Mother's Only Sleeping

~ Song

Relationships

lyricist:[traditional] (special purpose artist)
writer:Bill Monroe (“The Father of Bluegrass”)
publisher:Bill Monroe Music
SecondHandSongs:https://secondhandsongs.com/work/132444 [info]

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1946-09-16Mother’s Only Sleeping (studio, 1949-09-16: matrix CCO 4611-1)Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys3:18
1946-09-30Mother’s Not Dead, She’s Only SleepingCharlie Monroe2:49
1958-09-07Mother's Not Dead (live, 1958-09-07: New River Ranch, Rising Sun, MD, USA)liveThe Stanley Brothers3:21
1959-10-27Mother's Only SleepingReno and Smiley3:14
1961-02-07Mother's Only SleepingThe Stanley Brothers2:46
1964-11-22 – 1964-11-24Mother's Only SleepingThe Stanley Brothers3:28
1972-03-15Mother's Only Sleeping (1972 MCA studio recording)Bill Monroe & James Monroe2:53
1979-10-06Medley: Some Have Fathers Over Yonder / In the Sweet By and By / Down at the Cross / Nearer My God to Thee / Amazing Grace / Mother’s Not DeadmedleyRev. Howard Finster4:44
Mother's Not DeadFlats & Sharps4:40
Mother's Not DeadliveThe Stanley Brothers?:??
Mother's Not DeadThe Stanley Brothers4:10
Mother's Only SleepingThe Stanley Brothers2:44
Mother's Only SleepingThe Stanley Brothers2:44
Mother's Only SleepingcoverThe High Bar Gang3:23
Mother’s Only SleepingRicky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder3:14
Mother’s Only SleepingThe Stanley Brothers2:43
Mother’s Only SleepingcoverRicky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder3:12