A Happy Day at Longtown

A Happy Day at Longtown: with Poems, Songs & Declarations by Tom Thomasson is an unusual and unique blend of various writing styles. It presents a personal history, a family history and a community history set in the rural western North Carolina Mountains. The book is filled with nostalgia and reminiscence as well as historical narrative. Readers will be treated to homespun song lyrics, sentimental lines of poetry and thought-provoking musings throughout the pages.

I am going to Longtown

Where sweet girls are all around

They all treat me mighty well

There is no one here can tell


There are others dont you know

I will court next time I go

I can never, never stay

From those pretty girls away


Wont that be a happy day

When at Longtown I can stay?

We will laugh and we will shine

Well be happy all the time