IBMA 2023, East Nash Grass - Mother's Not Dead, She's Only Sleeping

This one goes way back, recorded by many including Bill Monroe and the Stanley Brothers. East Nash Grass gave it a nice non-amplified treatment in the Mountain Fever suite in Raleigh at IBMA 2023

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All of them, seriously above average...

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Love your sun glasses. Thank you for the fine entertainment.

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Maddie, what was so funny?
Those off mando notes???😅

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Mother's Only Sleeping
[1] I left my old home way back in the [5]mountains
Since mother and father had both passed a[1]way
We followed our mother way up to the [5]graveyard
For mother was called to heaven that [1]day
CHORUS:
Mothers not dead, she’s only a-[5]sleeping
Just patiently waiting for Jesus to [1]come
The birds will be singing while Mother lies [5]sleeping
They will sing o’er as the grave sinks a[1]way
Oh how we miss her around the old [5]home place
Everything seems so lonesome since she's gone a[1]way
Mother is sleeping way back in the [5]mountains
Yes mother is sleeping way back in the [1]hills
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