Herbert S. Lambert
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Herbert S. Lambert was the lyricist on the early-twentieth-century parlor ballad “I Wonder How the Old Folks Are at Home” — sometimes published as “The Homestead on the Farm” — written with composer Harry J. Lincoln. The Carter Family carried the song into the bluegrass and old-time repertoire with their 1929 Victor recording.
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- Wrote the lyrics to “I Wonder How the Old Folks Are at Home” / “The Homestead on the Farm,” set to music by Harry J. Lincoln.
- The Carter Family cut the song for Victor in 1929; their recording is the source for nearly every later country and bluegrass version.
- The song has since been recorded by Roy Acuff, Bill Monroe, Mac Wiseman, and many other country and bluegrass acts.
