OLD JONESVILLE #II 2009
THIS IS THE STORY………………OF OLD JONESVILLE
FANTASTIC PLACE TO LIVE AND GROW
FROM LILA SWAIM………………TO CHARLIE MATHIS
THEIR ENTERPRISE HELPED MAKE IT SO
HOW WE LOVED……………TO SHOP AT FLETCHER’S
AND CLINT HOLCOMB’S GROCERY STORE
AS A STUDENT………………..FOR YOR MONEY
THEY WOULD ALWAYS GIVE YOU MORE
THERE WAS THAT HOTEL…………….ON THE CORNER
JUST ACROSS FROM CITY HALL
THROUGH THE YEARS…………THE TRAVELERS CAME THERE
WE GAVE WARM WELCOME…………TO THEM ALL
IN CITY HALL……………………….THERE WAS A COURTROOM
WHERE CHARLIE WOLFE WOULD JUDGE THE MEAN
HE WAS FAIR……………………….….IN ALL HIS JUDGEMENTS
OUR COURTS, TODAY.…………………COULD ONLY DREAM
WE HAD SUCH FUN ……………....AT JONESVILLE SPEEDWAY
OH HOW FAST THOSE BOYS WOULD RUN
SOME CLIMBED A TREE…………………TO SEE THE ACTION
ALL BECAUSE THEY HAD NO MON
OH HOW WE LOVED IT…………………...IN OLD JONESVILLE
BUT OUR TOWN HAS COME OF AGE
THANKS TO THE DREAM……………….OF E. GWYN McNEILL
THE FIVE-LANE HELPED……………….US TURN THE PAGE
Copyright Leon Reece 2009
Leon Reece, radio personality, lyricist and singer, Jonesville native and member of the Jonesville Historical Committee, introduced his "Old Jonesville #II 2009" at the 7th annual Old Jonesville Day on May 2, 2009, with his two sons joining in, to the tune of Vince Gill's, "Go Rest High On That Mountain."
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