Flatt and Scruggs - Over the Hills to the Poor House lyrics

Over The Hill To The Poor House 1. 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 Oh heaven I'm sad and I'm weary See the tears how they course down my cheek This world is so lonely and weary My heart for relief plainly seeks Chorus: 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 2. 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 Oh me on the doorstep up yonder I've set with my babe's on my knee No father was happy or fonder Than I of my little ones three Chorus: 3.The boys were so rosy and cheerful and Lily with chatter so sweet God knows how their father has loved them But they've driven him out on the street I gave them the place where I lived on A deed to the farm and more I gave them the house they were borned in And now I am turned from its door Chorus: