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KENTUCKY LIFE  IS  
MADE POSSIBLE IN PART

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BY A GRANT FROM THE HONORABLE  
ORDER OF KENTUCKY COLONELS

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GOOD EVENING, I'M BYRON CRAWFORD 
AND WELCOME TO  KENTUCKY LIFE

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TONIGHT, WE'VE GOT A REAL  
TREAT IN STORE FOR YOU

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SO GET COMFORTABLE

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AND GET READY TO  
EXPERIENCE A HALF HOUR

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OF HOME-GROWN KENTUCKY TALENT

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FIRST, WE'RE GOING TO  
INTRODUCE YOU TO A COUPLE

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WHO LIVE ON A PICTURESQUE FARM 
THEY CALL "MOCKINGBIRD HILL"

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AND HAVE CREATED EVEN MORE 
BEAUTY FROM THEIR OWN HANDS

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A LITTLE LATER ON, I'LL BE 
JOINING A COUNTRY MUSIC LEGEND

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ON A FRONT PORCH  
A LOT LIKE THIS ONE

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IT'S A  KENTUCKY LIFE  
VISIT WITH TOM T. HALL

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NOW, LET'S TAKE A LITTLE  
TRIP TO ROCKCASTLE COUNTY

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AND GET TO KNOW RON  
AND JANICE OWENS

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A PRIMITIVE ARTIST, WHICH 
BASICALLY MEANS UNTRAINED

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JANICE BRINGS IMAGES  
TO THE CANVASS

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THAT LIVE IN HER OWN IMAGINATION

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BUILDINGS, PEOPLE, ANIMALS

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ALL HAVE A LIFE THAT  
SHE ALONE CAN GIVE THEM

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AND THE CHARMING  
SCENES SHE CREATES

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HAVE CAPTURED THE 
IMAGINATION OF FOLKS

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FAR FROM HER KENTUCKY HOME

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WHAT WE CALL IN ROCKCASTLE 
COUNTY, "THE MOUNTAIN WAY"

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IS THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE  
TO MAKE ANYTHING YOU SEE

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WE HAVE A LOT OF TALENTED PEOPLE 
IN THIS PART OF THE COUNTRY

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AND, AND WHATEVER THAT  
UH, THAT WE SEE IF

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IF WE WANT THAT WE CAN, CAN 
TEACH OURSELVES TO DO IT

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UH, RON AND I BOTH  
CAME FROM A FAMILY

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OUR MOTHERS WERE QUILTERS  
AND OUR DADS CARPENTERS

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AND UH, RAISED US UP BEING ABLE 
TO, TO MAKE WHATEVER WE NEEDED

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OR WHATEVER WE WANTED

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IF, IF WE SAW  
FURNITURE OR PAINTINGS

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UH, TO BE ABLE TO TEACH 
YOURSELF HOW TO DO IT

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UH, WE'VE UH, WE SELL  
MOST OF, OF OUR THINGS

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AWAY FROM HERE

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FOR THAT VERY REASON

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BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE IN 
ROCKCASTLE AND THIS AREA

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IF THEY SEE IT, THEY CAN  
MAKE IT FOR THEMSELVES

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SO THEY HAVE NO NEED TO BUY IT

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SO THAT'S WHY... RON CALLS 
THEM, CALLS IT "DOERS"

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THAT'S WHAT HE CALLS AND 
THAT... "THE MOUNTAIN WAY"

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IS WHAT HE CALLS "DOERS"

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ABLE TO DO WHATEVER  
THEY WANT TO DO

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RAISED IN ROCKCASTLE COUNTY, 
JANICE HARDING OWENS

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AND HER HUSBAND-- RON OWENS

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LIVE ON MOCKINGBIRD HILL

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THE LAND HAS BEEN IN HER 
FAMILY FOR GENERATIONS

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AND HOLDS SPECIAL MEANING FOR 
BOTH ITS BEAUTY AND FAMILY TIES

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WHEN I WAS A CHILD GROWING  
UP, I'D DRAW HORSE HEADS AND

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AND DIFFERENT THINGS,  
LIKE MOST KIDS DO

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BUT WHEN WE MARRIED AND  
WE MOVED TO, TO MT. VERNON

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THE SUNSETS WERE BEAUTIFUL

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AND I'D STAND IN  
MY KITCHEN WINDOW

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YOU KNOW, WHEN I'D WASH DISHES

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AND LOOK AT THE SUNSET

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AND I COULD JUST FEEL THE  
BRUSH IN MY HAND, YOU KNOW

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PAINTING THOSE SUNSETS

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SO THAT, THAT WAS WHEN I  
FIRST, YOU KNOW, FELT LIKE

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THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING  
I WOULD WANT TO DO

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WE HAVE A BIG FAMILY

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AND THERE'S A LOT OF THEM, FIVE, 
SIX, SEVEN THAT WOULD COME HOME

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ON THE SCHOOL BUS

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AND IT'S BEING ABLE, BOTH OF US 
BEING ABLE TO BE HERE AT HOME

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WE'RE ON CALL FOR  
THEM ALL THE TIME

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IT'S BEEN VERY NICE FOR ME

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WITH HAVING SO MANY CHILDREN

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TO BE ABLE TO BE  
HERE AT HOME WITH THEM

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I, I COULDN'T AFFORD  
TO WORK ANYWHERE ELSE

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AND PAY CHILD CARE OR ANYTHING

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SO IT'S, IT'S WORKED  
OUT REAL WELL FOR ME

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TO BE ABLE TO WORK  
HERE RIGHT AT HOME

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THE BEST PART ABOUT WORKING 
HERE AT HOME IS I DON'T HAVE TO

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PUNCH A TIME CLOCK

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I'VE DONE THAT BEFORE

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I'VE WORKED IN FACTORY BEFORE

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AND I'VE WORKED  
IN GROCERY STORES

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DEPARTMENT STORES

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BEFORE WE HAD CHILDREN

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THEN WHEN, WHEN OUR SON WAS BORN

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I STAYED HOME AFTER THAT

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I PAINT, MOSTLY OF THE NIGHT

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WHEN, WHEN I GET  
INTO A PAINTING

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I USUALLY GO STRAIGHT THROUGH

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SOMETIMES I'LL PAINT 24  
HOURS ALL THE WAY THROUGH

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I'M NOT A REALIST PAINTER

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I DON'T, I DON'T PAINT THINGS 
EXACTLY LIKE, LIKE YOU SEE THEM

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BUT UH, I'VE HAD, I'VE 
HAD SOME PEOPLE SAY...

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I HAD ONE, ONE PERSON TELL  
ME ONE TIME, A NIECE OF MINE

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AND SHE SAID, "THAT PLACE  
DOESN'T REALLY EXIST."

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AND I TOLD HER, I SAID, "YES  
IT DOES IN, IN MY MIND

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THAT'S THE WAY I SEE IT."

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IT MAY... YOU KNOW, SO I DON'T 
SEE THINGS EXACTLY THE SAME WAY

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MAYBE THAT EVERBODY ELSE DOES

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BUT IN MY MIND,  
IT'S A REAL PLACE

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SO A LOT, A LOT OF  
THE SCENES THAT I DO

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HAVE TO DO WITH, YOU KNOW,  
WITH CHILDHOOD MEMORIES AND

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AND UH, YOU KNOW, GROWING UP  
ON THE FARM AND THINGS, SO

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OTHER PEOPLE WHEN THEY SEE THEM 
THEY, EY CONNECT WITH THEM

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AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, MAYBE 
SOME OF THE SAME THINGS THAT

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THEY DID WHEN  
THEY WERE CHILDREN

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JANICE HAS COMPLETED 
A COMMISSION

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FOR THE WIDOW OF THE FORMER 
PRESIDENT OF BEREA COLLEGE

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JANE STEPHENSON RECALLS  
THE PERSONAL TOUCHES

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HER FRIEND WORKED  
INTO THE PAINTING

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THAT MADE IT SPECIAL  
TO THE BEREA COUPLE

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JANICE, DO YOU REMEMBER  
WHEN JOHN ASKED YOU

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TO DO A SPECIAL  
PAINTING FOR HIM?

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THAT HAD UH, HORSES IN  
IT AND SHEEP, I THINK

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YES, I DO, THAT'S...

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JOHN ASKED ME TO DO THE,  
DO THE HORSE ESPECIALLY

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'CAUSE HE  
LOVED HIS HORSE

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AND I WANTED TO DO THE  
ROSE ON THE TRELLIS

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'CAUSE THAT WAS  
SPECIAL TO YOU

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WELL, YOU DID  
A GOOD JOB

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YOU ALSO PUT THE  
WEEPING WILLOW TREE IN

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WHICH WAS HIS  
FAVORITE TREE

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AND YOU EVEN GOT  
SOME ROOSTERS

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OVER THERE ON THE  
FENCE, HE LOVED ROOSTERS

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UM HMM, THAT'S RIGHT

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I TRIED TO MAKE IT LOOK,  
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TO A PLACE THAT,  
THAT JOHN MIGHT KNOW

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AND, AND MAKE THAT 
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AND YOU DID, IT WAS  
VERY SPECIAL TO HIM

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THANKS

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THE FIRST WILLOW  
FURNITURE THAT I MADE

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I COPIED IT OFF OF  
PICTURES THAT I SAW

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AND I... IT WAS  
UNCOMFORTABLE

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AND IT WAS SORT OF FLIMSY

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SO I JUST STARTED WORKING ON IT

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AND MAKING IT, MAKING  
IT MORE COMFORTABLE

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I PUT THE SEAT  
PIECES A LOT CLOSER

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WHICH TAKES AWAY FROM 
THE, THE ARTISTIC

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'CAUSE YOU CAN'T  
GET THE BIG FLARE

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'CAUSE I GOT MORE PIECES IN IT

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BUT IT'S, IT'S UH,  
YOU CAN SET IN IT

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AND THAT'S WHAT I WANT

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FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO SIT  
IN MY FURNITURE AND ENJOY IT

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I'M JUST REAL PROUD  
OF THE WAY IT SITS

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"IT'S USABLE ART" IS  
WHAT I LIKE TO SAY

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ONCE HE DECIDED TO MAKE 
FURNITURE FROM WILLOW

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RON COULDN'T WASTE  
ANY PART OF IT

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SO, HE MAKES TABLES  
AND OTHER ODDS AND ENDS

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FROM THE LEFTOVERS

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THE MOUNTAIN, ACCORDING  
TO RON AND JANICE

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ALSO INCLUDES  
CONSERVATION OF RESOURCES

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ANY TIME OF YEAR IS  
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FOR CUTTING THE WILLOW RON SAYS

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AS LONG AS IT CAN BE KEPT MOIST, 
IT'S GOOD FOR MAKING FURNITURE

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I USE UH, MOSTLY BLACK WILLOW 
UH, FOR THE MAIN PARTS

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AND THEN FOR THE SEAT PIECES 
I USE THE, THE SLICK WILLOW

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AND IT'S A LOT  
SMOOTHER TO SIT ON

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AND I GO, PROBABLY  
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HUNTING UH, THE WILLOW

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I JUST GO AROUND

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WHEN I SEE SOME WILLOW  
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AROUND A CREEK OR A, OR 
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I STOP AND ASK THE PEOPLE IF 
UH, IF I CAN CUT THE WILLOW

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AND NOBODY'S EVER TURNED ME DOWN

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THEY ALWAYS SAY, "PLEASE  
CUT ALL OF IT, ALL OF IT"

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UH, THIS ONE LADY, I CALLED... 
SHE WAS A OLDER LADY

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AND I CALLED AND ASKED HER 
ABOUT CUTTING SOME WILLOW

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IN FRONT OF HER HOUSE

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AND, AND SHE SAID, UH

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SAID, "YOU WANT TO CUT  
THAT WILLOW FOR FREE?"

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AND I THOUGHT, SHE'S  
GOING TO CHARGE ME

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YOU KNOW, FOR CUTTING IT

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AND I SAID, "YES, MA'AM, 
I MAKE FURNITURE OUT OF IT

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AND I... SHE SAID, "WELL  
IT'S A FUNNY THING TO ME"

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SHE SAID, "THREE YEARS AGO

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I HAD TO PAY TO GET  
ALL THAT CUT OUT."

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AND UH, BUT ANYWAY,  
I WENT AND CUT IT

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AND SHE WAS REALLY PLEASED

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YOU KNOW, TO GET RID  
OF IT, THE WILLOW

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AND I WAS PLEASED TO GET IT

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MUCH OF JANICE'S INSPIRATION 
COMES FROM THE PAST

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STORIES, SONGS OR PICTURES THAT 
ILLUSTRATE A SIMPLER TIME

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AS A SELF-TAUGHT ARTIST

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SHE LONGED TO OBSERVE  
THE WORK OF OTHERS

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AND OFTEN TRAVELED MILES TO 
GALLERIES IN LARGE CITIES

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UNTIL DISCOVERING THERE  
WERE PLENTY OF ARTISTS

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IN HER OWN BACKYARD

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NOW, SHE AND OTHER  
ROCKCASTLE COUNTY ARTISTS

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HAVE FORMED A  
COMMUNITY OF THEIR OWN

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TO LEARN AND SHARE  
WITH EACH OTHER

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AND WITH YOUNG PEOPLE

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THEY HOLD EXHIBITS

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LIKE ONE RECENTLY AT  
ROCKCASTLE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL

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TO TEACH AND INSPIRE  
THE NEXT GENERATION

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SMILE  
PRETTY, NOW

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I GUESS MY FAMILY,  
MY KIDS, MY MOM AND DAD

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MY DAD THAT PASSED  
AWAY THIS YEAR

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HE WAS MY BIGGEST FAN

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MY MOTHER'S PROBABLY  
MY BIGGEST CRITIC

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COURSE DAD WAS TOO AND I  
PAINT A LOT OF BUILDINGS

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AND A LOT OF SCENES  
AND HE WAS A CARPENTER

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AND IF MY BUILDINGS 
WERE CROOKED

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HE WOULD SAY "THAT'S NOT PLUMB"

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WHICH MEANT IT WASN'T STRAIGHT 
AND IT WOULDN'T STAND UP

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AND, AND I'D ALWAYS TELL HIM, 
POP, IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER

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IT'S NOT GOING TO FALL OVER, 
YOU KNOW, IT'S A PAINTING

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BUT HE ALWAYS LIKED FOR ME 
TO GET MY BUILDINGS STRAIGHT

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AND, AND MOM, TOO

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SHE WOULD, YOU KNOW, SHE  
WOULD CORRECT ME ON THINGS

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AS FAR AS, AS INSPIRATION

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THE KIDS, THEY'RE A BIG SUPPORT

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AND RON IS A BIG SUPPORT

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BECAUSE WHEN, WHEN  
THEY'LL COME THROUGH

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YOU KNOW, AND WORK'S GOING GOOD

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THEY'LL MAKE GOOD COMMENTS 
ABOUT IT AND RON WILL SAY A LOT

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"I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DO THAT"

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AND OF COURSE, I DON'T EITHER

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'CAUSE EVERY TIME I STAND BEFORE 
A CANVASS START A NEW PAINTING

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I, I... YOU KNOW,  
I DON'T, I'M NOT SURE

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I NEVER AM SURE IF I  
CAN DO ANOTHER ONE

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BECAUSE I'M SELF-TAUGHT ARTIST

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AND IT'S NOT A SKILL THAT, THAT 
YOU KNOW EXACTLY HOW TO DO IT

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EVERY TIME, IT'S NOT

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IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT,  
THAT HAS BEEN TAUGHT TO ME

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A CERTAIN WAY TO  
DO IT EVERY TIME

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AND I'LL STUDY MY OWN WORK A LOT

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AND SAY, HOW DID  
I DO THAT? YOU KNOW

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HOW DID I SHADE THAT?

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OR HOW DID I DO  
THAT BRUSH STROKE?

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BUT MOSTLY IT'S JUST  
BEEN BY EXPERIMENTING

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WITH COLORS AND MIXING  
THE COLORS AND JUST

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JUST UH, STARTING OUT AND 
SEEING WHAT HAPPENS WITH THEM

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AND A LOT OF TIMES 
OUT OF FRUSTRATION

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BECAUSE I WOULDN'T  
KNOW HOW TO DO THINGS

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THESE, THESE KIDS  
HAVE ART CLASS AND

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AND THEY'RE TAUGHT HOW TO DO IT 
CORRECTLY AND HOW TO DO IT EASY

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AND A LOT OF TIMES I WOULDN'T 
KNOW HOW TO DO IT AND I'D

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THROW MY PAINT BRUSH ACROSS  
THE KITCHEN, YOU KNOW

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JUST END UP WITH A GREEN SPOT 
ON MY CABINETS, USUALLY

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BUT, OUT OF FRUSTRATION I, 
I WOULD DO THAT SOMETIMES

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NOW JUST... YOU KNOW,  
JUST KEEP TRYING

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AND I FEEL LIKE ANYBODY, 
ANYBODY CAN PAINT

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ANYBODY THAT FEELS LIKE  
THEY WANT TO LEARN TO PAINT

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CAN LEARN

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CAN LEARN TO DO ANYTHING IF 
THEY, IF THEY WANT TO TRY IT

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THE ROAD THAT RON  
AND JANICE TOOK

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FROM ORDINARY COUPLE TO ARTISTS 
WHO CAN SUPPORT THEMSELVES

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BEGAN WITH THE HELP OF 
A LEXINGTON ART PATRON

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JOHN IRVINE, A RETIRED 
EXECUTIVE OF CENTRAL BANK

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IRVINE NOTICED RON'S TRUCK

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STACKED HIGH WITH WILLOW 
FURNITURE ONE DAY

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OUTSIDE THE BANK

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AND STUCK A POST-IT NOTE  
TO THE STEERING WHEEL

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INVITING RON TO PAY HIM A CALL

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CAPTIVATED BY JANICE'S  
WORK AS WELL

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JOHN IRVINE EVENTUALLY 
INTRODUCED THE COUPLE  
TO SKITCH HENDERSON

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THE FORMER TONIGHT  
SHOW MUSIC DIRECTOR

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AND FOUNDER OF THE NEW YORK POPS

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WHO HELPED SPREAD THE KENTUCKY 
COUPLE'S FAME NATIONWIDE

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NOW, IT'S TIME TO MEET A LEGEND

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THE POET LAUREATE  
OF COUNTRY MUSIC

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HE'S RECORDED  
MORE THAN 30 ALBUMS

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HAS BEEN ON THE CHARTS  
WITH MORE THAN 50 HITS

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WON GRAMMY AND CMA AWARDS

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APPEARED ON THE GRAND OLE OPRY

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AND HAS BEEN NAMED  
SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR

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HE'S ALSO PUBLISHED SIX BOOKS

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INCLUDING A NOVEL, A  
SHORT STORY COLLECTION

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AND AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY

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COME WITH ME NOW  
TO MEET TOM T. HALL

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Announcer: 
PLEASE MAKE WELCOME 
A TRUE LIVING LEGEND

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GRAMMY AWARD WINNER, THE 
STORYTELLER-- MR. TOM T. HALL

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(Audience applauding)

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(Music playing)

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TOM, HOW HAS YOUR  
KENTUCKY LIFE AFFECTED

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AND INFLUENCED YOUR 
WRITING AND YOUR MUSIC?

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WELL, I WROTE UH, A LOT 
OF SONGS ABOUT MY...

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THE PEOPLE I GREW UP WITH

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I CHANGED SOME OF THE NAMES

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TO PROTECT BOTH THE  
GUILTY AND THE INNOCENT

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BUT UH, I GREW UP IN A LITTLE 
TOWN-- OLIVE HILL, KENTUCKY

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1,300 PEOPLE

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AND I THINK THAT'S  
STILL THE POPULATION

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REMARKABLY OR THEY CAN'T AFFORD 
A NEW SIGN, ONE OR THE OTHER

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BUT I JUST GREW UP IN  
THE MOST MARVELOUS TOWN

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IN THE WORLD... I THINK

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JUST FULL OF JUST WONDERFUL, 
BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE

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THEY THOUGHT THEMSELVES 
TO BE VERY ORDINARY

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BUT UH, I ALWAYS THOUGHT THEY 
WERE VERY SPECIAL, SO...

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I WROTE A LOT OF SONGS  
ABOUT THEM AND UH, YOU KNOW

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ABOUT MY GROWING UP THERE

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SONGS LIKE HARPER VALLEY PTA 
CAME OUT OF MY HOMETOWN

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A LADY WHO HAD GONE DOWN

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AND READ OFF THE PTA FOR  
THEIR INDISCRETIONS AND...

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I REMEMBER ASKING YOU ONCE...

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HOW YOU PHYSICALLY WENT OUT 
AND SEARCHED A SONG DOWN

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AND YOU TALKED ABOUT  
HOW YOU DID IT

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WELL I USED 
TO UH...

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WHEN I FOUND OUT THAT I HAD 
TO WRITE ABOUT THINGS I'D DONE

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PLACES I'D BEEN, 
PEOPLE I HAD MET

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AND STORIES I'D HEARD 
AND EVERYTHING

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I WOULD GET IN MY CAR AND 
DRIVE OUT TO A CROSSROADS

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ROLL DOWN  
THE WINDOW

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AND SEE WHICH WAY  
THE WIND WAS BLOWING

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AND THEN I'D GO  
IN THAT DIRECTION

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AND I'D BE GONE FOR 
A COUPLE OF WEEKS

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AND JUST SIT AROUND 
AND TALK TO PEOPLE

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AND LISTEN TO STORIES

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AND I WROTE A LOT  
OF SONGS THAT WAY

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(Music playing)

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♪ COUNTRY IS ♪

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♪ SITTING ON A BACK PORCH ♪

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♪ LISTENING TO THE 
WHIPPOORWILLS ♪

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♪ LATE IN THE DAY ♪

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♪ COUNTRY IS ♪

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♪ MINDING YOUR BUSINESS ♪

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♪ AND HELPING A STRANGER ♪

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♪ IF HE COMES YOUR WAY ♪

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♪ COUNTRY IS ♪

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♪ LIVING IN THE CITY ♪

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♪ AND KNOWING YOUR PEOPLE ♪

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♪ KNOWING YOUR KIND ♪

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♪ COUNTRY IS ♪

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♪ WHAT YOU MAKE IT ♪

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♪ COUNTRY IS ♪

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♪ ALL IN YOUR MIND ♪

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(Playing music)

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♪ COUNTRY IS ♪

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♪ WORKING FOR A LIVING ♪

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♪ THINKING YOUR OWN THOUGHTS ♪

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♪ LOVING YOUR TOWN ♪

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♪ COUNTRY IS ♪

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♪ TEACHING YOUR CHILDREN ♪

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♪ FIND OUT WHAT'S RIGHT ♪

340
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♪ STAND YOUR GROUND ♪

341
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♪ COUNTRY IS ♪

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♪ HAVING A GOOD TIME ♪

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♪ LISTEN TO THE MUSIC ♪

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♪ SINGING YOUR PART ♪

345
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♪ COUNTRY IS ♪

346
00:17:16,433 --> 00:17:18,933
♪ WALKING IN THE MOONLIGHT ♪

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♪ COUNTRY IS ♪

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00:17:22,566 --> 00:17:24,333
♪ ALL IN YOUR HEART ♪

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(Music playing)

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(Audience applauding)

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THANK YOU

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THANK YOU, THANK  
YOU VERY MUCH

353
00:17:38,166 --> 00:17:42,066
WHAT ABOUT THE NEW MATERIAL 
YOU'RE WRITING NOW

354
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THE LOCAL FLOWERS

355
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YEAH, WELL, MY, MY WIFE-- MISS 
DIXIE AND I WROTE THAT TOGETHER

356
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WE LIKE TO GET OUT ON  
THE WEEK-ENDS AND GO, UH

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TOUR, YOU KNOW, TRAVEL...  
WE HAVE A UTILITY VEHICLE

358
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WHO DOESN'T?

359
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AND UH, WE LOAD IT UP WITH 
GUITAR AND UH, AUTOHARP AND

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BANJO AND TAKE OFF

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WE COME UP IN HERE 
A LOT, YOU KNOW

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00:18:02,566 --> 00:18:03,900
UP IN KENTUCKY AND TOUR AROUND

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STAY AT THE PARKS AND KIND OF 
DO WEEK-END THINGS TOGETHER

364
00:18:07,900 --> 00:18:09,533
AND UH, AND WE WRITE A FEW SONGS

365
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SO WE WROTE THAT TOGETHER

366
00:18:11,566 --> 00:18:14,800
BUT UH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT SORT 
OF FAVOR I'VE DONE MYSELF

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WHEN I DIE AND THEY 
HAVE MY FUNERAL

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I'M GOING TO HAVE ALL 
THESE WEEDS ON MY GRAVE

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'CAUSE UH, IT SAYS IN THE SONG

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00:18:21,566 --> 00:18:24,533
THAT WE DON'T WANT ANY YOU 
KNOW, LILIES OR NO RIBBONS

371
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AND CARNATIONS, SO...

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I THINK MY, MY FUNERAL WILL  
LOOK LIKE A HAYSTACK, PROBABLY

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(Music playing)

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♪ I HAVE TRAVELED ♪

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♪ THIS WORLD OVER ♪

376
00:18:37,166 --> 00:18:39,133
♪ AND I HAVE RAMBLED ♪

377
00:18:39,866 --> 00:18:41,733
♪ ALL MY DAYS ♪

378
00:18:42,633 --> 00:18:44,266
♪ WHEN MY JOURNEYS ♪

379
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♪ HAVE ALL ENDED ♪

380
00:18:48,300 --> 00:18:50,466
♪ LAY SOME FLOWERS ♪

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♪ ON MY GRAVE ♪

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♪ LOCAL FLOWERS ♪

383
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♪ JUST SOME DAISIES ♪

384
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♪ WILD WOOD FLOWERS ♪

385
00:19:02,366 --> 00:19:04,133
♪ FROM THE HILLS ♪

386
00:19:05,033 --> 00:19:07,866
♪ WHERE I WILL SPEND MY ♪

387
00:19:07,966 --> 00:19:10,333
♪ ETERNAL HOURS ♪

388
00:19:10,966 --> 00:19:13,533
♪ LAY ME DOWN WITH ♪

389
00:19:13,633 --> 00:19:16,666
♪ LOCAL FLOWERS ♪

390
00:19:16,766 --> 00:19:26,733
(Music playing)

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WHAT DIDILL MONROE...

392
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WHAT KIND OF INFLUENCE  
DID HE HAVE ON YOU?

393
00:19:31,100 --> 00:19:34,133
WELL, I DON'T WANT TO KEEP 
PROMOTING MY NEW UH, CD, BUT

394
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I HAVE A SONG ABOUT BILL MONROE

395
00:19:36,100 --> 00:19:38,400
AND I'LL TELL YOU A LITTLE 
STORY IF WE HAVE TIME FOR THIS

396
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UH, I GREW UP LISTENING  
TO, TO BILL, BILL'S MUSIC

397
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AND UH, I WAS IN AUSTRALIA  
ON TOUR, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA

398
00:19:47,433 --> 00:19:48,666
AND WE WERE GETTING OVER JET LAG

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00:19:48,766 --> 00:19:50,866
SO WE SPENT THREE 
DAYS IN THIS HOTEL

400
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AND I WENT DOWN... EVERY MORNING 
I'D GO DOWN FOR BREAKFAST

401
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AND THE UH, THE 
MAITRE 'D, IF YOU WILL

402
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OF THE RESTAURANT THERE

403
00:20:00,833 --> 00:20:03,333
KNEW ME, 'CAUSE I'VE BEEN 
TO AUSTRALIA SEVERAL TIMES

404
00:20:03,433 --> 00:20:07,200
AND, AND I TOLD 
HIM, I SAID UH...

405
00:20:07,300 --> 00:20:08,333
FRED, I BELIEVE HIS NAME WAS

406
00:20:08,433 --> 00:20:09,666
I SAID, "FRED, I LOVE THAT..."

407
00:20:10,500 --> 00:20:13,133
THEY WERE PLAYING FRANK 
SINATRA'S MUSIC EVERY MORNING

408
00:20:13,233 --> 00:20:15,066
♪ LOVE AND MARRIAGE... ♪

409
00:20:15,166 --> 00:20:16,533
YOU KNOW OLD FRANK 
WAS SINGING AWAY

410
00:20:16,633 --> 00:20:17,933
I SAID, YOU KNOW, "I   
LOVE THAT MUSIC YOU PLAY

411
00:20:18,033 --> 00:20:19,133
FOR BREAKFAST EVERY DAY."

412
00:20:20,366 --> 00:20:23,133
HE SAID UH, "OH, YOU  
LIKE FRANK SINATRA"

413
00:20:23,233 --> 00:20:25,700
I SAID, "YEAH, I DO, 
HE'S A GREAT AMERICAN"

414
00:20:26,433 --> 00:20:28,866
HE SAID, "YOU HEAR MUCH OF OLD 
FRANK OVER THERE ANY MORE?"

415
00:20:29,500 --> 00:20:30,766
I SAID, "NO, TO  
TELL YOU THE TRUTH

416
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WHERE I'M FROM, WE HAVE BILL 
MONROE FOR BREAKFAST EVERY DAY."

417
00:20:34,500 --> 00:20:37,133
SO... AND THAT STRUCK  
ME AS AN ODD STATEMENT

418
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HE DIDN'T KNOW  
WHO BILL MONROE WAS

419
00:20:38,566 --> 00:20:39,933
SO I WENT BACK UPSTAIRS  
AND I GOT MY GUITAR

420
00:20:40,033 --> 00:20:41,400
AND I WROTE THIS SONG CALLED...

421
00:20:42,233 --> 00:20:43,733
AND IT'S BIOGRAPHICAL TOO

422
00:20:43,833 --> 00:20:45,466
IT'S ABOUT GROWING UP AND 
LISTENING TO BILL MONROE

423
00:20:45,566 --> 00:20:47,400
WHERE WE LIVED  
BACK IN THE COUNTRY

424
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WITH THE OLD BATTERY RADIO

425
00:20:48,900 --> 00:20:51,200
(Music playing)

426
00:20:51,300 --> 00:20:55,133
♪ WHEN I WAS JUST A LITTLE BOY 
WE LIVED DOWN ON A FARM ♪

427
00:20:56,233 --> 00:20:59,800
♪ SEVEN MILES FROM NOWHERE AND 
A HUNDRED MILES FROM HARLAN ♪

428
00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:04,666
♪ WE MADE A LIVING FROM THE 
DIRT, IF ANYTHING WOULD GROW ♪

429
00:21:05,766 --> 00:21:09,533
♪ AND WE GOT OUR COUNTRY 
MUSIC FROM A BIG OLD RADIO ♪

430
00:21:10,300 --> 00:21:13,433
♪ AND WE HAD BILL MONROE 
FOR BREAKFAST EVERY DAY ♪

431
00:21:14,366 --> 00:21:15,933
♪ THEN WE'D HEAD 
OUT TO THE FIELDS ♪

432
00:21:16,033 --> 00:21:18,133
♪ A-HOEING CORN AND MOWING HAY ♪

433
00:21:19,300 --> 00:21:20,733
♪ OUR MAMA LOVED HIS SINGING ♪

434
00:21:20,833 --> 00:21:22,866
♪ DADDY LOVED TO HEAR HIM PLAY ♪

435
00:21:23,633 --> 00:21:26,866
♪ AND WE HAD BILL MONROE 
FOR BREAKFAST EVERY DAY ♪

436
00:21:28,900 --> 00:21:37,266
(Bill Monroe singing)

437
00:21:37,366 --> 00:21:38,933
I THANK YOU  
FOR YOUR TIME

438
00:21:39,033 --> 00:21:40,000
BYRON, I HAD A GOOD TIME

439
00:21:40,100 --> 00:21:42,066
AND I WANT TO... IF I MAY

440
00:21:42,166 --> 00:21:45,466
UH, TELL MY KENTUCKY  
FANS AND FRIENDS THAT, UH

441
00:21:45,566 --> 00:21:46,500
AND RELATIVES

442
00:21:47,500 --> 00:21:49,133
THAT UH, IT'S NICE TO BE HOME

443
00:21:49,233 --> 00:21:51,866
AND UH, AND THEY LIVE  
IN THE GREATEST STATE

444
00:21:51,966 --> 00:21:54,000
I'VE BEEN, I'VE  
BEEN AROUND A LOT

445
00:21:54,100 --> 00:21:55,866
AND FOR THOSE WHO HAVEN'T, 
I WANT TO TELL YOU

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00:21:55,966 --> 00:21:58,200
THIS IS THE GREATEST 
PLACE IN THE WORLD TO LIVE

447
00:21:59,633 --> 00:22:01,033
(Music playing)

448
00:22:01,133 --> 00:22:05,733
♪ I LOVE LITTLE BABY DUCKS ♪

449
00:22:06,266 --> 00:22:11,133
♪ OLD PICKUP TRUCKS, 
SLOW-MOVING TRAINS AND RAIN ♪

450
00:22:13,100 --> 00:22:17,200
♪ I LOVE LITTLE  
COUNTRY STREAMS ♪

451
00:22:18,166 --> 00:22:20,166
♪ SLEEP WITHOUT DREAMS ♪

452
00:22:20,833 --> 00:22:23,200
♪ SUNDAY SCHOOL IN MAY ♪

453
00:22:23,300 --> 00:22:24,733
♪ AND HAY ♪

454
00:22:27,033 --> 00:22:33,933
♪ AND I LOVE YOU, TOO ♪

455
00:22:34,033 --> 00:22:37,266
(Music playing)

456
00:22:37,366 --> 00:22:41,633
♪ I LOVE LEAVES IN THE WIND ♪

457
00:22:42,633 --> 00:22:44,533
♪ PICTURES OF MY FRIENDS ♪

458
00:22:45,100 --> 00:22:46,733
♪ BIRDS OF THE WORLD ♪

459
00:22:46,833 --> 00:22:48,033
♪ AND SQUIRRELS ♪

460
00:22:49,533 --> 00:22:53,466
♪ I LOVE COFFEE IN A CUP ♪

461
00:22:54,700 --> 00:22:56,333
♪ LITTLE FUZZY PUPS ♪

462
00:22:57,200 --> 00:22:59,200
♪ OLD TV SHOWS ♪

463
00:22:59,733 --> 00:23:01,666
♪ AND SNOW ♪

464
00:23:03,766 --> 00:23:10,600
♪ AND I LOVE YOU, TOO ♪

465
00:23:10,700 --> 00:23:14,000
(Music playing)

466
00:23:14,100 --> 00:23:18,666
♪ I LOVE HONEST, OPEN SMILES ♪

467
00:23:18,766 --> 00:23:20,466
♪ KISSES FROM A CHILD ♪

468
00:23:21,566 --> 00:23:23,200
♪ TOMATOES ON A VINE ♪

469
00:23:24,166 --> 00:23:25,700
♪ AND ONIONS ♪

470
00:23:26,500 --> 00:23:30,733
♪ I LOVE WINNERS 
WHEN THEY CRY ♪

471
00:23:30,833 --> 00:23:32,666
♪ LOSERS WHEN THEY TRY ♪

472
00:23:33,633 --> 00:23:35,133
♪ MUSIC WHEN IT'S GOOD ♪

473
00:23:36,233 --> 00:23:37,666
♪ AND LIFE ♪

474
00:23:40,166 --> 00:23:47,600
♪ AND I LOVE YOU, TOO ♪

475
00:23:49,166 --> 00:23:58,733
(Audience cheering  
and applauding)

476
00:23:58,833 --> 00:23:59,800
THANK YOU SO MUCH

477
00:24:00,366 --> 00:24:04,600
IN 1967, SINGER MARGIE SINGLETON 
ASKED HALL TO WRITE HER A SONG

478
00:24:04,700 --> 00:24:08,000
SIMILAR TO BOBBIE GENTRY'S  
BIG HIT "ODE TO BILLIE JO"

479
00:24:08,633 --> 00:24:11,066
WELL, TOM DUG INTO HIS 
KENTUCKY CHILDHOOD

480
00:24:11,166 --> 00:24:13,666
AND CAME UP WITH 
"HARPER VALLEY PTA"

481
00:24:13,766 --> 00:24:16,000
A SONG OF SMALL TOWN HYPOCRISY

482
00:24:16,566 --> 00:24:19,133
SINGLETON WAS OUT ON TOUR 
WHEN THE SONG WAS FINISHED

483
00:24:19,233 --> 00:24:21,066
SO TOM SHOPPED IT  
AROUND NASHVILLE

484
00:24:21,700 --> 00:24:25,533
IN THE SUMMER OF 1968, IT WAS 
RECORDED BY JEANNIE C. RILEY

485
00:24:25,633 --> 00:24:28,000
FOR THE COLUMBIA  
STUDIO ON MUSIC ROW

486
00:24:28,866 --> 00:24:30,733
THE SESSION WAS ON FRIDAY NIGHT

487
00:24:30,833 --> 00:24:34,000
AND BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON RADIO 
STATIONS WERE PLAYING THE TAPE

488
00:24:34,100 --> 00:24:36,466
THE RECORDS WERE IN THE  
MAIL THE FOLLOWING WEDNESDAY

489
00:24:36,566 --> 00:24:39,466
AND BEFORE THE WEEK WAS OUT, 
NASHVILLE'S PRESSING PLANTS

490
00:24:39,566 --> 00:24:42,733
WERE SHIPPING SINGLES TO STORES 
AS FAST AS THEY COULD MAKE THEM

491
00:24:43,566 --> 00:24:46,533
WELL, BY THE END OF THE SUMMER, 
JEANNIE C. AND TOM T.

492
00:24:46,633 --> 00:24:48,533
WERE BOTH HOUSEHOLD NAMES

493
00:24:49,766 --> 00:24:51,800
THANK YOU FOR JOINING 
US THIS EVENING

494
00:24:51,900 --> 00:24:54,800
WE'VE SEEN TONIGHT THE  
TALENT KENTUCKY CAN PRODUCE

495
00:24:54,900 --> 00:24:57,466
TALENT THAT'S BEEN RECOGNIZED 
BY THE LARGER WORLD

496
00:24:57,566 --> 00:24:59,200
BEYOND OUR BORDERS

497
00:24:59,300 --> 00:25:02,800
EACH OF US, TOO, CARRIES  
KENTUCKY WITH US IN OUR HEARTS

498
00:25:02,900 --> 00:25:05,600
AND WHEN WE CHOOSE TO  
LEAVE OUR BELOVED STATE

499
00:25:05,700 --> 00:25:09,800
THAT SPARK THAT'S OUR KENTUCKY 
HOME SHINES ON EVERY ONE WE MEET

500
00:25:09,900 --> 00:25:12,133
UNTIL NEXT TIME, GOOD NIGHT

501
00:25:12,833 --> 00:25:21,000
(Music playing)

502
00:25:21,100 --> 00:25:24,533
♪ WHEN I WAS JUST A LITTLE BOY  
WE LIVED DOWN ON A FARM ♪

503
00:25:25,900 --> 00:25:29,566
♪ SEVEN MILES FROM NOWHERE  
AND A 100 MILES FROM HARLAN ♪

504
00:25:30,666 --> 00:25:34,066
♪ WE MADE OUR LIVING FROM THE 
DIRT, IF ANYTHING WOULD GROW ♪

505
00:25:35,400 --> 00:25:39,266
♪ AND WE GOT OUR COUNTRY 
MUSIC FROM A BIG OLD RADIO ♪

506
00:25:40,033 --> 00:25:43,133
♪ AND WE HAD BILL MONROE 
FOR BREAKFAST EVERY DAY ♪

507
00:25:43,966 --> 00:25:45,600
♪ THEN WE'D HEAD 
OUT TO THE FIELDS ♪

508
00:25:45,700 --> 00:25:47,733
♪ A-HOEING CORN AND MOWING HAY ♪

509
00:25:48,900 --> 00:25:50,400
♪ OUR MAMA LOVED HIS SINGING ♪

510
00:25:50,500 --> 00:25:52,633
♪ DADDY LOVED TO HEAR HIM PLAY ♪

511
00:25:53,300 --> 00:25:57,000
♪ AND WE HAD BILL MONROE 
FOR BREAKFAST EVERY DAY ♪

512
00:25:57,100 --> 00:25:58,466
[Closed captioning 
by the KET Caption Center]

513
00:25:58,566 --> 00:26:00,066
[was made possible by a grant]

514
00:26:00,166 --> 00:26:01,533
[from the Honorable Order  
of Kentucky Colonels]

515
00:26:01,633 --> 00:26:03,400
[and in part by a grant from  
The Lexington Lions Club]

516
00:26:03,500 --> 00:26:05,333
[and a gift from the 
Lloyd E. Rigler-Lawrence E. 
Deutsch Foundation]

517
00:26:05,433 --> 00:26:14,733
(Music playing)

518
00:26:14,833 --> 00:26:17,933
♪ WE HAD A BIG OLD BATTERY  
THAT RAN THE RADIO ♪

519
00:26:19,500 --> 00:26:23,133
♪ SOMETIMES WE'D RUN IT DOWN, 
LISTENING TO THE OPRY SHOW ♪

520
00:26:24,366 --> 00:26:26,200
♪ BUT WE ALL HAD  
OUR INSTRUMENTS ♪

521
00:26:26,300 --> 00:26:28,333
♪ AND MOST OF US COULD PLAY ♪