Story Behind The Song
A true story about how we used to visit my Uncle Roy and his family. It was always fun to go there and listen to them play and sing. I'd always sing along. My cousins played various instruments and sang. They inspired me to want to be involved in music.
Song Description
Telling a true story about family relationships and the impact they have on your life.
| Song Length |
2:59 |
Genre |
Country - Traditional, Country - Contemporary |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
| Mood |
Content, Pleasant |
Subject |
General, Musician |
| Similar Artists |
Joan Baez, Trisha Yearwood |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
HE GAVE ME A SONG
By Johnnie McInnis
Copyright 9/16/02
It seems like such a little thing
When I look back on my childhood,
Sittin? on the front porch
With the family gathered round.
Listening as my Uncle Roy
Made that old fiddle whine,
As a Jimmie Rodgers tune
Gave the afternoon a mournful sound.
Chorus:
Yes, the gift my uncle gave me
Was something money can?t buy.
He kept the music in his heart
Until the day he died.
I can?t recall a better time
Than the family singin? along.
He didn?t know what he did for me
When he gave me a song.
No, he didn?t know what he did for me
When he gave me a song.
He sang a song about railroads
And the Muleskinner Blues.
He?d strum his guitar and yodel
As we all tapped our shoes.
He planted a tiny seed
That?s grown through the years.
He gave me a song to pass along
With its haunting melody.
Repeat Chorus:
Now every time I?m feeling low
From the troubles of this life,
I think back to that simpler time
And it always brings a smile,
To think how music lifts me up
And how sad I?d be without
The memories of those happy days,
?Cause that?s what life?s about.
Repeat Chorus:
No, I?ll never forget my Uncle Roy
?Cause he gave me a song.