GUEST ARTIST BYRON WALKER, original, Lom.wmv

LOM copyright Byron Walker 2009

Lom laughed a lot with a gleam in his eyes, he was nobodys fool.
Doted on his grandkids and he seemed to love his mules.
Take the harness off, rub them down with a tow sack at the end of the day.
Every time they roll over thats another thousand dollars, youd always hear him say.

Lom fed them grain, kept them in the dry, took good care of his mules.
Coiled the lines on the hames and talked to them, like he would to me or you.
He never mistreated them at all, or allowed anyone else to.
Didnt hook them up to anything he knew they couldnt move.

If a rock wedged a log or it dug in a bank crossing a creek
Hed move it over or dig out around it, hook another mule with a double tree.
Cut a sapling, say hup, when they leaned in the collar as the leather began to squeak.
Hed lay that sapling across their hooves, and holler out Come or bleed.

Loms joints got stiff, couldnt get around as he grew old.
He bought a ton truck, hauled ties from the sawmill, to where they put them in creosote.
At first it seemed when Lom needed to stop down at the end of the road
Hed forget to use the brakes, but stopped anyway, hed just holler out whoa whoa whoa.

Lom ws a real straight talking, right square shooting, solid old mountain man.
Figured stumpage in his head, signed his name with an X, sealed a deal by shaking hands.
When they stretched Lom out in the coffin with his white shirt and overhauls
I believe everybody knew hed loved his mules and his grandkids most of all.

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Music

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• folk
• original
• singer
• songwriter
• acoustic
• guitar
• mules
• byron
• walker
• chuxtrux

[karaokewoman4life]

Great story Chuck!! Enjoyed listening to this a lot:) ok... did you write this or did Bryon? Either way... Great song!! jackie

[chuxtrux]

hi jackie. no i didn't, byron always writes his own songs. i have never heard him do a cover song. thanks for listening, chuck.

[CurtisMateer]

Tough lyrics like his moustache. This man sure can write them. Like a true poet.

[chuxtrux]

hi pete. i agree, he is one of my favorite writers. be well, chcuk.

[davemorag1]

That was a great story Chuck and really very good guitar work. Top Dollar I say!

[chuxtrux]

thanks dave, byron will be pleased to see your nice comment, chuck.

[ByronMortimer]

who is Byron Walker, and how can the ordinary listener hear more?

Yeah, i tried a link or two, but that only makes me want to hear more.

[chuxtrux]

hi scott, the answer is yes. i have considered byron to be a folk historian, among other things, but his stories are based in fact. thanks for listening, chuck.

[chuxtrux]

hi tony, i think so too, chuck.

[chuxtrux]

hello Ciaran, i feel the same way, bryan is a treasure, chuck.