The song Grandma Harp is performed by Merle Haggard in the album named 18 Rare Classics in the year 1991 .
Grandma's maiden name was Zombelines
There's ninety years to tell about in a few short lines
Born in Newton County down in Arkansas
Then in nineteen-one she married Grandpa
We laid her soul to rest one Sunday mornin'
And everybody knew she'd done her part
Don't get set to hear no hidden family legend
Just a song about the life of Grandma Harp
Just think about the times that she lived through
And think about the changing world she saw
Now somehow she reared a decent family out of poverty
And for seventy years she loved the same old Grandpa
To me, her pa*sing brought a closing chapter
To a way of life that I love within my heart
I just mean to say I think we owe her something special
If just a song about the life of Grandma Harp
Grandma's maiden name was Zombelines
There's ninety years to tell about in a few short lines
Born in Newton County down in Arkansas
Then in nineteen-one she married Grandpa
We laid her soul to rest one Sunday mornin'
And everybody knew she'd done her part
Don't get set to hear no hidden family legend
Just a song about the life of Grandma Harp
Merle Haggard - 18 Rare Classics
18 Rare Classics
- Kentucky Gambler
- The Running Kind
- Grandma Harp
- Turnin' Off a Memory
- Making Believe
- The Way It Was in '51
- A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today
- What Have You Got Planned Tonight Diana
- Green, Green Grass of Home
- Here in Frisco
- Where Does the Good Times Go
- Am I Standing in Your Way
- Love and Honor
- White Line Fever
- I'm a Good Loser
- Silver Wings
- Got a Letter from My Kid Today
- When My Last Song Is Sung