Jimmy Martin

Well, they call me Jimmy Martin
 And they say that I can sing
 Of them lonesome broken-hearted
 Boys of Bluegrass, I'm the king
 I was born up in the mountains
 I was raised in poverty
 Made a guitar out of nothing
 But a cigar box and strings
 Took a bus across to Nashville
 And that's where I was employed
 Picking guitar and singing tenor
 With Bill Monroe and his Bluegrass Boys
 Yeah, they call me Jimmy Martin
 And they say that I can sing
 Of them lonesome broken-hearted
 Boys of Bluegrass, I'm the king
 Back in 1959
 With the Sunny Mountain Boys
 On that Louisiana Hayride
 You never heard such a wondrous noise
 We tore it up at the Grand Ole Opry
 Walkin' Shoes and Free Born Man
 But the circle is still broken
 My greatest dream slipped through my hands
 Well, they call me Jimmy Martin
 And they say that I can sing
 Of them lonesome broken-hearted
 Boys of Bluegrass, I'm the king
 Of them lonesome broken-hearted
 Boys of Bluegrass, I'm the king