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Leonard's Bible
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A Bible left behind by a lonely man is found.
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Old time classic country, western cowboy songs, and bluegrass. Back porch style, old timey pickin' for clogging, square dancing, or just listening.
Night Hawk Bluegrass & Western Tumble Weed Tammy and Santa Fe Steve work together to bring back nostalgic western and bluegrass tunes from the past as well as new songs of their own with close ties to the past. Tumble Weed Tammy By day Tumble Weed is the kitchen administrator and manager of the kitchen at the county hoosegow. By night she plays bass fiddle, bass guitar and contributes vocals to the group. Tammy enjoys horseback riding (trail riding) and fitness and exercise when not slingin' hash or pickin' the bass. Santa Fe Steve Santa Fe hung up his badge and gun after 25 years of law man duty, keeping the peace in the dusty streets of Gladwin. When not playing Guitar, Banjo, Mandolin, or singing Santa Fe is the chief operator of a wireless telegraph station (K8BZ) on the ham radio frequencies of the air waives.
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Genre
Country • Bluegrass
Charts
Peak #29
Peak in subgenre #2
Author
Steve Wuelfing
Rights
2002 Steve Wuelfing
Uploaded
November 21, 2005
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MP3 4.1 MB • 128 kbps • 4:27
Story behind the song
A man buys the home of a deceased man. All of the previous owners possessions are left in the home, from his clothing and furniture to his bible. The buyer wonders why the man had no next of kin to pass his personal belongings to. When Leonard's Bible is found the notations in it open a window to the old man's heart. I never met him but his name was Leonard Wolkensdorfer and I still have his Bible after 33 years.
Lyrics
A humble cottage up for sale in a little country town The old man who had lived there passed away It was priced to sell, I couldn’t turn it down The deal was closed, I settled in to stay All the old man’s earthly goods were there as if he’d never gone The rustic poster bed of hand hewn pine By the hearth the oaken rocker that the old man sat upon On the mantel there his bible I did find The cover was inscribed in a shaky aging hand With the name that I remember to this day On the mantel where it laid, not touched by any hand Since the day that old man Leonard passed away CHORUS: Leonard left his bible on the mantel for me there I read it by the fire light in that oaken rocking chair He led me to the Lord, no longer would I stray Since the day that old man Leonard passed away He lived a simple life and had no next of kin No names were in the bible’s family tree No children or a wife recorded there within But his bible I believe he left for me He underlined each part that touched his lonely heart Save not treasure for yourself upon the earth But up in Heaven’s home where rust does not erode Where your treasure is your soul will find a home Now I read the word each night by the flickering fire light Leonard leads me on my way to Heaven’s door I can feel his presence there in that oaken rocking chair Like a beacon bright on Heaven’s golden shore REPEAT CHORUS
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