No Place To Pillow My Head Song Lyrics and Chords by Lester Flatt
No Place To Pillow My Head
Recorded by Lester Flatt
Written by Lester Flatt and Bill Monroe
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Once I was happy with a
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heartbeat no
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care
Had a daddy and a momma so
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sweet
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Doll and the doggies and
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playthings so
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dear
And stockings and
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shoes on my
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feet
But now through this world I must
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wonder
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alone
Begging for pennies and
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For I
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have no daddy or
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momma or
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home
No place to
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pillow my
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head
No home (no home) no home (no home)
No place to pillow my
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head
The
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days seems so sad and the
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nights are so
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long
Since daddy and
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mother are
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dead
My daddy is resting far
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over the
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sea
In the fields were the poppies peep
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through
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Marked by the cross that
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shines with green
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leaves
Beside his
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comrades so
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true
His soul it has gone to the
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Father
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above
May slumber be peaceful and
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sweet
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battle is over for
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him over
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there
The bugle has
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sounded
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prieve
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FAQ
Who sang the the song No Place To Pillow My Head?
- The song No Place To Pillow My Head was sang by Lester Flatt.
Who is Lester Flatt?
- Lester Raymond Flatt (June 19, 1914 - May 11, 1979) was an American bluegrass guitarist and mandolinist, best known for his collaboration with banjo picker Earl Scruggs in The Foggy Mountain Boys (popularly known as "Flatt and Scruggs").
Flatt's career spanned multiple decades, breaking out as a member of Bill Monroe's band during the 1940s and including multiple solo and collaboration works exclusive of Scruggs. He first reached a mainstream audience through his performance on "The Ballad of Jed Clampett", the theme for the network television series The Beverly Hillbillies, in the early 1960s.
