Grandma Whistled Song Lyrics and Chords by Tom T. Hall
Grandma Whistled
Written and Recorded by Tom T. Hall
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Everybody has their music that
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they like to sing and
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Everybody has a song they like to sing along life's
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I have
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never heard my favorite music
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on the radi
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o
For my song was silenced
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many years
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ago
I can
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see my grandma sittin' on the
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front porch with a churn
Her face was brown and wrinkled from the lessons she had
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learned
Sometimes
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when I'm tired and weary I can
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hear that music
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yet
Grandma whistlin'
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What A
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Friend We Have In
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Jesu
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Well us younger folks were known for all the
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hell that we could
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raise
I must admit we had some good times in the good ole
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days
Wake up
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in the early morning and some
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times my head would
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hurt
But my grandma always
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whistled while she
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worked
Now there's
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folk and rock'n roll and country
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music all around
And that modern gospel singin' makes a mighty pretty
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sound
But the
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sweetest sound of all is in my
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memory I
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guess
Grandma whistlin'
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What A
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Friend We Have In
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Jesu
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s
They say some girls can't whistle but my
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grandma really
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could
In those ol' Kentucky hard times oh it sounded awfully
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good
With a
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song to pass the time with and the
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love she had for
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me
She will live forever
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in my memo
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ry
Now they
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say that they have music in that
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home beyond the sky
Now there's one song I'll request if I should get there by and
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by
Well there
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may be many singin' but I
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know who'll be the
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best
Grandma whistlin'
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What A
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Friend We Have In
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Jesu
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FAQ
Who sang the the song Grandma Whistled?
- The song Grandma Whistled was sang by Tom T. Hall.
Who is Tom T. Hall?
- Thomas T. Hall (born May 25, 1936) is an American country music songwriter, singer, instrumentalist, novelist, and short-story writer. He has written 12 No. 1 hit songs, with 26 more that reached the Top 10, including the No. 1 international pop crossover smash "Harper Valley PTA" and the hit "I Love", which reached No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100. He is included in Rolling Stones list of 100 Greatest Songwriters. He became known to fans as "The Storyteller," thanks to his storytelling skills in his songwriting.
