When The Jones Get Together
[Verse 1]
Next year there'll be a jolly time in old Kentucky State
I'll see the folks I ain't seen for year oh I can hardly wait
The Jones' they will come for miles, from North, South, East, and West
They'll gather in the old hometown that they love the best

[Verse 2]
They tell me that my uncle John has sons as old as me
Now I'm no spring chick myself, don't see how that could be
It'd sure be nice to meet the boys, and talk and shake their hands
They may not talk the same as me, but they will understand

[Chorus]
Kinfolks talkin'
Kinfolks laughin'
You won't see a frown
When all the Jones' get together in the old hometown

[Verse 3]
I wonder if old cousin Joe will sober up that day
If he don't he'll never know of the reunion anyway
But if he come from miles out west and brings a jug along
He'll be welcome anyway it won't be very long
[Verse 4]
Aunt Junie she won't be the first to get there on the ground
For she's the finest cooks of all the country round
Biscuits and her apple pie is fit for any king
Oh we have a fine old time when we gather 'round to sing

[Chorus]
Kinfolks talkin'
Kinfolks laughin'
You won't see a frown
When all the Jones' get together in the old hometown

[Verse 5]
Now brother Jim he is a parson up in Shady Dell
He'll lead us in a word of prayer, he knows the book so well
We never thought he'd amount to much when he started out to roam
Won't it be a happy time when the Jones' gather home

[Chorus]
Kinfolks talkin'
Kinfolks laughin'
You won't see a frown
When all the Jones' get together in the old hometown