Golden Slippers

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Golden Slippers

Golden Slippers is a bluegrass standard song. James A. Bland wrote Golden Slippers as “Oh, Dem Golden Slippers” in around 1879.

This song was originally called Dem Golden Slippers (or Oh, Dem Golden Slippers), and it was written as a parody of a spiritual song called Golden Slippers. The parody became more popular than the original spiritual and is still played today, generally under the shorter name, Golden Slippers.

Lyrics

Oh, my golden slippers are laid away,
Cause I don’t spect to were’em till my wedding day,
And my long tailed coat that I love so well,
I will wear up in the chariot in the morn.
And my long white robe that I bought last June,
I’m gonna get changed cause it fits too soon.
And the old grey horse that I used to drive,
I will hitch him to the chariot in the morn.

Chorus:
Oh, them golden slippers,
Oh, them golden slippers,
Golden slippers I’m gonna wear
Because they look so neat.
Oh, them golden slippers,
Oh, them golden slippers,
Golden slippers I’m a gonna wear
To walk the golden street.

Oh, my old banjo hangs on the wall,
Cause it ain’t been turned since way last fall,
But the folks all say we’ll have a good time,
When we ride up in the chariot in the morn.
There’s old Brother Ben and his sister Luce,
They will telegraph the news to Uncle Bacco Juice,
What a great camp meeting there will be that day,
When we ride up in the chariot in the morn.

(Chorus)

So, it’s goodbye, children, I will have to go,
Where the rain don’t fall, and the wind don’t blow,
And your ulster coats, why, you will not need,
When you ride up in the chariot in the morn.
But your golden slippers must be nice and clean,
And your age must be just sweet sixteen,
And your white kid gloves you will have to wear,
When you ride up in the chariot in the morn.

(Chorus)