie Rodgers.As a performer of traditional country music, Snow won numerous awards and is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame and the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. The Hank Snow Museum in Liverpool, Nova Scotia, celebrates his life and work in a province where his fans still see him as an inspirational figure who triumphed over personal adversity to become one of the most influential artists in all of country music.
