John Denver - My Old Man Lyrics

No words can express how beautiful this song and John Denvers voice is...…..Sigh,,,

Johns songs have been my friends for 48 years, where ever i go. His haunting portrayal of "My Old Man" is equal to a similar song of Johns, "Isabel". And yet a voice so powerful on high notes, like "The Eagle and the Hawk" and "The gold and beyond", which other performers can only dream of reaching has truly left a remarkable legacy for his devoted fans. Love his songs, music, and his endless battle to save this failng Earth.
R.I.P.JOHN.
Jimmy. Liverpool England.

Absolutely love this! Could be about John or even something he woulda written. Even though he didn't write it.

❤️❤️❤️❤️

Sweet.....sigh..Love listening to all of John Denver songs

One of the Loves of my life JD♥️

Tommy Fleming on utube can sing like Denver ! Brilliant !

Another day listening to  John Denver,  the best songs and his extraordinary voice...…...5/19

The train pictured on this video is in the woods of Maine, abandoned in the 1930's and left to rot. A shelter was built around the two trains but was burnt down by accident.
A little over two years ago, A friend, Brad and I tried to get to this
place, but we didn't quite make it. I'll try again, someday soon!

The link:
http://www.untamedmainer.com/how-to-find-the-abandoned-locomotives-of-the-eagle-lake-west-branch-railroad-in-the-northern-maine-woods/

Nice to know.

Don’t give up. I have a Illinois Central Gulf caboose in my yard that I spent months trying to get.

DOUGLAS Denver

Did John write this? Ty.

K Happy No he did not. Tom Paxton did.

No: Jerry Jeff Walker.

Sorry Dogger, but this was Jerry Jeff Walker’s

I have been listening to JD for more than 40 years. Never heard this song before. So glad you posted it.

joseph zagrapan it's on the ALBUM rhymes and reasons or the ALBUM take me to tomorrow his first couple RECORDS

Doug Smith
Thanks i listen to the album the other day. I just forgot i had heard so long ago.Again thanks for posting it.

By far the most beautiful and calming song I have ever heard.

Melissa Barnosky It's hard to believe that I first was told about John Denver 45 years ago a colleague at work said to me , you want to watch this guy he's on BBC 2 at 10 pm. I watched it was his second show of six, straight away I fell in love with his voice his songs . The following Sunday I watched again, I went out to buy a record an LP all vinyl in those days I was looking for the opening song of the show " Starwood in Aspen " I bought Rocky Mountain High . Since then I have bought many LPs " Whose Garden was this was the third I bought, and nowadays play John every day mostly at times when I feel alone, this guy change my life helped me cope with issues which hurt or I could not handle, but listening to Johns music has made me so content and happy,Thank you to all of you who send these clips in. I stroll have the LPs and lots of DVDs, CDs of this wonderful man who will always be a part of me

I'd never heard this one before--and I have 16 albums, a couple of which are double. This piece is simply beautiful.

Novella Maia This song is from 1969 Johns first Official album, although he did not write it...he made it his own/now ours

Lovely, and also lovely is Jim McCann`s version. Sadly, all of those wonderful singers are dead...

My old man had a rounder's soul.
He'd hear an old freight train.
Then he'd have to go.
Said he'd been blessed with a gipsy bone.
That's the reason they guessed
He'd been cursed to roam.

 Came into town back before the war,
Didn't even know what it was he was looking for.
He carried a tattered bag for his violin.
It was full of lots of songs
Of places that he'd been.


 He talked real ea-sy had a smiling way.
To pass along to you when his fiddle played.
Making people drop their cares and woes.
To hum out loud those tunes
That his fiddle bowed.


 Till the people there began to join that sound.
And everyone in town was laughing.
Singing, dancing round.

 Like the fiddler's tune was all they heard that night.

 As if some dream said
 "All the world is right"



His fiddler's eye caught one beauty there.
She had that rollin' flowin'
golden kind of hair he played for her as if she danced alone.
He played his favorite songs.
Ones he called his own.
He played until she was the last to go.
He stopped and packed his case
And said he'd take her home.

 All the nights that passed a child was born.
All the years that passed.
That love would keep them warm.
All their lives they'd share a dream come true.
All because she danced
while his fiddle tuned.

My old man had a rounder's soul.
He'd hear an old freight train.
Then he'd have to go.
All that I recall said when I was so young.
No one else could really
Sing those songs he sung.

Thecraftingcrew gypsy bone , thank you ♡

Thanks for this

Old man John Denver lyriic

Bring back or has it really gone ? Music from the soul? ummmm...? still might be here but the pace of life can't here it as well ? and this is ummmm...?.. progression?

Great song

My favorite song!! I love it!!

Given that JJW is only in his early seventies , it gives one an insight to his creative mind. For many decades I presumed that 'My Old Man' and 'Mr Bojangles' had been written by a hobo who had been through the mill in the 1930s.  Please forgive me for appearing stereotypical but the incisiveness of his lyrics are so compelling that one could be forgiven for thinking that JJW was a Bo Diddley or someone of his stature. An extaordinary lyricist and an extraordinary musician. 

One of my top favorites delivered so well by John Denver... 
~Marion

No , the song was written by Jerry Jeff  Walker a New York native . He lives in Texas and is still playing with his band. He also wrote Mr Bogangles ! Another iconic song that has been recorded by just about everybody. He is also on Facebook and Twitter if you want to check him out. By the way I'm just a huge fan of his !

Thank you

Excellent song. One of his very best ever. No one writes music like this anymore. Kind of a shame.

Just heard this. Great song. Thanks