Our Front Porch Hillbilly Band

Billy played the banjo, sometimes the fiddle, too While grandpa rattled the spoons and sang About a sip of “that good ol’ mountain dew.” Occasionally Mr. Snell came over and brang * His collection of gourds, they made a harmony While grandpa rattled the spoons and sang. The makeshift band welcomed, as a courtesy, Anyone who had a crude mountain instrument His collection of gourds, they made a harmony. Mama clog danced with an Irish jig movement She, also a talented musician, did purely enjoy Anyone who had a crude mountain instrument. I usually sat on the front porch steps with a toy While our neighbor hillbilly band played a tune They tried, as best they could, never to annoy. It was a splendid way for old friends to commune Billy played the banjo, sometimes the fiddle, too, While our neighbor hillbilly band played a tune About a sip of “that good ol’ mountain dew.” written July 10, 2021 [*brang. Every hillbilly kid knows that the tenses of "to bring" are "bring, brang, brung."]