The Old Sunday Dinner Chords - Martin Family

Intro

C G C

Verse 1

C Em Am F A sweet fragrant fancy of days long remembered, C G Carries me back to my home o'er the sea; C Em Am F When I was a boy, so young and light-hearted, C G C And cares came and went like a merry sunbeam.

Verse 2

C Em Am F There's one thing I know I'll always remember, C G It's all that was left of the fire's dying glow; C Em Am F Yes, there's one thing I know I'll always remember, C G C Was that old Sunday dinner a long time ago.

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Am F G C Our table was set with the best we could boast of, G Our bread was as white as the first fall of snow; C Em Am F There was plenty for twenty, and we made the most of, C G C That old Sunday dinner a long time ago.

Verse 3

C Em Am F Well, on Saturday night my mother and father, C G Would both go to market, but not to stay long; C Em Am F And I would be left in the care of my brother, C G C And he, the poor soul, to me would sing a song.

Verse 4

C Em Am F And when they returned with their baskets o'erflowing, C G We would each get an apple, then wanted to know: C Em Am F What we'd have for dinner, though hints they were throwing, C G C At that old Sunday dinner a long time ago.

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Verse 5

C Em Am F Well, it's been many years since I last saw the cabin, C G That housed my dear father, my mother and all; C Em Am F The fiddle, the flutes, the old piper playing, C G C It's all just a memory, but nice to recall.

Verse 6

Am F G C The old folks are gone, and the fiddles are silent, G No more by the flagstone will the dancers go; C Em Am F Ah, but though they're all gone, I still can remember, C G C That old Sunday dinner a long time ago.

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