Rank Stranger
The Stanley Brothers * Track #8 On Sacred Songs From The Hills
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Album Sacred Songs From The Hills
Rank Stranger by The Stanley Brothers
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The Stanley BrothersAbout
The Stanley Brothers classic 1960 recording of Rank Stranger made the song an enduring bluegrass standard. The song has been played and recorded by countless artists since, usually as arranged in this recording.
In 2009, the song was selected by the Library of Congress as one of the culturally-sig...
Rank Stranger Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I wandered again to my home in the mountain
Where in youth's early dawn I was happy and free
I looked for my friends but I never could find them
I found they were all rank strangers to me
[Chorus]
Everybody I met (Everybody I met)
Seemed to be a rank stranger (Seemed to be a rank stranger)
No mother or dad (No mother or dad)
Not a friend could I see (Not a friend could I see)
They knew not my name (They knew not my name)
And I knew not their faces (And I knew not their faces)
I found they were all (I found they were all)
Rank strangers to me (Rank strangers to me)
[Verse 2]
"They've all moved away," said the voice of a stranger
"To a beautiful home by the bright crystal sea"
Some beautiful day I'll meet 'em in heaven
Where no one will be a stranger to me
[Chorus]
Everybody I met (Everybody I met)
Seemed to be a rank stranger (Seemed to be a rank stranger)
No mother or dad (No mother or dad)
Not a friend could I see (Not a friend could I see)
They knew not my name (They knew not my name)
And I knew not their faces (And I knew not their faces)
I found they were all (I found they were all)
Rank strangers to me (Rank strangers to me)
Rank Stranger Q&A
Who wrote Rank Stranger's ?
Rank Stranger was written by Albert E. Brumley.