Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Over the Hills to the Poor House, artist - Lester Flatt. Date of issue: 03.05.2015
Song language: English
Over the Hills to the Poor House |
| Oh how can it be they have driven |
| Their father so helpless and old |
| Oh God may their crimes be forgiven |
| To perish out here in the cold |
| I’m old I’m helpless and feeble |
| And the days of my youth have gone by |
| And it’s over the hill to the poor house |
| I must wander alone there to die |
| Long years since Mary was taken |
| My faithful affectionate wife |
| Since then I’ve been alone and forsaken |
| The light has died out of my life |
| I’m old I’m helpless and feeble |
| And the days of my youth have gone by |
| And it’s over the hill to the poor house |
| I must wander alone there to die |
| I gave them the house they were born in |
| A deed to the farm and more |
| I gave them the place that they lived on |
| And now I am turned from it’s door |
| Oh me on the doorstep up yonder |
| I’ve set with my babe’s on my knee |
| No father so happy or fonder |
| Than I of my little ones three |