There's an old and fading picture on the wall;

voiceCollected by Karl T. Gosnell For Mary C, Parler Sung by Annie Owens Ola, Arkansas November 20, 1958 Reel 274, Item 11 The Picture on the Wall There's an old and fading picture on the wall; It's been hanging there for many, many years. It's the picture of my mother, And I know there is no other That can take the place of mother on the wall. All the children have scattered and gone, And I have a little family of my own; And I know well that I love them More than any tongue can tell, But I'll hold that dear old picture on the wall. Yes, I lost that dear old mother years ago; And I've no one with my troubles I can go. As my banjo meets the chords I am praying to the Lord To hold that dear old picture on the wall.Funding for digitization provided by the Arkansas Humanities Council and the Happy Hollow Foundation