There Is A Time

There is a time for love and laughter
The days will pass like summer storms
The winter wind will follow after
But there is love and love is warm

There is a time for us to wander
When time is young and so are we
The woods are greener over yonder
The path is new the world is free

There is a time when leaves are falling
The woods are grey the paths are old
The snow will come when geese are calling
We need a fire against the cold

There is a time for us to wander
When time is young and so are we
The woods are greener over yonder
The path is new the world is free

There is a time for us to wander
When time is young and so are we
The woods are greener over yonder
The path is new the world is free
The path is new the world is free

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The words above are to an old Dillard’s song, There Is A Time. I tried to figure out if they wrote it or if it was a traditional song, but I had no luck finding the answer to my question. The song is most often associated with the Andy Griffith Show where the Dillards played the part of the family of Darlings who were known for their music making among other things.

The girls have been doing There Is A Time since they first started singing. Recently they’ve added a slight twist to the song with Chitter chiming in with a mandolin for the breaks.

My ears always pick out a ‘sweet spot’ in songs. In this one its in the line We need a fire against the cold. Every time I hear Chatter’s voice on the word cold I get chills.

I hope you enjoyed the song. The other day when I was eating lunch at work I was listening to it on my phone. A lady at the next table said “Hey they were just singing that song on the Andy Griffith Show yesterday.” I told her I knew it was from the show and that the version she was hearing was my girls. Silly I know, but the whole little back and forth made me feel like I had a secret and a very good secret at that.

Do you remember Charlene from the Darlings singing it on the Andy Griffith Show?

Tipper

 

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27 Comments

  1. Haven’t heard this in years, but recognized the lyrics and tune immediately. Made my heart glad.

  2. We have seen that episode of the Andy Griffith show so many times and still enjoy it. The Pressley Girls version has always been a favorite of ours, and we love the new version as well. Chitter’s mandolin playing really adds to the song!

  3. Just so you know – the crusty old guy and I are huge fans of the blind pig gang —– AND even bigger fans of those Pressley girls.
    Love

  4. You must come near to bursting with pride! The Dillards did a fair job of this song, but I prefer The Blind Pig version. Something about those sweet young voices just adds so much poignancy. I always end up teary-eyed when I listen to your girls sing!

  5. Tipper,
    After watching the video, I clicked on several of the Pressley
    Girls’ videos. Wow! They’re good
    in a lot of ’em! Thanks for all
    of the Blind Pig Gang Music you
    have posted on YouTube.
    Don’t remember Charline singing
    on Andy Griffith Show…Ken

  6. Yes, I remember Charlene Darling singing the song!
    Glad you posted the words…and the video is great. Love the mandolin twist.

  7. The first time i heard Charlene sing it on Andy Griffith show it gave me goose bumps. So beautiful.The girls did a good job on it.

  8. I don’t remember her singing that particular song, but I remember how darling she was. Thanks for sharing the song. It was beautiful! Loved hearing the mandolin. I wonder if the Dillards are kin to the Dillards of Dillard, Ga.

  9. Tipper,
    One of my very favorites. The girls did a good job on the song.
    Hey, when is one of them going to learn the “banjer”…I just love “banjer” in that there tune as well as the mandolin.
    I loved it when the “Darlin’s” made an appearence on the show.
    Thanks Tipper,
    When are you having videos of yesterdays music?
    PS…Paul as aways, played that guitar wonderfully!

  10. Such a wonderful rendition! I really enjoyed no only the words of the song, but the music performance. Thanks girls!

  11. I love the show, the Darlings(Dillards) and The Pressley Girls done real good, now they need to talk Pap into “Playin the Jug”.

  12. Very nice! Chitter is getting so she can play anything with strings.
    Your gonna need a wider camera lens, I could only see the tip of Pap’s hat!
    Yes, I remember Charlene, the other Darlings, and Ernest T Bass. It was one of the Deer Hunters favorite shows when he was little….probably still is.
    I went to a yard sale yesterday and bought you a song book, a very old song book. It looks quite interesting.

  13. That was great. The girls did a wonderful job and I love the mandolin. That got my toes a-tapping this morning!

  14. I’ve listened to Charlene and the Darlins and I’ve listened to you all. I like you better. Maybe you have set a new standard.

  15. I love this song! It is so haunting and every time that I hear it, it stays with me for days. Your girls do a beautiful job! I have a couple of CDs by he Dillards and love them both.

  16. Tipper,
    Like everyone else I love hearing the music. Paul and Pap are fabulous as well as the girls. When I see the girls and their ability to play different instruments. I am reminded of that Robert Frost poem The Road Not Taken in that years ago I was studying music (guitar) but I had to make a decision between music and something else. And like those lines, “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood…..I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.” Can’t help but wonder what it would have been like if I had taken the other. Well, I guess it is academic now but, I sure love seeing those girls perfect their craft!

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