Tune Of A Twenty Dollar Bill Lyrics - The Life Of A Song - Joey + Rory

It was the first time ever he saw her 

He saw his future in a long white cotton gown 

Sittin' there at the church house, she was gonna get baptized 

They was gonna have dinner on the grounds 

So the very next Friday, he got off at the sawmill 

He slicked his hair back, he had a pocket full of pay 

When she opened up the front door, he was grinnin' like a possum 

As he handed her a daisy, she heard him say 

Hey, let's go dancin' to the tune of a twenty dollar bill 

They've got a fine fiddle band at the barn up on the hill 

And by midnight we just might wind up dancin' standin' still 

By my daddy's lantern light, let me walk you home 

After they got married, it didn't seem like no time 

They just sayin' their goodbye's, he's a goin' to the big world war 

'Bout a lifetime later, she's a waitin' at the depot 

He said I ain't a gonna leave you, no, never no more 

Said let's go dancin' to the tune of a twenty dollar bill 

They've got a fine fiddle band at the barn up on the hill 

And by midnight we just might wind up dancin' standin' still 

By my daddy's lantern light, let me walk you home 

In front of friends and kinfolk and all of us grandkids 

In the same little church house, in a long white cotton gown 

He bent down and he kissed her, he said, I'm right behind you, honey 

It wasn't long 'til we laid him in the ground 

And now they're dancin' to the tune of a twenty dollar bill 

They've got a fine fiddle band at the barn up on the hill 

And by midnight they just might wind up dancin' standin' still 

By the Father's lantern light, they're walkin' home