Y'all Come?
by Arleigh Duff
"I was coaching
basketball and staying with my Grandma. One Sunday
afternoon, this old lady came to visit in a flat bed
truck. I was lying in the porch swing listening to their
conversation. (Picture this old house that was never
painted. Dogs on the porch.) As the old lady started to
leave, before she finally crawled into that flat bed
truck, she said 'Y'all come' seventeen times. I just
knew there had to be a song there somewheres. I
accidentally wrote it, and it turned out to be a
standard.
—Arleigh Duff
Y'all Come
When you live in the country, everybody is your
neighbour
On this one thing you can rely
They'll all come to see you and never, ever leave you
Say, "You all come to see us by and by."
Y'all come! Y'all come!
You all come to see us now and then
Y'all come! Y'all come!
You all come to see us when you can.
Kinfolks a-comin', they're comin' by the dozen
Eatin' everything from soup to hay
And right after dinner, they ain't lookin' any thinner
And here's what you hear them say: Grandmaw's a-wishin'
they'd come to the kitchen
And help do all the dishes right away
But they all start a-leavin', even though she's grievin'
You can still hear Grandmaw say:
