old porch swing

Lyrics

it's hung there on the front porch, since this old house was built, it's where the old men whittle, and the women fleece their quilts, it's held four generations, through whatever life could bring, that ol' swing, that ol' porch swing, it held a grieving widow, when my daddy's daddy died, and now it rocks my children, when they close their sleepy eyes, it's where i popped the question, with a quarter karat ring, that ol' swing, that ol' porch swing, it's been there through the sunshine, it's had it's share of rain, been a witness to some good times, and a like amount of pain, if it could tell it's story, what a violin could sing, that ol' swing, that ol' porch swing, it's where brother read the letter, that sent him off to war, we knew he had to go and fight, but we didn't know what for, when he came home he just sat there, and never said a thing, in that swing, that ol' porch swing, it's been there through the sunshine, it's had it's share of rain, been a witness to some good times, and a like amount of pain, if it could tell it's story, what a violin could sing, that ol' swing, that ol' porch swing, that ol' swing, that ol' porch swing.