Old Folks Lyrics
Old Folks - Charlie Parker
Written by：Dedette Lee Hill/Willard Robinson
Everyone knows him as old folks
Like the seasons he comes and he'll go
Just as free as a bird
And as good as his word
That's why everybody loves him so
Always leaving his spoon in his coffee
Tucks his napkin up under his chin
And his own corn cob pipe is so mellow
Hits right
But you needn't be ashamed of him
One thing we don't know about old folks
Did he fight for the blue or the gray
But he's so democratic and so diplomatic
We always let him have his way
In the evenings after supper
What stories she'll tell
How he held his speech
At Gettysburg for Lincoln that day
I know that one so well
Some day there will be no more old folks
What a lonely old world this will be
Children's voices at play will be still fondling
The day they take old folks away