This is a medley of mine of my songs “The Sandhill Waltz”,
“Fishin’ with Grandpa” and “My Old Blue Car”, which was
a real informal take on 6/2/11 using my Rogue Ragtime Guitar.
“Fishin’ with Grandpa” and “My Old Blue Car”, which was
a real informal take on 6/2/11 using my Rogue Ragtime Guitar.
Fishing with Grandpa
I'm not a great salt fisherman
I like fishin' with worms
In a nice still pond
Where I can hear my favorite birds
Like the Red-Wing Blackbird
And the Meadowlark
And of course the Whipporwill
And the Mallard Duck
And the Great Blue Heron
And the Canadian Goose
And the tiny Sparrow
And the friendly Robin
And every once in a while a Blue Jay
And now and then a Finch
And if you're real lucky a Hummingbird
And a Red-Tail Hawk
I remember fishin' with Grandpa
He liked to fish with minnows
We’d sit and fish and catch crappies
To the state lake we'd go
And every once in a while we'd catch a big bluegill
Or we might catch a bass
And sometimes when we fished on the bottom
We’d catch a catfish
Sometimes we'd go below the spillway of the big dam
And drop our line real far down below
With a gig on the end
And if we were lucky we'd catch a walleye
And hall him way up the side
And hope that somehow he didn't fall off
And then we'd take 'em home and eat 'em
After we first cleaned 'em
Grandma knew just how to cook 'em up
So they tasted real good
Fishin' with Grandpa was a lot fun
When I was a little kid
by Doug Newman
© Sandthistle Music / ASCAP
From the albums “Red Beans and Rice and Other
Songs of the Dusty Trail” and “Bugs and Critters”.
I'm not a great salt fisherman
I like fishin' with worms
In a nice still pond
Where I can hear my favorite birds
Like the Red-
And of course the Whipporwill
And the Mallard Duck
And the Great Blue Heron
And the Canadian Goose
And the tiny Sparrow
And the friendly Robin
And every once in a while a Blue Jay
And now and then a Finch
And if you're real lucky a Hummingbird
And a Red-
I remember fishin' with Grandpa
He liked to fish with minnows
We’d sit and fish and catch crappies
To the state lake we'd go
And every once in a while we'd catch a big bluegill
Or we might catch a bass
And sometimes when we fished on the bottom
We’d catch a catfish
Sometimes we'd go below the spillway of the big dam
And drop our line real far down below
With a gig on the end
And if we were lucky we'd catch a walleye
And hall him way up the side
And hope that somehow he didn't fall off
And then we'd take 'em home and eat 'em
After we first cleaned 'em
Grandma knew just how to cook 'em up
So they tasted real good
Fishin' with Grandpa was a lot fun
When I was a little kid
by Doug Newman
© Sandthistle Music / ASCAP
From the albums “Red Beans and Rice and Other
Songs of the Dusty Trail” and “Bugs and Critters”.
My Old Blue Car
There's a junkyard over in Kansas
Cut between the bluffs and trees
You can't see it from the highway
but it's were my old blue car lays
I thought my baby and me would maybe go there
And remember all the good times that we had
And drink some wine and toast the memories of
That old blue car's runnin' days
But it's probably full of dirt and mud
The seat where we first kissed is probably gone
It's probably stripped down to the bone
So maybe I'll just buy it back
And maybe build me a junkyard
Where cars can lay in peace and tranquility
Where folks can come and recall memories of
Their old blue car's running days
by Doug Newman
(c) 1995 Sandthistle Music - ASCAP
There's a junkyard over in Kansas
Cut between the bluffs and trees
You can't see it from the highway
but it's were my old blue car lays
I thought my baby and me would maybe go there
And remember all the good times that we had
And drink some wine and toast the memories of
That old blue car's runnin' days
But it's probably full of dirt and mud
The seat where we first kissed is probably gone
It's probably stripped down to the bone
So maybe I'll just buy it back
And maybe build me a junkyard
Where cars can lay in peace and tranquility
Where folks can come and recall memories of
Their old blue car's running days
by Doug Newman
(c) 1995 Sandthistle Music -
© 2011 Doug Newman
From the albums “The Sandhill Waltz” and “Songs I’m Singing Right
Now”.
Now”.