When my cows no longer care to go Out to their pasture far or near But stand close in the last warm sun Around the place, I'll know that fall is here Around the place, I'll know that fall is here When the evenings come early and the mornings are clear Over all of the fields that I worked this year Around the place, I'll know that fall is here And when the corn goes into dent Across the fields like old men appear And we pick it and store it all away Around the place, I'll know that fall is here Around the place, ... When the limbs of the apple and the pear Lean down with their fruit so near And my children go a'gathering Around the place, I'll know that fall is here Around the place, ... And when the hunters come from town Seeking the pheasant and the deer With their dogs in front to point the game Around the place, I'll know that fall is here Around the place, ... When the hay and straw are in the barn Stacked to the roof, tier on tier Smelling like a summer come and gone Around the place, I'll know that fall is here Around the place, ... Around the place, I'll know that fall is here When the evenings come early and the mornings are clear Over all of the fields that I worked this year Around the place, I'll know that fall is here Around the place, ...
recording: Sally Rogers [YouTube]