Lonesome River Band - Tune Of A Twenty Dollar Bill lyrics

[Verse 1] It was the first time ever he saw her He saw his future in a long white cotton gown Sitting 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 grinning like a possum As he handed her a daisy She heard him say [Chorus] Say let's go dancing 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 dancing, standing still By my daddy's lantern light I'll walk you home [Verse 2] After they got married It didn't seem like no time They just saying their goodbye's He's a going to the big world war About a lifetime later She's a waitin' at the depot He said I ain't a gonna leave you No, never no more [Chorus] Said let's go dancing 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 dancing standing still By my daddy's lantern light Let me walk you home [Verse 3] 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 [Chorus] And now they're dancing 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 dancing standing still By the father's lantern light They're walking home