"Hand That Rocked Your Cradle (Wasn't Mine)" -David Jones of The Carter Family, Written by Philip Adams

"Hand That Rocked Your Cradle (Wasn't Mine)", song #23 from the, "PoPaBiLLy MuZic Song Library", (c) 7/5/91. Written by Garland, Texas singer/songwriter/producer Philip Adams, and music composed by David Lawrence Jones of the legendary Carter Family. It is a song about a man that was refused a relationship with his one and only child. His daughter was told by her mother that he had died. Upon his release from prison, the rehabilitated man learns his daughter's mother has passed away. The song is a painful lament from a horror-stricken father, after spending his daughter's entire childhood behind bars separated from one of his heart's greatest loves. It is his testament to his beloved daughter, in hopes of making his hearts greatest desire come true, a meaningful connection and bond with his sweet grown-up girl. It is a song about incarceration, deception, separation, redemption, and compassion. Words & Music by Philip Adams and David Lawrence Jones of The Carter Family. Philip wrote the words in 1991, and David composed the music in 1998 and the song was completed and demoed that year. This is that demo. May David rest in peace and live on in sweet remembrances of his talent and love of family in Music!

In loving tribute to David Lawrence Jones, 65, of Dickson, Tennessee died on June 3, 2021 at Centennial Medical Hospital. Mr. Jones was born September 12, 1955 in Nashville, Tennessee to Glenn Jackson Jones and Helen Carter Jones. He is a retired musician whose career spanned almost 50 years and a member of the Carter Family. He performed with the Carter Family as well other musicians including Johnny Cash, Jimmy Ibbotson, Steve Young and many others. Survivors include his sons David Carter Jones (Amanda), Justin Ezra Jones, Eric Jackson Jones and Josh Daniel Ray; brothers Glenn Daniel Jones (Trina) and Kevin Carter Jones (Julia); grandchildren Alyssa Brooke Jones, Carter Jackson Jones, Jamison Ezra Jones, Madison Hope Ray and Makaiya Bryson Ray. He is preceded in death by his parents and brother Kenneth Burton Jones.