MARCH 22, 1940 EARNIE BISHOP JANUARY 3, 1998
EARNIE LISTENS FOR THE HARMONY
EARNIE NEVER DID LIKE HATS
HE HAD THESE FITS EVERY NOW AND THEN
I BET THERE'S A BIG ONE BEING TOLD HERE
TRYING TO MAKE SAM LOOK GOOD
HE LOVED BEING ON STAGE. HE LOVED BLUEGRASS MUSIC.
IS THIS A GLIMPSE OF HIS SCHOOL DAYS
ANOTHER FIT I GUESS
HEAVEN'S BLUEGRASS SHOW
(A TRIBUTE TO EARNIE)

WHEN INVITATIONS WERE HANDED OUT, TO HEAVEN'S BLUEGRASS SHOW
ONE OF OUR FINEST, A MANDOLIN PICKER, DECIDED HE MUST GO
THEY NEEDED HIM IN HEAVEN, TO MAKE THE BAND COMPLETE
NOW HE'S PICKING AND SINGING, AT THE MASTER'S FEET

WHEN HE RECIEVED HIS INVITATION, WHAT SORROW FILLED OUR SOULS
FOR THERE WERE SO MANY, THAT PRAYED HE WOULD NOT GO
BUT IT WAS SUCH AN HONOR, FOR THE LORD TO ASK HIM THERE
TO THE BIGGEST JAM SESSION, TO EVER FILL THE AIR

I CAN SEE HIM WITH HIS MANDOLIN, GETTING READY FOR THE SHOW
STANDING THERE WITH OLD BABE LOFTON AND MR. BILL MONROE
THE SWEETEST SOUND IN HEAVEN, ANYONE COULD EVER KNOW
BY INVITATION ONLY, TO HEAVENS BLUEGRASS SHOW

                                                                             DONNA CASTOR
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