Never Been So Blue

The willows are weepin'

The grass is bowed down

Coming down from the mountain

Drifts a high lonesome sound

Down in the valley sorrow runs deep

The river stands still as they lay him to sleep

And the twin fiddles play and the whippoorwill sings

All the angels in heaven whisper his name

As tears fall on the meadow like morning dew

The bluegrass has never been so blue

For that boy from Kentucky

The whole world will mourn

As that wayfaring stranger

Reaches that distant shore

All his disciples pay their respects

To the music he made and the legacy left

And the twin fiddles play and the whippoorwill sings

All the angels in heaven whisper his name

As tears fall on the meadow like morning dew

The bluegrass has never been so blue

Oh, there'll never be another to fill his shoes

The bluegrass has never been so blue

Oh, the bluegrass has never been so blue