Rocky top
by the osborne brothers
Bobby and sonny osborne
recorded rocky top on christmas day on a b side 45
a side was my favorite memory
february 15, 1982-"rocky top" was voted an
official tennessee state song
by the general assembly of tennessee.
Wish that i was on ol' rocky top
down in the tennessee hills
ain't no smoggy smoke on rocky top
ain't no telephone bills
once i had a girl on rocky top
half bear, other half cat
wild as a mink, but sweet as soda pop
i still dream about that
Rocky top, you'll always be
home sweet home to me
good ol' rocky top
rocky top, tennessee
rocky top, tennessee
Once two strangers climbed ol' rocky top
lookin' for a moonshine still
strangers ain't come down from rocky top
reckon they never will
corn won't grow at all on rocky top
dirt's too rocky by far
that's why all the folks on rocky top
get their corn from a jar
Rocky top, you'll always be
home sweet home to me
good ol' rocky top
rocky top, tennessee
rocky top, tennessee
(instrumental)
I've had years of cramped-up city life
trapped like a duck in a pen
all i know is it's a pity life
can't be simple again
Rocky top, you'll always be
home sweet home to me
good ol' rocky top
rocky top, tennessee
rocky top, tennessee
rocky top, tennessee