Song Info
Genre
Charts
Peak #72
Peak in subgenre #25
Author
Janice Hopkins/Carolyn Taylor White
Rights
2010
Uploaded
February 22, 2010
Track Files
MP3
MP3 3.2 MB • 128 kbps • 3:31
Story behind the song
A song about a young woman's childhood memories of a elderly man she knew....one of the last True Southern Gentlemen.
Lyrics
(ONE OF THE) LAST TRUE SOUTHERN GENTLEMEN
© 2010 Janice Hopkins/Carolyn Taylor White – BMI
I remember helpin’ momma
Deliver door to door
Meals to the old folks
Who couldn’t get out anymore
We always knew exactly where he’d be
Waitin’ for us on his front porch swing
Ole’ man Hardin’ slowly tipped his hat
Blue eyes twinklin’ as he struggled to stand
He’d pull a couple chairs our way
Then Momma’d always say
You’re one of the last true southern gentlemen
Chorus
She told me back then he was one of a dying breed
I’d tell her I don’t know for sure what all that means
Tears in her eyes, she tried hard to explain
How he’d treat a lady right, an’ respect a man’s good name
I remembered most what she said then
He’s one of the last true southern gentlemen
He’d say ladies you’re lovely an’ twice as kind
But what momma said stirred in my mind
I said, are ya’ dying, momma’s face turned red
Grinning, in a gentle draw he said
Ma’am the world, it’s surely changing fast
But I don’t worry; I’m grounded in the past
When my time starts comin’ to its end
Hope I’m not the last true southern gentlemen
Bridge
Years later on a summer day
Goin’ to momma’s, past the Hardin’ place
An empty swing rustin’ on a rundown porch
Beckoned me to sit, think of him once more
Chorus
She told me back then he was one of a dying breed
I’d tell her I don’t know for sure what all that means
Tears in her eyes, she tried hard to explain
How he’d treat a lady right, an’ respect a man’s good name
But I remember most what she said then
He’s one of the last true southern gentlemen
Tag: Tears in my eyes, now I understand
It was just like momma told me way back then
He was one of the last true southern gentlemen
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