The Originals © by Arnold Rypens

VACANT CHAIR, THE

Created on 02/12/2023
Latest update on 02/12/2023

Artist: J.W. Myers
Author: George F. Root/Henry S. Washburn
Label: Berliner Gramophone
Year: 1898

Lyrics based on a Civil War poem by Henry Washburn.

Covers:

1915:: John McCormack [with vacant chairs in many a household during WW I]
1960:: New Lost City Ramblers
1961:: Tennessee Ernie Ford
1987:: Bobby Horton
1991:: Kathy Mattea
2013:: Ralph Stanley

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Arnold Rypens
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