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Grandpa And His Delta Blues
Written By Billy Simons
© 2009
Verse 1
He quit school to chase a dream
Hooked up with a band
Played every smoky joint he could
Throughout the bottom land
Learned to play piano from
A cat named Bobby Hughes
Swing and jazz were all the rage
But he preferred the blues
Verse 2
The year was 1942
The world was upside down
Recruitment efforts underway
In every U.S. town
So he enlisted in the navy
For a south pacific cruise
Quite a sight, in his navy whites
Though he preferred the blues
Chorus
He wore blue denim dungarees, faded at the knees
He played deep, soulful, delta blues, that lingered in the breeze
And when he smiled, just like a child, his music set him free
Yeah, grandpa and his delta blues, they meant the world to me
Yeah, grandpa and his delta blues, they meant the world to me
Verse 3
3 years later he came home
To a ticker tape parade
Reunited with the band
And for old time sake they played
But his gigging days were over
And a new life had begun
Married now, with fields to plow
A mortgage and a son
Verse 4
Here and there, throughout the years
He’d play a song or two
Escaping to a place he called
The inner-sanctum blues
And I would sit and watch him play
All scrunched up by his side
'Cause he loved me and I loved him
Until the day he died
Bridge
He walked, talked and slept the blues
Each and every day
A Mississippi boy at heart
Whose dream had slipped away
Though he wouldn't have it any other way
Chorus
He wore blue denim dungarees, faded at the knees
He played deep, soulful, delta blues, that lingered in the breeze
And when he smiled, just like a child, his music set him free
Yeah, grandpa and his delta blues, they meant the world to me
Yeah, grandpa and his delta blues, they meant the world to me
