A SONG FOR RENDA - - By Caston Smith

[Dora]

Originally Posted by Pressing-On

Probably while sitting on the ******.

BWWWWWAAAHAAHHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA!!!!!!

That was HILARIOUS!!!

[HeavenlyOne]

Is that Bill Price in the background????

[rgcraig]

Originally Posted by HeavenlyOne

Is that Bill Price in the background????

No, that's Caston in the white shirt singing and his cousin playing.

[Esther]

'Speechless!

[Coonskinner]

You can really feel the anointing on that great old hymn of the Church.

[rgcraig]

Originally Posted by Coonskinner

You can really feel the anointing on that great old hymn of the Church.

Well, it wasn't written for the old hymn, which kind of surprises me.

It did bring me to tears.

[Coonskinner]

Originally Posted by rgcraig

Well, it wasn't written for the old hymn, which kind of surprises me.

It did bring me to tears.

Renda, that is an old, old song that has been around a lot longer than either one of us.

That song actually originated pretty much in my part of the country., the Ozarks

[rgcraig]

Originally Posted by TalkLady

I did a Google search of the song title and this link came up:

http://pratie.blogspot.com/2005/06/s...your-hair.html

The man who wrote this song in 1927 was a blind man and he followed this smash hit up with "Why Do You Bob Your Hair, Girls #2 in 1929...Anyone know anything about that one?

http://sniff.numachi.com/~rickheit/d...tWHYBOBHR.html (Sheet Music)

Here is the song on a Tribute to "the Blind Alfred Reed":

http://music.yahoo.com/release/54026738

Some info on the song - - I'm truly relieved to find out it wasn't written for the church - lol!

Originally Posted by rgcraig

Well, it wasn't written for the old hymn, which kind of surprises me.

It did bring me to tears.

No, it was written for the OLD HER!

[rgcraig]

Originally Posted by philjones

No, it was written for the OLD HER!

LOL....you are only 3 little, bitty years behind me, so watch what you say!