Going to town ona Saturday Night, years ago....

From Ralph Waldo Emerson's poem: We Thank Thee By: Ralph Waldo Emerso Banjo tuned E, no capo, key of D Copyright by Verne Garrison, November 28, 2012 For flowers that bloom about our feet, Father, we thank Thee. For tender grass so fresh, so…

Fraser Colorado and Forty Three Below Copyright by: Verne Garrison May 24, 2012, Valley Park, MO Banjo tuned E, Capo 1 Key of: E E A Fraser Colorado and 43 below E Sawlogs frozen to the ground…

My father's Uncle Roy ran shoe repair shop in Mt Pulaski from 40's till in the 80's or so. Uncle Roy Copyrighted by: Verne Garrison, May 7, 2012, Valley Park, Mo Verne's Original Banjo Songs Vol X Banjo tuned E, Capo 1, Key of: A…

End of the day ...going to town on Saturday night during the early 1940's

Lake Fork Township where I grew up during the Depression years of 1932-42...

Mt Sad was 80 acres of old timberground cleared to be farmed. So named by my dad to describe the difficulties involved in farming it......

Dad made notes everday from about 1950 to 1992 about the weather and things going on...I am lucky to have these notes to put to song.

I listened to a man who came into the waiting room of my cardiologist the other day with his daughter, and the impression they left on me.....