Old, Old House (cover) with kind permission from Rebecca and Hal Bynum
George Jones’ name was added in a publishing deal when he cut it in 1962. Also covered by Bill Monroe and others. Some of the words vary from one version to another, and I know I sang a few of them wrong. I heard this for the first time only a couple of years ago and really like it. There is a great cover by local musician Allan Spinney on YT.
*UPDATED Feb 2012
orig u/l to julanenova’s YT channel july 2011

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Old, Old House (written by Hal Bynum)

There’s an old old house that once was a mansion
On a hill overlooking the town
Where time’s left a wreckage where once was a beauty
And soon the old house will tumble down

When the leaves begin to fall in the autumn
And the raindrops drip from the trees
There’s an old old man who walks in the garden
And his head is bowed in memory.

They say he built the mansion for the love of a woman
And they planned to be married in the fall
But her love withered in the last days of summer
And the house stood empty after all.