{"id":7030,"date":"2005-07-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-07-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2019-11-07T14:59:19","modified_gmt":"2019-11-07T18:59:19","slug":"on-top-of-old-smokey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/?p=7030","title":{"rendered":"On Top Of Old Smokey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden\/php\/images\/Smokey2.jpg\" height=\"400\" width=\"460\" alt=\"Smokey2.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"audio\">\n<div class=\"alignright caption\"><a href=\"?page_id=6069\">How do I download this Mp3?<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"audio_link\">Mp3: <a href=\"http:\/\/ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden\/php\/music\/Smokey.mp3\">On Top Of Old Smokey<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"about\">I remember lying on the floor in front of the big brown cathedral radio at my grandmother&#8217;s house, listening to The Weavers sing &#8216;On Top of Old Smokey.&#8217; It was on the &#8216;Hit Parade&#8217; back then, just as popular as Coldplay,  Weezer or  Black Eyed Peas are today. It&#8217;s still a great song. I recorded it with my new 7-string Martin, a 5-string banjo and bass, with a few Rickenbacker 12-string licks at the end.<\/div>\n<div class=\"lyrics-header\">Lyrics:<\/div>\n<div class=\"lyrics\">\n[D] On top of old [G] Smokey<br \/>\nAll covered with [D] snow<br \/>\nI lost my true [A] lover<br \/>\nFor courting too [D] slow<\/p>\n<p>Courting &#8216;s a pleasure<br \/>\nAnd parting is a grief<br \/>\nBut a false hearted lover<br \/>\nIs worst than a thief<\/p>\n<p>For a thief he will rob you<br \/>\nAnd take what you have<br \/>\nBut a false hearted lover<br \/>\nWill lead you to your grave<\/p>\n<p>The grave will decay you<br \/>\nAnd turn you to dust<br \/>\nOne girl in a thousand<br \/>\nThat a poor boy can trust<\/p>\n<p>For they&#8217;ll hug and they&#8217;ll kiss you<br \/>\nAnd tell you more lies<br \/>\nThat the crossties on a railroad<br \/>\nOr the stars in th sky<\/p>\n<p>So come all you young fellows<br \/>\nTake a warning from me<br \/>\nNever place your affection<br \/>\nOn a green growing tree<\/p>\n<p>For the leaves they will wither<br \/>\nAnd the roots will decay<br \/>\nAnd a false hearted lover<br \/>\nWill soon fade away<\/p>\n<p>On top of old Smokey<br \/>\nAll covered with snow<br \/>\nI lost my true lover<br \/>\nFor courting too slow<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do I download this Mp3? Mp3: On Top Of Old Smokey I remember lying on the floor in front of the big brown cathedral radio at my grandmother&#8217;s house, listening to The Weavers sing &#8216;On Top of Old Smokey.&#8217; It was on the &#8216;Hit Parade&#8217; back then, just as popular as Coldplay, Weezer or &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/?p=7030\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;On Top Of Old Smokey&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-love","category-mountainsouthernus"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7030"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7030\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8663,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7030\/revisions\/8663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}