The Fields Have Turned Brown Song Lyrics and Chords
The Fields Have Turned Brown Song Lyrics and Chords by The Stanley Brothers
The Fields Have Turned Brown
Recorded by The Stanley Brothers
Written by Carter Stanley
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I left my old home to ramble this country
My mother and
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dad said son don't go
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wrong
Remember that
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God will always watch
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And we will be
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waiting for you here at
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home
Son don't go
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astray was what they both
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Remember that
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love for God can be
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found
But now they're both
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gone this letter just
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told
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For years they've been
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dead
The fields have turned
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brown
For many long years I've traveled in sorrow
No thought of the
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day when I would
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return
Now as I come
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home and find no one
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waiting
The price I have
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paid to live and to
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learn
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FAQ
Who sang the the song The Fields Have Turned Brown?
- The song The Fields Have Turned Brown was sang by The Stanley Brothers.
Who is The Stanley Brothers?
- The Stanley Brothers were an American bluegrass duo of singer-songwriters and musicians made up of brothers Carter Stanley (1925-1966) and Ralph Stanley (1927-2016). Ralph and Carter performed as The Stanley Brothers with their band, The Clinch Mountain Boys, from 1946 to 1966. Ralph kept the band name when he continued as a solo artist after Carter's death, from 1967 until his own death in 2016.
