The only one I've got. This past winter I was going through an old family scrapbook that belonged to my mother and I found an eight verse hand written poem by my great grandmother. She wrote this about her oldest son who had a stroke and had been incapacitated. He was a banker so part of the poem reflects his working days. The remainder deals with his accepting his fate and how he dealt with knowing that he had accepted Christ as his Saviour. He died in August, 1938 about two years after the stroke. She had written the poem to be read at his funeral. At least I have something to date it by, not sure how long before he passed that she wrote it.
I used five of the verses of the poem and put chords and music to it, using one of the five twice as a chorus. This past Sunday I performed it in church which was my first public attempt. Other than being extremely nervous, I think I did OK, seemed like lots of folks enjoyed it.
Name of the song is I'll Slip Away.
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2009 Martin HD-35
1980 Hohner G-910
My Bluegrass is " Nothin' Fancy" 
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