Wiseman, Mac Filmography

• High Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass Music (1994)
• Sing Country 1975 (1975)

• FOOTPRINTS IN THE SNOW - Mac Wiseman
• When They Ring Those Golden Bells - Mac Wiseman
• Love Letters In the Sand - Mac Wiseman
• Jimmy Brown The Newsboy - Mac Wiseman
• In the Pines - Mac Wiseman
• I Wonder How The Old Folks Are At Home - Mac Wiseman
• I Still Write Your Name In The Sand - Mac Wiseman
• Grandfather's Clock - Mac Wiseman
• Dust On The Bible - Mac Wiseman
• Don't Let Your Sweet Love Die - Mac Wiseman

Now some folks like the summertime when the they can walk
about
Strolling through the meadow green it's pleasant there no
doubt
But give me the wintertime when the snow is on the ground
For I found her when the snow on the ground
I traced her little footprints in the snow
I found her little footprints in the snow
I bless that happy day when Nellie lost her way
For I found her when the snow was on the ground
I dropped in to see her there was a big round moon
Her mother said she just stepped out but would be
returning soon
I found her little footprints and I traced them in the
snow
I found her when the snow was on the ground
Now she's up in heaven she's with the angel band
I know I'm going to meet her in that promised land
But every time the snow falls it brings back memories

There's a land beyond the river
That they call the sweet forever
And we only reach that shore by faith's decree
One by one we'll gain the portals
There to dwell with the immortals
When they ring the golden bells for you and me
Don't you hear the bells now ringing
Don't you hear the angels singing
'Tis the glory hallelujah Jubilee
In that far off sweet forever
Just beyond the shining river
When they ring the golden bells for you and me
We shall know no sin or sorrow
In that heaven of tomorrow
When our hearts shall sail beyond the silvery sea
We shall only know the blessing
Of our Father's sweet caressing
When they ring the golden bells for you and me
Don't you hear the bells now ringing
Don't you hear the angels singing
'Tis the glory hallelujah Jubilee
In that far off sweet forever
Just beyond the shining river
When they ring the golden bells for you and me
When our days shall know their number
When in death we sweetly slumber
When the King commands the spirit to be free
Nevermore with anguish laden
We shall reach that lovely Eden
When they ring the golden bells for you and me

On a day like today
We passed the time away
Writing love letters in the sand
How you laughed when I cried
Each time I saw the tide
Take our love letters from the sand
CHORUS
You made a vow that you would ever be true
But somehow that vow meant nothing to you
Now my broken heart aches
With every wave that breaks
Over love letters in the sand
Now my broken heart aches
With every wave that breaks

I sell the morning paper, sir
My name is Jimmy Brown,
Everybody knows I am,
The Newsboy of the town.
You will hear me yelling "Morning Star",
As I run along the street,
I have no hat up - on my head,
No shoes upon my feet.
I have no hat up - on my head,
No shoes upon my feet
I'm awful cold and hungry, sir,
My clothes are torn and thin,
I wander 'bout from place to place,
My daily bread to win.
CHORUS
Never mind, sir, how I look,
Don't look at me and frown,
I sell the morning papers, sir,
My name is Jimmy Brown.
I sell the morning papers, sir,
My name is Jimmy Brown.
My Father died a drunkard, sir,
I've heard my Mother say, and
I am helping Mother, sir,
As I journey on my way.
Mother always tells me, sir,
I've nothing in this world to lose,
I'll get a place in Heaven, sir,
To sell the Gospel News.

[A]Little Girl, Little [A7]Girl where'd you [D]sleep
last [A]night
What makes you [E7]tremble [A]so
I stayed in the [A7]pines where the [D]sun never
[A]shines
I shivered when the [E]cold wind [A]blowed [A] [E] [A]
[A]The longest [A7]train I [D]ever [A]saw
Went down that [E7]Georgia [A]line
The engine [A7]passed at [D]six o'[A]clock
The caboose rolled [E7]by at [A]nine.
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[A]In the pines, in the [A7]pines
Where the [D]sun never [A]shines
And we shiver when the [E7]cold wind [A]blows;
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CHORUS - Vocal, then each lead instrument
I asked my captain for the time of day
He said he throwed his watch away
A long steel rail and a short cross tie
I'm on my way back home.
CHORUS - Vocal, then each lead instrument
Little girl, little girl, what have I done
That makes you treat me so?
You caused me to weep, you caused me to moan
You caused me to leave my home.

Well I wonder how the old folks are at home
I wonder if they miss me while I roam
I wonder if they pray for the boy who went away
And left his dear old parents all alone
You could hear the cattle lowing in the lane
You could see the fields of blue grass where I've grown
You could almost hear them cry as they kissed their boy
goodbye
Well I wonder how the old folks are at home
Just a village and a homestead on the farm
And a mother's love to shield you from all harm
A mother's love so true a sweetheart that loves you

It's been many years since we were childhood sweethearts
Blissful days that I never can forget
And you know I still love you little darling
Though the years bring me only regret.
Refrain:
Oh! I love you my darling, how I love you
If I talk, will you try to understand
It's no matter how you treat me, I love you
And I still write your name in the sand.
Through the long, lonely years I have loved you
And I've waited, but only in vain
Now I know I've lost you my darling
But I still sing the same old refrain.
Refrain:
Now I know that your heart is for another
And it grieves me more than I can stand
Though I've lost the only one that I care for
I will still write your name in the sand.
Oh! I love you my darling, how I love you
If I talk, will you try to understand
It's no matter how you treat me, I love you

My grandfather's clock was too large for the shelf
So it stood ninety years on the floor
It was taller by half than the old man himself
And it weight not a penny's weight more
It was bought on the morn that my grandpa was born
And was always his treasure and pride
But it stopped short never to go again
When the old man died
Ninety years without slumbering (tic tac tic tac)
His life's seconds numbering (tic tac tic tac)
But it stopped short never to go again
When the old man died.
At watching its pendulum swing to and fro
Many hours he had spent as a boy
As he grew into manhood the clock seemed to know
For it sharaed everyu sorrow and joy
And it struck tewntyfour as he entered the door
With his beautiful and blushing bride
But it stopped short never to go again
When the old man died
My grandfather said that of those he could hire
Not a servant so faithful he'd found
For it wasted no time and it had but one desire
At the close of each week to be wound
Yes it kept in its place but not a frown upon its face
And its hands never hung by its side
But it stopped short never to go again
When the old man died
Then it rang an alarm in the dead of the night
An alarm that for years had been dumb
And we knew that his spirit was pluming for flight
That his hour for departure had come
Yes the clock kept the time
With a soft and muffled chime
As we stood there and watched by his side
But it stopped short never to go again

I went into a home one day to see some friends of mine
Of all the books and magazines not a Bible could I find
I asked them for the Bible when they brought it what a
shame
For the dust was covered o'er it not a fingerprint was
plain
Dust on the Bible...
Dust on the Bible dust on the holy word
The words of all the prophets and the sayings of our
Lord
Of all the other books you'll find there's none
salvation holds
Get that dust off the Bible and redeem your poor soul
[ guitar ]
You can read your magazines read of love and tragic
things
And not one verse of Christian not one verse do you
know
When it is the very truth and its contents good for you
Dust on the Bible will doom your poor soul
Dust on the Bible...
Dust on the Bible dust on the holy word
The words of all the prophets and the sayings of our
Lord
Of all the other books you'll find there's none
salvation holds
Get that dust off the Bible and redeem your poor soul
Oh there might be a friend you would like to help along
the way just tell him the good book tells the morals of
how to pray the bestest and the finest given way is get
the dust of the bible trade the wrong for the right;

Don't let your sweet love die like flowers in the Fall
Don't take away the smile and leave the tears
My heart believes in you, please say you love me too
Don't leave me here to face the lonely years
I drifted all alone, no one to call my own
and then you came like an angel from the sky
You said we'd never part, don't leave and break my heart
Be mine alone, don't let your sweet love die
When flowers fade away they'll bloom again some day
Will you love me when the rosebuds open wide
Or is your kiss to be only a memory
I need you so, don't let your sweet love die
Don't let your sweet love die like flowers in the Fall
Without you life would seem like death to me
I've grown so used to you, I can't believe we're through
Don't say goodbye, don't let your sweet love die