Biography:
Larry Sparks was born and raised in Lebanon, Ohio, born September 15, 1947. He is a Bluegrass singer and guitarist. He was the winner of the 2004 and 2005 International Bluegrass Music Association Male Vocalist of the Year Award and worked as a rhythm guitarist for Ralph Stanley many, many years ago. He eventually started doing his own solo work and has made dozens of great albums. His voice is authentic and immediately recognizable. Some of his best work has been in the bluegrass-gospel field.
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- City Folks Call Us Poor
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- Green Pastures In The Sky
- Hand In Hand
- Ive Just Seen The Rock Of Ages
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- Last Day At Gettysburg
- New Highway
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- Smokey Mountain Memories
- Smoky Mountain Memories
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Song: Last Day At Gettysburg
By: Larry Sparks
Genre: Bluegrass
Not in original Key, but this is how we play it.
[Verse 1]
Bm
The gray smoke from the battle
A7 Bm
rollin' over the hill.
The fires, the dead, the dying
A7 Bm
are in my memory ever still.
[Chorus]
A7
Oh, can't you hear,
G D
hear that angel band
A7
singing, "Come home, soldier,
G B
to the Promised Land."
[Verse 2]
Bm
Longstreet, he stole away and cried
A7 Bm
when Lee gave him his orders to attack.
In his mind's eyes he could see
A7 Bm
that most of his boys would not be back.
[Chorus]
A7
Oh, can't you hear,
G D
hear that angel band
A7
singing, "Come home, soldier,
G Bm
to the Promised Land."
[Verse 3]
Bm
Willy Johnson and me,
A7 Bm
Rebel soldiers both from Tennessee.
Willy, he's lyin' by my side -
A7 Bm
spoke these words to me, and then he died:
[Chorus]
A7
Oh, can't you hear,
G D
hear that angel band
A7
singing, "Come home, soldier,
G Bm
to the Promised Land."
[Solo]
[Fade out]
By: Larry Sparks
Genre: Bluegrass
Not in original Key, but this is how we play it.
[Verse 1]
Bm
The gray smoke from the battle
A7 Bm
rollin' over the hill.
The fires, the dead, the dying
A7 Bm
are in my memory ever still.
[Chorus]
A7
Oh, can't you hear,
G D
hear that angel band
A7
singing, "Come home, soldier,
G B
to the Promised Land."
[Verse 2]
Bm
Longstreet, he stole away and cried
A7 Bm
when Lee gave him his orders to attack.
In his mind's eyes he could see
A7 Bm
that most of his boys would not be back.
[Chorus]
A7
Oh, can't you hear,
G D
hear that angel band
A7
singing, "Come home, soldier,
G Bm
to the Promised Land."
[Verse 3]
Bm
Willy Johnson and me,
A7 Bm
Rebel soldiers both from Tennessee.
Willy, he's lyin' by my side -
A7 Bm
spoke these words to me, and then he died:
[Chorus]
A7
Oh, can't you hear,
G D
hear that angel band
A7
singing, "Come home, soldier,
G Bm
to the Promised Land."
[Solo]
[Fade out]
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