Those Grand Old Balladeers

Whatever happened to them those grand old balladeers Are they lost and gone forever like the long forgotten years The times are ever changing suppose they had their day And will we see their likes again perhaps we never may? They belong to another age some have been known to say And for young and modern entertainers the old timers made way Still we miss them from the barroom where they filled our nights with cheer And we joined them in the chorus as we sat and drank our beer. We miss them from the barroom their songs we did enjoy And they left us with good memories and good memories with us till we die They were seen as out of fashion and their music out of date And father time took care of them and father time for anyone don't wait Their songs had us in laughter and their songs had us in tears And we miss them from the barroom those grand old balladeers The last of an old culture they lived to entertain And their fiddles and accordions in fancy we hear again.