My Dear Old Southern Home

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Writing for Allmusic, music critic Thom Owens wrote of the album "For some fans, My Dear Old Southern Home will seem like it lacks Watson's signature guitar work, but it's a wonderful, warm listen"[1]

1. "My Dear Old Southern Home" (Ellsworth Cozzens, Jimmie Rodgers) – 2:22
2. "The Ship That Never Returned" (Henry Clay Work) – 3:15
3. "Your Long Journey" (Watson, Watson) – 2:45
4. "My Friend Jim" (Traditional) – 3:29
5. "No Telephone in Heaven" (A. P. Carter) – 4:33
6. "Dream of the Miner's Child" (Andrew Jenkins) – 2:51
7. "Wreck of the Old Number Nine" (Carson Robison) – 2:51
8. "Grandfather's Clock" (Henry Clay Work) – 3:50
9. "Don't Say Goodbye If You Love Me" (Jimmie Davis, Bonnie Dodd) – 3:44
10. "Sleep, Baby, Sleep" (Jimmie Rodgers) – 2:53
11. "Signal Light" (Davis, Neal, Watson) – 2:48
12. "That Silver Haired Daddy of Mine" (Gene Autry, Jimmie Long) – 4:20
13. "Life Is Like a River" (Watson) – 2:46

• Doc Watson – guitar, autoharp, harmonica, vocals
• Jack Lawrence – guitar
• Sam Bush – mandolin
• T. Michael Coleman – bass
• Stuart Duncan – fiddle, mandolin
• Roy M. "Junior" Huskey – bass
• Alan O'Bryant – harmony vocals
• Mark Schatz – bass
• Jerry Douglas - dobro

Production notes

• Produced by T. Michael Coleman
• Engineered by Bil VornDick

• Doc Watson discography