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жанры: country, rock
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Grandpa was a Carpenter
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John Prine
жанры: country, rock
альбомы: Sweet Revenge
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Grandpa wore his suit to dinner nearly every day No particular reason, he just dressed that way Brown necktie and a matching vest and both his wingtip shoes He built a closet on our back porch and put a penny in a burned out fuseGrandpa was a carpenter built houses, stores and banks Chain smoked Camel cigarettes and hammered nails in planks He was level on the level and shaved even every door And voted for Eisenhower 'cause Lincoln won the warWell, he used to sing me 'Blood on the saddle' and rock me on his knee And let me listen to radio before we got TV Well, he'd drive to church on Sunday and he take me with him too Stained glass in every window, hearing aids in every pewGrandpa was a carpenter built houses, stores and banks Chain smoked Camel cigarettes and hammered nails in planks He was level on the level and shaved even every door And voted for Eisenhower 'cause Lincoln won the warNow my grandma was a teacher, she went to school in Bowling Green Traded in a milking cow for a Singer sewing machine Well she called her husband 'Mister' and walked real tall and pride She used to buy me comic books after grandpa diedGrandpa was a carpenter he built houses, stores and banks Chain smoked Camel cigarettes and hammered nails in planks He was level on the level and shaved even every door And voted for Eisenhower 'cause Lincoln won the war
Это интересно:Prine is the son of William Prine and Verna Hamm. Prine himself started playing guitar at age 14, taught by his brother, David. He was a postman for five years and served in the Army before beginning his musical career in Chicago.In the late 1960s, while Prine was still delivering mail in Maywood, Illinois, he began to sing at open-mic evenings at the Fifth Peg on Armitage Avenue. Prine was initially a spectator, reluctant to perform, but eventually did so in response to a "You think you can do better?" comment made to him by another performer. Chicago Sun-Times movie critic Roger Ebert heard him there and wrote the first review Prine ever received, calling him a great songwriter.... продолжение
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