PICTURE ON THE WALL
(Bud Landress)


Georgia Yellow Hammers - 1927
The Carter Family - 1932
Webb Pierce - 1961
Joe Maphis & Rose Lee - 1962
The Hawking Brothers - 1962
The Lewis Family - 1966
Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper - 1977
Bill Harrell & The Virginians - 1978
The Vern Williams Band - 1981


There's an old and faded picture on the wall
That has been hanging there for many a year
It's a picture of my mother and I know there is no other
That can take the place of mother on the wall

On the wall (On the wall), on the wall (on the wall)
How I love that dear old picture on the wall
Time is swiftly passing by and I bow my head and cry
But I know I'll meet my mother after all

Now the children all have scattered, all have gone
And I have a little family of my own
And I know I love them well, more than any tongue can tell
But I love that dear old picture on the wall

On the wall (On the wall), on the wall (on the wall)
How I love that dear old picture on the wall
Time is swiftly passing by and I bow my head and cry
But I know I'll meet my mother after all

Yes, I lost that deal old mother years ago
There is none to which with troubles I can go
As my banjo makes this chord, I am praying to the Lord
Let me hold that dear old picture on the wall

On the wall (On the wall), on the wall (on the wall)
How I love that dear old picture on the wall
Time is swiftly passing by and I bow my head and cry
But I know I'll meet my mother after all

On the wall (On the wall), on the wall (on the wall)
How I love that dear old picture on the wall
Time is swiftly passing by and I bow my head and cry
But I know I'll meet my mother after all



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - August 2020)