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A Beautiful Life

Each day I'll do a golden deed
By helping those who are in need
My life on earth is but a span
And so I'll do the best I can
   Life's evening sun is sinking low
   A few more days and I must go
   To meet the deeds that I have done
   Where there will be no setting sun
To be a child of God each day
My life must shine along the way
I'll sing His praise while the ages roll
And strive to help some troubled soul
While going down life's weary road
I'll try to lift some traveler's load
I'll try to turn the night to day
Make flowers bloom along the way
The only life that will endure
Is one that's kind and good and pure
And so for God, I'll take my stand
Each day I'll lend a helping hand


A Broken Tie

I was born in the heart of the country
In a town in the middle of the land
I grew up in a second city
Since I left my home I've been travellin' back.
To a time when a family tried to stay together
Back to the time when a love survived
When a woman and a man built a home forever
And they tied a knot for the rest of their lives.
My brother's gone to New York City
And I find myself in a corner of the west
My mom and daddy left their home and each other
Ten miles apart, more apart than the rest.
I'm singing songs of the poor and the homeless
I'm singing songs of a love that died
But my saddest song is the song of a family
A million miles apart with a broken tie.


A Dark Starless Night

Oh tonight dear I'm thinking of days long gone by
Of my childhood sweetheart who left me to cry
Amid broken vows now you left me alone
I wonder if my heart can lead you back home
I wonder if my heart can lead you back home
Now once we were happy with love in our hearts
Stole each night together vowed never to part
But a new love has won you with him you'll abide
You're happy my darling but I'm left to cry
You're happy my darling but I'm left to cry
Oh meet me my darlin please meet me alone
We'll stroll once together where often we roamed
And if you are sure that your new love is right
My heart will be blue as a dark starless night
My heart will be blue as a dark starless night


A Deeper Shade Of Blue

Walking 'round my floor Lord, and watching out my door
Wondering what am I to do
Crying on my pillow weeping like a willow
Looking at a deeper shade of blue.
   This ain't the first time I've seen the blues
   This is the worst kind of pain I ever knew
   It's a heart breaking love taking aching without you
   Looking at a deeper shade of blue.
Loving you too much and living for your touch
Trying hard not to face the truth
Yearning with desire burning like a fire
Looking at a deeper shade of blue.


A Distant Land To Roam

I remember very well
On one dark and dreary day
Just as I was leaving home
For a distant land to roam
   Mother said (mother said)
   My dear boy (my dear boy)
   I hope to see you next year again
   Fare you well (fare you well)
   fare you well (fare you well)
   So I left my dear old home
   For a distant land to roam
Now I wandered far away
From my home I've gone astray
Now I'm coming coming home
Never more from thee to roam
And these words she said to me
As she took me by the hand
If on earth we meet no more
May we meet at God's right hand


A Face In The Crowd

A face in the crowd on your wedding day
You tossed me a rosebud from your bridal bouquet
No one seemed to notice no one wondered why
When you pledged your love to him there were tears in my eyes.
   A face in the crowd with a pale yellow rose
   Your gown of white satin my half-worn-out clothes
   I knew your love one time but your love now he holds
   I'm a face in the crowd with a pale yellow rose.
As your friends they all kissed you I heard someone say
The man with the rosebud from your bridal bouquet
Was he kind of special or was he just a friend
I heard you speak softly he was only a friend.


A Faded Red Ribbon

   A lock of your hair and a faded red ribbon
   Is all I have left to remind me of you
   A lock of your hair and a faded red ribbon
   Is all I have left of a love we once knew
   Is all I have left of a love we once knew
I know I mistreated you and you went away
You found somebody new and now I must pay
Listen here boys if you have a sweetheart
Show her you love her and make her your wife
For the lock of her hair and a faded red ribbon
Will make you unhappy for the rest of your life
Will make you unhappy for the rest of your life
listen here boys is you have a sweetheart
Show her you love her and make her your wife


A Fallen Star

A star fell from heaven right into my arms
A brighter star I know I've never seen
Then I found out that it was only you with all your charms
Who came into my life to fill a dream
   A fallen star is what you are
   The twinkle in your eyes came from the sky
   you must have strayed from the milky way
   A fallen star that's what you are
The heavens must be lonely now that you are mine
I'm sure they'll miss a star as bright as you
But the stars will send there blessing and brighter they will shine
When they see the dream that's comin' true


A Few More Seasons

Mother first was called to heaven
Left our home all alone
Dad took sick soon and joined her
They're reunited on god's throne
   A few more tiring days still face us
   A few more weary nights shall come
   We'll all be on our way to heaven
   When a few more seasons come
In springtime when the flowers blossom
Spreading their fragrance through the air
Walking through the little churchyard
Soon we'll all be resting there


A Few More Years

A few more years shall roll, a few more seasons shall come
Then we shall be with those at rest asleep within the tomb
   Then Oh my Lord prepare my soul for that great day
   Wash me in Thy precious blood and take my sins all away
A few more meetings here shall cheer us on our way
And we shall reach that endless rest on that eternal day


A Few Old Memories

Just a few old memories slipped in through my door
Though I thought I had closed it so tightly before
I can't understand it why it should bother my mind
For it all belongs to another place in time
   Just a few old keepsakes way back on the shelf
   No they don't mean nothing I'm surprised that they're left
   Just a few old love letters with their edges all brown
   And an old faded picture I keep turned upside down
Just a few old memories going way back in time
Well I can hardly remember I don't know why I'm crying
I can't understand it well I'm surprised at my self
First thing tomorrow morning I'll clean off that shelf


A Flower Blooming in the Wildwood

On one evening long ago as the sun was sinking low
My true lover went to sail up in the sea
It was in the month of June when the roses were in bloom
When he tucked me in his arms and said to me
   You're a flower that is blooming in the wildwood
   A flower that is blooming there for me
   Sweeter than the morning dew and I'll soon return to you
   You're a flower that is blooming  there for me
Then a letter came to me from the captain on the sea
That told me my darling was dead
Oh the shock and great surprise made the teardrops dim my eye
When I thought about the last words that he said
Now he can't return to me he got drowned in the sea
And has done passed over life's weary way
When it's in the month of June and the roses are in bloom
It seems that I can hear my lover say


A Fool Such As I

Pardon me if I'm sentimental when we say goodbye
Don't be angry with me darling should I cry
When you're gone I'll dream a little dream as years go by
Now and then there's a fool such as I
   Now and then there's a fool such as I am over you
   You thaught me how to love and now you say that we are thru
   I'm a fool but I love you dear until the end of time
   Now and then there's a fool such as I


A Gift Of Love

Whipoor wills and daffodils are pretty things
All the works of nature that we see each spring
All the pretty colors  at a  rainbows end
Could never match the beauty on your face I've seen
You brought me laughter you gave me joy
You brought me pleasure like a kid with a Christmas toy
You brought me sunshine from up above
And that's not all you brought you gave me love
Honeysuckles morning glories 'round my door
Honey bees that gather nectar and much more
Smiling faces childrens laughter skies above
All that I could ask form them you gave me love


A Good Woman's Love

I was a rover, on land and on sea
'til a good woman's love made a new man of me
Life had no meaning, it was so incomplete
'til a good woman's love put me back on my feet
   Still a-roamin' I go home in the evening and she's waiting there
   and I know that no matter what happens she'll always care
   and when night falls and the moon shines above
   I'm a man with a dream and a good woman's love


A Home Without Love Is Just A House

Oh love makes a home and you never feel alone
It's always there any way that you turn
But if love is faded out you will know without a doubt
That the home you're living in is just a house
Oh the house will tumble down when there's no love around
Love is the key that fits all the doors
Oh you take the love away and it's just another day
To live in a home it's just a house


A Hundred Years From Now

   Well a hundred years from now I won't be crying
   A hundred years from now I won't be blue
   And my heart will have forgotten that she broke every vow
   I won't care a hundred years from now
Oh, it seems like only yesterday you told me
You couldn't live without my love somehow
Now that you're with another it breaks my heart somehow
I won't care a hundred years from now
Now do you recall the night sweetheart you promised
Another's kiss you never would allow
That's all in the past dear it didn't seem to last
I won't care a hundred years from now


A Letter To Tom

I've wandered by the village Tom I've set beneath the tree
Upon the schoolhouse playing ground that sheltered you and me
But none are left to greet me Tom and few are left to know
That played with us upon the green just fifteen years ago
The river's running just as still the willows on its side
Are larger than they were dear Tom the stream appears less wide
But in kneeling down beside the stream dear Tom I startled so
To see how sadly I am changed since fifteen years ago
But when our time shall come dear Tom and we are called to go
I hope they'll lay us where we played just fifteen years ago
Just fifteen years ago


A Life Of Sorrow

After traveling through this world of sorrow
No one on earth to call my friend
I'm on my way back to old Kentucky
Where I met and loved but could not win.
I've always loved you little darling
My heart will always feel the same
I could never do one thing to hurt you
I'd rather die than bring you shame.
When that cold dark shroud is wrapped around me
They lay my weary head to rest
Will you stand around and gaze upon me
For I'm the one that loved you best
When your golden hair is turned to silver
The master calls your soul to heaven
Where we can be free from all our troubles
I'll meet you there at journey's end


A Little Boy Called Joe

In a war torn land of poverty somewhere across the sea
A little boy is waitin' he looks a lot like me
His hair is like the sunlight on the wings of a crow
I don't know what they named him but I'm sure they called him Joe
   Just a little boy called Joe like so many more I know
   Left all alone somewhere across the sea
   I want him to have my name little Joe mine to claim
   A little boy called Joe belongs to me
His mother died to give him life the night my orders came
I wanted to be with him but war's an evil thing
Now he won't recongnize me but I've got to let him know
He means much more to some one than just a little boy called Joe


A Lonesome Night

In the pale moonlight we quarreled one night
Our hearts were young and free
I left her there alone at night
I thought she was two-timin' me
   On a lonesome night and far from home
   I heard a mourn-ful sound
   The girl I love is call-in' me
   She thinks I turned her down
She begged me not to leave her there
She said she had been true
But a jealous heart would not believe
Oh how I long for you
So now I'm on my way back home
Sweetheart do you still care
I promise never to leave your side
And your love I always share


A Lonesome Road To Travel

I bid farewell to my home so dear
And started down life's road
I was a fortune seeking miner dear
Many things had been my goal
There's many things I've seen in life
I thought I'd like to roam
But I'd give them all and more if I
Could get off this lonesome road
   It's a lonesome road to travel on
   Many miles of sorrow is all I've know
   But I've gone too far to turn back now
   From this lonesome lonesome road
I left behind a love that's true
She cried and begged me not to go
But my foolish pride told me what to do
And put me on this lonesome road
Oh such lonely nights I've never found
No time in life before
If she takes me back I'll settle down
And travel this road no more


A Lonesome Road to Travel

I bid farewell to my home so dear
And started down life's road
I was a fortune seeking miner dear
Many things had been my goal
There's many things I've seen in life
I thought I'd like to own
But I'd give them all and more if I
Could get off this lonesome road
   It's a lonesome road to travel on
   Many miles of sorrow is all I've known
   But I've gone too far to turn back now
   From this lonesome lonesome road
I left behind a love that's true
She cried and begged me not to go
But my foolish pride told me what to do
And put me on this lonesome road
Oh such lonely nights I've never found
No time in life before
If she takes me back I'll settle down
And travel this road no more
 
 


A Man Of Constant Sorrow

I am a man of constant sorrow
I've seen trouble all my days
I bid farewell to old Kentucky
The place where I was born and raised
For six long years I've been in trouble
No pleasure here on earth I find
For in this world I'm bound to ramble
I have no friends to help me now
It's fare thee well my own true lover
I never expect to see you again
For I'm bound to ride that Northern railroad
Perhaps I'll die upon this train
You can bury me in some deep valley
For many years where I may lay
Then you may learn to love another
While I am sleeping in my grave
It's fare you well to a native country
The places I have loved so well
For I have seen all kinds of trouble
In this cruel world no tongue can tell
Maybe your friends think I'm a stranger
My face your'll never see no more
But there is one promise that is given
I'll meet you on God's golden shore


A Memory Of You

I turned the key in the lock tonight
And walked slowly into the room
Your presence hung like a heavy mist
And I knew death had come to soon
The stars maybe shining for somebody else
The moon maybe giving us light
But all that I have is a memory of you
And I'm lost in a world black as night
Death came too soon to the one that I love
And now I must travel alone
Just a wanderin' boy with a broken heart
Whose sweetheart and pal is now gone
I'll travel on through this world of dispair
I'll just force myself to go on
I find myself wishing ev-'ryday
I could be with her in the beyond


A Pretty Wreath For Mother's Grave

In my memory there's a picture of a face so dear to me
Loving arms that used to hold me as I sat on mother's knee
No one here on earth could pay her for the things in life she gave
Now she's gone but I'll remember' a pretty wreath for mother's grave
   She was fond of pretty flowers
   I recall she used to say
   When I'm gone son please remember
   A pretty wreath for mother's grave
She had a little row of flowers that she used to watch each day
She fixed them just before God called her so they would not fade away
Next year they'll bloom again in beauty red and blue so bright and gay
If it's God's will I'll take them to her a pretty wreath for mother's grave


A Rose Among the Thorns

While strolling through the fields of time there’s many things to see
But nature is the greatest sight that could ever be
But the greatest of them all is how the world was formed
And why the roses had to live each day among the thorns
 One day among the world of thorns a rose began to grow
 It was the greatest gift of God this world will ever know
 It was the will of God to show that since the world was formed
 There had to be a rose to live and die among the thorns
Two thousand years will soon be gone since God looked down with love
He filled this earth with beauty with roses from above
He hung upon a rugged cross to save the world from sin
Between two thorns this rose He died three days He bloomed again
 


A Satisfied Mind

How many times have you heard someone say
If I had his money I would do things my way
But little they know that it's so hard to find
One rich man in ten with a satisfied mind
Once I was winning in fortune and fame
Everything that I dreamed for to get a start in life's game
Then suddenly it happened I lost every dime
But I'm richer by far with a satisfied mind
Money can't buy back your youth when you're old
Or a friend when you're lonely or a love that's' grown cold
The wealthiest person is a pauper at times
Compared to a man with a satisfied mind
When life has ended my time has run out
My friends and my loved ones I'll leave there's no doubt
But one things' for certain when it comes my time
I'll leave this old world with a satisfied mind


A Sweeter Love Than Yours I'll Never Know

You'll never find a sweeter love
Than the love you gave to me
But I would not be satisfied
Now you no longer care for me.
   Now you've gone and left me alone
   Oh why did I ever let you go?
   In this world I can never find
   A sweeter love than yours I'll never know.
Now my future looks so cold
So cold without you my dear
I realize that I'm to blame
But for my wrong I'm paying dear.
Now I think of you both night and day
I'm sorry dear I ever let you go
I know now that it's too late
A sweeter love than yours I'll never know.


A Tiny Broken Heart

He was just a little farm lad so busy at play
In his little playhouse down by the gate
He stopped to watch a truck that was parking next door
At the home of his tiny playmate
    Then he saw his Daddy watching too
    As the men swiftly walked to the cottage door
    He knew they were strangers that came from the town
    Men he had never seen before
They soon were at their work and he heard his Daddy say
Our neighbors are moving today
Oh no, he cried, dear God don't let it be
They can't take my sweetheart away
    I know Dad that you don't understand
    How a heart so young could conceive a plan
    I'm only seven now but it's just like you say
    Daddy someday I'll be a man
The man who owns the farm where your playmate now lives
He told me it has to be this way
For winter time has come and their work is all done
And now they are moving away
    Let us buy the farm so they can stay
    Give them all my toys that dear Santa gave
    And give him the pennies in my little bank
    Pennies that my darling helped me save


A Tiny Broken Heart

He was just a little farm lad so busy at play
In his little play house down by the gate
He stopped to watch a truck that was parking next door
At the home of his tiny playmate
   Then he saw his Daddy watching too
   As the man swiftly walked to the cottage door
   He knew they were strangers that come from the town
   Men he had never seen before
They soon were at their work and he heard his Daddy say
Our neighbors are moving today
Oh no he cried dear God don't let it be
They can't take my sweetheart away
   I know Dad that you don't understand
   How a heart so young can conceive a plan
   I'm only seven now but it's just like you said
   Dad someday  I'll be a man
The man who runs the farm where your playmate now lives
He told me it'd have to be this way
For winter time has come and their work is all done
So now they are moving away
   Let us buy the farm so they can stay
   Give them all my toys that dear Santa gave
   And give him the pennies in my little bank
   Pennies that my darling helped me save


A Train Leaves Here This Mornin'

There's a train leaves here this mornin'
I don't know but what I might be on
I lost two points just for being in the right place at exactly the wrong time
I looked right at the facts there but I may as well have been completely blind.
But if you see me walking all alone
Don't look back  'cause I'm on my way back home
There's a train leaves here this mornin'
I don't know but what I might be on.
Signing ink to the contract
baby
said it would all be so lifelong
Looked around then for the reason when there wasn't something more to blame it on.
So if time makes a difference while we're gone
Tell me now and I won't be hangin' on
There's a train leaves here this mornin'
I don't know but what I might be on.
Thirteen-twenty
North Colombus was the address I had written on my sleeve
Don't know what it was she wanted
might have been that it was gettin' time to leave.
And I watched as the smoker passed it on
And I laughed as the joker said
lead on
There's a train leaves here this mornin'
I don't know but what I might be on.


A Vision Of Mother

Oft' my thoughts drift back to childhood
To the time when I was free
As I played before the fireside
'Round my darling Mother's knee
   There's a blessed  home up yonder
   Where my loved ones wait for me
   I saw Mother in a vision
   Kneeling there to pray for me
Then one day our Mother left us
Daddy said she'd gone to rest
I remember how she loved me
As she clutched me to her breast
Some sweet day I'll meet you Mother
Your little boy is commin' home
To see you as in days of childhood
The one you loved and left alone


A Voice From On High

   I hear a voice callin'
   it must be our Lord
   It's comin' from heaven on high
   I hear a voice callin'
   I'll gain the reward
   In the land where we shall never shall die
The Savior has paid a great price for me
He gave His life on Calvary
So I'll follow his footsteps up the narrow way
And be ready to meet Him when He calls on that day
He died on the cross
the old rugged cross
That we would be saved from sin and not lost
So I'll follow His footsteps up the narrow way
And we'll pay that debt on the great judgement day


A White Cross Marks The Grave

Many thousand miles away in that land across the sea
There are soldier boys their precious lives they give
So their loved ones here back home many miles across the foam
Might have liberty each padding day to live
May they sleep forevermore
Where a white cross stands to mark the soldiers grave
May their spirits be at rest
They have done their part with hearts so true and brave
May the ones who have gone on be remembered here back home
In the hearts of those whom they will see no more
They will wait until that day when they hear the trumpet play
Then they'll march again upon that golden shore


A Year Ago Today

It still grieves me when I wander
To the grave not far away
Where we laid my little darling
Just a year ago today
It broke my heart so when she left
But she did not go alone
The greatest part of me went with her
The day the savior called her home
As I looked back across my life time
As I journey on and on
I bless the days that I had with her
And I leave the rest to God
In a grave so dark and lonely
Neath the cold and silent clay
There we laid my little darling
Just a year ago today


Abilene

   Abilene Abilene
   Prettiest town I've ever seen
   Women there will treat you mean
   In Abilene my Abilene
I sit alone most every night
Watch those trains pull out of sight
Don't I wish they were carrying me
Back to Abilene my Abilene
Crowded city there ain't nothing free
Nothing in this town for me
Wish to the Lord that I could be
In Abilene sweet Abilene


Acony Bell

The fairest bloom the mountain know
Is not an iris or a wild rose
But the little flower of which i'll tell
Known as the brave acony bell
Just a simple flower so small and plain
With a pearly hue and a little known name
But the yellow birds sing when they see it bloom
For they know that spring is coming soon
Well it makes its home mid the rocks and the rills
Where the snow lies deep on the windy hills
And it tells the world "why should i wait
This ice and snow is gonna melt away"
And so i'll sing that yellow bird's song
For the troubled times will soon be gone


Across The Blue Sea

I'm going across the deep blue sea
In this country tell me
I'm all alone so sad and blue
My every thought is just fo you
In these long years that I spent here
I onely wish that you were here
To the dizzy fog and a mist of rain
I can see you strolling right down the lane
Someday darling I will return
Then our hearts will no longer yearn
Things will be just like before
Just your and I forever more


Across the Sea Blues

    I'm going across the deep blue sea
    In this country here are we
    I'm all alone so sad and blue
    My every thought is just of you
In these long years that I spent here
I only wish that you were here
Through the dizzy fog and a misty rain
I can see you strolling right down the lane
Someday darling I will return
Then our hearts will no longer yearn
Things will be just like before
Just you and I forever more
Most every night I see your face
With thoughts of you I can't erase
In this land so far apart
You'll always be here in my heart


Adieu False Heart

Adieu false heart now we must part
May the joys of the world go with you
I've loved you long with a faithful heart
But never any more can I believe you
I've seen the time I'd have married you
And been your constant lover
But now I'd gladly give you up
For one whose heart is truer
You think you are too good for me
You think I am forsaken
But if you think that I care for you
You are very much mistaken
My mind is like the constant sun
From the east to the west it ranges
While yours is likened to the moon
It's every month it changes
When I lay down to take my rest
No scornful one to wake me
I'll go straightaway unto my grave
Just as fast as time can take me
Adieu false heart now we must part
May the joys of the world go with you
I've loved you long with a faithful heart
But never any more can I believe you


After The Fire Is Gone

   Love is where you find it
   When you find no love at home
   And there's nothin' cold as ashes
   After the fire is gone
The bottle is almost empty
The clock just now struck ten
Darlin' i had to call you
To our favorite place again
I know it's wrong for us to meet
But the fires gone out at home
And there' nothin' cold as ashes
After the fire is gone
Your lips are warm and tender
Your arms hold me just right
Sweet words of love you remember
That the one at home forgot
Each time we say it's the last time
But we keep hangin' on
And there's nothin' cold as ashes
After the fire is gone


Age

I've been up and down and around and 'round and back again
I've been so many places I can't remember where or when
And my only boss is the clock on the wall and my only friend
Never really was a friend at all
   Well I traded love for pennies and sold my soul for less
   Lost my deals in that long tunnel of time
   And I turned inside out and 'round about and back again
   Found myself right back where I started again.
Once I had myself a million now I've only got a dime
The difference don't seem quite as bad today
With a nickle or million I was searchin' all the time
For something that I've never lost or left behind.
And now I'm in my second circle and I'm headin' for the top
I've learned a lot of things along the way
I'll be careful while I'm climbing 'cause it hurts alot to drop
When you're down nobody gives a damn anyway.


Ages and Ages Ago

I remember when I made you cry
Ages and ages ago
I'll never blame you for our last good bye
Ages and ages ago
Something told me when you walked away
That my poor heart would miss you so
And though it happened only yesterday
It seems like ages and ages ago
Someone came along and took my place
How wrong I was to let you go
And though it happened only yesterday
It seems like ages and ages ago


Ages And Ages Ago

I remember when I made you cry
Ages and ages ago
I'll never blame you for our last good bye
Ages and ages ago.
Something told me when you walked away
That my poor heart would miss you so
And though it happened only yesterday
It seems like ages and ages ago.
Someone came along and took my place
How wrong I was to let you go
And though it happened only yesterday
It seems like ages and ages ago.


Ain't Gonna Work Tomorrow

   I ain't gonna work tomorrow
   Ain't gonna work today
   Ain't gonna work tomorrow, lord
   For that is my wedding day
I love my mama and papa too
I love my mama and papa too
I love my mama and papa too
But I'd leave them both to go with you
I've been all around this country
I've been all around this world
I've been all around this country, lord
For the sake of one little girl
I'm leaving you this lonesome song
I'm leaving you this lonesome song
I'm leaving you this lonesome song
Cause I'm gonna be gone before long


Ain't I Been Good To You

Ain't I been good to you
Done all that I can do
So faithful and so true
Ain't I been good to you
I've tried and tried and tried
To keep you satisfied
But you found somebody new
Even though I was good to you
It's causin' me such pain
Sweetheart I can't explain
I can't believe we're through
'Cause I've been so good to you


Ain't I Been Good to You

    Ain’t I been good to you
    Done all that I can do
    So faithful and so true
    Ain’t I been good to you
I’ve tried and tried and tried
To keep you satisfied
But you found somebody new
Even though I was good to you.
It’s causin’ me such pain
Sweetheart, I can’t explain
I can’t believe we’re through
‘Cause I’ve been so good to you.


Ain't No Grave

    There ain’t no grave gonna hold my body down
    There ain’t no grave gonna hold my body down
    When I hear the trumpet sound
    Gonna get up outa the ground
    There ain’t no grave gonna hold my body down
 
Well go down yonder Gabriel
Put your foot on the land and sea
But don’t you blow that trumpet until you hear from me
 
Well look way over yonder
See people dressed in white
I know it was God's people I seen 'em doin right
Oh look way over Jordan
What do you think I see
I see a band of angels and they’re comin’ after me
Well I goin to the river of Jordan
Bury my knees in the sand
Gonna holler high Hosanna til I reach that promised land
Oh look way over yonder
What do you think I see
I see a band of angels and they’re comin’ after me
Well meet me Jesus meet me
Meet me in the middle of the air
And if these wings should fail me there won't be no other pair


Ain't Nobody Gonna Miss Me

Once I had a little sweetheart I love dearly
We planned the day when she would be my own
Another man he stole my darlin from me
And there ain't nobody gonna miss me when I'm gone
   Oh there ain't nobody gonna miss me when I'm gone
   There ain't nobody gonna mourn for me too long
   Oh won't you write these words upon my tombstone
   There ain't nobody gonna miss me when I'm gone
I had a loving mother dear and daddy
They've gone to live where the angels love to dwell
They found eternal life up there in Heaven
Where I'll find my reward no one can tell
Now you've been faithful kind and true to me old Copper
You're the only one that's never done me wrong
I am weeping while I pat your head old Copper
For there ain't nobody gonna miss me when I'm gone


Air Mail Special

Left New York this morning early
Traveling south so wide and high
Sailing through the wide blue yonder
It's that air mail special on the fly
Listen to the motors humming
She is streaking through the sky
Like a bird that's flying homeward
It's that air mail special on the fly
Over plains and high dark mountains
Over rivers deep and wide
Carrying mail to California
It's that air mail special on the fly
Watch her circle for the landing
Hear her moan and cough and sigh
Now she's coming down the runway
It's that air mail special on the fly


Alabama

Alabama
your beautiful sunlight
Your fields of cerecea potatoes and corn
Alabama
your crimson red clover
All mingled around the old place I was born.
Alabama
your hills and your valleys
Your creeks with laughter as onward they flow
Alabama
so sweet in the springtime
Sweet ferns and wild flowers and winter with snow.
Alabama
so sweet to my mem'ry
You shine like a light on a beautiful hill
Alabama
in days of my childhood
I labored and toiled at the old sorghum mill
Alabama
when red leaves are failing
I roam through your pastures with fences of rail
Alabama
when 'possums are crawling
And hound dogs are howling and wagging their tails.
Alabama
your beautiful highways
All curved through the mountains where love ones do wait
Alabama
your golden rod flower;
And the "Welcome home' sign hanging over the gate
Alabama
to me you are callin'
My footsteps are haltered no longer to stray
Alabama
you hold all I long for
You hold all I love so I'm coming today
Blue Sky Boys; Sunny side of Life
Louvin Brothers;  The Louvin Brothers


Alabama Bound

Well the preacher got drunk
He throwed his bible down
He told the congregation
I'm Alabama bound
   I'm Alabama bound
   I'm Alabama bound
   If the train don't run
   I've got a mule to ride
Well I've been in New York City
And I've been in New York town
Good lord but I've been in the mountains
With the blues all around
I jumped in the river
And I started to drown
I spotted a red-headed woman
Good lord I couldn't go down


Alabama Waltz

I was sad and blue, down hearted too
It seemed like my whole world was lost
When I took a chance, and happened to dance
To the tune of the Alabama waltz.
Waltz, Waltz, the Alabama waltz
Where all my fears and troubles were lost
   
There in your arms, with all of your charms
We danced to the Alabama waltz.


Alcatraz Blues

I'm on my way to California
I'd rather go to Tennessee
Got in trouble down in Dixie
And it's Alcatraz for me
Gee but I'm blue and I'm lonesome
No one seems to understand
Everybody thinks that I'm guilty
They say I shot a man
Well the evidence was circumstantial
They didn't want the world to know
All about the kind of justice
That's blind and it is so
Woman in Atlanta Georgia
Won't you listen to my lonesome song
If they really knew that you shot him
You'd be where you belong
I'm on my way to California
I'd rather go to Tennessee
Got in trouble down in Dixie
And it's Alcatraz for me


Alive And Alone

I see you there at the Brass Rail Bar
Somebody just asked you what sign you are
And I see you're thinkin' you maybe should've stayed home
But you're tired of being alive and alone
In your brand new hairdo, you look real fine
I hear you toast yourself, today you're twenty-nine
And you're riding on what the future brings
An honest man who wants the simple things.
There's Tiffany lamps here to brighten up the gloom
The conversation sounds like a locker room
Where will you find love, you're living in a tiny world
And at the office they call you an old fashioned girl
You sit so silent, sipping at a beer
Catching your reflection in a tinted mirror
And you shopped all day for that brand new dress
What a price to pay, for settling for less
I see you there at the Brass Rail Bar
Somebody just asked you what sign you are
And I see you're wishin' you woulda just stayed home
But you're tired of being alive and alone
Alive and alone     Alive and alone
Alive and alone     Alive and alone


All I Ever Loved Was You

   All I ever loved was you
   You broke a heart that cried for you
   I've wasted all my tears on you
   For all I've ever loved was you
Go out and find somebody new
But you'll be sorry if you do
You'll never find a love so true
For all I ever loved was you
Buy her rings and diamonds too
But you'll be sorry if you do
You'll never find a love so true
For all I ever loved was you


All I Have Is Just A Memory

My friends tell me you've been untrue
I've known so long that I'd loose you
But won't you sometimes think of me
Darling all I have is just a memory
I prayed to god so many times
That somehow you would change your mind
But now I'm losing you I see
Darling all I have is just a memory
The stars that used to shine so bright
Have gone behind the cloud tonight
Someone has taken you from me
Darling all I have is just a memory


All I Want is You

I don’t need alot of money, or a mansion to behold
Don’t want a ship that sails the ocean blue
I won’t look for a hidden treasure, I found a love that’s true
That’s all that really matters now, ‘cause all I want is you.
I got a diamond ring that sparkles
And a golden band that shines
Let me place them on your finger
Say you’ll change your name to mine
I found the greatest treasure
I know you love me too
Don’t want money, ships or mansions now
'Cause all I want is you.


All In My Love For You

I'm continually amazed with wonder
At all the things you do
There's no escaping this spell I'm under
That's all in my love for you.
Now I hold you close and hear you whisper
Your love for me is true
These are the words I try to say
That's all in my love for you.
So as I am as we believe
in love songs when they're new
And I believe in what I feel
That's all in my love for you.
Those things I said the other night
When you had seen me blue
Your common sense for what is right
That's all in my love for you.


All My Ex's Live In Texas

   All my ex's live in Texas
   And Texas is the place I'd dearly love to be
   But all my ex's live in Texas
   And that's why I hang my hat in Tennessee.
Rosanna's down in Texarcana wanted me to push her broom
And sweet Arlene in Abilene she forgot I owned the moon
And Allison in Galviston somehow lost her sanity
And Dimples who now lives in Temple's got the law looking for me.
I remember that old Rio river where I learned to swim
But it brings to mind another time when I wore my welcome thin
My transcendental meditation I go there each night
But I'll always come back to myself long before daylight.
Some folks think I'm hiding
it's been rumored that I died
But I'm alive and well in Tennessee.


All The Good Times Are Past And Gone

I wish to the lord I'd never been born
Or died when I was young
I never would have seen your sparkling blue eyes
Or heard your lying tongue
   All the good times are past and gone
   All the good times are o'er
   All the good times are past and gone
   Little darling don't weep no more
Don't you see that turtle dove
That flies from pine to pine
He's mourning for his own true love
Just like I mourn for mine
Come back, come back my own true love
And stay awhile with me
For if ever I've had a friend in this world
You've been that friend to me


All The Good Times are Past and Gone

I wish to the Lord I'd never been born
Or died when I was young
I never would a' seen your sparklin' blue eyes
Or heard your lying tongue
   All the good times are past and gone
   All the good times are o'er
   All the good times are past and gone
   Little darlin' don't you weep no more.
Now don't you see that turtle dove
Flyin from pine to pine
It's mournin' for It's own true love
Just like I mourn for mine.
Come back, come back my own true love
And stay a while with me
For if ever I've had a friend in this world
You've been a friend to me


All The Love I Had Is Gone

   I even loved the ground that you walked on
   But that has been some time ago
   I could never take you back, no matter how I try
   For all the love I had is gone
You told me a lie and I believed you
That's alright if that's the way you want to do
Go on my dear now with your new love
You'll know how it feels when he lies to you


All The World Is Lonely Now

Yesterday you said you loved me
Today you say it’s over now
Why did you go away and leave me
All the world is lonely now
Don’t tell me that you love another
And that you’ve broken every vow
For I don’t want to live without you
All the world is lonely now
I’ve tried so hard to make you happy
With love your heart would not allow
It’s hard to know you’ll never want me
All the world is lonely now
Goodbye, good luck and may God bless you
I’ll try to get along somehow
I know I’ll never love another
All the world is lonely now


Along About Daybreak

When we were young and we thought we loved each other
But you didn't love me I guess
For you've gone and you've found another
Everything to you is regret
   This morning along about daybreak
   You quarreled at  me the whole night through
   I know it's not too late for your sake dear
   But for me I will always be blue
Oh I'm weary my darling weary
Just to know your love's gone cold
For without you life will be so dreary
We'll need each other when we grow old
Oh sweetheart be good to our babies
And I want you to teach them to pray
Tell them to say a little prayer for their daddy
Where he will be no one can say


Always Be Kind To Your Mother

   Always be kind to your mother
   It's the greatest gift you can give
   Obey and do what she tells you
   And pray that long here she may live
We all take mothers for granted
And do things that cause her much pain
I know for I lost my sweet mother
God took her from this world of sin
Please go to your mom while she's living
And tell her you love her today
To her you're always her baby
She loves you 'til death makes its claim


Always Late With Your Kisses

Always late with your kisses
Won't you come to my arms sweet darlin' and stay
Always late with your kisses
Why, oh why do you want to do me this way?
How long do you think I can wait
When you know you're always late
Always late with your kisses
Why oh why do you want to dome this way?


Am I Born To Die

And am I born to die
To lay this body down
And as my trembling spirit fly
Unto a world unknown
And as my trembling spirit fly
Unto a world unknown
Soon as from earth I go
What will become of me
Eternal happiness far away
Must then my portion be
Eternal happiness far away
Must then my portion be
A land of deepest shade
Unpierced by human thought
That weary region of the dead
Where all things are forgot
That weary region of the dead
Where all things are forgot


Amazing Grace

Amazing grace how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me
I once was lost but now I'm found
Was blind but now I see.
'Twas grace that taught my heert to fear
And grace my fears relieved
How precious did that grace appear
The hour I first believed.
When we've been there ten thousand years
Bright shining as the sun
We've no less days to sing God's praise
Then when we first begun


Amber Tresses Tied In Blue

Far away in some deep mountain
Where the merry sunbeams play
There I wandered thru the clover
Singing to a village maid
    She was dearer than the dearest
    Ever loving kind and true
    And she wore beneath her bonnet
    Amber tresses tied in blue
Fact decreed that we parted
When the leaves of autumn fell
Then two hearts were separated
That had loved each other well
She was all I had to cherish
Every loving king and true
Now I see in every vision
Amber tresses tied in blue


Amelia Earhart

Oh a ship out on the ocean just a speck against the sky
Amelia Earhart's flight was set that day
With her partner Captain Noonan on the second of July
Her plane fell in the ocean far away
   There's a beautiful beautiful field
   Far away in a land that is fair
   Happy landings to you Amelia Earhart
   Farewell first lady of the air
A half an hour later an s.o.s. was heard
The signal weak but still her voice was brave
In shark-infested waters her plane went down that night
In the blue Pacific to a watery grave.
Now you have heard my story of that awful tragedy
And prayed that she might fly on safe again
In years to come when others blaze a trail across the sky
We'll never forget Amelia and her plane.


An Old Log Cabin For Sale

While strolling alone in the country
Reviewing the scenes new and old
I found an old fashioned log cabin
So beautiful there to behold
A stranger was standing in silence
His eyes firmly fixed on the door
My heart ached in pity to see him
For these were the words that it bore
In the sign read an old log cabin for sale
An old oaken bucket and well
Easy terms just keep a log on the fire each day
And a light burning bright in the dell
Many years an old couple so patiently looked
For a boy who's last promise did fail
Now the old rockin' chairs will be rockin' no more
There's an old log cabin for sale
How long has it been since you've written
A letter to mother and dad
How long has it been since you've seen them
Oh why don't you make their heart glad
Too soon will the old home be vacant
A candle light gleaming no more
Don't wait 'til too late to remember
There may be a sign on the door
Many years an old couple so patiently looked
For a boy who's last promise did fail
Now the old rockin' chairs will be rockin' no more
There's an old log cabin for sale


An Old Love Affair

Just like old times you were her last night
and gone were my sorrows and cares
Just like old times you were gone and I
Had dreamed of an old love affair
   I was alone in the darkness my dear
   Many dreams ago you left me there
   Sunlight told me you were gone and I
   Had dreamed of an old love affair
Nights are so empty since you've been gone
I loved you with all of my heart
Heaven was mine when you smiled last night
And said we could make a new start


An Old Rocking Chair

Setting alone in an old rocking chair
I saw an old mother with silvery hair
She seemed so neglected by those who still care
Rocking alone in an old rocking chair
Her hands were all callused wrinkled and old
A life of hard work was the story they told
And I thought of angels as I saw here there
Rocking alone in an old rocking chair
Bless her old heart do you think she'd complain
Life has been bitter tho' she'd live it again
And carry the cress that is more than her share
Rocking alone in an old rocking chair
It wouldn't take much to gladden her heart
Just some small remembrance on somebody's part
A letter would brighten her empty life there
Rocking alone in an old rocking chair
I know some youngster's in an old orphan's home
Who'd think they owned Heaven if she was their own
They'd never be willing to let her sit there
Rocking alone in an old rocking chair


Anchored In Love

I've found a sweet haven of sunshine at last,
and Jesus abiding above,
His dear arms around me are lovingly cast
and sweetly He tells His love
The tempest is o'er
(The danger, the tempest forever is o'er)
I'm safe evermore
(My anchor is holding I'm safe ever more)
What gladness what rapture is mine
The danger is past
(The water's receding, the danger is past)
I'm anchored at last
(I'm feeling so happy I'm anchored at last)
I'm anchored in love divine
He saw me endangered and lovingly came
To pilot my storm-beaten soul
Sweet peace He has spoken and bless His dear name
The billows no longer roll
His love shall control me through life and in death
Completely I'll trust to the end
I'll praise Him each hour and my last fleeting breath
Shall sing of my soul's Best Friend


Anchored To The Shore

   Anchored to the shore anchored to the shore
   All my tribulation will follow me no more
   Anchored to the shore anchored to the shore
   I was adrift but now I'm finely anchored to the shore.
Demands are placed upon me this much I will concede
For years I kept on running from an awful deed
By dwelling on this fortune in the hopes of yesterday
I kept myself confined and there is a better way
The storm will rage again some day of this we can be sure
A lifetime has its seasons and each we shall endure
There are no simple answers or solutions from on high
The challenge lies before us on ourselves we can rely.


Angel Band

My latest sun is sinking fast
My race is nearly run
My strongest trials now are past
My triumph has begun
   Oh come angel band
   Come and around me stand
   Oh bear me away on your snow white wings
   To my immortal home
   Oh bear me away on your snow white wings
   To my immortal home
Oh bear my longing heart to him
Who bled and died for me
Who's blood now cleanses from all sin
And gives me victory


Angel From Montgomery

   Make me an angel that flies from Montgomery
   Make me a poster of an old rodeo
   Just give me one thing one thing I can hold on to
   To believe in this livin' just a hard way to go
I am an old man named after my father
Now lady is another child who's grown old
If dreams were thunder and lightening was desire
This old house would have burned down a long time ago
When I was a young man now I was a cowboy
I weren't much to look at but a free ramblin' man
But that was a long time and no matter how much I try
Those years just flow by like a broken down dam.
There's flies in the kitchen Lord I can hear'em buzzin'
Ain't done nothin' since I woke up today
How the hell can a person go to work in the mornin'
Come home in the evenin' and have nothin' to say?


Angels Are Singing, The

Sweetheart I recall the day I first met you
I wonder if you remember the same
We talked of the love we shared for each other
And longed for the day we'd change your sweet name
   Oh, I can still hear your voice in the evening
   I see your sweet face your blue eyes so bright
   God took you away and left me so lonely
   The angels are singing in heaven tonight
As the years passed away we cherished each other
No worries or cares to darken our day
From our little home up in the Clinch Mountains
The savior came down and called you one day
I'll always be true and love you, my darling
But I know you are happy and healthy up there
When God calls me home I'll meet you in heaven
Please wait for me, darling, I'll meet you up there


Angels Rejoiced

A house not a home was the picture Satan painted
For sweet little sister and me
Our daddy would frown while mother was praying
His heart was so hardened that he would not believe
   In anger he'd swear his voice cold and loud
   His Sundays were spent out with the gambling crowd
   I've never seen my daddy inside a house of God
   For Satan held his hand down the path of sin he trod
The angels rejoiced in heaven last night
I heard my daddy praying "Dear God make it right"
He was smiling and singing with tears in his eyes
While mother with the angels rejoiced last night
Not long ago our circle was broken
When God called on mother one night
In a voice sweet and low her last words were spoken
Asking our daddy to raise her children right


Angels Rock Me To Sleep

My heart is sad my soul is weary
While sailing oe'r life's rugged plain
The clouds are dark the day is dreary
It seems
   Angels rock me to sleep in the cradle of love
   Bear me over the deep to heaven above
   When the shadows shall fall and the savior shall call
   Angels rock me to sleep in the cradle of love
There is no earthly friend to guide me
No one to call to heaven's goal
But Christ the savior stands beside me
To cheer and comfort my poor soul
At last the harbor I am nearing
I see the lights along the shore
I hear my friends and loved ones cheering
I'll soon be safe for ever more


Anna

Anna dear
they say tomorrow you'll be leavin'
If only you had been the one to tell me so
I could try at last to understand the reason
But the one who cares the most is always the last to know
Anna dear
the road from town is cold and lonely
If you leave behind the one whose faith you know
Many years will pass before you find tomorrow
Why can't you believe the one who never let it show
As I stand and watch you leave I wonder
Anna didn't find enough to show you that I care
Could you feel the same again I ask forgiveness
But the one who cares the most is always the last to know
But the one who cares the most is always the last to know


Another Broken Heart

They stood on the beach one evening
Out in the moonlight so fair
Was a boy in the prime of manhood
And a girl of beauty rare
Oh I never thought that you loved me
An innocent look of surprise
Came out from beneath her lashes
And into her deep brown eyes
    Oh sir I was only flirting
    Only a playing a part
    Just another boy's life ruined
    Just another broken heart
Sir, I'm to be married this winter
Farewell as she gave me her hand
And throwing a robe around her
She left me alone on the sand
Now he goes where the crowd all passes
Always so bitter and cold
Just another boy's life ruined
Just another boy grown old
There's a rose grows in your garden
White roses the emblem of peace
And when I am dead, little darlin'
Plant that rose at my head and my feet


Another Day

Another day how can I stand it
Without my ba-by by my side
This empty fee-lin' now inside
Is bound to show what I can't hide
   Just make mine straight without a chaser
   And let me drown my blues this way
   My darlin's gone my life is empty
   Nothing to live for another day
A thief could rob and take my money
If death was pending I could pray
I'm helpless now what will my fate be
As the hours drag by another day


Another Day Another Dollar

Another day another dollar
that's what I'm workin' for today
Another day another dollar
sure can't buy my blues away
   Another Day Another Dollar
   Sure can't buy my blues away
I'm just tryin' to make a livin'
Workin' jobs that I enjoy
But it ain't easy findin' somethin'
For this lonesome hearted boy
Now my life is like a highway
Just too many roads to take
You know I'll try to take the right one
Just gets harder every day


Another Night

The wind is blowing 'round the cabin
I hate to hear that lonesome sound
I'm all alone and so down hearted
Since my true love she ain't around
   I hate to see the sun a sinking
   Another night to toss and turn
   Another night to dream about her
   Another night for her I yearn
She had no cause to go and leave me
For I had never done her wrong
She left our home and little children
And with another she has gone
The children they are soundly sleeping
No they don't know that their mother's gone
What can I do when they awaken
I can't tell them that their mother's wrong


Another Place Another Time

One by one they're turnin'  out the lights
I keep feedin' that ol' jukebox just to hold you tight
I guess it's for the best I just put in my last dime
I heard you whisper we'd meet again
Another place another time
   Won't that room of mine be a lonely place to be
   After I've been holdin' you so close to me
   Won't that ol'  stairway be a little hard to climb
   To a lonely room to wait for
   Another place another time
Chairs are stacked on the tables and it's closing time
They say I could wait right here forever
If they'd only let me stay
Any place would be much better
Than that ol'  lonely room of mine
And a sleepless night awaitin'  for
Another place another time


Another Saturday Night

   It's another Saturday night
   I'm gonna make the same ol' rounds
   Put my money in the juke box
   in the honky-tonk down town
I've been a working all week long
and ain't nothin' that's gone right
I got a payday In my pocket
It's another Saturday night.
With a pretty girl in my arms
and a lonesome juke box song
I never think of Monday morning
till that Saturday night is gone
Pretty Mama's there for me
and I'm gonna motor time
I'm like a wound up clock on Friday
I got to run down Saturday night
It's another Saturday night
I'm gonna make the same ol' rounds
Put my money in the juke box
In the honky-tonk down town
And when my money's spent and gone
tell me something it's all right
I'll have a rough one Monday morning
but it's been a knockdown Saturday night.


Answer To Weeping Willow

My love is dead and buried yonder
Beneath the weeping willow tree
What wrecks my life and makes me wonder
Is because she died for me
   Then lay me down in death beside her
   For she's all this life to me
   That I may join and e'er caress her
   In a land beyond the sea
Yes she died before I told her
That I loved her true and kind
And that I did not mean to fool her
But she left me to repine
God shall I ever get forgiveness
For the deeds that I have done
And meet up yonder her sweet charming
For I know she did me some


Anywhere The Wind Blows

Anywhere the wind blows
thats the way your heart goes
There is no warmth or fireside glow
to keep your love at home
Seems like anybody knows
enough to keep your loved ones home
yet you're still a rolling stone
spending too much time alone
Those lovers living far away
only hear the words you want to say
They don't make you get inside that place
you kept locked up for so long
what if someone thanks you everyday
took the best and worst and still she stayed
would you tend that garden come what may
or would you still find something wrong
Anyway.....
If absence makes your heart grow fonder
maybe even more you'll want to wander
'cause time stands still when you're around her
and the real world rushes in
but if absence makes your heart grow colder
then you're gonna cry on my shoulder
and think of things you might have told her
and sweet things that might have been
Anyway..…


Aragon Mill

At the east end of town At the foot of a hill
There's a chimney so tall That says "Aragon Mill"
But there's no smoke at all Comin' out of the stack
For the mill has pulled out And they ain't comin' back
   And the only sound I hear is the sound of the wind
   As it blows through the town, weave and spin, weave and spin.
There's no children at all In the narrow, empty streets
Since the looms have all gone It's so quiet I can't sleep.
Now I'm too old to change And I'm too young to die
And there's no place to go For my woman and I.
Now the mill has closed down It's the only sound I know
Tell me where will I go? Tell me where will I go?


Are You Afraid To Die

Are you a stranger to God
Carried away with your pride
Tell me sinner did you ever stop to think
Are you afraid to die
   Are you afraid
   Are you unsaved
   Are you afraid to die
Call on him while he's near
Moments are swift passing by
Will you seek him where he may be found
Are you afraid to die
Are you too wicked to cry
Would you to God's bosom fly
Soon he's coming like a thief in the night
Are you afraid to die


Are You Alone

How often I think of the old days
I remember well the love we once knew
We parted now and strayed from each other
But somehow I can't help wondering about you
   
    Are you alone with a memory
    Haunted by dreams of the past
    Just waiting for someone to tell you
    You're playing a game that won't last
Last night I was dreamin about you
I thought you were back here with me
I prayed that you'd stay here forever
Too soon I realized it couldn't be
Someday when your love here is faded
And we meet on that highway with no end
We'll stroll hand in hand there forever
In a land where our love can bloom again


Are You Coming Back To Me?

My days and nights are lonely darling since you left and went away
I still recall those unkind words that were said that day
It hurts me so to know you're leaving I realize that I'm to blame
Believe me darling I'll do better just the same.
   Then come on back and let's begin our love anew
   Deep down inside there's still a loneliness for you
   Those unkind words were spoken dear we will just let them be
   Please tell me darling are you coming back to me?
Each night I go to bed the dreams I dream my dear are all of you
How I just love to gaze into your eyes of blue
There'll never be another sweetheart that can take the place of you
Tell me you still care for me dear please do.


Are You From Dixie

Hello there stranger how do you do
there's something I'd like to say to you
You seem surprised I recognize
I'm no detective but I just surmise
You're from the place I'm longing to be
your smiling face seems to say to me
You're from my homeland my sunny homeland
tell me can it be?
   Are you from Dixie I say from Dixie where the fields of cotton beckon to me
   I'm glad to see you tell me I'll be you and the friend I'm longing to see
   Are you from Alabama Tennessee or Caroline
   Any place below the Mason Dixon Line
   Are you from Dixie I say from Dixie  'cause I'm from Dixie too.
It was a way back in old '89
When first I crossed that Mason Dixon Line
Gee but again I long to return
To those good old folks I left behind
My home was way down in old Alabam'
On the plantation near Birmingham
and there's one thing certain I'm surely flirtin'
With those southbound trains


Are You Lonesome Tonight

Are you lonesome tonight? Do you miss me I say?
Are you sorry we drifted apart?
Does your memories cling to that bright summer day
When I kissed you and called you sweetheart?
Like the rose on the vine I am clinging to you
As I did when we drifted apart
I am wishing you back to that little shack
Where I kissed you and called you sweetheart
Does the chair in your parlor seem empty and bare?
Do you miss me and wish I was there?
Is your heart filled with pain? Shall I come back again?
Tell me, darling, are you lonesome tonight?
I have counted the days, I've counted the nights
I've counted the months and the years
I have counted on you since we drifted apart
Tell me, darling, are you lonesome tonight?


Are You Missing Me

The day that I kissed you and told you goodbye
Your lips told me that you would wait
But your lips deceived me and told me a lie
While your heart was sealing my fate
   Are you all alone
   With a memory?
   Now that I am gone
   Darling, are you missing me?
Out of the clear sky a letter then came
And just like a bolt from the blue
My castles came tumbling a I read it o'er
I still can't believe that it's true
It said that in spite of the vows you had made
The glitter of gold turns your head.
And while I was trying employment to find
You married another instead


Are You Teasin' Me

When we're all alone and I'm in your arms
Are you teasing me
When you're tellin' me how you thrill to my charms
Are you teasing me
    Are you untrue when I'm not with you
    When we're apart are you free
    Tell me darling while our love is still young
    Are you teasing me
You say that my kiss sends your heart in a whirl
Are you teasing me
And that youll be mine till the end of the world
Are you teasing me
You tell me my love could make your life complete
Are you teasing me
And n'ere from my arms would you long to be free
Are you teasing me


Are You Teasing Me

When we're all alone and I'm in your arms
Are you teasing me
When you're tellin' me how you thrill to my charms
Are you teasing me?
    Are you untrue when I'm not with you
   When we're apart are you free
   Tell me dariing while our love is still young
   Are you teasing me?
You say that my kiss sends your heart in a whirl
Are you teasing me
And that youll be mine till the end of the world
Are you teasing me?


Are You Tired Of Me My Darling

Are you tired of me my darling
Did you mean those words you said
When you spoke in fond affection
On the day that we were wed
   Tell me could you live life over
   Would you make it otherwise
   Are you tired of me my darling
   Answer only with your eyes
Did you ever rue the springtime
When we first each other met
And you told me that you'd love me
Words my heart can n'er forget


Are You Waiting Just For Me

   Are you waiting just for me my darling
   While I'm far across the deep blue sea
   Or have you found someone else my darling
   Please tell me are you waiting just for me
While I'm writing you tonight my darling
There's such a burning deep within my breast
I know you promised that you would be faithful
Well tell me honey have you stood the test
You've never given me a cause to doubt you
You have always been so true and kind
But my spirits keep on sinking lower
Fearing that a new love you will find


Are You Washed In The Blood

Have you been to Jesus for His cleansing power
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb
Are you trusting in His grace this hour
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
   Are you washed (are you washed) in the blood (in the blood)
   In the soul cleansing blood of the Lamb
   Are your garments spotless are they white as snow
   Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
Are you walking daily by your Saviour's side
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb
Do you rest each moment in the crucified
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
Lay aside these garments that are stained with sin
And be washed in the blood of the Lamb
There's a fountain Flowing for the soul unclean
Oh be washed in the blood of the Lamb.


Arkansas Traveler

Oh once upon a time in Arkansas
An old man sat in his little cabin door
And fiddled at a tune that he liked to hear
A jolly old tune that he played by ear
   It was raining hard but the fiddler didn't care
   He sawed away at the popular air
   Though his rooftop leaked like a waterfall
   That didn't seem to bother the old man at all
A traveler was riding by that day
And stopped to hear him a-fiddling away
The cabin was afloat and his feet were wet
But the old man still didn't seem to fret
So the stranger said Now the way it seems to me
You'd better mend your roof said he
But the old man said as he played away
I couldn't mend it now it's a rainy day
The traveler replied that's all quite true
But this I think is the thing for you to do
Get busy on a day that is fair and bright
Then patch the old roof till it's good and tight
   But the old man kept on a-playing at his reel
   And tapped the ground with his leathery heel
   Get along said he for you give me a pain
   My cabin never leaks when it doesn't rain


As Long As I Live

   As long as I live ( As long as I live )
   If it be one hour ( If it be one hour )
   Or if it be ( or if it be ) one hundred years
   I'll keep remembering ( I'll keep remembering )
   For ever and ever ( For ever and ever )
   I love you dear ( I love you dear )
   As long as I live
It's over you said that night you left me
That we'd forget that we'd ever met
I haven't forgotten I wonder if you have
Or is your heart to full of regret
I never thought that night you left me
That life alone could be so sad
It may sound funny but I'll never forget you
You're the only joy that I ever had


Ashes Of Love

   Ashes of love cold as ice
   You made the debt and I'll pay the price
   Our love is gone there's no doubt
   Ashes of love the flame burned out
The love light that gleamed in your eyes
Has gone out to my surprise
We said goodbye my heart bled
I can't revive our love, it's dead
I trusted dear our love would stand
Your every wish was my command
My heart tells me I must forget
I loved you then I love yet


At The End Of A Long Lonely Day

At the end of a long lonely day without you
My world seems to fall on it's face
Well, I'm alright through the day but the day fades away
At the end of a long lonely day
   Another day wishing you were here
   I dread each lonely night Lord their filled with tears
   Oh how I've cried yes I've cried and these tears I can't hide
   At the end of a long lonely day
At the end of the day I go back to my room
And watch as the sun fades away
And the loneliness there with its grief and despair
At the end of a long lonely day


Aunt Dinah's Quilting Party

In the sky the bright stars glittered
On the bank the pale moon shone
And 'twas from aunt Dinah's quilting party
I was seeing Nellie home
   I was seeing Nellie home
   I was seeing Nellie home
   And 'twas from aunt Dinah's quilting party
   I was seeing Nellie home
On my arm a soft hand rested
Rested like as ocean foam
And 'twas from aunt Dinah's quilting party
I was seeing Nellie home
On my lips a whisper trembled
Trembled till it dared to come
And 'twas from aunt Dinah's quilting party
I was seeing Nellie home
On my life new hopes were dawning
And those hopes have lived and grown
And 'twas from aunt Dinah's quilting party
I was seeing Nellie home


Avery County

Tonight I'm dreaming of Avery County
Where the cool mountain breezes blow
O'er the laurels and rhododendrons
And my sweet Avery County Rose
I can hear the old folks singing
While the fiddles softly play
I can hear that banjo ringing
Thru the valley at close of day
The fragrance of the flowers
Fill the air with sweet perfume
As my sweetheart walked beside me
Neath that Avery County moon


Away Out On The Saint Sabbath

Away out on the old saint Sabbath
Lay down to take my rest
My knapsack for my pillow
And my gun upon my chest
   Please don't bury me on the lonesome prairie
   Please don't bury me on the lone prairie
   You can bury me in the east
   You can bury me in the west
   Please don't bury me on the lone prairie
My father he lies sleeping
Beneath the deep blue sea
I have no father no mother
There's none but hell and me
My mother she lies sleeping
Beneath the church yard rocks
Her body lies there moldering
And her spirit has gone to God


Baby Blue Eyes

I wonder if I'll ever forget you
And if our love that's true ever dies
I can't forget the kisses you gave me
Or memories of your two baby blue eyes
   I'll always keep a memory of you
   Visions of eyes as blue as the sky
   And that's why each night there's tears on my pillow
   I'm dreaming of your two baby blue eyes
Now when day is done and shadows are fallen'
My love will sleep 'til morning sunrise
I lay awake just tossing and turning
I'm longing for dreams of baby blue eyes
Now day after day try to keep smiling
And a broken heart I try to disguise
Now night after night my lonely heart's calling
It's calling for you my baby blue eyes


Baby Girl

   Little girl ( little girl ) baby girl
   She's my darling little precious baby girl
   Like an angel to me and I know that he
   Sent from Heaven my little baby girl
She's as sweet as the flowers of springtime
Her blue eyes they sparkle so bright
Just a touch of her little baby hand
Seems to guide my weary footsteps day and night
How those two little arms try to hold me
Her little heart's a blessing to our home
And at night when I'm far far away
As dream of her I'm never all alone


Baby We're Really In Love

If you're lovin' me like I'm lovin' you
then baby we're really in love
If you're happy with me like I'm happy with you
old cupid just gave us a shove
If you're thinkin' of me like I'm thinkin' of you
then I know what you're thinkin' of
If you're lovin' me like I'm lovin' you
then baby we're really in love.
I run around in circles and turn in fire alarms
I'm nutty as a fruit cake when you're not in my arms
If you're meant for me like I'm meant for you
baby we fit like a glove
If you're lovin' me like I'm lovin' you
then baby we're really in love.
If you're  lovin' me  like  I'm lovin' you
then baby we're really in love
If you're countin' on me like I'm countin' on you
old cupid just give us a shove
If you're dreamin' of me like I'm dreamin' of you
then I know what you're dreamin' of
If you're lovin' me like I'm lovin' you
then baby we're really in love.
Now folks think I've gone crazy
and I don't feel too sure
And yet there's nothin' wrong with me
that weddin' bells won't cure
If you go for me like I go for you
baby we fit like a glove
If you're lovin' me like I'm lovin' you
then baby we're really in love.


Back In The Saddle Again

I'm back in the saddle again
Out where a friend is a friend
Where the long-horn cattle feed
On the lowly jimson weed
I'm back in the saddle again.
Ridin' the range once more
Totin' my old forty-four
Where you sleep out every night
Where the only law is right
I'm back in the saddle again.
   Whoop-pi-ti-yi-yo
   Rockin' to and fro
   Back in the saddle again
   Whoop-pi-ti-yi-yay
   I go my own way
   Back in the saddle again.


Back To Dixie

I'm goin' down to the Cumberland River
In the state of Tennessee
Gonna walk the ground where I spent my childhood
I'm goin' back back to Dixie.
I spent my life a foot loose drifter
Like a gypsy is I'm a travelin' man
Can't find no place where I'm contented
Can't find no folks I understand
Ain't got no wife ain't got no family
At least that is I know about
And if I should die right where I'm standing
No one would know that I've checked out
Come drink my wine and take my coffee
You can have my beans they're in the can
I'm gonna go back to where I started
Gonna end my life a happy man.


Back To The Barrooms

   Now it’s back to the barrooms
   Right back to drinkin’ again
   Maybe someday you’ll love me enough to stay with me
   And whisky won’t be my best friend
   Now it’s back to the barrooms again
Now the bartender knows me, he knows how you do me
And he knows why I’m back here again
He must be given a prize for his patience
For bartenders do understand
Now it’s back to the barrooms again
With the loud music roarin’, the bartender pourin’
My shaky legs tryin’ to stand
It’s over and over I’ve tried to stay sober
But, look what a failure I’ve been
Now it’s back to the barrooms again


Back To The Cross

I'm out on the sea filled with sorrows
Tossed like a ship who ran ashore
I'm seeking the help of my saviour
By the way of the cross I must go
Back to the cross and to Jesus
Back to the cross I am called
I've drifted too far and I've wandered
From the saviour that once was my home
The sins of this world have overcome me
Have pushed and left me to roam
So I'm going to back to my saviour
Back to the cross and home
The joy of these life are too fleeting
And wrapped in troubles around
I've lost the church of the stranger
I've drifted too far from home


Bald Knob Arkansas

I hear that train a comin'
Comin' down the line
Gonna meet you at the station
Gonna see that gal of mine
    Bald Knob Arkansas see my Linda Lou
    I will be her lovin' man and always lover her true
    Til I'm bald headed too
I'm awful tired and hungry now
Got nothin' in my craw
I'm on my way back to see my girl
Back in Bald Knob Arkansas
Got a blue eyed girl a waiting there
Sweetest I'd ever saw
Well I'm on my way to make her mine
Back in Bald Knob Arkansas


Ballad Of Jed Clampett

Come and listen to a story 'bout a man named Jed
Poor mountaineer barely kept his family fed
Then one day he was shooting for some food,
And up through the ground come a bubbling crude
(Oil that is, black gold, Texas tea)
Well the first thing you know old Jed's a millionaire
Kin folk said Jed move away from there
Said California is the place you oughta be
So they loaded up the truck and they moved to Beverly
(Hills that is, swimming pools, movie stars)
Well now it's time to say goodbye to Jed and all his kin
They would like to thank you folks for kindly dropping in
You're all invited back again to this locality
To have a heaping helping of their hospitality
(Beverly Hillbillies, that's what they call 'em now,
Nice folks Y'all come back now, ya hear?)


Balo's Song

Well me and my horse Balo we're going to the fair
We're gonna ride the bucks and run the barrels see everything that's there
We're gonna wink at all the women flag a tail at all the mares
We'll be hellbent for leather when we go to the fair
We're gonna shave and brush and shower shine our shoes up good and bright
We're gonna strap on all our leather stuff and cinch it up real tight
We're gonna jog around the warm up ring and lean against the rail
And check out all that horsy stuff like eyes and legs and tails
We're gonna jog in to the show ring with our head set good and proud
When the announcer calls the names out we hope he does it good and loud
We're gonna win us a blue ribbon and show off for the crowd
Well I guess we'll bring the stands down when Balo takes his bow
We're gonna strut around the grand stand and down the old midway
I'll be munchin' popcorn while Balo's chompin' hay
We're gonne find ourselves a saddle with something cute on either side
And me and my horse Balo might just join 'em for a ride


Banks Of The Ohio

I asked my love to take a walk
Just a walk a little way
And as we walk, oh, may we talk
All about our wedding day
   Only say that you'll be mine
   In our home we'll happy be
   Down beside where the waters flow
   On the banks of the Ohio
I held a knife against her breast
As into my arms she pressed
She said Willie, don't you murder me
I'm unprepared for eternity
I took her by her lily white hand
And dragged her down that bank of sand
There I throwed her in to drown
I watched her as she floated down
Was walking home tween twelve and one
Thinkin' of what I had done
I killed a girl, my love you see
Because she would not marry me
The very next morn about half past four
The Sheriff came knocked at my door
He said now young man come now and go
Down to the Banks of the Ohio


Banks Of The Ohio

I asked my love to take a walk
Just to walk a little ways
And as we walked along we talked
All about our wedding day
   Only say that you'll be mine
   In no others arms entwined
   Down beside where the waters flow
   On the banks of the Ohio
I took her by her lily white hand
I dragged her down that bank of sand
There I threw her in to drown
I watched her as she floated down
Returning home between twelve and one
Thinking of what a deed I'd done
I'd killed the girl I loved you see
Because she would not marry me
The very next day about half passed four
The sheriff's men knocked at my door
He said young man come now and go
Down to the banks of the Ohio


Barbara Allen

In scarlet Town where I was born
There was a fair maid dwelling
Made many a youth cry well a day
Her name was Barbara Allen
It was in the merry month of May
When green buds they were swelling
Sweet William came from the west country
And he courted Barbara Allen
He sent his servant unto her
To the place where she was dwelling
Said my master's sick, bids me call for you
If your name be Barbara Allen
Well, slowly, slowly got she up
And slowly went she nigh him
But all she said as she passed his bed
Young man I think you're dying
Then lightly tripped she down the stairs
She heard those church bells tolling
And each bell seemed to say as it tolled
Hard hearted Barbara Allen
O, mother, mother go make my bed
And make it long and narrow
Sweet William died for me today
I'll die for him tomorrow
They buried Barbara in the old church yard
They buried Sweet William beside her
Out of his grave grew a red, red rose
And out of hers a briar
They grew and grew up the old church wall
Till they could grow no higher
And at the top twined a lover's knot
The red rose and the briar


Barbara Allen

In London town where I was born
There lived a fair maid dwellin'
Made every youth cry well away
And her name was Barbara Allen
I sent a servant to your town
Where Barbara she was dwellin'
My master sent and he sent for you
If your name is Barbara Allen
T'was in the merry month of May
When all the flowers were a-bloomin'
A young man on his death bed lay
For the love of Barbara Allen
Oh Nellie Mae on her way home
Were the words so sweet love singin'
And as they sang they seemed to say
Hard hearted Barbara Allen
Oh the more she ran oh the more she mourned
'Till she could not stop her cyin'
Oh pick me up and take me home
For I am surely a-dyin'
Oh father my father go dig my grave
Go dig it long and narrow
Sweet William died for me today
So I'll die for him tomorrow
Oh they buried her in the old churchyard
Buried sweet William down beside her
On William's grave grew a red red rose
On Barbara's grew a great briar
Oh it grew to the top of the old churchyard
It grew till It could not grow no higher
And there they tied in a true love's knot
The red red rose 'round the briar


Barefoot Nellie

Redheaded pecker sittin' on a limb
Ma Chicken Nellie got a hen
Wrung his neck and plucked him clean
Funniest chicken you ever seen
   Hey Barefoot Nellie
   Ho Barefoot Nellie
   Hey Barefoot Nellie
   You're the one for me.
Nellie went to town one day
Ridin' on a load of hay
Sold a man a trip to Mars
And now she sits behind the bars.
Nell put on her Sunday dress
Most of it was lookin' best
Made out of an old feed sack
Poppy wrote right on the back.


Barroom Girls

Oh the night came undone like a party dress
And fell at her feet in a beautiful mess
The smoke and the whiskey came home in her curls
And they crept through the dreams of the barroom girls
Well she tosses and turns because the sun is unkind
And the heat of the day is coming in through the blinds
But leave all the blue skies for the rest of the world
Because the neon will shine for the barroom girls
   Oh the barroom girls go by your side
   Like the ponies who pass on a carousel ride
   And all of the colors go ‘round in a swirl
   When you dance in the arms of the barroom girls
Now she rolls to her feet when she can't sleep no more
And looks at her clothes lying out on the floor
Last night's spangles and yesterday's pearls
Are the bright morning stars of the barroom girls
Last night's spangles and yesterday's pearls
Are the bright morning stars of the barroom girls


Battle Of New Orleans

In 1814 we took a little trip
Along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississipp'
We took a little bacon and we took a little beans
And we caught the bloody British in the town of New Orleans
   We fired our guns and the British kept a coming
   There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago
   We fired once more and they began to running
   Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
We looked down the river and we seen the British come
And there must have been a hundred of them beating on the drums
They stepped so high and they made their bugles ring
We stood behind our cotton bales and didn't say a thing
Old Hickory said we could take 'em by suprise
If we didn't fire a musket 'til we looked 'em in the eyes
We held our fire 'til we seen their faces well
We opened up our squirrel guns and really gave 'em
Well they ran through the briars and they ran through the brambles
And they ran through the bushes where the rabbits couldn't go
They ran so fast the hounds couldn't catch 'em
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
We fired our cannon 'til the barrel melted down
Then we grabbed an alligator and we fought another round
We filled his head with cannonballs and powdered his behind
And when we touched the powder off the gator lost his mind


Be Good To My Little Baby Girl

Be good to my little baby girl
She's all I got left in this old world
She's warm and she's sweet
Lord she means the world to me
Be good to my little baby girl.
Her eyes light up when I mention your name
Lately she smiles all the time
She needs someone strong who won't do her wrong
I'm hoping that you'll be the kind.
I can see her as a child sittin' on her mama's knee
Sometimes I think I failed her back then
'Cause I was runnin' wild I was always runnin''round
I never was the dad I should have been.
She told you of her past of the ones that done her wrong
You know her heart's been broken in two
She deserves some happiness and she thinks you're the best
I believe her so I'm counting on you.


Be Honest With Me

Be honest with me dear whatever you do
Remember you're mine dear so always be true
Wherever you wander on land or on sea
If you really love me be honest with me
My poor heart would break dear if you were untrue
Asleep or awake dear I'll dream about you
Oh you are my darlin' you're all that I see
If you really love me be honest with me
Some day I'll return dear and make you my own
And how I will yearn dear when I'm all alone
I'll never forget dear your sweet memory
If you really love me be honest with me


Be Proud Of The Grey In Your Hair

Lay down that cane and start moving
While you can get out of your chair
Put on those shoes and start walkin'
Be proud of the gray in your hair.
Well I hope you see what I'm sayin'
Einstien could very well be right
That man's greatest victory is dyin'
Don't never give up without a fight
Said you know how it feels to be lonesome
You know what it means when you're blue
There ain't no use to sit and worry
For there ain't nobody worryin' about you.


Be True To Yourself

   Be true to yourself little darlin’
   Life is short don’t live it in regret
   If you’re not happy here go find another
   And I’ll pretend that we had never met
I watched, I wondered why you’ve grown so quiet
Deep in thought you seem so far away
Say, have you changed your mind about our future
Don’t lead me on if you don’t want to stay
Don’t be a fool and think you’ll learn to love me
If you don’t have those feelings for me now
Look deep inside your heart and answer truly
Am I the one you just can’t live without


Bear Creek Blues

Way up on Bear Creek, watching the sun go down
Way up on Bear Creek, watching the sun go down
It makes me feel like I'm on my last go-'round,
The water on Bear Creek, it tastes like cherry wine
The water on Bear Creek, it tastes like cherry wine
You take one drink of it, you're drinking it all the time
If you stay on Bear Creek, you'll get like Jesse James
If you stay on Bear Creek, you'll get like Jesse James
You'll take two old pistols
and hold up that Bear Creek train
I'm going high, high up on some lonesome hill
I'm going high, high up on some lonesome hill
Look down on Bear Creek where my good gal used to live


Beautiful Beautiful Brown Eyes

Beautiful beautiful brown eyes
Beautiful beautiful brown eyes
Beautiful beautiful brown eyes
I'll never love blue eyes again.
Last night I staggered in the bar room
Fell right down on the floor
These were the words that I uttered
I'll never get drunk anymore.
Oh Willie oh Willie I love you
Love you with all of my heart
Tomorrow we were to be married
But liquor has kept us apart.
For seven long years I've been married
Wish I was single again
A girl doesn't know half her troubles
Until she has married a man.


Beautiful Bouquet

For pleasure I went walking out through the fields one day
I started gathering flowers to make a sweet bouquet
Each flower that I gathered. each one played a part
Each flower stood for someone held dear to my heart
   Beautiful bouquet I'm gathering today
   Picking the colours that'll never fade away
   Each flower has a meaning so dear to me
   Each flower is a treasure chestof sweet memories
Violets for my sweetheart, a white rose for my dad
A red rose stood for mother, the best friend that I had
Forget-me-nots stood faithfully for tried true friends of mine
Daisies for the puppy loves that I left far behind
Lilies are for grandma, who watches from afar
Poppies are for brother, who lost his life at war
I put them all together, tomake a sweet bouquet
A rainbow full of colours that will never fade away


Beautiful Home

There's a beautiful home far over the sea
With mansions of bliss for you and for me
A beautiful home so wondrously fair
That the savior for me has gone to prepare
   There's a beautiful home (a beautiful home)
   far over the sea (far over the sea)
   There's a beautiful home (a beautiful home)
   for you and for me (for you and for me)
   Its glittering powers (its glittering powers)
   of sun out shine (of sun out shine)
   That beautiful home (that beautiful home)
   someday shall be mine  (someday shall be mine)
In that beautiful home a crown I shall wear
With the glorified throng their stories to share
But the doors of that home can never be known
Til the savior we see upon His white throne


Beautiful Isle O'Er The Sea

I will not be your sweetheart
I'll tell you the reason why
My mother always told me
To pass a drunkard by
   Beautiful isle o'er the sea
   Beautiful isle o'er the sea
   Beautiful isle o'er the sea
   There's someone waiting for me
Now young man I will tell you
If you want my heart my hand
You better quit your drinking
And be a sober man
Go prove yourself be faithful
Go prove yourself be true
And sometime in the future
Perhaps I'll marry you


Beautiful Moon Of Kentucky

There's a beautiful moon shining down on Kentucky
Where the fields of bluegrass are growin'
'Neath the beautiful moon shining down on Kentucky
Tomorrow that's where I'll be going
For the girl that I love she waits for me know
To return from ol' sunny Tennessee
'Neath the beautiful moon shining down on Kentucky
Tomorrow that's where I will be
Well I left my old home way down in Kentucky
And headed for old sunny Tennessee
But I'm on my way back to the hills of Kentucky
With my darling once more there I'll be


Beautiful Star Of Bethlehem

Oh Beautiful Star of Bethlehem
Shining afar through shadows dim
Giving the light for those who long have gone
Guiding the wise men on their way
Unto the place where Jesus lay
Oh Beautiful Star of Bethlehem shine on.
   Oh Beautiful Star  of Bethlehem      (Star of Bethlehem)
   Shine upon us until the glory dawns.
   Give us a light to guide the way
   Unto the land of perfect day
   Oh Beautiful Star of Bethlehem, shine on (shine on)
Oh Beautiful Star the hope of light
Guiding the pilgrims through the night
Over the mountains till the break of dawn
Into the light of perfect day
It will give out a lovely ray
Oh Beautiful Star of Bethlehem shine on (shine on)
Oh Beautiful Star the hope of rest
For the redeemed  the good and blessed
Yonder in glory when the crown is won
Jesus is now the star divine
Brighter and brighter he will shine
Oh Beautiful Star of Bethlehem shine on (shine on)


Beauty Of My Dream

One day I met the beauty of my dreams
Pretty eyes she had you ought-a seen
Brown hair that flowed down behind
I saw it all and yet I was so blind
We wound up in her part of town
Bright lights with our music all around
I gazed into her eyes and she in mine
She had me in a trance it was so fine
Now I cry cry cry
I can't get over her though I try
I'm blue blue blue
I should have known she never could be true
Well I find as the night has faded on
I found your house the neighbors say your gone
The girl she don't live here anymore
Oh the pain to me that lies in store
So all I have is a picture in a frame
She disappeared the same way she came
She made a wreck of me and I find
She's out of sight but always on my mind


Bed By The Window

Two old friends shared a room in a home for the elderly
Confined to their beds their bodies giving way
Old Joe lay by the window and watched the day go by
And Bill lived to hear him tell about the world outside
They shared with each other the stories of their lives
And relived all their memories and dreams of a better time
Outside the leaves were changing, summer turned to fall
And from the bed by the window old Joe described it all
   From, the bed by the window he'd tell how the children played
   The lovers in the park, the ducks out on the lake
   The little boy swept the sidewalk when the sun came up each day
   From the bed by the window he told it just that way
On a cold winter morning in the light of the dawn
The bed by the window was empty old Joe had passed and gone
They moved Bill by the window he couldn't hold back the tears
He'd finally see the view outside after all these years
   From the bed by the window he couldn't see out at all
   There was nothing out that window but an old brick wall
A new friend shares a room in a home for the elderly
Confined to his bed his body has given way
Now Bill lay by the window as the days go by
And his new friend left to hear him tell about the world outside
   From, the bed by the window he'd tell how the children played
   The lovers in the park, the ducks out on the lake
   The little boy swept the sidewalk when the sun came up each day
   From the bed by the window he told it just that way
Two old friends shared a room in a home for the elderly


Bed On The Floor

Make me a bed right down on your floor
Make me a bed right down on your floor
I'll lay my head in a bed on your floor
I'm a poor lonesome boy
I'm a long way from home
I'm a poor lonesome boy
I'm a long way from home
I'll lay my head in a bed on your floor
The sheriff's on my trail with a big forty-four
The sheriff's on my trail with a big forty-four
I'll lay my head in a bed on your floor
Clock strikin' midnight and daylight to go
Clock strikin' midnight and daylight to go
I'll lay my head in a bed on your floor
Bed on the floor love bed on the floor
Make me a bed right down on your floor
I'll lay my head in a bed on your floor


Been All Round This World

Workin' on the new railroad mud up to my knees
Workin' on the new railroad mud up to my knees
Workin' for ol' John Henry he's mighty hard to please
I been all 'round this world.
Hang me oh hang me till I'm dead and gone
Hang me oh hang me till I'm dead and gone
Don't care much 'bout dyin' it's bein' in jail so long
I been all 'round this worId.
Mama and papa and baby sister makes three
Mama and papa and baby sister makes three
Marchin' me to the gallows that'll be the end of me
I been all 'round this world.
Up on Blueridge Mountain there I'll make a stand
Up on Blueridge Mountain there I'll make a stand
Rifle on my shoulder six shooter in my hand
I been all 'round this world.
If you see a rich girl send her on down the line
If you see a rich girl send her on down the line
If you see a poor girl I'll bet she's a friend of mine
I been all 'round this world.


Before I Met You

I thought I'd seen pretty girls in my time
That was before I met you
I never saw one that I wanted for mine
That was before I met you
   I thought I was swinging the world by its tail
   I thought I could never be blue
   I thought I'd been kissed and I thought I'd been loved
   That was before I met you
I wanted to ramble and always be free
That was before I met you
I never saw one that could ever hold me
That was before I met you
They say a man must reap what he's sown
Darlin', I hope that's not true
For once I made plans of living alone
But that was before I met you


Before The Cold Winds Blow

The weather finally broke in the middle of april
Jacob loaded up his wagon with last years furs.
He'd have to make the trip alone 'cause it would be too risky
For his pretty wife sarah and the unborn child she carried with her.
It took three weeks to reach the mississippi ribbon
And he turned south toward new orleans
For a boy from the mountains it was easy to get caught up
In the sights and sounds of the city
And the things he'd never seen.
   And the river rolls on Like an endless river
   The sun light glistens on the rocks below
   He can hear her voice in the rippling water
   Saying please be home before the cold winds blow.
He fell in With a bad companion
Said give me your money or I'll take your life
Jacob drew his pistol and in less than a heart beat
The stranger lay dead on the floor and someone had to pay the price.
And after three long years in a Louisiana prison
He stands on the hill that overlooks his farm
With his woman by his side thanks god for his blessings
And most of all for the blonde hair child resting in his arms.


Before The Sun Goes Down

Well pack up your car go on and leave
and tell your folks that we are through
Honey that ain't going to make me grieve
cause I know just what you'll do
You'll pout and cry and swear that I
am the meanest man in town
But I'll bet money that you'll be back
before the sun goes down
   Before the sun goes down you'll be all ready for some lovin'
   You'll run to your daddy for some kissin' and huggin'
   And I'll be waitin' around
   For I know you'll be home before the sun goes down
Honey there ain't nothing else in the book that you ain't said
All kinds of names and low down things
I've heard them all from A to Z
And when you've had your say you'll up and run away and swear you're leavin' town
But you'll cool off come a draggin' it back before the sun goes down


Behind These Prison Walls Of Love

Behind these prison walls of love dear
Forever more I know I'll be
Condemned because you love another
No one will ever set me free
   In my heart sweet memories linger
   Of the days when you were mine
   Behind these prison walls of love dear
   Visions of a past entwined
I know my love for you seems strange dear
But it's all I'll ever know
I'll content myself with memories
If it pleases you to go
   Just remember precious darling
   When we face the judge above
   All of our vows will be unbroken
   Behind these prison walls of love


Behind These Prison Walls Of Love

Behind these prison walls of love dear
Forever more I know I'll be
Condemned because you love another
No one will ever set me free
   In my heart sweet memories linger
   Of the days when you were mine
   Behind these prison walls of love dear
   Visions of a past entwined
I know my love for you seems strange dear
But it's all I'll ever know
I'll content myself with mem'ries
If it pleases you to go
   Just remember precious darling
   When we face the judge above
   All of our vows will be unbroken
   Behind these prison walls of love
   Behind these prison walls of love


Behind Those Stone Walls

Twas in St Louis city where I first saw the light
Brought up by honest parents on a pathway of right
I was left on orphan at the age of ten years
On mother's grave I shed many tears
I'd scarcely reached manhood when I left my old home
With some other fellows to the west we did roam
Seeking employment though scarcely could find
We seemed so poor and the people unkind
Was in New York City where we first met our fate
We were arrested while roaming the streets
The charges were burglars the theft it was called
But they said it would place us behind the stone walls
We were marched next morning to the courthouse for trial
My pal was downhearted so I gave him a smile
We pleaded for mercy but was shown none at all
They gave us twenty years behind the stone walls
We were handcuffed next morning and marched to the pen
We arrived there at midnight with a few other men
The doors were thrown open we marched in the halls
Just learn to be a convict behind the stone walls
While lying that night on a pallet of straw
I swore I would never again break the law
There's none but your mother to bear your downfall
When you are a convict behind the stone walls
Come all you young fellows and listen to me
When you lose life's pleasures you've lost liberty
I've tasted life's pleasures it's bitter than gall
It'll lead to a cell behind the stone wall


Bellville Georgia

I'll tell you all a story that I think you'll understand
Travelin' thru Georgia ramblin' across the land
I passed the Bellville depot and something said to me
Stop here son there's something you should see
I stopped a while and rested on the depot steps
The tall pines wavin' in the breeze the air was clear and fresh
That Georgia winter sunshine was warmin'up my back
And I saw the train comin' down the track
   God came thru Bellville Georgia
   He was ridin' on the noon-day train
   It's all power to Him and praise His holy name
   He never got off of the train
   He never got off of the train.
I've never had a day like that since I have been alive
My body full of feelin' there was vision in my eyes
I've traveled this world over just to meet that certain train
And I knew my life will never be the same
Well I don't know where He's goin' but I know He likes to ride
Across the hills and valleys through the prairies thru the skies
And I know the time is comin' if the world don't ever change
Everybody's got to meet that train.


Better Days To Come

Don’t remind me of things in my past
Oh, I’ve fallen down along the way
You’re not the first, you won’t be the last
In fact you’re the second one today
But that don’t get me down, what’s done is done
And I refuse to relive yesterday
I believe my best days are yet to come
If I can only get this one out of the way
   I don’t think about tomorrow
   Yesterday is past and gone
   Don’t judge me by my past and I’ll try
   And do better in days to come
Should you see me cryin’ today
Oh, it won’t be ‘cause I’m lookin’ back
I don’t deal with old memories that way
Those tragic scenes have faded to black
They don’t get me down, what’s done is done
I’ve only room to feel today’s pain
When the sun comes up on another day
I’ll put yesterday behind me once again
It won’t get me down, what’s done is done
And I refuse to relive yesterday
Cause I believe my best days are yet to come
If I can only get this one out of the way


Better Late Than Never

Better late than never
Better let you see
Better late than never
Darlin' wait for me
The other night I seen my girl
We had a date
Supposed to been there at seven
Showed up at eight
Yonder comes a man into my house
For his revenue
He said I'll pay it up my friend
Give me a day or two
Now if you love your women
Like I do mine
Give 'em a little lovin'
Just any time


Better Luck Next Time

So your of love has finally reached its ending
The winner smiles as you are left behind
You will taste the better cup of love's illusion
Just chalk one up and better luck next time
Better luck next time for now you're reaping
All the bitterness that once was mine
Live and love then learn the fate that's pending
A broken heart but better luck next time
There's no way that we can look into the future
But a lesson we may learn from scenes behind
In the future there's a promise of tomorrow
If given you then better luck next time


Better Times A-Coming

Well the cows went dry the hens don't lay
there's no place I can borrow
Give the landlord all the news
and the rent comes due tomorrow
Lots of money in the bank
they say that's where they keep it
Not only wouldn't they loan me some
they wouldn't let me see it
So pick away on the old banjo
Keep that guitar strumming
Put more water in the soup
There's better times a-coming
Well Mary Lou could pull a plow
if only I would let her
Twice as strong as any ox
and she don't smell much better
I didn't kiss that Mary Lou but once
and then I had to leave her
Make's my collar get so tight
I start to burn with fever
Well a man came by the other day
a-huntin manual labor
I told him I hadn't seen the guy
why don't he ask the neighbor
So come on boys get your gals
and kick your heels up higher
Don't let no one steal your gal
just hold her a little tighter
My rooster used to chase a hen
he just kept getting thinner
He nearly ran himself to death
so I bought him in for dinner
Cotton crops are mighty poor
the weeds are really a-growin
I need a woman pretty bad
to help me with the hoein'


Big Ball In Boston

Big ball in Boston big ball in town
Big ball in Boston gonna dance around.
Little glass of sherry little glass of wine
Let's have a party let's have a time.
My love's in jail boys my love's in jail
My love's in jail boys who'll go her bail?
Roll on the ground boys roll on the ground
Eating soda crackers ten cents a pound.
Look at all the pretty girls walking down the street
Kicking up their heels they're happy on their feet


Big Midnight Special

Woke up this morning heard the whistle blow
The jailor said come boy it's time to go
Big midnight special shine your light on me
Big midnight special shine your ever loving light on me
I've never had the blues so in my life before
'Til my baby left me at the station door
They put him in a pullman guards around his door
Said you off to Atlanta to serve ten years more
He looked all around him in the pullman car
Saw the men wearing clothe hats smoking big cigars
Took him off in Atlanta at the end of the line
Said you start serving time boy for your awful crime
That whistle makes me lonesome on that midnight train
But he knows I'm a-waiting 'til it brings him home again


Big Rock Candy Mountain

One evening as the sun went down and the jungle fire was burning
Down the track came a hobo hiking and he said boys I'm not turning
I'm headin for a land that's far away beside the crystal fountains
So come with me we'll go and see the Big Rock Candy Mountains
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains there's a land that's fair and bright
Where the handouts grow on bushes and you sleep out every night
Where the boxcars are all empty and the sun shines every day
On the birds and the bees and the cigarette trees
Where the lemonade springs where the bluebird sings
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains all the cops have wooden legs
And the bulldogs all have rubber teeth and the hens lay soft boiled eggs
The farmer's trees are full of fruit and the barns are full of hay
Oh, I'm bound to go where there ain't no snow
Where the rain don't fall and the wind don't blow
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains you never change your socks
And the little streams of alcohol come a-trickling down the rocks
The brakemen have to tip their hats and the railroad bulls are blind
There's a lake of stew and of whiskey too
You can paddle all around 'em in a big canoe
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains the jails are made of tin
And you can walk right out again as soon as you are in
There ain't no short handled shovels, no axes saws or picks
I'm a goin to stay where you sleep all day
Where they hung the jerk that invented work
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains
I'll see you all this coming fall in the Big Rock Candy Mountains


Big Spike Hammer

Can't you hear the whistle of my big spike hammer
Lord it's busting my side
I've done all I can do to keep that woman happy
Still she's not satisfied
   Hey hey Della Mae
   Why do you treat me this way
   Hey hey Della Mae
   I'll get even some day
I'm the best hammer swinger on this big section gang
Big Bill Johnson is my name
Lord this hammer that I swing for a dollar and a half a day
I'll all for my Della Mae
Now I've been lots of places, not much I ain't done
There's still alot of things I'd like to see
Lord this hammer that I swing or the woman that I love
Yes, one's gonna be the death of me


Big Train From Memphis

When I was young I spent my summer days
playing on the track.
The sound of the wheels rolling on the steel
took me out took me back
   Big train from Memphis
   Big train from Memphis
   now it's gone gone gone
   gone gone gone
Like no one before he let out a roar
and I just had to tag along
each night I went to bed with the sounds in my head
and the dream was the song
Well I rode 'em in and back out again
and you know what they say about trains
But I'm tellin you when that Memphis train came through
this old world was not the same


Bile Them Cabbage Down

Went up on the mountain
Just to give my horn a blow
Thought I heard my true love say
Yonder comes my beau
   Bile them Cabbage down
   Turn them hoecakes round
   The only song that I can sing
   Is bile them cabbage down
Took my gal to the blacksmith shop
To have her mouth made small
She turned around a time or two
And swallowd shop and all
Possum in a Simmon tree
Raccoon on the ground
Raccoon says you son-of-a-gun
Shake some Simmon's down
Someone stole my old 'coon dog
Wish they'd bring him back
He chased the big hogs through the fence
And the little ones through the crack
Met a possum in the road
Blind as he could be
Jumped the fence and whipped my dog
And bristled up at me
Once I had an old gray mule
His name was Simon Slick
He'd roll his eyes and back his ears
And how that mule would kick
How that mule would kick
He kicked with his dying breath
He shoved his hind feet down his throat
And kicked himself to death


Billy Grey

Billy Grey rode into Gantry, back in '83
There he did meet young Sarah McRae
The wild rose of morning, that pale flower of dawning
Herald of springtime in his young life that day.
Sarah she could not see the daylight of reality
In her young eyes Billy bore not a flaw
Knowing not her chosen one was a hired gun
Wanted in Kansas City by the law.
Then one day a tall man came riding 'cross the badlands
Lying to the North of New Mexico
He was over her to say he was lookin' for Bill Grey
A ruthless man and a dangerous outlaw.
Well, the deadly news came creepin' to Billy fast sleeping
There in the Claredon bar and hotel
He fled toward the old church, there on the outskirts
Thinkin' he'd climb to that old steeple bell.
But a rifle ball came flying, face down he lay there dying
There in the dust of the road where he fell
Sara she ran to him just cursing the law man
Accepting no reason knowin' he was killed.
Sarah lives in that same old white frame house
Where she first met Billy some fifty years ago
And wild rose of morning she's faded with the dawning
For each day of sorrow the long years have sown.
And written on the stone where the dusty winds have long blown
Eighteen words to a passing world say
"True love knows no season, no rhyme nor no reason
Justice is cold as the Cranger County clay."
Yes . . . true love knows no season . . . .


Billy The Kid

I'll sing you a true song of Billy the Kid
I'll sing of the reckless deeds that he did
Way out in New Mexico a long time ago
When a man's only friend was his own forty-four
When Billy the Kid was a very young lad
In old Silver City he went to the bad
Way out in the west with a knife in his hand
At the age of twelve years he killed his first man
Fair Mexico maidens play guitars and sing
Songs about Billy their boy bandit king
Now here is young manhood that reached its sad end
He'd notch on his pistol for twenty-one men
Now 'twas on the same night that poor Billy died
He said to his friends:"I'm not satisfied
It's twenty-one men that I've put bullets through
And sherriff Pat Garrett's gonna make twenty-two"
Now this is how Billy the Kid met his fate
The bright moon was shining and the hour was late
Shot down by Pat Garrett who once was his friend
The poor outlaw's life had reached its sad end
Now this is the true song of Billy the Kid
These were the reckless deeds that he did
Way out in New Mexico a long time ago
When a man's only friend was his own forty-four
There's many a fine boy with a face fine and fair
Who starts out in life with a chance to be square
But just like poor Billy he wanders astray
Then he loses his life in the very same way


Birds Were Singing Of You, The

Last night the pale moon was shining
Last night when all was still
I wandered alone in sadness
Out among the woodland hills
I heard the birds a-singing
Out among the trees and views
And every bird, my darling
Was singing, was singing of you
   Was singing, singing of you, my love
   Was singing, was singing of you
   And every bird, my darling
   Was singing, was singing of you
I think of you in the daytime
I dream of you at night
I wake and wish you were here, love,
And tears are blinding my sight
The flowers that slumber so sweetly
The stars above the blue
Oh heaven itself, my darling
Is thinking, is thinking of you
I open my window so gently
And look on the dreamy view
The world itself, my darling
Is sighing, is sighing for you


Bitter Green

On the bitter green she walked the hills above the town
Echo to her footsteps as soft as ider down
Waiting for her master to kiss away the tears
Waitin' through the years
Bitter Green they called her walkin' in the sun
Lovin' everyone that she me
Bitter Green they called her waitin' in the sun
Waitin' for someone to take her home
Some say he was a sailor who died away at sea
Some say he was a prison'r who never was set free
Lost upon the ocean he died there in the mist
Dreamin' of a kiss
But now that bitter green is gone the hills have turned to rust
There comes a weary stranger his tears fall in the dust
Knealin' by the churchyard in the autumn mist
Deamin' of a kiss


Black Eyed Susie

Black eyed Susie went to town
All she wore was a gingham gown
Hey Black eyed Susie
Ho Black eyed Susie
Hey Black eyed Susie Jane.
I may get drunk I may get woozy
But I'm comin' home to Black eyed Susie
Black eyed Susie's long and tall
Sleeps in the kitchen with her feet in the hall
Hey old man I want your daughter
To chop my wood and carry my water
Black eyed Susie lives in a holler
She won't come and I won't call her
All I want in this creation
Pretty little wife on a big plantation.
All I need to make me happy
Two little boys to call me Pappy.
One name Sop and the other name Gravy
One sop it up and the other gonna save it.
Up Red Oak and down salt water
Some old man gonna lose his daughter.
Black eyed Susie went huckleberry pickin'
Came home late and took a lickin'.
Love my wife and love my baby
Love my biscuits sopped in gravy.
Goin' back home with a pocket full of money
Somebody there to call me honey.


Black Jack County Chains

I was standin' by the road in Black Jack County.
Not knowing that the Sheriff paid a bounty,
For men like me who didn't have a penny to their name.
He locked my legs in 35 pounds of Black Jack County Chain.
All we had to eat was bread and water,
Everyday we had to build his road a mile and a quarter,
A Black Snake Whip would sting our backs if some poor fool complained,
But we couldn't fight back wearing 35 pounds of Black Jack County Chain.
Then one night while the Sheriff lay a sleepin',
We all gathered round him slowly creepin',
Heaven help me to forget that night in the cold cold rain,
When we beat him to death wearing 35 pounds of Black Jack County Chain.
The wounds have all healed and I am thankful,
And there's nothing left but scars around my ankle.
But best of all no man will ever be a slave again,
To a Black Snake Whip and 35 pounds of Black Jack County Chain.
But best of all no man will ever be a slave again,


Black Jack Davey

Black Jack Davey come a running through the woods
Singing so loud and gaily
Made the hills a round him ring
Then charmed the heart of a lady, charmed the heart of a lady
How old are you my pretty little miss
How old are you my honey
Answered him with a philly and a smile
I'll be sixteen next Sunday, be sixteen next Sunday
Come go with me my pretty little miss
Come go with me my honey
I'll take you across the deep blue sea
Where you never shall want for money, never shall want for money
She pulled off her high heeled shoes
Made of Spanish leather
She put on her low heeled shoes
And they both went off together, both went off together
Last night I lay on a warm feather bed
Side my husband and baby
Today I lay on the cold, cold ground
Side of Black Jack Davey, side of Black Jack Davey


Blackest Crow

As time draws near my dearest dear when you and I must part
How little you know of the grief and woe in my poor aching heart
Each night I suffer for your sake, you're the girl I love so dear
I wish that I was going with you or you were staying here
I wish my breast were made of glass wherein you might behold
Upon my heart your name lies wrote in letters made of gold
In letters made of gold my love, believe me when I say
You are the one that I will adore until my dying day
The blackest crow that ever flew would surely turn to white
If ever I prove false to you bright day will turn to night
Bright day will turn to night my love, the elements will mourn
If ever I prove false to you the seas will rage and burn
 
And when you're on some distant shore think of your absent friend
And when the wind blows high and clear a light to me pray send
And when the wind blows high and clear pray send your love to me
That I might know by your hand light how time has gone with thee
 


Blackie's Gunman

With a draw from either hand
I was known as Blackie's gunman
The best two gunman in the land
I could shoot the ace of diamonds
With the dice I had no equal
Some of them are with us now
Most of them are sadly sleeping
Neath the weeping willow bough
Many a cowboy's game I've played in
Left that night with all their gold
As a sport I was broken
As a sport I let it go
I once loved a girl named Nellie
How we loved no tongue can tell
But I know I'll never meet her
Oh it was hard to say farewell
Her eyes were like the deep blue water
And her hair was golden curls
And her cheeks were golden velvet
And her teeth were snow white pearls
Together we lived in a cottage
And our life it was a dream
And the angels they watched o'er us
Made our life one happy dream


Blue Bonnet Lane

In my lonely heart there lingers
A dream that haunts me again
Of a girl with eyes like the flowers
That grew down in Blue Bonnet Lane
On the sweet and happy hours
In my heart they will always remain
Like the sweet fragrance of the flowers
That grew down in Blue Bonnet Lane
I can see a pale moon rising
Above a blue misty plane
As I walk with my blue eyed darling
In my memory once again


Blue Diamond Mines

I remember the ways and the bygone days
When we were all in our prime
How us and John L. we gave the old man hell
Down in the Blue Diamond Mine
When the whistle blowed and the rooster crowed
Two hours before daylight
When a man done his best and he earned a good rest
And had seventeen dollars at night
   In the mines in the mines
   In the Blue Diamond Mines
   I’ve worked my (whole-1*) (poor-2*) (-- -3*) life away
   In the mines in the mines
   In the Blue Diamond Mine
   Go fall on your knees and pray.
You old black gold you've taken my lungs
And your dust has darkened my home
And now that we’re old you're turning your back
But where else can an old miner go
It’s  Algoma Block and it’s Big Leatherwood
And now it’s Blue Diamond too
The pits they are closing get another job
But what else can an old miner do
John L. had a dream but it’s broken it seems
And the union is letting us down
Last night they took away my hospital card
Saying why don’t you leave this old town.
So I’ll go downtown and I’ll hang around
And maybe it ain’t so bad
But when you get home your kids will meet you at the door
Saying what did you bring me dad


Blue Eyed Boston Boy

He was just a blue eyed Boston boy his voice was low with pain
I'll do your bidding, comrade mine if you will do the same
But if you should ride and I should fall you'll do as much for me
While mother at home is awaiting the news so write to her tenderly
She's waiting at home like a patient saint her pale face filled with woe
Her heart will be broken when I am dead I'll see her face no more
Just then the order came to charge for a moment hand touched hand
They answered aye and on they rode that brave and devoted band
Straight way was the course to the top of the hill and the Rebels with shot and shell
Plowed furrows of death midst the toiling ranks and guarded them as they fell
There soon came a horrible dying sound from the heights they could not gain
And those whom doom and death had spared rode slowly back again
But among the dead at the top of the hill lay the boy with the golden hair
And the tall dark man who rode by his side lay still beside him there
There was none to write to the blue-eyed girl the words her lover had said
While mother at home is awaiting her boy she'll only find he's dead
While mother at home is awaiting her boy she'll only find he's dead


Blue Eyed Darling

The days have passed by so slowly
Since you've gone and left me blue
If ever you decide to roam dear
Remember I'm waiting just for you
   Won't you be my blue eyed darlin
   Won't you come back home to me
   Don't tell me that you've found another
   Darling please don't set me free
At night as I lay down to sleep dear
The tears are flowing down my cheeks
Because you left me such a memory
And now I'm all alone you see
Someday you'll come and I'll be gone dear
Somewhere to start my life anew
But if you never do return dear
Remember I've waited just for you


Blue Eyes Cryin' In The Rain

In the twilight glow I see her
Blue eyes cryin' in the rain
When we kissed goodbye and parted
I knew we'd never meet again
   Love is like a dying ember
   And only memories remain
   And through the ages I'll remember
   Blue eyes cryin' in the rain.
Someday when we meet up yonder
We'll stroll hand in hand again
In the land that knows no parting
Or blue eyes cryin' in the rain.


Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain

In the twilight glow I see her
Blue eyes crying in the rain
As we kissed goodbye and parted
I know we'd never meet again
    Love is like a dying ember
    Only memories remain
    Through the ages I'll remember
    Blue eyes crying in the rain
Now my hair has turned to silver
All my life I've loved in vain
I can see her star in heaven
Blue eyes crying in the rain
Someday when we meet up yonder
We'll stroll hand in hand again
In a land that knows no parting
Blue eyes crying in the rain


Blue Is The Way That I Feel

Well I'm on my way tonight
And I hope the road is right
For I've got to have you back
Even if I have to steal
Blue is the way that I feel
I've been on this road so long
I guess your love for me is gone
But I'm coming back somehow
For my love for you is real
Blue is the way that I feel


Blue Moon Of Kentucky

Blue moon of Kentucky keep on shining
Shine on the one that's gone and proved untrue
Blue moon of Kentucky keep on shining
Shine on the one that's gone and left me blue
    It was on a moonlight night the stars were shining bright
    When they whispered from on high your love has said good-bye
    Blue moon of Kentucky keep on shining
    Shine on the one that's gone and said good-bye


Blue Night

Blue night I got you on my mind
Blue night I can't keep from crying
You met someone that was new
You quit someone that you knew was true
Blue night I got you on my mind
Blue night blue as I can be
I don't know what'll become of me
Where we used to walk I walk alone
With an aching heart because my love is gone
Blue night blue as I can be
Blue night 'cause I'm all alone
I used to call you on the telephone
I used to call and it made you glad
Now I call and it makes you mad
Blue night 'cause I'm all alone
Blue night all by myself
Since you put me on that shelf
There's just one thing that you must know
You're gonna reap just what you sow
Blue night, all by myself
Blue night, all by myself


Blue Railroad Train

Blue railroad train
Going down the railroad tracks
It makes me feel so doggone blue
To listen to that old smokestack
Come back again
Let me hear the whistle blow
You're taking the sun and leaving the rain
And I hate to see you go
Blue railroad train
Leaving me far behind
Gimme back the good old days
And let me ramble down the line
Blue railroad train
Leaving me her alone
You  treat me good you  treat me bad
You're making me think of home
I've got the blues
I'm longing for your company
It's many miles from where I am
To the only one for me
It's  lonely here
Waiting for the manifest
I hope that engineer is kind
Enough to let me be his guest
I'm not as bad
As you might think I am
I hobo here I hobo there
I've traveled these states around
Blue railroad train
A good old pal to me
You take me where I want to go
And my transportation's free


Blue Ridge Cabin Home

There's a well beaten path in the old mountainside
Where I wandered when I was a lad
And I wandered alone to the place I call home
In those Blueridge hills far away
   Oh I love those hills of old Virginia
   From those Blueridge hills I did roam
   When I die won't you bury me on the mountain
   Far away near my Blueridge mountain home
Now my thoughts wander back to that ramshackle shack
In those blue ridge hills far away
Where my mother and dad were laid there to rest
They are sleeping in peace together there
I return to that old cabin home with the sigh
I've been longing for days gone by
When I die won't you bury me on that old mountain side
Make my resting place upon the hills so high


Blue Ridge Mountain Blues

When I was young and in my prime
I left my home in Caroline
Now all I do is sit and pine
For all those folks I left behind
   I've got those Blue Ridge Mountain blues
   And I stand right here to say
   My grip is packed to travel and I'm scratching gravel
   For that Blue Ridge far away
Well I'm gonnna stay right by my Pa
And I'm gonna do right by my Ma
I'll hang around that cabin door
No work or worry anymore
   I've got those Blue Ridge Mountain blues
   Gonna see my old dog trained
   Gonna hunt the possum where the corn tops blossom
   On that Blue Ridge far away
Now I see a window with a light
I see two heads of snowy white
It seems I hear them both recite
Where is my wandering boy tonight
   I've got those Blue Ridge Mountain blues
   And I stand right here to say
   Every day I'm counting 'til I find that mountain
   On that blue ridge far away


Blue Ridge Mountain Memories

   Blue Ridge Mountain memories
   Dreams of home so dear to me
   I wish life could be like it used to be
   In my Blue Ridge Mountain memories
I still envision that old homestead on a hillside far away
I can see the Blue Ridge Mountains where I spent my childhood days
When I start wishin’ things could be the way they were back then
I can close my eyes and wander back again
I can still see Mom and Daddy and remember how they cried
When I headed west searchin’ for a better way of life
Though I found fame and fortune I feel empty and alone
Riches can’t replace a parent’s love or home
Now Mom and Dad are resting near the Blue Ridge Mountain cabin
They sleep there overlooking the only place they’ve ever known
I’ve been all around this whole wide world but nothing can compare
To the beauty of that Blue Ridge Mountain home


Blue Skies And Teardrops

   Blue skies and teardrops got me down
   And the wheat straw in the wind keeps blowing round and round.
   Miles full of emptiness is all I've found
   And the road says you've got to move along.
Does anybody passing by know how I feel?
As another morning settles like the dust behind my heels
In the shadow of a restless soul born on wheels
I'm bound to sing the highway's in the song.
Now the wandering song within me is a song I've learned
When I heard the freight trains whistle and my head was turned
The carefree chorus of that liner as she burned
Now the lineman says you've got to move along.
Now I left the years and miles lying where they fell
Among the book my soul was written and the tales my shoes could tell
I left them lying there for someone else to tell
And the road says you've got to move along.


Blue Virginia Blues

Have you ever been to Richmond in November
When the cold Virginia rain is coming down
Friends I'm here to tell you it's no pleasure
When you're all alone and a stranger to this town.
Don't take me wrong I do like East Virginia
And Richmond's full of hospitality
Except for one Virginia girl I know of
Who made a perfect love wreck out of me.
   Blue blue Virginia blue
   There's no blue like blue Virginia blue
   No other girls in the whole wide world
   Will break your heart like Virginia girls
   There's no blue like blue Virginia blue
She called me up in St Paul Minnisota
Said I need you here in Richmond right away
Take the bus I'll meet you at the station
Bring your clothes 'cause I want you to stay.
My bus pulled in the station late this evening
And there's no one around this place but me
She must have changed her mind or she's forgotten
And her name's not in the phone directory.
I wish I had the money for a taxi
And a warm and cozy place to go lie down
Instead of standin' all alone in Richmond
While the cold Virginia rain is comin' down.


Blue Yodel #4

She’s long she’s tall, she six feet from the ground
She’s long she’s tall, she six feet from the ground
She tailor made, lord she ain’t no hand me down
Oh-di-lay-ee-ay, di-lay-dee-oh, de-lay-ee
She got eyes like diamonds, lord her teeth shine just the same
She got eyes like diamonds and her teeth shine just the same
She got sweet ruby lips, and a hair like a horse’s mane
Oh-di-lay-ee-ay, di-lay-dee-oh, de-lay-ee
Every time I see you mama, you’re always on the street
Every time I see you mama, you’re always on the street
You hang out on the corner, like a police on his beat
Oh-di-lay-ee-ay, di-lay-dee-oh, de-lay-ee
Every time I need you mama, lord I always find you’re gone
Every time I need you mama, lord I always find you’re gone
Listen hear sweet mama, I’m gonna put your air brakes on
Oh-di-lay-ee-ay, di-lay-dee-oh, de-lay-ee


Blue Yodel Number Three

She's long she's tall she's six feet from the ground
She's long she's tall she's six feet from the ground
She's tailor made Lord she ain't no hand me down
Yodel layee oh a layee oh alayee.
She's got eyes like diamonds and her teeth shine just the same
Well she's got eyes like diamonds and her teeth shine just the same
She's got red ruby lips she's got hair like a horse's mane
Yodel layee oh a layee oh alayee.
Everytime I see you mamma well you're always on the street
Everytime I see you mamma you're always on the street
You hang out on the corner like the policeman on his beat
Yodel layee oh a layee oh alayee.
Everytime I need you mamma Lord I always find you gone
Everytime I need you mamma I always find you gone
Listen here sweet mamma you better put your air brakes on
Yodel layee oh a layee oh alayee.


Bluebirds Are Singing For Me

There was a girl I loved so dearly
She lived away back in the hills
When the bluebird sings, I miss my darling
She loved me I know, she always will
   There's a bluebird singing (there's a bluebird singing)
   In the Blue Ridge mountains (in the Blue Ridge mountains)
   It's calling me back to my home
   Oh, I can hear (Oh I can hear)
   The bluebirds calling (the bluebirds calling)
   Calling me back to my home
Now tonight I'm far from the blue ridge mountains
Far from my home back in the hills
But I'm going back to the blue ridge mountains
These memories they haunt me still
When I reached home I was so lonely
The one I loved had gone away
That bad news came from her mother
She's sleeping there beneath the clay


Bluegrass Express

Riding  the bluegrass express
Riding the bluegrass express
This train will soon be gone
And I'm going home on the bluegrass express
She'll cross the river at Newport town
Louisville Lexington she's southbound
Richmond Winchester Bowling Green
Prettiest place I've ever seen


Bluegrass Truck Driver

There's a Truck Driver down in old Kentucky
And he loves to listen to that Bluegrass music
Everywhere he goes you can hear that old banjo
And they call him the Bluegrass Truck Driver
When the jukebox starts playing country music
You can bet he'll have that Bluegrass song
When you hear the guitar and the banjo ringing
You'll know the Bluegrass Truck Driver's back in town
Everytime he goes into a truck stop
He always starts the Bluegrass music spinning
He does that old Kentucky buck then climbs back on his truck
That's why they call him the Bluegrass Truck Driver


Blues For Your Own

Did you ever wonder why
All you do is sit and cry
Could it be that your baby's left and gone
Your happiness is through
Memories are no use to you
Now you've got the blues for your own
   You walk through the night and you wonder
   Or you sing yourself a sad and lonesome song
   In time the pain will end, 'til then you've got a friend
   'Cause you've got the blues for your own
You say you just don't care
About a casual affair
That'll bring back memories better left alone
You can't chase them away
These blues are here to stay
Now you've got the blues for your own


Blues In My Mind

Now I often hate you for these blues in my mind
What makes me love you am I losing my mind
I wonder where I'm gonna wind up
I just can't make my crazy mind up
Too many kisses brought me too many tears
Tears that I'll carry with me all through the years
I'm just a broken hearted guy
Worry put these blues in my mind
Now I'm going crazy with these blues in my mind
How can you just keep on confusing my mind
You got a jealous air about you
Maybe I'm better off with out you
I just can't make my heart believe that it's true
The trouble with me is havin' trouble with you
I'm just a broken hearted guy
Worry put these blues in my mind


Blues Stay Away From Me

   Blues stay away from me   
   Blues why don't you let me be
   I don't know why you keep on haunting me
Love was never meant for me
True love was never meant for me
It seems somehow we never can agree
Life is full of misery   
Dreams are like a memory
Bringing back your love that used to be
Tears so many I can't see
Years don't mean a thing to me
Time goes by and still I can't be free


Body And Soul

See that train coming round the bend,
Carrying the one that I love
Her beautiful body is still here on earth,
But her soul has been called up above
   Body and Soul, Body and Soul,
   That's how she loved me, with Body and Soul
Her beautiful hair was the purest of gold,
Her eyes were as blue as the sea,
Her lips were the color of summer's red rose,
And she promised she would always love me
Tomorrow as the sun sinks low
The shadows will cover her face
As her last sun goes down, she's laid beneath the ground
And my teardrops are falling like rain


Bonaparte's Retreat

Met the girl I love in a town way down in Dixie
'Neath the stars above she was the sweetest girl I ever did see
So I took her in my arms and told her of her many charms
I kissed her while the fiddles played the Bonaparte's Retreat
   All the world was bright as I held her on that night
   And I heard her say Please don't ever go away
   So I held her in my arms and told her of her many charms
   I kissed her while the fiddles played the Bonaparte's Retreat


Bonnie Blue Eyes

Goodbye my little bonnie blue eyes
Goodbye my little bonnie blue eyes
You've told me more lies than the stars in the skies
Goodbye my little bonnie blue eyes
I saw my little bonnie last night
She looked so dear to me
She's the only girl I ever loved
She's now gone back on me
Oh stand at the gate and weep
Oh stand at the gate and weep
Oh stand at the gate and weep and morn
Oh bonnie wont you love me once more
Come and lay your hand in mine
Come and lay your hand in mine
Come and lay your arms around my neck
And say that you will be mine
Oh you know what you promised me
Oh you know what you promised me
You promised that you'd marry me
Oh you know what you promised me
I've stayed in the country too long
I've stayed in the country too long
The only wrong that I have done
I've stayed in the country too long
Come and go with me too the train
Come and go with me too the train
Come and go with me and see me get on
Goodbye my little bonnie I'm gone


Bootleg John

In the land of Breathed County was raised a crooked man
Made the county dry and the prices high
For the bootleg whiskey man
His age was barely twenty-one, his family was ashamed
They had a son who left his home
For a bootleg whiskey game
   Bootleg John won't you come on home
   Your family's all alone
   You're runnin' wild and your baby child
   Wants his daddy home
His wife she loved hime dearly tho' he seldom came around
She'd always cry when he said goodbye
But she never could hold him down
Twelve pistols in his pocket his shotgun on the floor
He made his run to Lexington
To the bootleg whiskey store
His car was full of whiskey, his hand was on his gun
He was set to go but he didn't know
He was makin' his last run
The sheriff pulled him over and he shot the lawman down
They locked him well in the county jail
And the jailer slapped him down


Born To Lose

Born to lose I've lived my life in vain
Every dream has only brought me pain
All my life I've always been so blue
Born to lose and now I'm losing you.
Born to lose it seems so hard to bear
When I wake and find that you're not there
You've grown tired and now you say we're through
Born to lose and now I'm losing you.
Born to lose my every hope is gone
It's so hard to face an empty dawn
You were all the happiness I knew
Born to lose and now I'm losing you.


Bound To Ride

Coming down from Tennessee riding on the line
Thinking about the girl of mine couldn't keep from crying
   Honey babe I'm bound to ride
   Don't you want to go
Riding on a streetcar looking o'er the town
Eating saltine crackers ten cents a pound
Working on a railroad saving all I can
Looking for that woman ain't got no man
If I die a railroad man bury me under the ties
So I can see old number nine as she goes rolling by
See that train a coming round the bend
Goodbye my little darling I'm on my way again


Bouquet In Heaven

When it's decoration day in Heaven
There's a bouquet I'm longing to see
There's a flower somewhere in the bouquet
That means all the world to me
Now she left the old homeplace is lonely
Since mother has been called away
And I know I can never more see her
'TiI we meet on that decoration day.
I remember the night the angles called her
To live on that beautiful shore
It left us so lonely here without her
It can never be like home anymore.


Bramble And The Rose, The

We have been so close together
Each a candle each a flame
All the dangers were outside us
And we knew them all by name
   See how the bramble and the rose
   Intertwine
   Love grows like the bramble and the rose
   Round each other we will twine
Now I've hurt you and it hurts me
Just to see what we can do
To ourselves and to each other
Without really meaning to
So put your arms around me
And we'll sing a true love song
And we'll learn to sing together
Sing and laugh the whole night long


Brand New Broken Heart

Life to me is just a heartache
Since the day you said goodbye
Now I've nothing left to live for
All I do is sit and cry
   I can't outlive the memory of you
   Since the day we had to part
   All I have just a memory
   And a brand new broken heart
All I have is just a memory
A picture painted in my heart
It hurts to know you're gone forever
And forever more we'll be apart


Brand New Shoes

I'm breaking in a brand new pair of shoes
Don't look at me like you think I've got the blues
'Cause I'm walking 'round and around and I'm seeing most of the town
I'm just breaking in a brand new pair of shoes
   Ah ha so I'm talking to myself
   Oh no she's not putting me on the shelf
   I'm just breaking in a brand new pair of shoes
I'm doggone if I'm gonna cry the blues
My feet are sore but I've got no time to lose
'Cause I'm wanting her here with me and I'm needing her company
I'm just breaking in a brand new pair of shoes


Brand New Tennessee Waltz

Oh you have such a pretty face
You favor a girl I once knew
I imagine that she's in Tennessee
Oh Lord I should be there too.
But I left Tennessee in a hurry dear
The same way that I'm leaving you
For love is mainly just memories
And everyone's got them but few.
   It's a brand  new Tennessee waltz
   You're literally just waltzing on air
   It's a brand new Tennessee waltz
   With no telling who will be there
When I leave it'll be like I found you love
Descending victorian stairs
I'm feeling like one of your photographs
With not even you left to care.
Have all your passionate violins play
A tune for a Tennessee kid
Who's feeling like leaving another town
With no place to go if he did.


Bright Morning Stars

Bright morning stars are rising
Bright morning stars are rising
Bright morning stars are rising
Day is a'breaking in my soul
Oh where are our dear fathers
Oh where are our dear fathers
They're down in the valley a praying
Day is a'breaking in my soul
Oh where are our dear mothers
Oh where are our dear mothers
They've gone to heaven a shoutin
Day is a'breaking in my soul
Bright morning stars are rising
Bright morning stars are rising
Bright morning stars are rising
Day is a'breaking in my soul


Brighter Mansions

There's a little church on Sunday morning
Where I go to kneel and pray
It's a place that God reserves for all
While here on earth we stay
It's a place to lose your cares and worries
And to leave the load you bear
It's a stepping stone on the road to glory
There's a brighter mansion over there
    There's a brighter brighter mansion a brighter brighter mansion
    In a world that's free from care
    It's a home eternal in the Heavens
    There's a brighter mansion over there
There the Savior standing at God's right hand
Who will harken to our call
By His sweat and blood on the cross at Calvary
Gave His life for one and all
Now by grace thru faith we attain His mercy
And with beauties we will share
There's a sacred promise that He made to all
There's a brighter mansion over there


Bring Back My Blue Eyed Boy

Tis true the rain that has no end
It's hard to find a faithful friend
And when you find one just and true
He's dropped the old one for the new
   
   Bring back my blue eyed boy to me
   Bring back my blue eyed boy to me
   Bring back my blue eyed boy to me
   That I may ever happy be
Must I go bound and have no free
Must I love a boy that don't love me
Or must I act the childish part
And love that boy that broke my heart
Last night my lover promised me
To take me across the deep blue sea
And now he's gone and left me alone
An orphan girl without a home
O dig my grave both wide and deep
Place marble at my head and feet
And on my breast a snow white dove
To show to the world I died for love


Bring Back My Blue-Eyed Boy To Me

'Tis true the rainbow has no end
It's hard to find a faithful friend
And when you find one just and true
Change not the old one for the new
Bring back my blue-eyed boy to me
Bring back my blue-eyed boy to me
Bring back my blue-eyed boy to me
That I may ever happy be
Must I go bound and him go free
Must I love the boy that don't love me
Or must I act the childish part
And love that boy that broke my heart
Last night my lover promised me
To take me across the deep blue sea
And nows he's gone and left me alone
An orphaned girl without a home
Oh dig my grave both wide and deep
Place a marble at my head and feet
And on my breast a snow-white dove
To show to the world I died for love


Bring On The Blues

It's a steep and windy road
and it's a mighty heavy load
For this one man to live life this way
I'm spending most of my time
thinkin' with a worried mind
I got a feeling this feelings' here to stay
So bring on the blues
bring on the blues
It's the one thing I just can't lose
I maybe right I maybe wrong
I'll leave this world this one ol' song
About the way that I'm feelin' tonight
Been 'round the world sailed the sea
I got the feelin' I'm losin' this fight


Bringing In The Georgia Mail

See the engine puffing, boy she's making time
That old trains wearing out the rail, rail, rail
Heading for the mountain that she's got to climb
Bringing in the Georgia mail
Ninety miles an hour and she's gaining speed
Listen to the whistle moan and wail, wail, wail
Has she got the power I'll say yes indeed
Bringing in the Georgia mail
See the driver's travel watch her spin the track
Ought to put that engineer in jail, jail, jail
Has he got her rolling watch her ball the jack
Bringing in the Georgia mail
Rocking and a reeling spouting off the steam
Stoke the fire and hope the brakes don't fail, fail, fail
Serving all the people listen to her scream
Bringing in the Georgia mail


Bringing Mary Home

I was driving down a lonely road one dark and stormy night
When a little girl by the roadside showed up in my headlights
I stopped and she got in back and in a shaky tone
She said: My name is Mary, please won't you take me home?
She must have been so frightened all alone there in the night
There was something strange about her, for her face was deathly white
She sat so pale and quiet in the back seat all alone
I'll never will forget that night I took Mary home
I pulled into the driveway where she told me to go
Got out to help her from the car and opened up the door
But I just could not believe my eyes 'cause the back seat was bare
I looked all around the car but Mary wasn't there
A light shone from the porch, someone opened up the door
I asked about the little girl that I was looking for
Then a lady gently smiled and brushed a tear away
She said: It sure was nice of you to go out of your way
But thirteen years ago today a wreck just down the road
Our darling Mary lost her life and we miss her so
Thank you for your trouble and the kindness you have shone
You're the thirteenth one who's been here bringing Mary home


Broken Down Tramp

I'm a broken down tramp without money
My clothes are all tattered and torn
And I am so sad and so lonely
I wish I had never been born
All through this wide world I have wandered
Inquiring for something to do
But whenever I ask for a job of work
They say they have none for a tramp
Now drink was the cause of my downfall
And the money I had I've outrun
And the friends that were mine when I had it
Now pass by and call me a bum
Now don't be too hasty to judge me
As I drift along with the tide
My clothes may be ragged and dirty
But a clean heart is beating inside
One night on a dark lonely railroad
A hobo all hungry and cold
Saw an empty boxcar on the siding
He climbed in and closed up the door
Six months he had rode on the railway
When the brakeman came 'round with his light
He was shoved from the car and was killed by the train
Because he was only a tramp
Now young men, let this be a warning
For all you who long for the road
Better stick to the straight life and don't be like me
A poor bum to die in the cold


Broken Engagement

They were standing by the window
On the night he kissed her cheek
He had waited long in silence
Waited long for her to speak
When at last he whispered softly
As the cool breeze kissed her head
She had waited long to tell him
What they told her he had said
Oh they say you love another
That you never did love me
If these words be true my darling
I'll forever set you free
They are true he hardly answered
As the sun and stars above
When they told you my intentions
Then they told you of my love
He turned deathly pale and angry
Left her standing by the gate
Sent a message by her sister
But the message came too late
God in Heaven sent an Angel
To relieve her ache and pain
She went drifting off to Heaven
On an Angel's snow white wing
He was standing by her casket
As he looked upon her face
Then he realized he loved her
And no one could take her place


Broken Hearted Lover

How could I be feeling happy
When you don't love me anymore
You took my love and all my kisses
And you left my heart so sore
   I'd rather swim across the ocean
   Without the help of God or man
   Than be a broken hearted lover
   When I have done the best I can
I thought that you were an angel
When I first looked into your eyes
But now I know all about you
I know your home's not in the skies
Stop, look and listen for that whistle
And when you hear that lonesome sound
You'll know by the whistle of that freight train
Your broken hearted lover's gone


Brother I'm Getting Ready To Go

The lord's saved me I want the world to know
I'm on my way to glory land
There I'll see Jesus and take Him by the hand
Brother I'm getting ready to go
   I'm getting ready to go I know
   I'm leaving this world here below
   Ain't nothing in this world can turn me back I know
   Brother I'm getting ready to go
Say there wake up while yet you have time
And in the glory land wave
Jesus will hear you and answer your call
Get ready to meet him today
Brother don't wait till it is too late
Jesus might call for you today
It's awful to know when you leave this old world below
If you are not ready to go


Brown Eyed Kentucky Girl

I traveled to Kentucky to court a fair young girl
Whose eyes were of the darkest brown and her hair had a charming curl
She had the sweetest lips to kiss that I had ever found
And she made me feel as if I was the only man around
Some people think of horses when you talk of the Bluegrass State
Others think their bourbon is what makes it so great
But the reason that the Bluegrass State stands in my memory
Is that brown eyed Kentucky girl she means so much to me
I remember very clearly it was on a warm spring night
We declared we loved each other and to marry would be right
It was a short time later in the month of July
Our lives were joined together we were one she and I
Many years have come and gone since the day that we met
Our love has grown much stronger and it is growing yet
We have a happy home and children we have three
We still enjoy each other this Kentucky girl and me


Brown Mountain Light

Way up on old Linville Mountain
Where the bear and the catamount reign
A strange ghostly light appears every night
Which no scientist or hunter can explain.
In the days of the old covered wagon
When they camped on the flats for the night
With the moon shinin' dim o'er the old canyon rim
They watched for that brown mountain light.
High on the mountain
And down in the valley below
It shines like the crown of an angel
And fades as the mists come and go
Way over yonder
Night after night until dawn
A faithful old slave comes back from the grave
Is searching for his master who's long gone.
Many years ago a southern planter
Came huntin' in this wide world alone
Then so they say the hunter lost his way
And never returned to his home.
His trusting ol' slave brought a lantern
And searched but in vain day and night
Now the ol' slave is gone
but his spirit lingers on
And the lantern it still casts it's light.


Brown's Ferry Blues

Hard luck poppa counting his toes
You can smell his feet wherever he goes
Lord Lord. got those Brown's Ferry Blues
Hard luck poppa can't do his stuff
Trouble with him he's been too rough
Lord Lord got those Brown's Ferry Blues.
Two old maids a-sitting in the sand
Each one wishing that the other was a man
Lord Lord got those Brown's Ferry Blues
Two old maids done lost their style
If you want to be lucky you got to smile
Lord Lord got those Brown's Ferry Blues.
Early to bed and early to rise
And your girl goes out with other guys
Lord Lord got those Brown's Ferry Blues
If you don't believe me try it yourself
Well I tried it and I got left
Lord Lord got those Brown's Ferry Blues.
Hard luck poppa standing in the rain
If the world was corn he couldn't buy grain
Lord Lord got those Brown's Ferry Blues
His knees knock together but he's raring to go
Lord Lord got those Brown's Ferry Blues.


Bubbles In My Beer

Tonight in a bar alone I'm sittin'
Apart from the laughter and cheer
The scenes from the past rise before me
While watchin the bubbles in my beer
A vision of someone who loved me
Brings a lone silent tear to me eye
I know that my life's been a failure
Just watchin' the bubbles in my beer.
I'm seeing the road that I've traveled
A road paved with heartaches and tears
I'm seeing the past that I've wasted
While watching the bubbles in my beer.
I think of the hearts that I've broken
And of the golden chances that have passed me by
The dreams I once made now are empty
As empty as the bubbles in my beer.


Buddies In The Saddle

One stormy day, me and my buddy
Started on our roundup ride
The wind and dust blew hard around us,
My buddy strayed far from my side
   We were buddies in the saddle,
   We were buddies in our home,
   We were buddies herding cattle,
   We were buddies everywhere we roamed
I'll ne'er forget the day I found him,
He was so weak he could not speak
I'll ne'er forget the smile he gave me,
Then the poor boy fell asleep
I took him up in my saddle
And carried him across the plain
My mother nursed him every moment
To try to make him well again
I've never had a pal so near me,
He took the blame for everything
I'd die for him just any moment,
And for me he'd do the same
But now by buddy's gone and left me,
And it's so hard to struggle 'long
So hard to believe that he has left me,
I can't realize that he has gone


Buffalo Gals

Buffalo gals won't you come out tonight
Come out tonight Come out tonight
Buffalo gals wont you come out tonight
And dance by the light of the moon
Now I got a gal with a wart on her chin
Toes turned out and her eyes turned in
Prteey good gal for the shape she's in
Tell me is she coming out tonight
Give you five dollars if you come out tonight
Come out tonight Come out tonight
Give you five dollars if you come out tonight
And dance by the light of the moon
I got a gal at the top of the hill
Top of the hill Top of the hill
She's a moonshiner's daughter
But I love her still
Tell me is she coming out tonight
Me and my gal we sit on the stoop
Sit on the stoop Sit on the stoop
Here dad came out and made me loop the loop
Tell me is she coming out tonight


Build My Mansion

(Just) build my mansion next door to Jesus
And tell the angels I'm coming home
It doesn't matter who lives around me
Just so my mansion sets near the throne
I have no castles no earthly kingdom
But my cabin will do 'til I get home
My mansion's yonder on the hills of glory
Oh I hope my mansion sets near God's throne
It seems like it's been a long time ago and get just yesterday
That Mom and Dad sat me down and told me about Jesus
They said Son, there 's a land and it's called Heaven
I'll never forget that day I'm saved because of it


Bully Of The Town

Looking for that bully Bully of that town
Looking for that bully that bully can't be found
I'm looking for that bully of the town
When I walk this levee round and round
Everyday I may be found
When I walk this levee round
I'm looking for that bully of the town


Bummin' An Old Freight Train

I was wild and reckless this hobo
And I left my happy home
And I started out on a westward trip
All by myself alone.
Oh my pocket book was empty and my heart it was filled with pain
I'm a thousand miles away from home just bummin' an old freight train.
Just a' bummin' an old freight train oh Lord just bummin' an old freight train
I'm a thousand miles away from home just bummin' an old frieight train.
I was standing on that platform And smokin' a cheap cigar
I was waiting for that old freight train to find me an empty car
Well I pulled my cap down over my eyes as I walked along the track
I caught the stirrup of a sleepin' car And I never did look back.


Bury Me Beneath The Pines

So bury me under the lonesome pine tree
There they'll forever sway over me
There I can hear the sound of the lonesome dove
In that beautiful land of peace and love
These lonesome pines are calling me home
Never again will I ever roam
They'll carry me home and put me to rest
In that mighty fine land that I love best
For years I've been away but the time has come today
I'll return to my homeland never to stray
For the rest of my days I'll rest in peace
And never again no one to please


Bury Me Beneath The Willow

   Oh, bury me beneath the willow
   Under the weeping willow tree
   So she will know where I am sleeping
   And perhaps she'll weep for me
My heart is sad I am lonely
For the only one I love
When shall I see her oh no never
'Til we meet in heaven above
She told me that she dearly loved me
How could I believe it untrue
Until the angels softly whispered
She will prove untrue to you
Tomorrow was to be our wedding
God oh God where can she be
She's out a courting with another
And no longer cares for me


Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie

O bury me not on the lone prairie
These words came low and mournfully
From the cold pale lips of a youth who lay
On his dying bed at the close of day
He'd wasted time til upon his brow
The shadowed clouds were gatherin' now
He thought of his home and his friends so nigh
Oh the cowboys gathered to see him die
I fancy I'll listen to the well known word
Of the free wild wind and the song of birds
He thought of his home and the cottonwood there
And the songs her learned in his childhood hour
I often thought I'd be laid when I die
In the old churchyard by the green hillside
By the side of my father let my grave be
O bury me not on the lone prairie
O bury me not on the lone prairie
Where the wild coyotes may howl over me
Where the buffalo roams and the winds blow free
O bury me not on the lone prairie
I want to be laid where mothers prayers
And sisters tears will mingle there
Where friends will come and weep over me
O bury me not on the lone prairie
O bury me not and his voice fell there
We heeded not his dying prayer
In a narrow grave just six by three
We buried him there on the lone prairie
We buried him there on the lone prairie
Where the buzzards fly and the wind blows free
Where rattlesnakes rattle and the tumbleweeds
Blow across his grave on the lone prairie
 


By The Mark

When I cross over
I will shout and sing
I will know my savior
By the mark where the nails have been
   By the mark where the nails have been
   By the sign upon his precious skin
   I will know my savior when I come to him
   By the mark where the nails have been
A man of riches
May claim a crown of jewels
But the king of heaven
Can be told from the prince of fools
On Calvary Mountain
Where they made him suffer so
All my sin was paid for
A long, long time ago


By The Side Of The Road

Now people who would rather live in splendor
Brag about their silver and their gold
People who would trade God's promise
For its treasure to hold
Now people who would rather live in mansions
People who would rather live abroad
But I'd rather have a little log cabin
By the side of the road
   I'd rather live by the side of the road
   And try to point souls to the heavenly cross
   Than to be a king or millionaire
   And live in mansions and bright array
I'd rather do my neighborly deed
Or help some traveler or a friend in need
I'd rather live by the side of the road
And help some pilgrim along life's way
I'd rather have a cabin by the roadside
Where the pilgrim along life's way
Help to point souls to Jesus to that city on high
Every day I want to help scatter roses
Every night I want my light to shine abroad
With a welcome from my little bay wind
By the side of the road


By The Touch Of Her Hand

There are days so dark
That I seek in vain
For the face of my own true love
But the darkness hides
He is there to guide
By the light of the moon above
   Oh the lonesome pines
   Oh the lonesome pines
   Where I met that sweetheart of mine
   With her hand in mine
   And our hearts entwined
   As we strolled through the lonesome pines
Bright stars above
Two sweethearts in love
As we sang to the cooing doves
He has brought me back
To that mountain shack
By the touch of her hand in love


Cabin Home On The Hill

Tonight I'm alone without you my dear
It seems there's a longing for you still
All I have to do now is sit alone and cry
In our little cabin home on the hill
   Now someone has taken you from me
   And left me here all alone
   Just listen to the rain beat on my window pane
   In our little cabin home on the hill.
I hope you are happy tonight as you are
But in my heart there's a longing for you still
I'll just keep it there so I won't be alone
In our little cabin home on the hill
Now when you have come to the end of the way
And there's no more happiness for you
Just let your heart drift (turn) back once more, if you will
To our little cabin home on the hill.


Cabin In Caroline

There's a cabin in the pines in the hills of Caroline
And a blue-eyed girl is waiting there for me
I'll be going back someday and for her I'll never stray
And the cabin in the hills of Caroline
   Oh the cabin in the shadows of the pines
   And a blue-eyed girl way down in Caroline
   Someday she'll be my wife and we'll live a happy life
   In the cabin in the hills of Caroline
I'm packin' my grip for that long long trip
Back to the hills of Caroline
I want to see that blue-eyed girl she's the sweetest in the world
And the cabin in the hills of Caroline.
And when it's late at night and the moon is shinin' bright
And the whipoorwill is calling from the hill
Then I'll tell her of my love beneath the stars above
How I love her now and I know I always will.


Cabin Of Love

I'm only a dreamer of romance
My love dreams can never come true
I'll just pretend that I'm happy
And smile thru these tears dear at you
   I dreamed of a cabin of love dear
   Where all of our dreams would come true
   But another has taken my cabin
   And left me so lonely and blue
Nestled around my cabin
That means all the world to me
Our love sweet heart will always linger
For you are a part dear of me
Where is the love we once cherished
Why didn't our love dreams come true
All I can do now is dream dear
Of a cabin sweetheart dear and you


Cabin On A Mountain

There's a cabin on a mountain far away in Tennessee
Dearest place this side of heaven and it's where I long to be
I've rambled this world over sailed upon the deep blue sea
But in a cabin on a mountain's where my heart will always be
   I said good-bye to my blue-eyed mountain sweetheart
   Dearest girl in this whole wide world to me
   Every night of her I'm dreamin'
   In a cabin on a mountain far away In Tennessee.
Now my ramblin' days are over for tonight I'm on my way
To that cabin on a mountain in Tennessee so far away
I searched this wide world over sailed upon the deep blue sea
But in a cabin with my darlin's where my heart will always be


Cabin On The Hill

There's a happy childhood home in my memory I can see
Standing out upon the hill 'neath the shadow of the tree
If I only had my way it would give my heart a thrill
Just to simply wander back to the cabin on the hill.
Oh I want to wander back  to the cabin on the hill
'Neath the shadow of the tree  I would like to linger still
Just to be with those I love joy my heart would over fill
Just to simply wander back  to the cabin on the hill
But the saddest of it all I can never more return
To that happy childhood home matters not how much I yearn
If I only had my way it would give my heart a thrill
Just to simply wander back to the cabin on the hill


California Blues

Well I'm goin' to California where they sleep out every night
Yes I'm goin' to California where they sleep out every night
I'm leavin' you mama 'cause you know you don't treat me right.
Let me tell you something that mama you don't know
Let me tell you something good gal you don't know
Well I'm a do-right papa
I got a home everywhere I go
   I got the California blues and I'm sure gonna leave you here
   I got the California blues and I'm sure gonna leave you here
   I may ride the blinds
   I ain't got no railroad fare.
Let me tell you mama while I sing this song
Listen to your daddy sing you this lonesome song
You got me worried now but I won't be worried long.


California Cotton Fields

My driftin' memory goes back to the spring of  '43
When I was just a child in Mama's arms
My Daddy plowed the ground and prayed
that some day he could leave
This run down mortgaged workload of a farm.
Then one night I heard my Daddy saying to my Mama
That he'd finally saved enough to go
California was his dream for paradise that he had seen
In pictures in magazines that told him so
   California Cotton fields
   Where labor towns were filled with great men with broken dreams
   California cotton fields
   As close to wealth as Daddy ever came
Almost everything we had was sold or left behind
From Daddy's belt to the fruit that Mama canned
Some folks came to say farewell and to see what all we had to sell
Some just came to shake my Daddy's hand.
The Model A was loaded down and California bound
And good luck was just about four days away
The only change that I recall happening to my Daddy
Was when his dark hair turned to silver gray.


Call Me Long Gone

They call me long gone I'm leavin' town
Don't try to follow I can't be found
I'll take my rainbow and the sunshine free
And the only worry that I have's in the sole of my shoe.
They caught me bummin' in the park one day
You saw me thumbin' on the old highway
Well listen baby don't you know
That your dear old daddy's got a home every where I go.
Well you took my money and my big fine farm
You thought you'd beat me but you didn't by far
Well the big boys got me oh but I got away
And you're gonna miss your dear old daddy some of these days.
Just need to follow that old black crow
Happy-go-lucky every where I go
Ain't got no worries ain't got no cares
An easy road and a lonesome road is all I share.


Camping In Canaan's Land

I have left the land of bondage with its earthly treasures
I've journeyed to the place where there is love on every hand
I've exchanged the land of heartaches for the land of pleasure
I'm camping, I'm camping, in Canaan's happy land
   Every day I'm camping (camping) in the land of Canaan (Canaan)
   And in rapture I survey its wondrous beauty grand (Oh, Glory)
   Glory, hallelujah (I have) found the land of promise
   (And I'm) camping, I'm camping, in Canaan's happy land
Out of Egypt I have traveled through the darkness dreary
Far over hills and valleys and across the desert sands
Thoughts of land that's safe and homeward I shall not go weary
I'm camping, I'm camping, in Canaan's happy land
Yes I've reached the land of promise with the saints of glory
My journey ended in a place so lovely and so grand
I've been led by Jesus to this blessed land of story
I'm camping, I'm camping, in Canaan's happy land


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Can't Feel At Home

This world is not my home I'm just a passing through
My treasures and my hopes are all beyond the blue
Where many friends and kindred have gone on before
And I cant feel at home in this world anymore
Over in glory land there is no dying there
The saints are shouting victory there's singing everywhere
I hear the voice of them that I have heard before
And I cant feel at home in this world anymore
   Oh lord you know I have no friend like you
   If heaven's not my home oh lord what would I do
   Angel's beckon me to heaven's open door
   And I cant feel at home in this world anymore
Heaven's expecting me that's one I know
I fixed it up with Jesus a long time ago
He will take me through though I am weak and poor
And I cant feel at home in this world anymore
Oh I have a loving mother over in glory land
I don't expect to stop until I shake her hand
She's gone on before just waiting at heaven's door
And I cant feel at home in this world anymore


Can't find a song

Losing my mind trying to find out who did a song. I hear the music and voice in my head but I can't find it anywhere.
It's a male singer and I heard it on the radio a few times between 1998 and 1999. the words are; "A maid to shine my silver when I'm gone," ...."I'd throw it all away to be with you,".... "we never get older, sipin life like a fine wine, it's honey on the vine."  something like that.


Can't Stay Here Anymore

You know that I can't stay here anymore
I'm leaving away from this old town for sure
You made me out to be a fool now there's nothing left to do
You know that I can't stay here anymore
There's rumor that you've been running 'round
It's now become the gossip of the town
I can't hold up my head no more so I'm walking out that door
You know that I can't stay here anymore
I've been working hard everyday
Trying to make a better way
It makes no difference what I do there ain't no way of pleasing you
You know I can't stay here amymore


Can't You Hear Me Calling

The days are long the nights are lonely
Since you left me all alone
I worried so my little darling
I worried so since you've been gone
   Sweetheart of mine can't you hear me calling
   A million times that I love you best
   I mistreated you, darling, I'm sorry
   Come back to me is my request
I remember dear the night we parted
A big mistake had caused it all
If you come back sunshine will follow
If you stay away twill be my fall
The nights are long my little darling
Oh how I need your sweet embrace
When I awoke the sun was shining
I looked up and I saw your face


Cannonball Blues

Oh listen to the train coming down the line
Trying to make up all their lost time
From Buffalo to Washington
You can wash my jumper starch my overalls
Catch a train they call the Cannonball
From Buffalo to Washington
My baby's left me she even took my shoes
Enough to give a man these doggone worried blues
She's gone she's solid gone
Yonder comes the train coming down the track
Carry me away but it aint gonna carry me back
My honey babe my blue eyed babe
I'm going up north I'm going up north this fall
If luck don't change I wont be back at all
My honey babe I'm leaving you


Cannonball, The

You can wash my jumper starch my overalls
Catch that train they call the Cannonball
From Buffalo to Washington
Yonder comes the train coming down the track
Carrying me away but it aint gonna carry me back
My honey babe my blue eyed babe
My baby left me she even took my shoes
Enough to give me the doggone worried blues
She's gone she's solid gone
I'm going up north I'm going up north this fall
If my luck don't change I wont be back at all
My honey babe I'm leaving you


Careless Love

Love oh love careless love
Love oh love careless love
Love oh love oh careless love
See what careless love has done
Once I wore my apron low (3x)
I couldn't keep you from my door
What oh what will mama say (3x)
When she learns I've gone astray
I love my mama and papa too (3x)
See what I get for lovin' you
Now I wear my apron high (3x)
You pass my door you walk on by


Carolina  Sunshine Girl

Moon moon I can see you smilin' low
You made me think of a sweetheart
A little girl that I loved so
After I've wondered the whole night through
Wonderin' if you think of me
While I'm on my lonesome thinkin' of someone
I'm thinkin' only of you
   My Carolina sunshine girl
   You have turned my heart to stone
   My Carolina sunshine Girl
   You have left me all alone
I wonder why I sit and cry
When I really should laugh
At your little old photograph
For you're the sweetest angel in this world
And I love love love you
My Carolina sunshine girl


Carolina In The Pines

She came to me said she knew me
Said she'd known me a long time
And she talked of being in love
With every mountain she had climbed
And she talked of trails she'd walked up
Far above the timberline
From that night on I knew I'd write songs
For Carolina in the pines.
There's a full moon on the fourteenth
First quarter twenty-first
And a full moon in the last week
Brings a fullness to the earth.
There's no guess work in the clockwork
Of the world's heart or mine
There are nights I only feel right
With Carolina in the pines.
As the frost grows on the windows
The wood stove smokes and glows
As the fire glows we can warm our souls
Makin' rainbows in the coals.
And we talk of trails we walk up
Far above the timberline
There are nights I only feel right
With Carolina in the pines.


Carolina Pines

Just an old house with the roof fallin' in
Standin' on the edge of the field
Watching the crops grow like its always done before
Nobody lives here anymore
The sun's going down on the Carolina pines
I'm a long way from home
I miss that love of mine broken windows empty doors
Nobody lives here anymore
Old memories come whistling like the wind
Through the walls and the cracked window panes
And the grass is growing high around the kitchen door
Nobody lives here anymore
Once there were children and a few hired hands
A hard working woman and a bone tired man
Now that old sun steals across a dusty floor
Nobody lives here anymore


Carolina Star

Back in the hills oh slow rollin' hills
Where North Carolina comes close to the stars
There's livin' a lady who's shinin' so high
They call her the "Carolina Star'
She works at the factory from Monday through Friday
She's raisin' three daughters alone
Their daddy's away, he's chasing a dream
They're waitin' for the day that he comes home
   Oh, Carolina
   Even stars get lonesome now and then
   Oh,  Carolina
   Don't you worry, he'll be comin' home again
He's playin' his songs in Nashville
He's pickin' for tips in a bar
He's broke and all alone, but he ain't ready to come home
He's gonna be a country singin' star
Sometimes she wakes up just thinking of him
She remembers him beside her in the night
While out across those hills that old moon is settled in
And those Carolina stars are shining bright
Yes he loves you and he's comin' home again.


Carry Me Back To The Bluegrass

Well the week is gone good people
And Friday's here at last
I'm going to take my old banjo
Play me a little bluegrass
I'm going were the mountains are higher
And the bluegrass is all around
Play me a song for my true true love
Listen to that mournful sound
Carry me back to the bluegrass
That's where I long to be
I'm going to take my weary soul
And head down to Torny creek
I long long to see the old folks
I long to see my home
I long to hear from my true true love
And have her all alone
I've got a girl she lives down yonder
In a little place called Buffalo
As soon as I get back to her
That's where I want to go
* Refrain


Carry Me Back To The Mountains

Carry me back to the mountains
Back beneath the southern sky
Lay me to rest in the mountains
There's where my sweetheart lies
I get so lonesome and weary
No matter where I roam
So carry me back to the mountains
Back to my home sweet home
I was a wild careless youngster
Longing to roam from the start
I left my home in the mountains
And broke my poor darling's heart
I caught a train at the crossing
And never told her goodbye
Then someone wrote me a letter
And told me my sweetheart had died


Carter's Blues

As I walked out one morning fair
To view the fields and taste the air
For to view the fields and nettles around
I thought I heard some lonesome sound
O thought I heard my true love say
O do turn and come this way
You love some other and you don't love me
You care not for my company
You love some other and I know why
Because he has more gold than I
But gold will melt and silver will fly
My love for you will never die
There is a flower I've heard them say
That can be seen from day to day
And if that flower I only could find
To cure this aching heart of mine
So fare you well my charming little love
O meet me in that land above
And when we meet there in that land
We'll take no more this parting hand


Casey Jones

Come all you rounders for I want you to hear
The story of a brave engineer
Casey Jones was the rounder's name
On an eight six-wheeler boys he won his fame
Now the caller called Casey 'bout half-past four
He kissed his wife at the station door
He mounted to the cabin with his orders in his hand
Said; "I'm gonna take my trip to the promised land"
Casey Jones mounted to the cabin
Casey Jones with his orders in his hand
Casey Jones mounted to the cabin
Said;"I'm gonna take tke my trip to the promised land
Pour on the water boys shovel on the coal
Stick your head out the window see the drivers roll
Gonna run her 'til she leaves the rail
'Cause I'm nine hours late with the western mail
Now Casey passed out of South Memphis on the fly
Heard the firemane say " Boy you got a white-eye "
The switchman knew by the engine's moan
That the man at the throttle was Casey Jones
Now Casey got to that certain place
Old number nine stared him straight in the face
He said to fireman " Boy you better jump
Cause there's two locomotives and they're bound to bump"
Well Mrs. Casey Jones she sat there on the bed
She got the telegram that her poor husband was dead
She said; "Go to bed children and hush your crying
'Cause you got another papa on the Salt Lake line"


Cash On The Barrelhead

Got in a little trouble at the county seat
Lord they put me in the jailhouse, for loafing on the street
When the judge heard the verdict, I was a guilty man
He said forty-five dollars, or thirty days in the can
   And that'll be cash on the barrelhead, son
   You can take your choice, you're twenty-one
   No money down, no credit plan
   No time to chase you, 'cause I'm a busy man
Found a telephone number, on a laundry slip
Had a kind-hearted jailer, with a six-gun hip
He let me call long-distance,  She said, "Number, please?"
No sooner than I told her, she hollered out at me
   That'll be cash on the barrelhead, son
   Not part, not half, but the entire sum
   No money down, no credit plan
   'Cause a little bird tells me that you're a traveling man
Thirty days in the jailhouse, four days on the road
I was feeling mighty hungry, my feet a heavy load
Saw a Greyhound a coming, stuck up my thumb
Just as I'd been seated, the driver caught my arm
   That'll be cash on the barrelhead son
   This old gray dog, gets paid to run
   When engine starts, oh the wheels won't roll
   That'll be cash on the barrelhead, I'll take you down the road


Catfish John

   Mama said don't go near that river
   Don't be hangin' around old catfish John
   Come the morning I'd always be there
   Walking in his footsteps in the sweet delta dawn.
Let me dream of another morning
And the time so long ago
Where the sweet magnolias blossom
Cotton fields as white as snow.
Catfish John was a river hobo
Lived and died on the river bend
Lookin' back I still remember
I was glad to be his friend.
Born a slave in the town of Vicksburg
Traded for a chestnut mare
Still he never spoke in anger
Though his load was hard to bear.


Chalk Up Another One

You should get a medal dear for every broken heart
For every life you've ruined cause you think you're so smart
I never even had a chance and now my life is lost
Once more you've had your fun and you don't care how much it cost
   Oh Chalk up another one, another broken heart
   Chalk up another one, a heart you tore apart
   You picked me for a fool my dear how well I played the part
   Chalk up another one, another broken heart
Broken vows and shattered dreams mean little dear to you
Cause once you said you love me and now you say were through
Well all is fair in love and war I guess you taught me so
Cause in this crazy game of love you hit an all time low
I have only pity in this evil life you choose
This unfair game you're playing where everyone must lose
But let me tell you something some day you won't forget
Add me to your collection and you'll wish we never met


Changing Partners

We were waltzing together to a dreamy melody
When they called out change partners and you waltzed away from me
Now my arms feel so empty as I gaze upon the floor
And I'll keep on changing partners 'til I hold you once more
Though we danced for one moment and too soon we had to part
In that wonderful moment something happened to my heart
So I'll keep changing partners 'til you're in my arms and then
Oh my darlin' I will never change partners again


Charlie And Nellie

Dear Nellie since I left the city
I've found I've changed my mind
I hope you wont think me untruthful
Or do me the least unkind
I think we're both mistaken
I know you'll never suit me
I owe my heart to another
Of course kind friends will agree
Please send me my ring and pictures
Also my letters and books
My clothes with many kind wishes
Respectfully yours Charlie Brooks
I heard all about it dear Charlie
I knew it would end this way
I hope you will always live happy
With your loving little wife Miss Gray
Now here's your ring dear Charlie
Don't give it to her I pray
Unless you tell her twas once mine
I wore it one year today
One year today dear Charlie
So happy were we both
You vowed you'd never forsake me
But I find you untrue to your oath
Here's your picture dear Charlie
It's almost faded away
Because I kissed it so often
And this you can tell Miss Gray
As far as your letters dear Charlie
I burned them as they came
I feared by reading them over
Would cause our love to inflame
I must say goodbye dear Charlie
My letter is near an end
Remember I'm always and always
Forever and ever your friend


Charmin' Betsy

Rich girl lives in a big brick house
Poor girl she does the same
My gal lives in the Nashville jail
It's a brick house just the same
She'll be coming round the mountain Charmin' Betsy
She'll be coming round the mountain Cora Lee poor thing
And if I never see you again
Good gal remember me
Rich girl rides in a Cadilac Eight
Poor girl she does the same
My gal rides in a T-Model Ford
But she gets there just the same
Rich girl wears the best perfume
Poor girl she does the same
My gal don't wear no perfume at all
But she gets there just the same
Rich girl wears a satin dress
Poor girl she does the same
My gal wears a burlap bag
But she gets there just the same


Charming Beauty Bright

Once I courted a fair beauty bright,
And on her I placed my whole heart's delight;
I courted her for love, and her love I did obtain
Do you think I've any reason of love to complain?
But when her old father came this for to know
That me and his daughter together would go,
They locked her up and kept her so severe
That I never got sight but once more of Molly, my dear
And then I was forced to her father's to go
To see whether my true love had forgot me, yes or no,
She made me this reply with the tears all in her eyes
I never will forget you until the day I die
Although they keep me so tightly confined
But that is no reason I shall alter my mind,
I might have had a man and a man of high degree
But I always will prove kind to the man that loves me
Then I was forced to the army to go
To see whether I could forget my love or no;
But when I got in sight with my armor shining bright
It made me think of Molly, my heart's delight
Then seven long years I served one old king
At the end of seven years I returned home again
With my heart so full of grief and my eyes so full of tears
Oh how happy I'd a-been to got sight of my dear
O then I was forced to her father's to go
To see whether my true love had remained, yes or no
The old woman saw me come, she wrung her hands and cried
Said," Sir, my daughter loved you, and for your sake she died"
O then I was struck like a man that was slain
The tears from my eyes fell like showers of rain,
My grief, my grief, it is more than I can bear
My true love is in her grave and I wish I was there


Chattanooga Dog

There’s a fairground down in Chattanooga
Where a kiddie train runs up and down the track
There’s an old black hound with his tongue hanging down
And he chases that train down the track (measure and a half pause)
I’ve been chasing you like a Chattanooga dog
Even though I know you don’t care
I’ve been chasing you like a Chattanooga dog
And it ain’t gonna get me nowhere
I’ve been thinking you’re just like that old train
Anybody gets a ticket they can ride
But I’m like that hound pup, I won’t ever give up
I’ll give anything to be by your side
Every day when the kiddies come for playing
To ride that old kiddie train once more
There’s an old faithful hound that always hangs around
And he runs til his feet get sore


Chattanooga Dog

There's a fairground down in Chattanooga
Where a kiddie train runs up and down the track
There's an old black hound with his tongue hanging down
And he chases the train down the track
I've been chasing you like a Chattanooga Dog
Even tho' I know you don't care
I've been chasing you like a Chattanooga Dog
And it ain't a-gonna get me nowhere
I've been thinking that you're just like that old train
If anybody gets a ticket they can ride
I'm like that hound pup
I won't never give up
I'll do anythihg to sleep by your side
Everyday when the kiddies come for playing
To ride that old kiddie train once more
There's an old faithful hound that always hangs around
And he runs 'til his feet get sore


Cheap Love Affair

   Don't go so far away love, try to stay around
   For losing you would be more than I could bear
   Though I'm tied to another, I hope someday she'll set me free
   For I don't want a cheap love affair
I knew we loved each other the night that we first met
It just happened there was nothing we could do
Let me stay with my children 'til they can understand
That I love them and they'll know I love you too
So darling please forgive me don't give me all the blame
Though' I know that it doesn't seem so fair
When I'm free I'll make you happy if you'll only wait for me
But I don't want a cheap love affair


Chewing Gum

Mama sent me to the spring, she told me not to stay
I fell in love with a pretty little girl, and could not get away
Chawing chewing gum, chewing chawing gum
Chawing chewing gum, chewing chawing gum
First she give me peaches, next she give me pears
Next she give me fifty cents, kissed me on the stairs
Mommy don't 'low me to whistle, poppy don't 'low me to sing
They don't 'low me to marry, I'll marry just the same
I wouldn't have a lawyer, I'll tell you the reason why
Every time he opens his mouth he tells a great big lie
I wouldn't have a doctor, I'll tell you the reason why
He rides all over the country and makes the people die
I wouldn't have a farmer, I'll tell you the reason why
Because he has so plenty to eat, 'specially pumpkin pie
I took my girl to church last night How do you reckon she done?
She walked right up in the preacher's face and chewed her chewing gum


Childish Love

Oh childish love I could not hold
I thought your love was a pot of gold
But you can write a few short lines
And tell your love ten thousand times.
You left me in this world alone
Your childish heart I could not win
You tore apart our little home
A childish love will always end.
When you have wed another man
I hope he'll give his life to you
I hope he'll always treat you kind
Just like I did when you were mine.
There's just one thing I have not told
Your picture framed in a ring of gold
I'll always wear it on my hand
The diamond sealed in a golden band


Children Are Crying And Calling Your Name

Since you went away, dear, I've been so alone
You've left me the children, but you've broken up our home
But you couldn't stop your cheating and running around
Now everybody's talking about how you let them down
   My heart it is aching, you should be ashamed
   The children are crying and calling your name
Oh, Mommy, oh, Daddy, I think that it's a shame
I know you both love me, but I don't know who's to blame
But you couldn't stop your cheating and running around
Now everybody's talking about how you let them down


Children Go Where I Send Thee

Children go where I send Thee (Oh lordy)
How will I send thee
Oh I'm gonna send thee one by one
For one was a little bitty baby born,
Children born in Bethlehem
Two was Paul and Silas
Three was the Hebrew children
Four was the four that stood at the door
Five was the five that came back alive
Six was the six that didn't get picked
Seven was the seven that never got to heaven
Eight was the eight that waited at the gate
Nine was the nine that stood in the line
Ten for the ten commandments


Chittlin' Cookin' Time In Cheatham County

There's a quiet and peaceful county in the state of Tennessee
You will find it in the book they call Geography
Not famous for its farming its minin' or its stills
But they know there's chittlin' cookin' in them cheatham county hills
   When it's chittlin' cookin' time in cheatham county
   I'll be courtin' in them cheatham county hills
   And I'll pick a cheatham county chittlin' cooker
   I've a longin' that the chittlin's will fill
There's an art in chittlin' cookin' and all good chittlin cooks
They must master it  by practice cause it ain't reknowned in books
In the hills of cheatham county in sunny Tennessee
When chittlin's are in season is where I long to be
Of all good things put be for me
I think chittlin's are the best
And when I press that dying pillow
Let chittlin's by my last request


Christmas Time Back Home

Back up in the mountains in that old home town of mine
There's not a brighter time of year than that of Christmas time
The bells in the little churchthey all begin to chime
Telling all for miles around Rejoice! It's Christmas time!
Christmas bells are ringing I hear the times so sweet
The carolers are singing; I hear them in the street
Outside the white snow falling inside my heart I find
A world of joy and peace on earth back home at Christmas time
A candle in each window; they give a golden glow
While out among the shimmering pines lights sparkle in the snow
And through the lonely mountaintops the wind's shrill echoes cry
For peace on earth good will toward men and faith that will not die
High above our little town so bright to be so far
There shines upon the whole wide world His gift our guiding star
Everyone in each home can feel a peace sublime
And know the joy the Yuletide brings to all at Christmastime


Christmas Time Is Coming

Snowflakes falling my old home is calling
Tall pines are humming Christmas time is coming.
Can't you hear them bells ringin' ringin'  joy to all here them singin'
Let it snow and I'll be going back to my country home
Christmas times a' coming  Christmas times a' coming
Christmas times a' coming and I know I'm going home.
Holly's in the window home where the wind blows
Can't walk for running Christmas time is coming.
Home fires burning my heart's yearning
For the folks at home when  Christmas time is coming.


Church In The Wildwood, The

There's a church in the valley by the wildwood
No lovelier place in the dale
No spot is so dear to my childhood
As the little brown church in the dell
   Oh, come to the church by the wildwood
   Oh, come to the church in the dale
   No spot is so dear to my childhood
   As the little brown church in the dell
How sweet on a clear Sabbath morning
To list to the clear ringing bell
It's tones so sweetly are calling
Oh, come to the church in the dell
There, close by the church in the valley
Lies one that I love so well
She sleeps, sweetly sleeps, neath the willow
Disturb not her rest in the dell
There, close by the side of that loved one
Neath the tree where the wild flowers bloom
When the farewell hymn shall be chanted
I shall rest by her side in the tomb


Church Street Blues

Lord I been hangin' out of town in that low down rain
Watchin' good time Charlie friend is drivin' me insane
Down on shady Charlotte Street the green lights look red
Wish I was back home on the farm in my feather bed.
   Get myself a rockin' chair
   To see if I can lose
   Them thin dime hard times
   Hell on Church Street blues.
Found myself a picker friend who's read yesterday's news
Folded up page twenty-one and stuck it in my shoe
Gave a nickle to the poor my good turn for the day
Folded up my own little folder threw it far away.
Lord I wish I had some guitar strings Old Black Diamond brand
I'd string up this old Martin box and go and join some band
But I guess I'll just stay right here just pick and sing a while
Try to make me a little change and give them folks a smile.


Cindy

You ought to see my Cindy she lives way down south
She's so sweet the honey bees swarm around her mouth
Get along home Cindy Cindy
Get along home Cindy Cindy
Get along home Cindy Cindy
I'll marry you some day
The first I seen my Cindy she was standing in the door
Her shoes and stocking in her hand her feet all over the floor
She took me to her parlor she cooled me with her fan
She said I was the prettiest thing in the shape of mortal man
She kissed me and she hugged me she called me suger plum
She throwed her arms around me I thought my time had come
Oh Cindy is a pretty girl Cindy is a peach
She threw her arms around my neck and hung on like a leech
And if I was a sugar tree standing in the town
Each time my Cindy passed I'd shake some sugar down
And if had a needle and thread fine as I could sew
I'd sew that gal to my coat tails and down the road I'd go
I wish I was an apple a-hanging on a tree
Every time that Cindy passed she'd take a bite of me


City Lights

A bright array of city lights as far as I can see
The great white way shines through the night for lonely guys like me
The cabarets and honky-tonks their flashing signs invite
A broken heart to lose itself in the glow of city lights
Lights that say forget her name in a glass of sherry wine
Lights that offer other girls for empty hearts like mine
They paint a pretty picture of a world that's gay and bright
But it's just a mask for loneliness behind those city lights
The world was dark and God made stars to brighten up the night
But God who put the stars above I don't believe made those lights
For it's just a place for men to cry when things don't turn out right
Just a place to run away and hide behind those city lights


City of Gold

How sadly we miss the folks around the fireside
The ones that have crossed the great chilling tide
No crepes will be hung on the doorknob of heaven
And Jesus will lay your burdens aside
    A beautiful light will guide me to heaven
    A beautiful home where we'll never grow old
    It's circle complete we'll have a reunion
    A handshakin' time in that city of gold
Satan will try to lead you astray
Do all in his power to guide you his way
Don't let temptation guide your poor soul
There's only one way seek Jesus today


Climbing Up The Mountain

I’m climbing up the mountain and I’m going home
   Climbing up the mountain going stone by stone
   Climbing up the mountain when my work is done
   Climbing up the mountain to the sky
Moses freed his people from the pharaoh’s hand
Forty years they wandered through the desert sand
Led them out of Egypt to the promised land
And then he climbed on up to the mountain to the sky
Martin helped his people in a powerful fight
Led them in the struggle for the civil rights
Birmingham to Selma leading black and white
And then he climbed on up to the mountain to the sky
Each of us is given heaven’s work to do
Doesn’t take more courage than is granted you
Eye upon the prize and you can see it through
And then you’ll climb up on the mountain too


Climbing Up The Mountain

   I’m climbing up the mountain and I’m going home
   Climbing up the mountain going stone by stone
   Climbing up the mountain when my work is done
   Climbing up the mountain to the sky
Moses freed his people from the pharaoh’s hand
Forty years they wandered through the desert sand
Led them out of Egypt to the promised land
And then he climbed on up to the mountain to the sky
Martin helped his people in a powerful fight
Led them in the struggle for the civil rights
Birmingham to Selma leading black and white
And then he climbed on up to the mountain to the sky
Each of us is given heaven’s work to do
Doesn’t take more courage than is granted you
Eye upon the prize and you can see it through
And then you’ll climb up on the mountain too


Clinch Mountain Blues

Livin' up on top of the mountain
Livin' up where the hills are steep
Got no home ain't got no place to sleep
Got no place to sleep
Roll on roll on Clinch Mountains
Roll on you old Clinch Mountain blues
I can't lose these Clinch Mountain blues
These Clinch Mountain blues
Goin' back to mother and daddy
Goin' back to see them both someday
When I'm there it's there that I'll stay
There that I will stay
Travelin' down this old rocky road
Travelin' down this road to find my way
Back to the old folks and my home so gay
My home so gay
Leavin' right now yes I'm leavin'
Packin' up clothes but I've none to pack
Leave these Clinch Mountains and I ain't a-comin' back
I ain't a-coming back


Close By

You've gone so far away, my darling
Each time I think of you I cry
I press your picture to my bosom
Then I feel that you're close by
Years have passed you've not returned dear
Now they say that you have died
But your soul will live forever
Now I know you'll be close by
I saw you last while you were leaving
The tears from you I tried to hide
You took me in your arms and said dear
Your memory I keep close by
They buried you in a lonely graveyard
And a spot they left beside
There I'll sleep 'till Jesus calls us
So that we can be close by


Close The Door Lightly

Turn around
don't whisper out my name
For like a breeze it might stir a dyin' flame
I'll miss someone if it eases you know
So close the door lightly when you go.
Take your tears to someone elses eyes
They're made of glass and they cut like wounding lies
Memories are drifting like the snow
So close the door lightly when you go.
   Who was the one who wasted time
   Who was the one who stole my mind
   Who was the one who made me feel unkind
   So fare thee well sweet love of mine
Don't look back to where you once had been
Look straight ahead if you're walking in the rain
And find a life if the path is dark and cold
And close the door lightly when you go.


Cloudy Days

Dark clouds hangin' over me
When will they go away
Rain is in my eyes and I can't see
Life's become just cloudy days
Why she done me like she done
I guess I'll never know
She knows I need her more than anyone
I made a point to let it show
   Cloudy days don't the sun ever shine anymore
   Stormy weather will you always be around
   When I'm down I can't stand cloudy days
I recall a time when times where good
Lord it seems so long ago
But you know they say if the rain won't come
The grass'll have no chance to grow


Cluck Old Hen

My old hen's a good old hen
She lays eggs for the railroad men
Sometimes 8 and sometimes ten
That's enough for the railroad men
   Cluck old hen cluck and sing
   You ain't laid an egg since late last spring
   Cluck old hen cluck and squall
   Ain't laid an egg since late last fall
Cluck old hen cluck when I tell you
Cluck old hen or I'm gonna sell you
Last time she cackled cackled in the lot
Next time she cackles cackle in the pot
My old hen she's a good old hen
She lays eggs for the railroad men
Sometimes 1 sometimes two
Sometimes enough for the whole damn crew


Coal Miner's Blues

Some blues are just blues, mine are the miner's blues
Some blues are just blues, mine are the miner's blues
My troubles are coming by threes and by twos
Blues and more blues, it's that coal black blues
Blues and more blues, it's that coal black blues
Got coal in my hair, got coal in my shoes
These blues are so blue, they are the coal black blues
These blues are so blue, they are the coal black blues
For my place will cave in, and my life I will lose
You say they are blues, these old miner's blues
You say they are blues, these old miner's blues
Now I must have sharpened these picks that I use
I'm out with these blues, dirty coal black blues
I'm out with these blues, dirty coal black blues
We'll lay off tomorrow with the coal miner's blues


Coat Of Many Colors

Back through the years I go wandering once again
Back to the seasons of my youth
I recall a box of rags that someone gave us
And how my mama put those rags to use
There were rags of many colors and every piece was small
And I didn't have a coat and it was way down in the fall
Mama sewed the rags together sewin' every piece with love
She made my coat of many colors that I was so proud of
When she sewed she told a story from the Bible she had read
'Bout a coat of many colors Joseph wore again
she said Perhaps this coat will bring you good luck and happiness
And I just couldn't wait to wear it Mama blessed it with a kiss
   A coat of many colors that my mama made for me
   Made only from rags but I wore it so proudly
   I know we had no money but I was rich as I could be
   With my coat of many colors that my mama made for me
Now with patches in my britches and holes in both my shoes
In my coat of many colors I hurried off to school
Just to find the others laughin' and makin' fun of me
In my coat of many colors my mama made for me
Now I did not understand it for I felt almost rich
And I told them of the love my mama sewed in every stitch
Then I told them all the stories mama told me while she sewed
How my coat of many colors was worth more than all their clothes
They did not understand it though I tried to make them see
That one is only poor if they choose to be
I know we had no money but I was rich as I could be
In my coat of many colors my mama made for me


Cold Cheater's Heart

It's an old familiar story of a boy and a girl
And a love that went wrong from the start
How Bobby he loved Mary and she thought she love'd him
But she found she had a cold cheater's heart
And that life out on the farm Ain't what she had in mind
When she promised to honor and obey
So she took to runnin' 'round all over town
Ain't it funny how life turns out that way
The years have tumbled by Bobby turned an ol' blind eye
To the things he hoped just weren't true
And then came that fateful day when he had been away
Oh they say he came home just too soon
He found them lyin' there oh it was more than he could bear
He found a gun she cried don't be rash
But two shots filled the air he stood right there and stared
The deed was done it was over in a flash
That old judge looked down and sighed he said Bobby you'll have to die
The law is clear and it must take it's toll
Think on the deed you've done your race on earth is run
And may God have mercy on your soul
On a cold November morn in a prison so forelorn
The warden prayed as did the parson too
And the crowd gathered there they heard him loud and clear
His final words were Mary I love you
It's an old familiar story of a boy and a girl
And a love that went wrong from the start
How Bobby he loved Mary and she thought she love'd him
But she found she had a cold cheater's heart


Cold Cold Heart

I tried so hard my dear to show that you're my every dream
Yet you're afraid each thing I do is just some evil scheme
A mem'ry from your lonesome past keeps us so far apart
Why can't I free your doubtful mind and melt your cold cold heart
Another love before my time made your heart sad and blue
And so my heart is paying now for things I didn't do
In angerunkind words are said that make the teardrops start
Why can't I free your doubtful mind and melt your cold cold heart
You'll never know how much it hurts to see you sit and cry
You know you need and want my love yet you're afraid to try
Why do you run and hide from life to try it just ain't smart
Why can't I free your doubtful mind and melt your cold cold heart
There was a time when I believed that you belonged to me
But now I know your heart is shackled to a memory
The more I learn to care for you the more we drift apart
Why can't I free your doubtful mind and melt your cold cold heart


Cold Gray Tomb of Stone

passing by a lonesome graveyard
everything i love is gone
weeping as they lay my darling
neath a cold gray tomb of stone
in this world i`m left to wander
with no one to call my own
while my precious darling`s sleeping
neath a cold gray tomb of stone
out there in that lonesome graveyard
she is sleeping all alone
and i burried my heart with her
neath a cold gray tomb of stone
skies above are dark and stormy
all the sunshine,all is gone
for the while my love is sleeping
neath a cold gray tomb of stone
my heart is dead and yet i`m living
traveling through this world alone
i wish that i was with my darling
neath a cold gray tomb of stone


Cold Hard Rain

That rain is fallin'
that cold hard rain It's fallin'
it's fallin' on my window tonight
You left me my darlin'
with all this pain Darlin'
you left me all alone tonight
   I don't think that I can go on
   Woke up this mornin'
   found you were gone
That rain is fallin'
that cold hard rain It's fallin'
it's fallin' on my window tonight
You left me my darlin'
with all this pain Darlin'
you left me all alone tonight
And now it's fallin'
that cold hard rain It's fallin'
it's fallin' on my window tonight


Cold On The Shoulder

All you need is time
All you need is time time time to make it bend
Give it a try don't be rude
put it to the test It'll give it right back to you
It's cold on the shoulder
and you know that we get a little older every day
Take it around
take it to town
Try to defy what you feel inside
You better be stong your love belongs to us
It's cold on the shoulder
and you know that we get a little older every day.
All you need is is trust
An you need is trust trust trust
to make it show
I want to know everything you've done
if you get a tent tell it to the eskimo
It's cold on the shoulder
and you know that we get a little older every day.
All you need is faith
All you need is faith faith faith
to make it nice
Kick it around don't be rude
if you gonna make a mistake don"t you make it twice
It's cold on the shoulder
and you know that we get a little older every day.
It's cold on the shoulder
and you know that we get a little older every day.


Cold Wind

   What's that knockin' at my door
   Hard times (hard times) (hard times)
   What's that blowin' in my window
   Cold wind (cold wind) (cold wind)
   Let the cold wind blow and the hard times roll
   Ain't gonna worry no more.
Now summer's gone and winter times a' comin'
And the cold winter winds gonna blow
You should come on home and 1 wouldn't be alone
Wouldn't have to worry any more.


Colleen Malone

It's been ten years and three since I first went to sea
Since I sailed from old Ireland and home
But those hills lush and green were a part of my dreams
When I dreamed of my Colleen Malone
On the day I returned to my sorrow I learned
That the angels had called her away
To a grave on a hill overlooking the mill
That's the place where she's sleeping today
   As the soft breezes blow through the meadow I go
   Past the mill with the moss covered stone
   Up the pathway I climb through the woods and the vines
   To be with my Colleen Malone
She was faithful each day as I sailed far away
There was no one but me that she loved
I remember those eyes soft and blue as the skies
And her heart was as pure as a dove
All the years of my life I will not take a wife
I will live in this valley above
Planting flowers around in this soft gentle ground
That is holding my Colleen Malone


Columbus Stockade Blues

Way down in Columbus, Georgia
Want to be back in Tennessee
Way down in Columbus Stockade
Friends all turned their backs on me
   Go and leave me if you wish to
   Never let it cross your mind
   If in your heart you love another
   Leave me little darling, I don't mind
Last night as I lay sleeping
I dreamt I held you in my arms
When I awoke I was mistaken
I was peering through the bars
Many a night with you I've rambled
Many an hour with you I've spent
Thought I had your heart forever
Now I find it's only lent


Come All Ye Fair And Tender Ladies

Come all ye fair and tender ladies
Take warning how you court your men
They're like a star on a summer morning
They first appear and then they're gone
They'll tell to you some loving story
And they'll make you think that they love you well
And away they'll go and court some other
And leave you there in grief to dwell
I wish I was on some tall mountain
Where the ivy rocks were black as ink
I'd write a letter to my false true lover
Whose cheeks are like the morning pink
I wish I was a little sparrow
And I had wings to fly so high
I'd fly to the arms of my false true lover
And when he'd ask, I would deny
Oh love is handsome, love is charming
And love is pretty while it's new
But love grows cold as love grows older
And fades away like morning dew


Come Back Darling

Tonight as I sit by my window
I'm reading your letter so true
I'm hoping to find it in your letter
Where you say I'll come back to you.
   Oh come back to me little darlin'
   I miss you each day and each night
   Oh come back to me little darlin'
   Don't leave me alone all my life
I know I can never be happy
No matter whatever I do
I know it's harsh and lonely without you
Oh won"t you come back and be true.
Oh what will I do without you
My life is so lonely and blue
No matter what happens my darlin'
I just can't forget loving you.


Come Back To Me In My Dreams

Oh, I'm sending a prayer up to Heaven
On a beautiful cloud you see
So you will know that I want you
In my beautiful memories and dreams
   Come back to me in my dreams love
   Come back to me in sweet dreams
   I'm heartbroke I'm sad and I'm weary
   Come back to me in my dreams
When the bright moon shines up in Heaven
And the beautiful stars are a'gleam
It seems that you are so near me
But yet it is only a dream
It seems I'll never more see you
Till we meet in Heaven it seems
But I hold you close to my heart love
In my beautiful memories and dreams


Come Go With Me

Come go with me to yonder valley
Where we once stood beneath the tree
Where we once planned our life together
I can't forget come go with me
Come let us live some moments over
Then maybe you won't want to leave
I love you then and will forever
I can't forget come go with me
I can't forget the flowers blooming
The rose that I pick for you
Time changed you but I'm not changing
I loved you then and I still do
Come go with me to yonder valley
Where on the largest of the trees
I'll carve your name to prove I love you
I can't forget come go with me
I love you then and I still do


Come Walk With Me

Come walk with me down lover's lane
Where we once walked together
For old time sake I'm asking of you dear
Then I'll go away forever
I think of the life we could have together
And relive the past they wouldn't make last
So come walk with me down lovers lane
Then I'll go away forever
This little band of gold I'll keep it forever
As a token of a love that never could be
It's the story of my life the past with no future
And all that is left is a sad memory


Cora Is Gone

The wind through the night is blowing so lonesome
Singing to me a song
A whippoorwill call is just a reminder
Pretty girls have hearts made of stone
   I'll wake with the blues at dawn
   My darling Cora is gone
   I don't know why she told me goodbye
   But my darling Cora is gone
The ring that she wears I bought for her finger
Purchased her raiment so fine
Gave her my last green back dollar
And now she's left me behind
Drifting along like a brush on a river
Caring not where I roam
Going to live in a deep forest
Dark hollow will be my new home


Corina Corina

Corina Corina where you been so long
Corina Corina where you been so long
I ain't had no lovin' since you're been gone.
I love Corina tell the world I do
I love Corina tell the world I do
Just a little more lovin' let your heart be true
Corina Corina what's the matter now
Corina Corina what's the matter now
You won't write me no letters you don't love me no how
Goodbye Corina it's fare you well
Goodbye Corina it's fare you well
When I'll get back any one can tell.


Cotton Eyed Joe

Do you remember Long time ago
Daddy worked a man called Cotton Eyed Joe
Daddy worked a man called Cotton Eyed Joe
I could have been married long time ago
If it hadn't 'a been for Cotton Eyed Joe
If it hadn't 'a been for Cotton Eyed Joe
Old bull fiddle and a shoe-string bow
Wouldn't play nothin' but Cotton Eyed Joe
Wouldn't play nothin' but Cotton Eyed Joe
Play it fast or play it slow
Didn't play nothing but Cotton Eyed Joe
Didn't play nothing but Cotton Eyed Joe
Where do you come from where do you go
Where do you come from Cotton Eyed Joe
Where do you come from Cotton Eyed Joe
Come for to see you come for to sing
Come for to show you my diamond ring
Come for to show you my diamond ring


Could It Be

I can tell by that far away look in your eye
That you're waiting for a chance to be leaving
Where did I go wrong did I stay away too long
Did something come between us I don't understand.
   I will run to where you are going
   Any place you're yearning to roam
   But there's something there you're not showing
   Could it be you don't love me anymore
   Could it be you don't love me anymore.
With this sweetest song
I would borrow the sun
And light up the world for you and me
Seems we've only just begun
you're already on the run
And I didn't even know the race was on.


Could You Love Me One More Time

Could you love me one more time
With a love that really is mine
I've  waited so long they say you've gone wrong
Have I lost you forever this time
   We'll go down by the river
   I'll ask you one last time
   As the night breezes blow I'll whisper so low
   Could you love me one more time
Do you think that I'd believe
This talk that's going around
I've heard lots of things that somehow seem strange
But darling I wouldn't throw you down
I know that you're my weakness
I know you'll be my downfall
I'm not sorry we met and I'll never forget
That I gave you my heart soul and all


Count Every Teardrop I Cry

Tonight as I'm writing this letter
there's a cold lonely rain pourn' down
And deep in my heart there's a longing
to see you but you're not around
The postman won't leave me no letter
and I think somethin's wrong with the phone
For I've had no word from you darlin'
to tell me when you're comin' home
As I sit here alone with m' teardrops
Wond'rn why you said goodbye
There's not much to do
while I'm waiting for you
But
count every teardrop I cry
I look for your car in the driveway
and I wait for your knock on the door
And I wonder if you have deceided
your not comin' home any more
The postman will be here tomorrow
and I hope that he'll bring me good news
For I need to hear from you darlin'
just a little ol' postcard will do


Count Me Out

Taking me for granted was your first mistake
And that was the beginning of my last heartache
And then you added insult to my injury
When you started treating me just as you please
   Count me out of future plans you might be making
   No more foolish chances am I taking
   You played love's game too rough, as for me I've had enough
   'Cause the going's got too rough so count me out
Things I thought important never bothered you
And you kept on 'till you killed all my love for you
Doing as you pleased became a part of you
And you can't blame me now for walking out on you


Country Blues

Come all you good time people
While I have money to spend
Tomorrow might be a Monday
And I neither have a dollar or friend.
When I had plenty of money
My friends were all standing around
Just as soon as my pocket book was empty
Not a friend on earth to be found.
I wrote my woman a letter
I told her I 's in jail
She wrote me back an answer
Saying honey I must come to go your bail.
All around this old jailhouse is haunted
Forty dollars won't pay my fine
Corn whiskey has surrounded my body
Pretty women's a' troublin' my mind.
For if you don't quit your drinkin'
Sometime you'll be just like me
A workin' out your lovin'
In the penitentiary.
When I'm dead and buried
And my pale face turned to the sun
You can come around and mourn little woman
And think of what you've done.


Country Boy Rock And Roll

You can tell I'm from the country
see I'm from out of town
But I'm beginning to catch on
I'm letting my hair down
I've been a' rocking
I've been a' rollin'
I guess to some folks I look foolish
just let it make a fool out of me
I have worked in fields of cotton
I have worked in fields of corn
But I've seen nothing like it
since the day that I was born
I walked in a crowded dance hall
and I didn't know a soul
Some hillbillies started picking
everybody rocked and rolled
I have spent all the egg money
corn and cotton I have sold
I'll mortgage my old homestead
stay in town to rock and roll


Cowboy Jack

He was just a lonely cowboy
With a heart so brave and true
He learned to love a maiden
With eyes of heaven's own blue
They learned to love each other
And named their wedding day
When a quarrel came between them
And Jack he rode away
He joined a band of cowboys
An tried to forget her name
But out on the lonely prairie
She waits for him the same
One night when work was finished
Just at the close of day
Someone said sing a song Jack
Twill drive those cares away
When he reached the prairie
He found a new made mound
His friends they sadly told him
They'd laid his loved one down
They said as she was dying
She breathed her sweetheart's name
And asked them with her last breath
To tell him when he came
Your sweetheart waits for you Jack
Your sweetheart waits for you
Out on the lonely prairie
Where the skies are always blue


Cowboy's Wild Song To His Herd

One beautiful night when the moon was full
And the air was crisp and clear
A cowboy lay on the star lit plain
And thought of his home so dear
He thought of his mother he loved so well
And his slumber of sleep was blurred
Not a sound to be heard but throws of the night
As he sang a wild song to his herd
The cattle are lying so quite and still
On a carpet that mantles the west ?
While the golden lanes from the sky of night
Sing peace to the cowboys stress ?
Still he thinks of his mother in a far away land
And his thoughts by his memory was stirred
And he steals himself the old home again
As he sang a wild song to his herd
He's far from the din of the city noise
Where the lanes of folly do shine
He's far from the jaws of the dies sin ?
And the flow of sparkling wine
He's in the great west with its mantle of green
Where his neighbors say never a word
A land of marriage of mountains and plains
Where a cowboy sings low to his herd


Crawdad

   You get a line and I'll get a pole honey
   You get a line and I'll get a pole babe
   You get a line and I'll get a pole
   And we'll go down to the Crawdad hole
   Honey sugar baby mine.
Get up old man you slept too late honey
Get up old man you slept too late babe
Get up old man you slept too late
Last piece of crawdad's on your plate
Honey sugar baby mine.
Get up old woman you slept too late honey
Get up old woman you slept too late babe
Get up old woman you slept too late
Crawdad man done passed your gate
Honey sugar baby mine.
Along come a man with a sack on his back honey
Along come a man with a sack on his back babe
Along come a man with a sack on his back
Packin' all the crawdads he can pack
Honey sugar baby mine.
What you gonna do when the crawdads die honey
What you gonna do when the crawdads die baby
What you gonna do when the crawdads die
Sit on the bank until I cry
Honey sugar baby mine.
I heard the duck say to the drake honey
I heard the duck say to the drake baby
I heard the duck say to the drake
There ain't no crawdads in this lake
Honey sugar baby mine.


Crazy Heart

   Crazy heart I wish I didn't love you
   And I could turn around and walk away
   I've only got a half a mind to leave you
   Your crazy heart is driven' me insane
Like a wild east wind so uncertain
You're changing like the weather everyday
One night we're in love the next I'm hurting
Your crazy heart is driven' my insane
Now I only want a love that I can count on
And hold to the promises you made
How can it feel so right and then go so wrong
Your crazy heart is driving me insane


Cripple Creek

I got a girl and she loves me
She's as sweet as sweet can be
She's got eyes of baby blue
Makes my gun shoot straight and true.
   Goin' up Cripple Creek goin' in a run
   Goin' up Cripple Creek to have some fun.
Cripple Creek's wide and Cripple Creek's deep
I'll wade old Cripple Creek before I sleep
Roll my breeches to my knees
I'll  wade  ol'  Cripple  Creek when  I  please
I went down to Cripple Creek
To see what them girls had to eat
I got drunk and fell against the wall
Old corn likker was the cause of it all


Crossroads Bar, The

I walked out tonight for a ramble round
I didn't mean to stay  just to view the town
When I saw her smiling from afar
As she walked into that crossroads bar
Well I walked inside and sat me down
Ordered sweet red wine and I drank it down
She came and set beside me there
With a dark brown eyes and the red, red hair
I told her that I loved her true
Anything you want I'll surely do
Said a man like you don't get too far
With a girl like me at the crossroads bar
I like smoky light and a lonesome song
And I won't do right if I can do wrong
You want the moon to burn behind the darkest star
And you won't find love at the crossroads bar
Come all my friends and take my advice
Keep your love at home with your lovely wife
You're better off than you think you are
And you won't find love at the crossroads bar


Cry Cry Darling

Cry cry darling
That's what I'll do If you should leave me with the blues
Cry cry darling
That's all I do cause you're the one that's in my heart
   For me there'll be no moonlight
   If ever we should part
   Cry cry darling, that's all I do
   Cause you're the one that's in my heart
Cry cry darling
My eyes will cry and never dry if you should go
Cry cry darling
When shadows creep I'll just weep all night I know
   You know how much I'd miss you
   If ever we should part
   Cry cry darling
   That's all  I do cause you're the one that's in my heart


Cry From The Cross

One morning in Jerusalem about the break of dawn
A great trial was in session, they tried our blessed lord
They scorned him and they mocked him, they made him carry the cross
On top of Calvary mountain, they crucified my Lord
   Oh the cry (Jesus cried) from the cross
   Forgive him blessed father, he died upon the cross
   Oh the cry (Jesus cried) from the cross
   The son of God was dying, to save the world from loss
Saint Peter he denied him at that awful trial at night
He said he never new him, it was an awful sight
He looked upon Saint Peter with eyes of perfect love
Saint Peter's heart was broken, he prayed to God above
Crying father it is finished then he bowed his head and died
The world was left in darkness, the graves were open wide
An earthquake shook Jerusalem the dead walked into town
The multitudes were frightened, God's wrath came pouring down


Cryin' Heart Blues

Crying the blues
I'm crying because I have lost you
Blues I can't lose
I guess it's too late now to try
I've tried to chose another to love but it's no use
Crying heart blues there's nothing that's left but to cry
I'll always remember I love you
My teardrops won't let me forget
Each tear is a wish to be near you
They started the day that we met
A trail of tears will lead you to me if you want me
And from my hopeless my crying heart flees


Cryin' Holy Unto The Lord

Lord I ain't no stranger now
Lord I ain't no stranger now
I've been introduced to the Father and the Son
Lord I ain't no stranger now
   Cryin' holy unto the Lord
   Cryin holy unto the Lord
   Lord if I could I surely would
   Stand on that rock where Moses stood
Sinners run and hide your face
Sinners run and hide your face
Run to the rocks and hide your face
The rocks won't have no hiding place


Cryin' My Heart Out Over You

Oh somewhere the music's playing soft and low
And a stranger holds the one that I love so
I was blind I could not see that you meant the world to me
But like a fool I stood and watched you go
   Now I'm crying my heart out over you
   Those blue eyes now they smile at someome new
   Ever since you went away I die a little more each day
   For I'm crying my heart out over you
Each night I climb the stairs up to my room
It seems I hear you whisper in the gloom
I miss your picture on the wall and your footsteps in the hall
While I'm crying my heart out over you.


Crying Holy To The Lord

   Crying holy unto the Lord
   Crying holy unto the Lord
   If I could I surely would
   Stand on the rock where Moses stood
Lord I ain't no stranger now
Lord I ain't no stranger now
I've been introduced to the Father and the Son
Lord I ain't no stranger now
Sinners run hide your face
Sinners run hide your face
Sinners run to the Lord and hide your face
Lord cried out "No hiding place"


Cuban Soldier

Far away in a Spanish dungeon
A Cuban soldier lay
Slowly dying from the torture
Inflicted day by day
He begged to send a message
But this kindness was denied
So he called his comrades to him
And told his story ere he died
   When Cubie gains her freedom
   And the Spaniards cease to reign
   There's a loved one on that island
   I will never see again
   Oh  find her for me comrades
   And tell her you were by my side
   And I bid you take this message
   To a soldiers promised bride
Tis the same old story comrades
Love weeps when beauty is done
When Cubie was struggling for her freedom
I was ordered to my gun
Though I'm a captain dying
The struggle will soon be o'er
Tell her I said to meet me
Where the soldiers fight no more


Custom Made Woman Blues

Well I tried to be the kind of woman you wanted me to be
And it's not your fault that I tried to be what I thought you wanted to see
Smilin' face shinnin' hair clothes that I thought you'd like me to wear
Made to please and not to tease it's the custom made woman blues.
Yes I tried to be the kind of woman you wanted me to be
And I tried to see life your way and say all the things you'd like me to say
Lovin' looks gentle hands an guaranteed to keep a' holdin' your man
Made to please and not to tease it's the custom made woman blues.
And now you say you're tired of me and all of those things I thought you wanted me to be
Is it true you want some one who knows how to think and do on her own
Lord it's hard to realize the lessons I learned so was young were nothing but lies
Made to please and not to tease it's the custom made woman blues
Made to please and not to tease it's the custom made woman blues.


Cyclone Of Rye Cove

Oh listen today and a story I'll tell,
In sadness and tear rimmed eyes,
Of a dreadful cyclone that came this way,
And blew our schoolhouse away
: Rye Cove (Rye Cove), Rye Cove (Rye Cove),
The land of my childhood and home,
Where life's early morn I once loved to roam,
But now it's so silent and lone
When the cyclone appeared it darkened the air,
And the lightning flashed over the sky,
And the children all cried, don't take us away,
But spare us to go back home
There were mothers so dear and fathers the same,
That came to this terrible scene,
Searching and crying each found their own child,
Dying on a pillow of stone
Oh give us a home far beyond the blue sky,
Where storms and cyclones are unknown,
And there by life's strand we'll clasp the glad hand,
Our children in their heavenly home


D-18

In a pawn shop in Odysessa in the fall of '64
The pawn shop man was leavin' he was lockin' up the door
I ran up just in time and I holler'd just through the screen
Hey, man, you got any good guitars in here,
he said  "I got this D-18"
So I gave him a hundred dollars and I took that sucker home
I cleaned it up and strung it hit a chord and heard that tone
It was crisp and clean rich and full all a guitar ought to be
I said Thank you, Mr, Martin, you made this D-18 for me
   Said Thank you, Mr. Martin, I'm alright
   'Cause once again this old guitar helped me through the night
   I'm mighty grateful to you, you know how to make 'em right
   I said Thank you, Mr. Martin, I'm alright
If I'm feelin' down and worthless and I haven't got a dime
Wonderin' if I spent my life just wastin' my time
I pick up that old guitar some paper and a pen
I say Thank you, Mr. Martin, you saved my life again.
I've written songs about my lovers my family and my friends
My wife my child the old home place and the road that never ends
Heros hobos rock n' roll and a honky tonk queen
I wrote 'em all without exception on my Martin D-18
Now It was made way back In '43 when I was just a kid
I believe it's about the best thing Mr. Martin ever did
It plays real good stays in tune and never treats me mean
Thank God for Mr. Martin and that fine old D-18.
Well there's your Galagher your Gibson your Goya Gretch and Guild
I've played every kind of guitar that them guitar makers build
I' picked on a lot of axes but the best I've ever seen
Is my funky beat up wonderful old Martin D-18.


Daddy Sang Bass

I remember when I was a lad
Times were hard and things were bad
But there's a silver lining behind every cloud
Just poor people that's all we were
Trying to make a living out of blackland dirt
But we'd get together in a family circle singin' loud
   Daddy sang bass
   Mama sang tenor
   Me and little brother would join right in there
   Singin' seems to help a troubled soul
One of these days and it won't be long
I'll rejoin them in a song
I'm gonna join the family circle at the throne
No the circle won't be broken won't be broken
Bye and bye lord bye and bye
   Daddy sang bass
   Mama sang tenor
   Me and little brother would join right in there
   In the sky lord in the sky
I remember after work
Mama would call in all of us
You could hear us singin' for a country mile
Now little brother has done gone on
I'll rejoin him in a song
We'll be together again up yonder in a little while


Daisy Mae

Oh Daisy Mae my darling oh Daisy Mae
When I'm with you my darling all my cares away
And don't you know sweet heart that I love you so
Cause you're my darling precious Daisy Mae
So nice and neat your kisses so very sweet
In my opinion darling you just can't be beat
And now that I've found you no one else will ever do
I've tried to make you happy Daisy Mae
You're everthing you're every song that I sing
Your lovely little hand looks lovely with that ring
It won't be long till we hear that wedding song
And you'll be mine all mine Miss Daisy Mae
How can I wait till we have this final date
And we'll be married darling that will seal our fate
But laying jokes aside you'll make a wonderful bride
And I'll be proud of you my Daisy Mae


Daniel Prayed

I heard about a man one day who wasted not his time away
He prayed to God every morning noon and night
He cared not for the things of man he trusted one who would not fail
Oh, Daniel prayed every morning, noon, and night
   Oh, Daniel served the living God while here upon this earth he trod
   He prayed to God every morning noon and night
   He cared not for the kings decree he trusted God to set him free
   And he prayed to God every morning, noon, and night
They cast him in the lion's den because he would not honor men
He prayed to God every morning noon and night
The jaws were locked and it made him shout, and God soon got them
safely out
Oh, Daniel prayed every morning, noon, and night
Now brother, let us watch and pray like Daniel did from day to day
He prayed to God every morning noon and night
We too can gladly daring do the things that God will take us through
Oh, Daniel prayed every morning, noon, and night


Danville Girl

My pocket book was empty
My heart was full of pain
Ten thousand miles away from home
Bumming the railroad train
It was standing on the platform
Smoking a cheep cigar
listening for that next freight train
To carry an empty car
Well I got off at Danville
Got stuck on the Danville girl
You bet your life she's out of sight
She wore those Danville curls
She took me in her Kitchen
She treated me nice and kind
She got me in the notion
Of bumming all the time
She wore her hair on the back of her head
Like high-tone people do
But the very next train come down the line
I bid that girl adieu
I pulled my cap down over my eyes
Walked down to the track
Then I caught a westbound freight
Never did look back


Darcy Farrow

Where the Walker runs down to the Carson Valley plain,
There lived a maiden, Darcy Farrow was her name
The daughter of old Dundee and fair was she
And the sweetest flower that bloomed o'er the range.
Her voice was sweet as the sugar candy
Her touch was as soft as a bed of goose down.
Her eyes shone bright like the pretty lights
That shine in the night out of Yerrington town.
She was courted by young Vandermeer
And quite handsome was he I am to hear
He brought her silver rings and lacy things
And she promised to wed before the snows fell that year.
But her pony did stumble and she did fall.
Her dyin' touched on the heart of us all.
Young Vandy in his pain put a bullet to his brain
And we buried them together as the snows began to fall.
They sing of Darcy Farrow where the Truckee runs through
They sing of her beauty in Virginia City too.
At dusty Sundown to her name they drink a round
And to young Vandy whose love was true.
 


Dark And Stormy Weather

   Dark and stormy weather
   It still inclines to rain
   The clouds hang over center
   My love's gone away on the train
We met loved and parted
I thought the world of you
You left me broken hearted
To me you proved untrue
I'm leaving old Virginia
There's nothing here for me
I know you love another
In the grave I'd rather be
You told me that you loved me
I believed just what you said
But now you love another
I wish that I was dead


Dark and Thorny

Dark and stormy is the desert
Through which pilgrims make their way
Yet beyond this vale of sorrow
Lie the fields of endless day
Oh young soldiers are you weary
Of the roughness of the way
Does your strength begin to fail you
And your vigor to decay
Jesus Jesus will go with you
He will lead you to his throne
He whose thunder shapes creation
He who bids the planets roll
Around him are ten thousand angels
Ready to obey his command
They'll all be there to hover round you
Til you've reached the heavenly land
There on flowery hills of pleasure
Lie the fields of endless rest
Love and joy and peace forever
Reign and triumph in your breast


Dark and Thorny

Dark and thorny is the desert
Through which pilgrims make their way
But beyond this vale of sorrow
Lie the realms of endless day
Dear young soldiers do not murmur
At the troubles of the way
Beat the tempest fight with courage
Never faint but watch and pray
He whose thunder shakes creation
He that bids the planets roll
He that rides upon the tempest
And whose sceptre sways the whole
Jesus Jesus will defend you
Trust in him and him alone
He has shed his blood to save you
And will bring  you to his throne
There on flowering fields of pleasure
And the hills of endless rest
Joy and peace and love shall ever
Reign and triumph in your breast
There ten thousand flaming seraphs
Fly across a heavenly plain
There they sing immortal praises
Glory Glory is their theme
See the heavenly host in rapture
Gazing on the shining bands
Wondering at their costly garments
And the laurels in their hands
There upon the golden pavement
See the ransomes marched along
While the splendid courts of glory
Sweetly echo in with their song
Here I see the undershepherds
And the flock they've led below
Here with joy they dwell together
Jesus is their shepherd now
Hail you happy happy spirits
Welcome to the blissful plain
Glory honor and salvation
Reign sweet Jesus ever reign


Dark As A Dungeon

Come and listen, young fellers, so young and so fine
And seek not your fortune in the dark dreary mines
It will form as a habit and seep in your soul
'Til the stream of your blood runs as black as the coal
   Where it's dark as a dungeon and damp as the dew
   Where the dangers are double and the pleasures are few
   Where the rain never falls and the sun never shines
   It's dark as a dungeon way down in the mines
There's many a man who I've known in my day
Who lived just to labor his whole life away
Like a fiend with his dope or a drunkard his wine
A man will have lust for the lure of the mines
Well I hope when I'm gone and the ages shall roll
My body will blacken and turn into coal
Then I'll look from the door of my heavenly home
And  pity the miner that's digging my bones


Dark As The Night

Dark as the night and blue as the day
I'm lonesome my darling since you went away
Sometimes I wonder what made you stray
Dark as the night and blue as the day.
Blue as the sky there's blues in my heart
Yes it's dark outside since we've been apart
Oh tell me please tell me why did you stray
Dark as the night I'm blue as the day.


Dark Haired True Lover

I once had a dark haired true lover
She was all this world to me
She promised herself to another
Now don't you think this was mean
   Take back every word you have spoken
   Let it be as though we never met
   For tonight I'm a poor boy heartbroken
   I'll forgive but I'll never forget
I was young when I wrote my first letter
I blotted the lines with tears
But now I am old I know better
We parted for many long years
Oh Ruth, Oh Ruth how I love you
You just seem to me like a bird
Although you went back on your promise
Although you went back on your word
We parted in the month of September
Some said we parted for life
But I hope someday or another
I'll call you my sweet darling wife
I wish I had someone to love me
Someone to call me their own
For I'm out in this wide world a wandering
I'm tired of living alone


Dark Hollow

I'd rather be in some dark hollow
Where the sun don't ever shine
Than to be home alone knowing that you're gone
Would cause me to lose my mind
   So blow your whistle freight train
   Carry me further on down the track
   I'm going away I'm leaving today
   I'm going but I ain't coming back
I'd rather be in some dark hollow
Where the sun don't ever shine
Than to be in some big city
In a small room with you love on my mind


Dark Road's A Hard Road To Travel

   A dark road's a hard road to travel
   A light road is always the best
   A dark road will lead you to trouble
   A light road will lead you to rest
I'm going to see my new jail tomorrow
It's a place I have never been before
And when my woman comes tomorrow
I'll meet her with a smile at the door
Don't ever be downhearted
Where there's a will there's a way
Tomorrow the sun may be shining
Although it is cloudy today
Don't this road look dark and lonesome
Don't the sea look blue and deep
Will you ever think of me darling
When you can not hear me speak


Dark Skies

I don't need a perfect lover to hold me in the rain
Someone to ease my pain when I feel blue
If I lost you to another think I'd drown down here for sure
Won't you stay with me and be my only cure
   Dark skies may cloud my days but that don't bother me
   As long as I can hold you close to me
I don't need a part-time lover to leave me in the cold
With empty arms to hold when I need you
Tell me that there is no other send the cold wind from my door
Give you all of my love and more if you want me to


Darkest Hour Is Just Before Dawn, The

   The darkest hour is just before dawn
   The narrow way leads home
   Lay down your soul at Jesus' feet
   The darkest hour is just before dawn
The sun is slowly sinking
The day is almost gone
Still darkness falls around us
And we must journey on
Like a shepherd out on the mountain
A watching the sheep down below
He's coming back to claim us
Will you be ready to go


Darlin Do You Know Who Loves You

    Darlin do you know who loves you
    Do you know whose heart you won
    I'll be lonely here without you
    When these parting words do come
Take me back to my old country
Let me hear the lonesome dove
Where a blue eyed girl is waiting
For a mountain boy to love
Can't you see the sunlight sinkin
Over the mountains over the seas
Where the days will last in memory
It may be the last of me
Take me back to roanoke valley
Gently lay me down to rest
Place a kiss upon my forehead
I'm the boy who loves you best


Darlin Nellie Gray

There's a low, green, valley on the old Kentucky shore
Where I've whiled many happy hours away,
Just a sitting and a singing by the little cottage door
Where lived my darling Nellie Gray
When the moon had climbed the mountain, and the stars were shining too
Then I'd take my darling Nellie Gray
And we'd go floatin down the river in my little red canoe
While my banjo sweetly I would play
One night I went to see her, but she's gone the neighbors say
And the white man had bound her with his chain
They have taken her to Georgia for to wear her life away
As she toils in the cotton and the cane
   Oh, my poor Nellie Gray, they have taken you away
   And I'll never see my darling, anymore
   I'm sitting by the river and a weeping all the day
   For you've gone from the old Kentucky shore
Now my canoe is under water, and my banjo is unstrung
I am tired of living, anymore
My eyes shall be cast downward, and my songs will be unsung
While I stay on the old Kentucky shore
Now I'm getting old and feeble, and I cannot see my way
I can hear someone knocking on my door
I can hear the angels singing, and I see my Nellie Gray
So farewell to the old Kentucky shore
   Oh, my darling Nellie Gray, up in heaven, so they say
   And they'll never take you from me, anymore
   I'm coming, coming, coming, as the angels clear the way
   So farewell to the old Kentucky shore


Darlin' Brown Eyes

The moon was shining last night
You're many miles from my side
As the train rolls on I'm thinkin' of home
And my little darlin' brown eyes
My little darlin' don't cry
You're little darlin' brown eyes
You're mine you're mine to love all the time
You're my little darlin' brown eyes
The train was on the fly
I watched the stars in the sky
The break of dawn and the hills of home
You're my little darlin' brown eyes
I've come back darlin' brown eyes
I've come back darlin' don't cry
Back to stay never to stray
You're my little darlin' brown eyes


Darlin' Corey

Wake up wake up darling Corey
What makes you sleep so sound
The revenue officers are coming
They're gonna tear your still-house down.
Well the first time I seen darling Corey
She was sitting by the banks of the sea
Had a forty-four around her body
And a five-string on her knee.
Go away go away darling Corey
Quit hanging around my bed
Your liquor has ruined my body
Pretty women gone to my head.
Dig a hole dig a hole in the meadow
Dig a hole in the cold damp ground
Dig a hole dig a hole in the meadow
We're gonna lay darling Corey down.
Can't you hear them bluebirds a-singing
Don't you hear that mournful sound
They're preaching darling Corey's funeral
In some lonesome graveyard ground.


Darling Corey

   Wake up  wake up  darling Corey
   What makes you sleep so sound
   The revenue officers are coming
   They're gonna tear your still house down
Well the first time I seen darling Corey
She was sitting on the banks of the sea
Had a forty-four around her body
And a banjo on her knee
Go away go away darling Corey
Quit hanging around my bed
Your liquor has ruined my body
Pretty women gone to my head
Dig a hole dig a hole in the meadow
Dig a hole in the cold  cold ground
Dig a hole dig a hole in the meadow
Gonna lay darling Corey down
Can't you hear those bluebirds a singing
Don't you hear that mournful sound
They're preaching darling Corey's funeral
In some lonesome graveyard ground
Wake up wake up Darlin Corey
And go get me my gun
I ain't no man for fightin'
But I'll die before I run


Darling Daisies

When first I met my darling daisies
Down by the garden wall
I was walking along the street so shady
I was going for a twilight call
   I love to sing and dance among the roses
   Down by the garden wall
   Tis there I'd like to meet my daisies
   When I make a twilight call
She was sleeping in a bed of roses
Dreaming of the by and by
While the little birds around were singing
Up above the branches so high
If you want to see a bright eyed beauty
Bright as the stars that shine
Just come and go with me some evening
To see this pretty girl of mine


Darling Nellie Across The Sea

Oh the night was dark and stormy
When this message came to me
It was from my darling Nellie
Who is far across the sea
Oh dear Jack I know I'm dying
I've no friends or parents nigh
But remember dearest Jackie
There's a home for us on high
Oh dear mother I must leave you
I must go across the sea
I must find my darling Nellie
Who so dearly cared for me
I was wondering through the grave yard
When found where Nellie lay
It was there my heart was broken
It was there I knelt and prayed
Now I'm left alone in sadness
On the fields the flowers wave
And the girl I love is sleeping
In the cold and silent grave
Lay me where my Nellie's sleeping
Close beside her let me lie
Where the blooming flowers are creeping
There oh lay me when I die


Darling Nellie Across The Sea

Oh the night was dark and stormy
When this message came to me
It was from my darlin' Nellie
Who had sailed across the sea
I was wanderin' through the grave yard
When I found where Nellie lay
It was there my heart was broken
It was there I knelt to pray
But remember; darlin' Nellie
There's a home for us on high
I will meet you darlin' Nellie
When they lay me down to die


Darling, I'm Living In The Past

You told me that you loved me and always would be mine
But now you've gone and left me with troubles on my mind
Everybody told me that our love wouldn't last
There's nothin' in my future so I'm living in the past
Tear drops heart ache
I knew that our love wouldn't last
Lonely worried
Darling I'm living in the past
Some day I know your new love is gonna let you down
But I'll be waiting for you I'll still be around
Now you're free and happy living much too fast
While I'm blue and lonely and living in the past


Dawn The Day You Left Me, The

So early on that morning, the moon still way up high
The moon still way up high
Though soon enough the sun would warm the colors of the sky
I lay awake I could not sleep or even close my eyes
And dear you seemed so restless too I should have realized
The house was dark the moonlight was inviting and so strange
I went out by the window to watch the morning change
And just before the break of dawn and bird began to sing
And somehow then it came to me just what the day would bring
   That dawn the day you left me was so beautiful and sad
   How could I have turned away from the troubles that we had
   I know you tried to make me see and no I never would
   Too late that dawn the day you left I finally understood
A stray old cat did walk the fence outside my window bed
He stopped and looked my way and then he went without a care
And I wondered when he’d ramble back or why he ever should
But I knew that he was just like you and that he never would
   That dawn the day you left me was so beautiful and sad
   How could I have turned away from the troubles that we had
   Those words you spoke now ring so true just like you said they would
   Too late that dawn the day you left I finally understood


Dear Companion

Oh have you seen my dear companion
For he was all this world to me
They say a strange girl has betrayed me
And that he cares no more for me
Don't you remember the day last summer
The sun so warm the skies so blue
The little birds did sing so sweetly
The day I fell in love with you
Oh have you seen my dear companion
For he was all this world to me
But now the stars have turned against me
And so he cares no more for me
Oh when the dark falls on the mountain
When all the world has gone to sleep
I will go down by the fair bright waters
And there I'll set me down and weep
Oh have you seen my dear companion
For he was all this world to me
I hear he's gone to some far country
And that he cares no more for me
I wish that I were some swallow flying
I'd fly to a high and lonesome place
There join those little birds in their crying
Remembering you and your dear face
Oh have you seen my dear companion
Oh have you seen my dear companion
Oh have you seen my dear companion
For he was all this world to me


Dear Companion

I once did have a dear companion
Indeed I thought his love my own
Until a dark eyed girl betrayed me
And then he cares no more for me
Just go and leave me if you wish to
It will never trouble me
For in your heart you love another
And in my grave I'd rather be
Last night you were sweetly sleeping
Dreaming in some sweet repose
While I, a poor girl, broken hearted
Listened to the wind that blows
When I see your babe a laughing
It makes me think of your sweet face
But when I see your babe a crying
It makes me think of my disgrace


Dear Old Mother

Oh, the fields were turning brown all around that southern town
The boy came down the highway all alone
And his face was looking sad, he was thinking of his dad
And his mother that he left at home sweet home
   Dear old mother how I miss you
   How I long for your sweet face and sunny smile
   I would give up all I own just to be with you at home
   And to linger there for just a little while
Oh, the morning glory vine around the cabin door would twine
And the mockingbird would sing along the tree
Then we’d take our dear old book and go down beside the brook
And there for hours she’d sit and read to me
Now I’m in this world alone, the old folks are not at home
They’ve gone up to a happier home above
The mockingbirds are singing yet and I never will forget
My mother and dad were all I had to love


Dear One

At the end of day when works all over
And the shadows of night settle down
My thoughts turn back to the one that loved me
My sweetheart and my home town
There's a dear one dear one waiting
Waiting back in my home town
It's a sweet one called my missess
Waiting back in my home town
We once walked to church on Sunday morning
All of our friends gathered round
I will meet her again to be wed at the altar
When I get back to my home town


Death Is Only A Dream

Sadly we sing and with tremulous breath
As we stand by the mystical stream
In the valley and by the dark river of death
And yet 'tis no more than a dream
   Only a dream, only a dream
   Of glory beyond the dark stream
   How peaceful the slumber, how happy the waking
   Where death is only a dream
Why should we weep when the weary ones rest
In the bosom of Jesus supreme
In the mansions of glory prepared for the blessed
For death is no more than a dream
Naught in the river the Saints should appall
Though' it frightfully dismal may seem
In the arms of our Savior no ill can befall
They find it no more than a dream
Over the turbid and onrushing tide
Doth the light of eternity gleam
And the ransomed the darkness and storm shall out ride
To wake with glad smiles from their dream


Deep Blue Sea

Where is my sailor boy
Oh where is my sailor boy
He lies on the bottom of the deep deep sea
And he can't come back to me
Please tell me deep blue sea
Is he sleeping peacefully?
The wind from the north is blowing icy cold
Please keep him warm for me
   What does the deep sea say
   Oh what does the deep sea say
   It moans, it groans, it flashes and it foams
   And rolls on its weary  way
I stand on the beach alone
And gaze at the misty blue
Deep sea as you hold him to your breast
Does he mention my name to you
If only my dreaming soul
Some token of love could find
If only a wave would show my where he sleeps
Then I'd leave this world behind
A beautiful rose one day
I placed on the crest of a wave
Deep sea take it please
And lay it so it falls above his watery grave
The driftwood I watched in vain
My rose never came back again
Deep sea take another message to my love
Saying I'll meet him above


Deep Elem Blues

When you go down in Deep Elem
Just to have a little fun
Better have fifteen dollars
When that policeman come
   Oh sweet mama
   Daddy's got them Deep Elem blues
   Oh sweet mama
   Daddy's got them Deep Elem blues
When you go down in Deep Elem
Put you money in your pants
Those Deep Elem women
They don't give a man a chance
When you go down to Deep Elem
Put your money in your socks
Them Deep Elem women
They will throw you on the rocks
I used to know a preacher
Preached the bible through and through
He went down to Deep Elem
Got them Deep Elem blues
Now once I had a sweetheart
Meant the world to me
Went down to Deep Elem
She ain't what she used to be


Deep River

You're running wild deep river
You're just like the one that I love so
You never stop running deep river
Like her you're always on the go
   Hey I'm feelin' low down deep river
   I can't go on I've had enough
   I'm gonna dive to your bottom deep river
   I'm divin' in but I'm not comin' up.
Now if I had a big boat deep river
I would have you rock me to sleep
And some where down the stream I'd anchor
In the port of broken dreams


Deep River Blues

   Let it rain let it pour
   Let it rain a whole lot more
   'Cause I got them deep river blues
   Let the rain drive right on
   let the waves sweep along
   'Cause I got them deep river blues.
My old gal's a good old pal
And she looks like a water fowl
when I get them deep river blues
Ain't no one to cry for me
And the fish all go out on a spree when
I get them deep river blues.
Give me back my old boat
I'm gonna sail if she'll float
cause I got them deep river blues
I'm goin' back to Mussel Shoals
Times are better there I'm told
cause I got them deep river blues.
If my boat sinks with me
I'll go down don't you see
cause I got them deep river blues
Now I'm gonna say good-bye
'N if I sink just let me die
cause I got them deep river blues.


Deep Water

I'm drifting into deep water
I'm starting to care for you
And you're getting me in deep water
Be careful what you do.
You want a romance
and I'm sick in love
I know I'll regret it when it ends
I'm drifting into deep water
Why can't we still be friends.
It's so restless in this deep water
And I'm caught between right and wrong
My love's as true as deep water
Your love won't last that long.
Where will it lead me and when will it end
I can't help but wish I only knew
And I'm drifting into deep water
So deep in love with you.
I'm winding up in deep water
So deep in love with you.


Delaware

Lord I have strayed to far from my home
And the ones who are waiting for me there
I long to hear them singing the songs I love so well
Callin' me back home to Delware
Oh Delware keeps on callin me
what I wouldn't do to be there
For I'm weary of the road and I feel so all alone
And I long to be home in Delware
Yes I long to be home in Delware
And in the night I dream of the place I call home
And the geese flyin' high up o'r the lake
And the mournin' doves callin' in the evenin' of the day
But I'm far far away when I awake


Desert Rose

I see tonight that she's alone
I keep thinking back to home
I've got that feeling I know that it shows
I miss me sweet Desert Rose
Shines like the stars in the sky
A breath of life in a well gone dry
She picks me up when I'm feeling so low
She's my sweet Desert Rose.
   Ain't no money in our home town
   And the mills have all shut down
   They say there's work, but it's always the next town
   Will you still love me when I'm gone
Will you still love me when I'm gone
Through the empty nights and the days so long
I'm not the same and I know that it shows
I miss my sweet Desert Rose.
I hear the wind blowin' in the night
Winter's come, and it just ain't right
This loneliness, well it comes and it goes
I love my sweet Desert Rose.
Will you still love me when I'm gone
I love my sweet Desert Rose
I miss my sweet Desert Rose


Detour

Headed down life's crooked road
Lot of things I never knowd
Cause I didn't know I now pine
Trouble got in the trail
Spent the next five years in jail
Should have read that Detour sign
Detour there's a muddy road ahead
Detour paid no mind to what is said Detour
Oh these bitter things I find
Should have read that Detour sign
When I've got to the place
Where it said "a-bout face"
I thought that all my worries were behind
But the farther I go
More sorrow I know
Should have read that Detour sign
When I've got stuck in the mud
All my hopes dropped with a thud
My life seemed to pass before my eyes
Got no will power to get
From the hole that I'm in yet
Should have read that Detour sign
Should have read that Detour sign


Devil In Disguise

She's the devil in disguise
You can see it in her eyes
She's telling dirty lies
She's the devil in disguise in disguise.
Now a woman like that all she does is hate you
She doesn't know what makes a man a man
She'll talk about the times that she's been with you
She'll speak your name with everyone she can.
Unhappiness has been her close companion
Her soul is full of jealousy and doubt
It gets her up to see a person crying
She's just the kind that you can live without
Her number always turns up in your pocket
Whenever you are looking for a dime
Well it's all right to call her but I'll bet you
The moon is full and you're just wasting time.


Diamonds In The Rough

While walking out one evening
Not knowing where to go
Just to pass the time away
Before we gave the show
I met a little salvation band
Singing with all its might
I gave my heart to Jesus
And left the show that night
   The day will soon be over
   And begging will be done
   And no more gems be gathered
   So let us all press on
   Till Jesus comes to claim us
   And says it is enough
   The diamonds will be shining
   No longer in the rough
While reading through the Bible
Some wondrous sights I see
I read of Peter, James and John
By the Sea of Galilee
And Jesus when he found them
He found them very tough
and they were precious diamonds
He gathered in the rough


Did You Ever Go Sailing

There's an old ramshackle shack where in dreams I wander back
And listen to the southern melody
T'was the place where I was born on a bright October morn
And it's nestled at the end of my river of memories
Did you ever go sailing down the river of memories
To the little log cabin that's nestled among the sycamore trees
Where the sunshine is cheery and nothing in the world grows dreary
That's my cabin at the end of my river of memories
There's a mother old and gray at the end of memory's way
I'll meet her there tonight among the trees
With a smiling welcome she so sweetly beckons me
To the cabin at the end of my river of memories
When the twilight shadows fall many childhood voices call
Back again to the days that used to be
And in answer to their prayer I will soon be sailing there
To the cabin at the end of my river of memories


Didn't Leave Nobody But The Baby

Go to sleep you little baby
Go to sleep you little baby
Your momma's gone away and your daddy's gone to stay
Didn't leave nobody but the baby
Go to sleep you little baby
Go to sleep you little baby
Everybody's gone in the cotton and the corn
Didn't leave nobody but the baby
You're a sweet little baby
You're a sweet little baby
Honey in the rock and the sugar don't stop
Gonna bring a bottle to the baby
Don't you weep pretty baby
Don't you weep pretty baby
She's long gone with the red shoes on
Gonna meet another lovin baby
Go to sleep you little baby
Go to sleep you little baby
You and me and the devil makes three
Don't need no other lovin baby
Go to sleep you little baby
Go to sleep you little baby
Come and lay your bones on the alabaster stones
And be my ever lovin baby


Died A Rounder At Twenty-One

He drank whiskey for his liver
smoked cigarettes for his lungs
He loved women for his ego
he died a rounder at twenty-one
He never worked down at the saw mill
he couldn't stand that hot sunshine
He had twenty-one years of real life
he lived a thousand in that time
One night when the blues had got him
he must have drank three fifths of rum
He got mean as hell when I told him
he'd never live past twenty-one
Well if a man ever hit me harder
well I don't know where or when
He picked me up off that old bar floor
he said I'd like to be your friend
One night I heard him talkin'
to an old man at the bar
He said Dad, you know I love you,
I just don't like where you are
Tell Mama to turn my light on,
turn down my feather bed
I'll be twenty-one tomorrow
but tomorrow he was dead.
It was twenty-one miles to the graveyard
twenty-one roses red
Told the story of the rounder
who at twenty-one he was dead
He drank whiskey for his liver
smoked cigarettes for his lungs
He loved women for his ego
he died a rounder at twenty-one.


Diesel On My Tail

I just pulled on to the highway in my little foreign car
Well it's raining and the road is really bad
I never saw that big old diesel but I heard him hit the air
I've got a feeling that I might have made him mad
He closed the gap between us pushed the pedal on the floor
He's makin' ninety in that big old diesel truck
I can hear the names he's calling me above the engine's roar
And the words won't be found in Webster's books
There's a diesel on my tail a-making ninety miles an hour
My reflection in my mirror is mighty pale
I can hear St.Peter calling I can almost smell the flowers
Can this compact take the impact there's a diesel on my tail
Well I'm huffin' and puffin' and I'm trying to make the grade
And I wish I had some pedals on this cart
And I'm slippin' and a-slidin' and afraid to touch the brake
For the two of us could never stand the jar
Well I'm slippin' and a-slidin' trying to hold it on the road
And I tell you I just got to win this race
While I'm tremblin' and a-shakin' he is pouring on the coal
So close that I can steal his license plate


Dig A Little Deeper In The Well

Dig dig a little deeper in the well boys
Dig a little deeper in the well
If you want a good cool drink of water
You gotta dig a little deeper in the well.
My daddy used to tell me don't be fooled by what you see
If you want to get to the heart of things you gotta look way down deep
Second place don't get it son winners got to come in first
There's nothin' worse than to take a drink that leaves you with a thirst
A good man needs a good womanshe's the rock that'll make him strong
Now she'll be there to lean on when the whole world's done him wrong
Ain't nothin' like good lovin' that's how it's meant to be
Find yourself a good woman son like your mama's been to me.
The mighty river's flowin' where the water's cool and sweet
Don't be fooled by a muddy dream be careful when you drink
Life is what you make it sometimes a livin' hell
If you want to find that promised land dig a little deeper in the well


Dim Lights Thick Smoke

   Dim lights, thick smoke, and loud, loud music
   Is the only kind of life you'll ever understand
   Dim lights, thick smoke and loud, loud music
   You'll never make a wife to a home-loving man
A home and little children mean nothing to you
A house filled with love and a husband so true
You'd rather have a drink with the first guy you meet
And the only home you'll know is the club down the street
A drinking and dancing  to a honky tonk band
Is the only kind of life you'll ever understand
Go out and have your fun, you think you've played it smart
I'm sorry for you and your honky tonk heart


Distant Land To Roam

I remember very well on one dark and dreary day
Just as I was leaving home for a distant land to roam
   Mother said (mother said) my dear boy (my dear boy)
   I hope to see you next year again
   Fare you well (fare you well) fare you well (fare you well)
   So I left my dear old home for a distant land to roam
Now I wandered far away from my home I've gone astray
Now I'm coming coming home never more from thee to roam
And these words she said to me as she took me by the hand
If on earth we meet no more may we meet at God's right hand


Dixieland For Me

I'm dreaming tonight of Dixie
That's where I like to roam
The roosters crow at the break of day
In my Dixie home sweet home.
Oh the people here they just don't care
I never saw the beat
That road ahead is mighty long
But it's Dixie Land for me
I was going back to my old home
In the mountains far away
The wild red roses smell so sweet
And the rippling waters play
Yes city life is not for me
Or knowing where the neighbors speak
That road ahead is mighty long
But it's Dixie Land for me


Do You Wonder Why

Last night I heard those nightbirds calling
Brings back memories of days gone by
It makes me think of you my darling
And do you wonder why
Do you wonder why I love you
After what you did to me
Why oh why do I think of you
But I do It's plain to see
In all my dreams of our life together
I think of you and then I sigh
I just don't know what makes me love you
And do you wonder why
And now that we have parted strangers
We have said our last goodbye
I can't forget I love you truly
And do you wonder why


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Does It Have To End This Way

Oh the cold wind blows outside my window
The dark clouds linger up above
The bright side of my life has faded
For I may lose the one I love
   After all our years together
   And I cherished every day
   Oh darling won't you please consider
   Does it have to end this way
Oh come up closer to me darling
Let me gaze into that face
Where once a vision sweet contentment
A bitterness has took it's place


Dog Bite Your Hide

Now honey you know you ain't living right
You sleep all day and you're gone all night
Dog bite your hide little hide dog bite your hide
Like a black cats back you're full of fire
You're always jumping here and there
Dog bite your hide little hide I hope you're satisfied
Now all the things that you have done
Has killed my soul made my spirits run
Dog bite your hide little hide dog bite your hide
And if you don't stop your playing around
I'm gonna tear your ash hopper down
Dog bite your hide little hide then I'll be satisfied
Now honey you think that you're just it
Cause you made me have a running fit
Dog bite your hide little hide dog bite your hide
But my craw is full I'm leavin' you
My gizzard's cracked I'm feelin' blue
Dog bite your hide little hide then I'll be satisfied
I'm gonna tear your reputation down
Gonna cut a wide swath for miles around
Dog bite your hide little hide dog bite your hide
Then I'm gonna stand around and laugh
When you roll your eyes like a dying calf
Dog bite your hide little hide then I'll be satisfied


Dog Gone Shame

You've been stepping out on me
I'm gonna leave 'em at your feet
You're no good but I don't care
Ain't that a shame a Dog gone shame
Every time I leave town
People say you're stepping round
You're no good but I don't care
Ain't that a shame a Dog gone shame
I'll set you in the shade
Give you everything I made
You're no good but I don't care
Ain't that a shame a Dog gone shame
I've done all that I can do
To try and get along with you
You're no good but I don't care
Ain't that a shame a Dog gone shame
Ain't that a shame a Dog gone shame


Dog House Blues

I went downtown thought I had a dime
Got home this morning didn't have a dime
Lordy Lordy Lordy got the dog house blues
No use talkin' I got the dog house blues.
Come home this morning about half past eight
She said honey you're out too late
Lordy Lordy Lordy got the dog house blues
No use talkin' I got the dog house blues.
I went in the house to start the fire
She kicked me out in the middle of the night
Lordy Lordy Lordy got the dog house blues
No use talkin' I got the dog house blues.
I fell in the yard mad as I can be
Said to my dog make room for me
Lordy Lordy Lordy got the dog house blues
No use talkin' I got the dog house blues.


Doing My Time

On this old rock pile with a ball and chain
They call be by a number not a name, Lord, Lord
Gotta do my time, gotta do my time
With an aching heart and worried mind
When that old judge looked down and smiled
He said I'll put you on that good road for a while, Lord Lord
Gotta do my time, gotta do my time
With an aching heart and a worried mind
You can hear my hammer you can hear my song
I'll swing it like John Henry all day long, Lord Lord
Gotta do my time, gotta do my time
With an aching heart and a worried mind
It won't be long, just a few more days
I'll settle down and quit my rowdy ways Lord Lord
with that gal of mine, with that gal of mine
She'll be waiting for me when I've done my time


Don't Blame It All On Me

If our love should fade like a cold winter day
Don't blame it all on me
Their true love has flown I have known friends will say
Don't blame it all on me
There was a time dear when we were so gay
I heard you say love only you
But some day with the dawn all our love may be gone
Don't blame it all on me
Now you left and know all our love is so wrong
Don't blame it all on me
For there was a time when our love was a song
Don't blame it all on me
For after all dear I too have a heart
You have it now don't break it apart
Someday our romance may break up just by chance
But don't blame it all on me
You just can't go on with no smile in your heart
Don't blame it all on me
Our friends they all say that we too soon must part
Don't blame it all on me
Now if you'll change dear I will change too
And maybe then we'll find love anew
Someday with the dawn all our love may be gone
But don't blame it all on me


Don't Bother To Cry

Don't bother to cry cause I ain't lookin'
Don't bother to sigh cause I won't hear
You told me a lie and I believed you
Tho' you're cryin' you are still lying dear
Weep no more my lady
Oh weep no more and moan
Save your teardrops baby
Cause your Daddy's lovin' heart has turned to stone
Don't tell me your lies if I should leave you
Don't pull at your hair it won't help at all
You did it before and fooled my heart dear
Now you might as well talk to the wall
Don't bother to cry cause I ain't lookin'
Don't bother to sigh cause I won't hear
I played the game fair but you've been cheatin'
As you sow so you'll reap so sorry dear
Weep no more my lady
Oh weep no more and more
Save your teardrops baby
Cause your Daddy's lovin' heart has turned to stone


Don't Cheat In Our Hometown

Tonight my heart is beatin' low and my head is bowed
You've been seen with my best friend on the other side of town
I don't mind the waitin' don't mind the runnin' around
But if you're gonna cheat on me don't cheat in our home town.
How can I stand up to my friends and look em' in the eye
Admit the questions that I know would be nothin' but lies
You spend all your pastime makin' me a clown
But if you're gonna cheat on me don't cheat in our home town.
Now there are no secrets in this little country town
Every one knows every one for miles and miles around
Your bright eyes and your sweet smile are drivin' me insane
You think it's smart to break my heart and run down my name.


Don't Close Your Eyes

I know you loved him a long time ago
And even now in my mind you still want him I know
But darling this time let your memories die
When you hold me tonight don't close your eyes
Don't close your eyes let it be me
Don't pretend it's him in some fantasy
Darlin' just once let yesterday go
You'll find more love than you've ever known
Just hold me tight when you love me tonight
And don't close your eyes
Baby I've been a fool holdin' on all this time
Lyin' here in your arms knowin' he's in your mind
But I keep hoping some day that you'll see the light
Let it be me tonight don't close your eyes


Don't Cry to Me

Just cry now lonesome heart but don't cry to me
You let her go I told you no
And my words you didn't need
Yes cry now lonesome heart
But don't cry to me
    You should have known you'd be alone
    So don't beg for sympathy
    Just cry now lonesome heart
    But don't cry to me
    Her love you won't forgot
    The pain you caused her you'll regret
    Each day you're gonna miss
    Her smile her touch her kiss


Don't Do It

   Don't do it and it won't be on your mind
   Just because you are the reckless kind
   It'll leave you with the blues the kind that you can't lose
   Don't do it and it won't be on your mind
If you're thinkin' about steppin' out tonight
Even tho' your baby treats you right
It's not the thing to do cause cheatin' leaves you blue
Don't do it and it won't be on your mind
That little girl who lives across the way
She's bound to make you want to cheat some day
You'll want to hold her tight kiss her ruby lips goodnight
Don't do it and it won't be on your mind


Don't Drink From A Whiskey Bottle

   Hey bartender
   Pour a round for me
   I can't go home it's getting' late
   My baby don't love me
All you boys gather round
if whiskey rules your life
Stay out of bars and ol' pool halls
and marry you a wife
Trouble Trouble
will find you anyway
You're bound to die a drunkard's life
if you don't mind your ways
I had a girl she loved me true
I was livin' way to fast
Now I live in a whiskey dream
my end has come at last
One more thing I'll tell you
If you life gets out of hand
Don't drink from a whiskey bottle
You'll die a lonely man


Don't Ever Leave Me Darlin'

You are the one the one that I live for
I'd die if we were apart
My thoughts are with you when we're not together
Don't ever leave me darlin' don't ever break my heart.
Don't ever leave me darlin'
I'd die a million times
Your love means more than life to me
Yes I love you can't you see.
My thoughts wander back to the day I first saw you
I saw that you were the one
That was ten years ago and now I'm even fonder
Don't ever leave me darlin' or I'll be all alone


Don't Fence Me In

Wildcat Kelly was lookin' mighty pale
Standin by the sheriff's side
When that sheriff said I'm taking you to jail
Wildcat raised his head and cried
Oh give me land lots of land under starry skies above
don't fence me in
Let me ride through the wide open spaces that I love
don't fence me in
I want to be by myself in the evening breeze
Listen to the murmur of the cottonwood trees
Send me off forever but I ask you please
don't fence me in.
Just turn me loose and let me wander over yonder
where the purple mountains rise
On my kayoose let me straddle my old saddle
underneath the western skies
I want to ride to the range when the west commences
Howl at the moon 'til I lose my senses
I won't look at hobbles and I can't stand fences
don't fence me in


Don't Forget Me Little Darling

At my window sad and lonely
Often do I think of you
And I wonder little darling
If you're thinking of me to
   Don't forget me little darling
   When from you I'm far away
   But remember little darling
   We may meet again someday
You may meet with fairer faces
Some may tell you I'm not true
Don't believe them little darling
No one loves you as I do


Don't Forget This Song

My home's in old Virginia among the lovely hills
The memory of my birthplace lies in my bosom still
I did not like my fireside I did not like my home
I have a mind for rambling so far away from home
It was on one moonlight evening the stars were shinning bright
And with an ugly dagger I made the spirits fly
Twas then the sobber struck me as plain as you can see
I'm doomed I'm ruined forever throughout eternity
I courted a fair young lady her name I will not tell
Oh why should I disgrace her when I am doomed for hell
But now upon my scaffold my time's not very long
You may forget the singer but don't forget this song


Don't Get Above Your Raisin'

Now I got a gal that's sweet to me,
But she just ain't what she used to be
Just a little high headed; That's plain to see
Don't get above your raisin' Stay down to earth with me.
Now looky here gal don't you high head me
For I ain't forgot how you used to be
When you didn't have nothin' That was plain to see
Don't get above your raisin' Stay down to earth with me.
You need not hold your head so high
Every time you pass me by
For that don't mean nothin To me you see
Don't get above your raisin' Stay down to earth with me.
Now looky here gal you'd better be yourself
And leave that other stuff on the shelf
You're a country baby That's plain to see
Don't get above your raisin' Stay down to earth with me


Don't Give Your Heart To A Gambler

Don't fall in love with me darling I'm a rambler
   Although you're the sweetest sweetheart in this world
   It's all for your sake dear that I'm leaving
   Don't give your heart to a rambler little girl
I'd never had the blues my little darling
Or the lure of the road on my mind
I'm bound to hear the whistle of a freight train
And the boxcars as they rattle down the line
Yes I handed you a line and I'm sorry
You're just a little sweeter than the rest
Believe me when I say don't want to hurt you
Or do anything to mar your happiness


Don't Give Your Heart To A Rambler

   Don't fall in love with me darling I'm a rambler
   Although you're the sweetest sweetheart in this world
   It's all for your sake dear that I'm leaving
   Don't give your heart to a rambler, little girl
I handed you a line dear and I'm sorry
You're just a little sweeter that the rest
Believe me when I say I don't want to hurt you
Or do anything to mar our happiness
If I'd never had the blues, little darling
Or the lure of the road, dear on my mind
But I'm bound to hear the whistle of a freight train
And the boxcars as they rattle down the line


Don't Go Out Tonight

   Now don't go out tonight little darling
   Do not leave me here alone
   Stay at home with me my darling
   I'm so lonesome while you're gone
I hear a knockin' at my door
And a footstep on the floor
Now they're bringin' home my darling
Here he lies drunk upon the floor
Now he's dying yes he's dying
Soon I'll be left all alone
I pray that God's warm tender mercy
Will save him from a drunkard's doom


Don't Laugh

If I cry when I kiss you or when we say goodbye
Don't laugh don't laugh
If I say I'll always love you and I will 'til I die
Don't laugh don't laugh.
I could never find another there's no need for me to try
So I beg of you my darlin' please don't laugh if I cry
If I say I'll always love you and I will until I die
Don't laugh don't laugh.
Honest darlin' I'm not teasing when I say you are the best
Don't laugh don't laugh
And if you will take the chance I'm sure my love will stand the test
Don't laugh don't laugh.


Don't Let Smokey Mountain Smoke Get In Your Eyes

Don't let Smokey mountain smoke get in your eyes
If you do I'm tellin' you
You'll wan't to live there the rest of your life
If Smokey mountain smoke gets in your eyes
If you're looking for a place you will love
Smokey mountain Cherokee
The closest place to Heaven that I know of
Smokey mountain Tennessee
Gattlinburg precious jewel the mountain treasure
Smokey mountain paradise
You'll want to live in the smokies forever
If Smokey mountain smoke gets in your eyes


Don't Let Your Deal Go Down

Well, I've been all around this whole wide world
Been down to sunny Alabam
My mama always told me, Son
Never let your deal go down
   Don't let your deal go down
   Don't let your deal go down
   Don't let your deal go down
   Till your last gold dollar is gone
Well, the last time I seen that gal of mine
She was standing in the door
She said honey I'll be a long time gone
You'll never see your gal no more
Well, I'm going sown the railroad track
Gonna take my rocking chair
If there doggone blues don't leave my mind
I'm gonna run away from here


Don't Let Your Sweet Love Die

Don't let your sweet love die like flowers in the Fall
Don't take away the smile and leave the tears
My heart believes in you, please say you love me too
Don't leave me here to face the lonely years
I drifted all alone, no one to call my own
and then you came like an angel from the sky
You said we'd never part, don't leave and break my heart
Be mine alone, don't let your sweet love die
When flowers fade away they'll bloom again some day
Will you love me when the rosebuds open wide
Or is your kiss to be only a memory
I need you so, don't let your sweet love die
Don't let your sweet love die like flowers in the Fall
Without you life would seem like death to me
I've grown so used to you, I can't believe we're through
Don't say goodbye, don't let your sweet love die
I need you so, don't let your sweet love die


Don't Neglect the Rose

There stands a rose down in your garden
You left it there so all alone
It’s been neglected feels unwanted
Since no love to it is shown
 
It’s beauty now is fastly fading
Once it was the brightest red
It’s withering fast its head is bowing
And no kind words to it are said
 
Please don’t neglect the rose in your garden
Show it your love every day
Then it will bloom for you in all its beauty
And it will not fade away
 
I guess by now you know my story
Don’t neglect a love that’s true
For it may prove to be the sweetest flower
That will ever bloom for you
 
It could be a mother sister or brother
A husband wife or little child
Or it may be your own true lover
That you’ve neglected all the while


Don't Our Love Look Natural

We're gathered in this room today
To say our last goodbye
Friends and kin folk stay away
It's down to you and I
It's just a simple service
And much too late to say
Those tender words unspoken yesterday
   Now don't our love look natural lying there
   You could almost expect it to get right up and care
   It faded in it's prime and died before it's time
   Now don't our love look natural lying there
I know the day our love was born
But i don't know when it died
I think we could have saved it
But it seems nobody tried
A love like time can slip away
And vanish with the dawn
And you can't bring it back
No When it's gone


Don't Put Off 'til Tomorrow

You have no doubt in your mind
there's a heaven up above
And you mean to change before the end
But you hold onto treasures
you possessed here on earth
Feasting your soul on sin
   Don't put off 'til tomorrow what you can do today
   For tomorrow may be too late
   Sinner give your heart to Jesus won't you kneel down and pray
   For tomorrow may be too late
You say you'll change tomorrow
but tomorrow never comes
These words you keep repeating everyday
How sad will be the story
when you're laid in your grave
In torment forever you will pay
There's a wreck on the highway
there's blood on the road
That lifeless body lies cold
They'll never know Jesus
they've waited too long
They'll never live in that heavenly fold


Don't Say Goodbye If You Love Me

They tell me today you are going
Far away just to make you a name
They tell me that you're discontented
And that you are search-ing for fame
   Don't say goodbye if you love me
   For 'twould make my heart overflow
   Kiss my lips once ere you leave me
   Just don't say goodbye when you go
Somehow I can't realize we're parting
I have grown used to having you near
The strings in my heart love are breakin'
I just can't say good-bye to you dear
Each night as I kneel by my bedside
I will pray one sweet prayer for just for you
I will ask of the kind one in heaven
Just to make all your dreams dear come true


Don't Sell The Land

   Don't sell the land Mama
   Please don't sell the land
   My heart's in these hills Mama
   please don't sell the land
My Daddy he was born here, here in these hills
My Daddy's lying quiet now but he's with us still
Mama on your wedding day Daddy brought you here
Held you safely in his arms and promised his last share
I'll help you pay the taxes we still have some time
I'll farm that little furrow I'll work down in the mine
I know how hard it is Mama with eleven kids to feed
But we can still make it Mama if you will hear my plea
Don't worry about my schooling don't need it anyhow
I've got to fill my Daddy's shoes and I plan to start right now
I know you carried it all alone so Mama lean on me
We've lost the most important thing but we built a family


Don't Step Over An Old Love

All the things that we have done together
All the joys and sorrows that we've shared
Made me feel our love would last forever
Now I know you never really cared
Don't step over an old love
To get somebody new
Don't step over an old love
Who always has been true to you
When my back was turned he caught your fancy
And he turned an innocent affair
Into something more than just a friendship
While my dreams all crumbled in despair
Now you think you're happy with your new love
You don't think he's been untrue to you
Wait until you hear the whole town talking
Than you'll feel these heartaches like I do


Don't This Road Look Rough And Rocky

Darling, I have come to tell you
Though it almost breaks my heart
But before the morning darling
We'll be many miles apart
   Don't this road look rough and rocky
   Don't that sea look wide and deep
   Don't my baby look the sweetest
   When she's in my arms asleep
Can't you hear the night birds crying
Far across the deep blue sea
While of others you are thinking
Won't you sometimes think of me
One more kiss before I leave you
One more kiss before we part
You have caused me lots of trouble
Darling you have broke my heart


Don't Throw Your Life Away

You say you'll never be my wife cause you've done wrong in life
And from it all your heart is bruised and torn
But God will forgive you and darlin' I will too
But let me love you Don't throw your life away
He used your heart for his fun now the damage has been done
Don't wish that you had never been born
For the mistake has been made your love's too sweet to waste away
But let me love you Don't throw your life away
He treated you mean and cheap and your heart I know was deep
A rose you found was full of deadly thorns
He dragged your name beneath his feet and now he shuns you on the street
But let me love you don't throw your life away
Come into my waiting arms we'll fight life's bitter storms
My loving you I'm not sorry for
And if your love's not meant for me then wrong I'll always be
But let me love you don't throw your life away


Don't You Call My Name

You ran around you had your good times
You said you loved me just the same
When the chips are down and you get lonely
You come running back to me calling my name.
Don't you call my name 'cause I won't answer
Don't you call my name 'cause I won't be there
You cheated on me dear for your last time
Don't you call my name little girl 'cause I don't care.
I used to cry and wait for you dear
While you played your cheatin' game
It's your turn now just keep on cryin'
Can't hear you cry little girl
don't you call my name.


Don't You See That Train

Farewell sweetie mine I hate to see you go
Out into the cruel world alone
Hear the bell on that train hear the whistle blow
It's taking you and leaving me to mourn
   Don't you see that train dee-dee-dee
   See that train hey hey
   She's leaving she's leaving on that train
   Don't you see that train dee-dee-dee
   See that train hey hey
   And I'll never see my sweetheart again
I know well I know I did not treat her right
That is why I'm feeling sad and blue
Wo wo wo is me I'm left alone tonight
She's gone away but I still love her too
Hey hey what a day it's left me like a rag
Don't know what to do I feel so bad
Think I'll take a drink or two to drive my blues away
For if I don't I'll die because I'm sad


Dooley

Dooley was a good old man
He lived below the mill
Dooley had two daughters and a forty gallon still
One gal watched the boiler the other watched the spout
Mama corked the bottles when old Dooley fetched them out
   Dooley, slipping up the holler
   Dooley, trying to make a dollar
   Dooley, give me a swaller and I'll pay you back some day
The revenuers came for him a slipping through the woods
Dooley kept behind them all and never lost his goods
Dooley was a trader when into town he'd come
Sugar by the bushel and molasses by the ton
I remember very well the day old Dooley died
The women folk looked sorry and the men stood ‘round and cried
Now Dooley's on the mountain he lies there all alone
They put a jug beside him and a barrel for a stone


Down Among The Budded Roses

Little sweetheart we have parted
from each other we must go
Many miles may separate us
in this world of care and woe
But I can't forget the promise
that you made me in the lane
When you said we'd be together
when the roses bloom again
Down among the budded roses
I am nothing but a stem
I have parted from my darling
never more to meet again
But I treasure dear your promise
that you'll meet me in the lane
Where we'll always be together;
when the roses bloom again
Now this parting gives me sorrow
and it almost breaks my heart
Tell me darling will you love me
when we meet no more to part
Or will this parting be forever
will there be no coming day
When our hearts will be united
and all sorrows pass away
Darling meet me up in Heaven
that's my true and earnest prayer
If you love me here on earth dear
then I'm sure you'll love me there
There our hearts will be united
free from every pain and care
In the land of life eternal
in that city bright and fair


Down At The End Of Memory Lane

Down at the end of Memory lane
Many have walked it in gladness
I was the one to walk it last
I walked it alone in sadness
I received a letter from my love
Opened it and this is what it said
I am sorry if I hurt you but now it is too late
For another man my darling I have wed
I remember her sweet smiling face
And her little freckled nose
And her golden hair hanging down her back
Tied with a big blue ribbon bow
We were childhood chums together there
I loved her with all my heart and soul
But she married another without a thought or care
And she left me in this world alone and cold
You have heard of the weeping willow
Of that weeping willow tree
And when I die I want you to bury me
Beneath that weeping willow tree
When I'm dead and buried love
Never no more in this world to see
There is one request grant me darling
Won't you see that my grave is kept clean


Down Down Down

   I'm going down down down    going down down down
   I've got nobody to love me now
   I'm sorrow bound bound bound  since you left this town
   Since you left I'm going down down down.
Now why do I always feel so lonely
And why do I hang my head so low
I love you my darlin' and you only
Don't know where you are but there I've got to go.
Now what were so many of your reasons
Now could it be you never gave us time
Well in your heart if you desired a new love
If so then your love is not worth mine.


Down In Caroline

In the shadow of the pines
Lives a girl and I know that she is mine
Life's worth livin' any time
Down in Caroline.
It's no matter where I roam
she'll be waitin' there I know
And I'll find that gal of mine
down in Caroline
She is waiting there for me
Soon her smile I know I will see
She's all mine where I can be
Down in Caroline
Curly hair and eyes of blue
And a heart of love all for you
And I know her love is true
Down in Caroline
Arms that hold me close and tight
And lips that kiss me goodnight
And I know her love is right
Down in Caroline


Down In The Valley

Down in the valley valley so low
Hang your head over hear the wind blow
Hear the wind blow dear hear the wind blow
Hang your head over hear the wind blow.
Roses love sunshine violets love dew
Angels in heaven know I love you
Know I love you dear know I love you
Angels in heaven know I love you.
If you don't love me love whom you please
Throw your arms 'round me give my heart ease
Give my heart ease love give my heart ease
Throw your arms round me give my heart ease.
Build me a castle forty feet high
So I can see him as he rides by
As he rides by love as he rides by
So I can see him as he rides by.
Write me a letter send it by mail
Send it in care of Birmingham jail
Birmingham jail love Birmingham jail
Send it in care of Birmingham jail.


Down In The Willow Garden

Down in the willow garden where me and my love did meet
There we sat a-courting my love fell off to sleep
I had a bottle of burgundy wine which my true love did not know
And there I poisoned that dear little girl down by the banks below
I drew my saber through her which was a bloody knife
I threw her in the river which was an awful sight
My father often told me that money would set me free
If I would murder that dear little miss whose name was Rose Connelly
Now he sits by his old cabin door a wiping his tear-brimmed eyes
Mourning for his only son out on the scaffold high
My race is run beneath the sun the devil is waiting for me
For I did murder that dear little girl whose name was Rose Connelly


Down The Road

Now down the road just a mile or two
Lives a little girl named Pearly Blue
About so high and her hair is brown
The Prettiest thing boys in this town
Now anytime you want to know
Where I'm going, down the road
Get my girl on the line
You'll find me there most any old time
Now everyday and Sunday too
I go to see my Pearly Blue
Before you hear that rooster crow
You'll see me headed down the road
Now old man Flatt he owned the farm
From the hog lot to the barn
From the barn to the rail
He made his living by carrying the mail
Now every time I get the blues
I walk the soles right off my shoes
I don't know why I love her so
That gal of mine lives down the road
Repeat First then Last


Down To The River To Pray

As I went down to the river to pray
Studying about that good old way
And who shall wear the starry crown
Good Lord show me the way
   Oh sisters let's go down
   Let's go down come on down
   Oh sisters let's go down
   Down to the river to pray
As I went down in the river to pray
Studying about that good old way
And who shall wear the robe and crown
Good Lord show me the way
   Oh brothers let's go down
   etcetera
As I went down to the river to pray
Studying about that good old way
And who shall wear the starry crown
Good Lord show me the way
   Oh fathers let's go down
   etcetera
As I went down to the river to pray
Studying about that good old way
And who shall wear the robe and crown
Good Lord show me the way
   Oh mothers let's go down
   etcetera
As I went down to the river to pray
Studying about that good old way
And who shall wear the starry crown
Good Lord show me the way
   Oh sinners let's go down
   etcetera
As I went down to the river to pray
Studying about that good old way
And who shall wear the robe and crown
Good Lord show me the way


Down To The Valley To Pray

As I went down to the valley to pray
Studying about the good ol' days
And who will wear the robe and crown
Oh Lord show me the way.
Oh (l.brother 2.sister; 3.father; 4.mother; 5.children)
Let's go down
Come on down won't you come on down
Oh (l.brother; 2.sister; 3.father; 4.mother; 5.children)
Let's go down
down to the valley to pray.


Down Where The River Bends

Its hard to keep tears out of my eyes
This might be our last goodbye
Our country calls you to defend a great land
So do your part just like a man
   Down where the river bends
   With god's help we'll meet again
   Under the same old sycamore tree
   Proud of each other and the land of the free
I go down to the ocean blue
Its just as close as I came to you
This old ocean might keep us apart
But it won't keep you dear out of my heart
If the worst should happen and the poppies should wave
Over your far distant, lonely grave
All the rest of my life I'll spend in prayer
I'll meet you in heaven there'll be no war there


Dream Of A Miner's Child

A miner was leaving his home for his work
When he heard his little child scream
He went to the side of the little child's bed
She said daddy I've had such a dream
   Oh daddy don't go to the mines today
   For dreams have so often come true
   Oh daddy oh daddy please don't go away
   For I never could live without you
I dreamed that the mines were all flaming with fire
And the miners all fought for their lives
Just then the scene changed and the mouth of the mine
Was covered with sweethearts and wives
Go down to the village and tell all your friends
That as sure as the bright sun does shine
There's something a going to happen there today
Oh daddy don't go to the mine


Dream Of Me

My life on the road has always been hard on me and you
And everytime we say goodbye it gets harder to do
But when I'm far away somewhere alone and a' missin' you starts
All I got to do is picture you and I can feel you in my heart
   So dream of me everytime you get to feelin' blue
   Dream of me and I'll be dreaming of you
I've been a lot of places but there's just no place like home
And I'm always on my way back to you every minute that I'm gone
So when you get to feelin' lonely just remember we won't always be apart
Close your eyes and think of me you can feel me in your heart
Jim and Jesse McReynolds; Music Among Friends


Dreaming

Dreaming of the arms that held me oh so tight
Dreaming of the smile I cherished day and night
Dreaming of the heart that never will be true
But I guess that's what I always will do
   Dreaming (dreaming) dreaming (dreaming)
   Dreaming of the love that never will be true
   Dreaming (dreaming) dreaming (dreaming)
   That is what I always will do
Dreaming of the lips that I love to kiss
Dreaming of the charm I never can resist
Dreaming of the word you spoke that wasn't true
But I guess that's what I always will do
East Ohio Grass; Remembers Hal James
Doyle Lawson; I'll Wander Back Someday


Dreaming Of A Little Cabin

In dreams of yesterday I wandered
Back to my little cabin door.
I strolled beside an old rock garden
And saw familiar scenes once more.
I heard the organ softly playing
Its music came so sweet and low.
And I heard my mother sweetly singing
As oft I did so long ago.
   I was dreaming of a little cabin
   And I heard somebody call my name.
   I Looked and saw a sweet old lady
   And it seemed I was a child again.
   She gently put her arms around me
   And kissed her little boy once more.
   I knew it was the same sweet mother
   That had kissed me many times before
I heard her sing the "Rock of Ages"
And "Silver Threads Among the Gold".
She told me once again of Jesus
Within that little cabin fold.
She opened up her faded Bible
Where the family records used to be
And I knew it was the same sweet mother
That years ago had cradled me.
An orphan through this world I wander
Since mother left the old homestead.
No one to pray for me at twilight
No place to lay my weary head.
I miss her voice so gently calling
I miss her precious guiding hand.
But I know that when I reach God's city
I'll hear her call my name again.


Dreams

I had a dream of you the other night dear
A dream I could not live in true life I fear
You talked with a friend of mine so lovingly
Oh God, oh God a crazy dream please let it be
   Dreams, dreams of you dear
   Tears, tears are so sincere
   Love, love that I can’t hide
   These dreams are breakin’ down all my pride
While music played he danced and held you oh so tight
The same way we did when our love was young and bright
Then he kissed you under lights that were so dim
I couldn’t stand to see you there alone with him
I realize a dream is only fantasy
But tell me why these dreams seem so real to me
Every night I have this same old misery
I guess it’s just because of all my jealousy


Drifting Too Far From The Shore

Out on the perilous deep
Where dangers silently creep
And storms so violently sweep
You're drifting too far from the shore
   Drifting too far from the shore
   Drifting too far from the shore
   Come to Jesus today, let him show you the way
   Drifting too far from the shore
Today the tempest rolls high
And clouds overshadow the sky
Sure death is hovering nigh
Drifting too far from the shore


Drifting With The Tide

As my boat draws near the harbor
Knowing soon that you'll be mine
But if another has you darling
I'll go drifting with the tide
   I have crossed the great wide ocean
   I have waited for the time
   But if another has you darling
   I'll go drifting with tide
A long, long time has passed my darling
Since that night you made those vows
I know my heart would break with sorrow
If you should say it's over now
I'm in love with you my darling
And I'm praying you'll be mine
But if you change your mind my darlin
I'll go driftin with the tide


Drink Up And Go Home

You sit there a-crying, crying in your beer
You say you've got troubles, my friend listen here
Don't tell me your troubles got enough of my own
Be thankful you're living, drink up and go home
   I'm fresh out of prison, six years in the pen
   Lost my wife and family, no one to call friend
   Don't tell me your troubles, got enough of my own
   Be thankful you're living, drink up and go home
Back there sets a blind man, so blind he can't see
Yet he's not complaining, why should you or me?
Don't tell me your troubles, got enough of my own
Be thankful you're living, drink up and go home


Driving Nails In My Coffin

My sweetheart is gone and I'm so lonely
She said that she and I were through
I started out a-drinking for a past time
Driving nails in my coffin over you
   I'm driving nails in my coffin
   Even time I drink a bottle of booze
   I'm just driving nail in my coffin
   Driving nails in my coffin over you
Now ever since the day that we parted
I've been so sad so blue
I can't help thinkin' about her
And I just can't quit drinkin' that old booze
Well you turned me down you don't want me
There's nothing more I can do
I'll be driving nails in my coffin
Worrying' my darlin' over you


Drunkard's Hell

It was on one dark and starless night
I heard and saw an awful sight
The lighting flashed and the thunder roared
All around the drunkard's feet
I started home to change my life
To see my long neglected wife
I found her kneeling by her bed
She said our darling baby was dead
I took her by her trembling hand
She was so weak she could not stand
On bended knees I prayed a prayer
That God might save and protect us there
Who preached like Paul who once did say
Our sins have all been washed away
That whiskey stay as far from me
as the mountains are from the deep blue sea


Dust Bowl Children

Papa's name Hannibal Mama was a Hanamurai
Everything we owned got all burned up in the great depression fire
Strip mines and one crop farming drained the green earth dry
We lost it all but only love was left cause that's the one thing money can't buy
    Yeah we're all dustbowl children
    Singing a dust bowl children
    When the crops won't grow
    And the dust just blows
    When the green fields are gone
    When the green grass growing fields are gone
    When the green fields are gone
    When the green grass growing fields are gone
Well they say in California there's work of every kind
Well the only job I got out there was waiting in a welfare line
Well once I had a dollar once I had a dream
Now every kind of work is done by great machines


Dust On The Bible

I went to a home one day to see some friends of mine
Of all their books and magazines not a Bible could I find
I asked them for the Bible when they brought it what a shame
For the dust was covered o'er it not a finger print was plain
   Dust on the Bible dust on the Holy Word
   The words of all our prophets and the sayings of our Lord
   Of all the other books you'll find there's none salvation holds
   Get that dust off the Bible and redeem your poor your soul
You can read your magazines read of love and tragfic things
But not one word of Bible verse not a scripture do you know
When it is the very truth and its contents good for you
But if dust is covered o'er it it is sure to doom your soul
If you have a friend you'd like to help along life's way
Just tell him that the Good Book shows a mortal how to pray
The best advice to give him that will make his burden light
Is to dust the family Bible crade the wrong way for the right


Dying A Sinner's Death

Here I lay upon my dying pillow
Around my bed there's someone getting dark
They are watching the saddest thing that can happen
They are seeing a sinner as he dies
As death's cold shadow hovers o'er me
To all sinners I plead with my last breath
Don't shun the work of God that's what I've done
And tonight I'm dying a sinner's death
No one can know until he faces it
How bad dying a sinner can be
I'm facing it now as I plead with you
Don't let it be with you as it is with me
My eyes feel so heavy as death claims me
No one can truthfully say I'm going to rest
When you look upon my face please have pity
Yes pity and hope for the best


Dying Californian

Lay up nearer brother nearer
For my limbs are growing cold
And thy presence seemeth dearer
When thine arms around me fold
I am dying brother dying
Soon you`ll miss me in your berth
For my form will soon be lying
`Neath the ocean`s briny surf
Tell my father when you see him
That in death I prayed for him
Prayed that I might only meet him
In a world that`s free from sin
Tell my mother God assist her
Now that she is growing old
That her child would glad have kissed her
When his lips grew pale and cold
Listen brother catch each whisper
`Tis my wife I speak of now
Tell oh tell her how I miss her
As the fever burns my brow
Tell her she must kiss my children
Like the kiss I last impressed
Hold them as when last I held them
Held them closely to my breast


Dying Mother, The

On a cold winter's eve as the snowflakes were falling
In a low humble cottage a poor mother lay
Although wracked with pain as she lay there contented
With her Savior, her Friend and peace with Him made
   We will all meet again on that great Judgment morning
   The books will be open, the roll will be called
   Oh how sad it will be if forever we're parted
   While some rise to Glory while others stand the Fall
Oh that mother of yours has gone o'er the river
And you promised you'd meet her while knelt by her bed
As the death sweat rolled off and fell down on her pillow
Oh, her mem'ry still lives although she is dead
You remember the kiss and the last words she uttered
Oh the arms that embraced you are with you no more
As you stand by her grave teardrops fall on her casket
And you vowed there to meet her on that happy shore


Dying Soldier, The

The sun was slowly sinking or the hilltops far away
The land was endless beauty where the dying soldier lay
Tears were streaming down his face as he slowly raised his head
And these were the dying words he said
   Oh carry me back to old Tennessee
   Let this be my last repose
   Lay my feet beneath while I lie
   Lay my head beneath the rose
Take this message to my mother for I know she's old and gray
At home I know she's waiting for her boy's return some day
Oh my mother I've come through for my country and for you
And I'm dying for the red white and blue
O'er the hills of Tennessee where the wild wind wonders free
There's a little girl waiting there for me
Tell her that the rose she gave me will be placed upon my grave
In memory of her soldier brave


Each Night I Dream of You Darling

Would you never call me darlin
Do you believe all those lies
Will you break my heart darlin
When you say your last goodbye
    Each night I dream of you darlin
    Those sparkling eyes of heavenly blue
    Please tell me that you still love me
    I could never love no one but you
Many nights we strolled together
Down lover's land you and me
There you whispered that you loved me
No other's darlin you would be
I will give you back your letters
And your picture stained with tears
It would be so hard my darlin'
To go on without you through the years


Each Season Changes You

It was springtime when I found you like a flower
And our love grew warmer with the summer sun
In the fall I soon could see your love was changing
Broke my heart to see what wintertime had done
   Like the weather your heart changes with each season
   Springtime, summer, fall, and winter too
   Though I know I'll never understand the reason
   I still wonder why each season changes you
Come spring, you said that you were sorry
And the summer brought a golden memory
In the fall again, I saw your love was changing
And the winter brought the same old misery


East Bound Freight Train

I never was so lonesome for my home town
Seems I never was so far away
Now I can here the freight train a blowing
I'll be gone before the break of day
I'll have to quit my daily rambling
Tonight I'm gonna start my journey back
Sitting on the top an old box car
Sailing down that silvery stream of track
East bound freight train east bound freight train
Take me home again
East bound freight train east bound freight train
Let me stay 'til the end
Now I'll never stray from my home town
Never leave again to roam
I know that I was born to wander
But I'm gonna stick around my home
Now I see the smoke a rolling
Out on that old smoke stack
I'm sitting on the top of an old box car
Sailing down that silvery stream of track


East Virginia Blues

I was born in East Virginia
North Carolina I did go
There I courted a fair young maiden
But her age I did not know
Oh her hair was dark and curly
And her cheeks were rosy red
On her breast she wore a lilly
Where I longed to lay my head
Molly dear, go ask your mother
If you my bride might ever be
If she says no, come back and tell me
And I'll run away with thee
No I'll not go ask my mother
Where she lies on her bed of rest
In her hand she holds a dagger
To kill the man that I love best
The ocean's deep and I can't wade it
And I have no wings to fly
I'll just get some blue-eyed boatman
For to row me o'er the tide
I'll go back to East Virginia
North Carolina ain't my home
I'll go back to East Virginia
Leave old North Carolina alone
I don't want your green back dollar
I don't want your watch and chain
All I want is you my darling
Say you'll take me back again
For you know I'd like to see you
At my door you're welcome in
At my gate I'll always greet you
For you're the girl I tried to win


Eating Out Of Your Hand

Eating out of your hand you think you've got me on string
You've fooled me more then once but let me tell you just one thing
Someday I'll leave you woman then you'll understand
A man can only take so much of eating out of your hand.
I'm tired of eating out of your hand I'm tired of getting told
These blues are leaving me as of now I'l1 be the one so bold
You better walk the chalk line and let this poor man be
Or else you'll find yourself alone footloose and fancy free.
When I come home you're waiting to question what I've done
You have my free time planned for me I work from sun to sun
If only you would realize that old stuff gets old
A man likes just a little time that he can call his own.
You're oh so domineering your wish is my command
Your jealous heart won't let me live you boss me and demand
New clothes a diamond ring so fine a Cadillac is grand
On payday I'm your victim and I'm eating out of your hand.
Bill Harrel; Live At McClure
Bill Harrel; Twenty Bluegrass Originals
Bill Harrel; Reno and Harrel
Bill Harrel; Tally Ho


Eight More Miles To Louisville

I've traveled o'er this country wide seeking fortune fair
Up and  down the two coast lines I've traveled everywhere
From Portland East to Portland West back along the line
I'm going now to the place that's best that old hometown of mine
   Eight more miles and Louisville will come into my view
   Eight more miles on this old road and I'll never more be blue
   I knew some day that I'd come back I knew it from the start
   Eight more miles to Louisville the hometown of my heart
There's bound to be a gal somewhere that you like best of all
Mine lives down in Louisville she's long and she is tall
But she's the kind that you can't find a traveling through the land
I'm on my way this very day to win her heart and hand
Now I can picture in my mind a place we'll call our home
A humble little hut for two we'll never want to roam
The place that's right for that love sight is in those bluegrass hills
Where gently flows the Ohio by a place called Louisville


Eight Thirty Blues

It's eight-thirty now I'm still waiting for you
I  wonder where you can be
You promised to come home but now I'm all alone
And I've got those eight thirty blues
You better stop your rambling and stay in your place
Or else I won't be waiting for you
But if you won't listen just do as you please
I won't have those eight thirty blues
It's eight thirty now but you don't seem to care
How long I've waited for you
Sweetheart when you get home you'll find you're all alone
Then you'll have those eight thirty blues


Eighteen Wheels

I can't believe you told me you don't love me anymore
'Cause I stayed out on the road too much to care
But ain't I gotta make a living and it's the only thing I know
To feed the kids and buy the clothes you wear
But if you think you'd be better off with someone else beside you
Pack your things and get on out the door
When I service up my rig and I'll find out where I'm going
I don't think I want to see you anymore
When I put eighteen wheels on the highway
And the freight yard fades out of sight
I put you farther from my mind with each grindin' of the gears
I'll be holdin' someone else tomorrow night
There's a pretty girl waitin' down in Monroe
Who'll meet me at the docks when I get in
When I'll put eighteen wheels on the highway this time
I ain't never coming back to you again.
All I ever wanted when I come in off the road
Was a few kind words to make me feel at home
And a hug from all the children wife beside the door
To let me know they missed me while I's gone.
But you never once was with me
and I've known for oh so long
It's a different road we're travelin'
you and I
Don't you try to fool me with your tears
cryin' don't become you
There ain't nothin' you can do but say good-bye


Emotions

Emotions are making me care more for you
I've found a heart I know will always be so true
But still dearest darling I feel kinda blue
Keep wondering if someday somehow I might lose you.
Emotions are making me long for your kiss
For safe in your arms I know heavenly bliss
Emotions in my heart are calling for you
If you confess I bet you have emotions too.
Emotions can bring you much sorrow and pain
Emotions can be the sunshine after rain
Emotions are charged with the power of fate
These same emotions make you love or make you hate.


End Of Memory Lane

Down at the end of memory lane
There's many who have walked it in gladness
I was the one who walked it last
I walked it alone in sadness
I received a letter from my love
I opened it and this is what it said
I'm sorry if hurt you but now it is too late
For another man my darliung I have wed
I remember her sweet little face
And her little freckled nose
With her golden hair hanging down her back
Tied with a big blue ribbon bow
We were pals and chums together there
I loved her with all my heart and soul
But she married another without a thought or care
And she left me in this world alone and cold


End Of The Line

True love it has been untill now dear
They tell me that true love is blind
But right now I see It's as plain as can be
You've come to the end of the line
You thought you would leave me broken hearted
You thought you would leave me way behind
Well I've paid my fare you've had more than your share
You've come to the end of the line
You've rode for half fare until now dear
But you boarded the wrong bus this time
So I have a transfer for you
well you made me blue
You've come to the end of the line
You thought you would leave me broken hearted
You thought you that would break this heart of mine
Well I've had enough you can pack up your stuff
You've come to the end of the line
Well I've had enough
you can pack up your stuff
You've come to the end of the line


End of the Road

Soon I'll lay my burden down and I'll wear a starry crown
I'll be happy at the end of the road
Where there's never grief or pain everyone will be the same
What a meetin' at the end of the road
 
Life is often hard to bear many worries woes and cares
And we often wonder how we bear the load
But there is a better way Jesus went and paved the way
What a meetin' at the end of the road
 
Now don't walk this road of sin, let the savior enter in
Let him lead you to his blessed abode
Where there is no other way and he'll call you any day
What a meetin' at the end of the road
 
Soon I'll lay my burden down and I'll wear a starry crown
I'll be happy at the end of the road
Where there's never grief or pain everyone will be the same
What a meetin' at the end of the road


Endless Highway

Endless highway as far as I can see
The road will take me back to her tonight
It's been so long since I've seen her smile
I'll be counting all the miles 'til I get home.
   How many hours 'til I hold her?
   How many days before we hit the road again?
   Endless highway
   she don't know how much I miss her
Headed down this road and bound for Tennessee.
Lonesome feeling deep inside my heart
Longing for this weary night to end
I'll think about her try to keep my tired eyes open
Come the morning light I'll be back home again.


Engine 143

Along came the F15 the swiftest on the line
Running o'er the C&O road just twenty minutes behind
Running into Cevile head porters on the line
Receiving their strict orders from a station just behind
Georgie's mother came to him with a bucket on her arm
Saying my darling son be careful how you run
For many a man has lost his life in trying to make lost time
And if you run your engine right you'll get there just on time
Up the road he darted against the rocks he crushed
Upside down the engine turned and Georgie's breast did smash
His head was against the firebox door the flames are rolling high
I'm glad I was born for an engineer to die on the C&O road
The doctor said to Georgie my darling boy be still
Your life may yet be saved if it is God's blessed will
Oh no said George that will not do I want to die so free
I want to die for the engine I love one hundred and forty three
The doctor said to Georgie your life cannot be saved
Murdered upon a railroad and laid in a lonesome grave
His face was covered up with blood his eyes they could not see
And the very last words poor Georgie said was nearer my God to thee


Evening Bells Are Ringing

Moonlight shinning over Dixie
To my heart will ever bring
Dreams of snowy fields of cotton
Everywhere the darkies sing
   In the evening in the moonlight
   In dear old Tennessee
   And the evening bells are ringing
   Across the hills so tenderly
Moonlight makes me sigh for you dear
Makes me long to hold your hand
I know I'm missing hugs and kisses
Far away from Dixieland
My darling come come I am waiting
Come let me hold you very near
We'll build a bower among the flowers
Growing down in Dixieland


Evening Train, The

I heard the laughter at the depot
But my tears fell like the rain
When I saw them place the casket
In the baggage coach of the evening train
The baby's eyes were red from weepin
His little heart is filled with pain
Oh dad he cried they're takin mama
Away from us on the evening train
I turned to walk away from the depot
It seems I heard here call my name
Take care of baby and tell him daring
That I'm goin home on the evening train
I pray that god will give me courage
To carry on til we meet again
It's hard to know she's gone forever
They're carryin her home on the evening train
I heard the laughter at the depot
But my tears fell like the rain
When I saw them place the casket
In the baggage coach of the evening train


Every Time You Say Good-Bye

Look at the sky baby what do you see?
Looks like the tears that I've cried
Falling down like rain on the ground
Every time you say good-bye.
Take a look around now why don't you feel
The way the cold wind stings and blinds
And each time we part like arrows through your heart
Every time you say good-bye.
   There's a restless feeling knocking at my door today
   There's a shadow hanging 'round my garden gate
   I read between the lines of words you can't disguise
   Love has gone away and put these tears in my eyes.
Look at the sky baby see how it cries
Ain't it just like my tears
Falling down like rain on the ground
Every time you say good-bye.


Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven

Everybody wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die
Lord I wanna go to heavenbut I don't wanna die
I long for the day that I'll have a new birth 'stead of grievin' here on earth
Everybody wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die.
Once upon a time there was a man his name was Heas-i-kie
He walked with God both day and night but he didn't want to die
He cried Oh Lord, please let me live, oh, mend these broken bones
God smiled down on Heasikie and gave him fifteen years to go.
When Jesus walked upon this earth he knew his father's friends
He knew that he must give his life to save the soul of man
When Judas had betrayed him his father heard his cry
He was brave enough unto his death but he didn't want to die.
Earl Scruggs Revue;  Live At Kansas State


Face Lost In The Crowd

I am a face lost in the crowd
A defeated man no one cares about
For the dreams I've had are gone somehow
I'm just a face lost in the crowd
All hopes of wealth and fame are gone
And darkness looms where the sun once shone
No light is there the fire's burned out
And I'm just a face lost in the crowd
The tears I've shed now blur my eyes
The friends I've known would not recognize
This broken man with no way out
I'm just a face lost in the crowd


Faded Coat Of Blue

My brave boy sleeps in his faded coat of blue
In a lonely grave unknown lies a heart that beats so true
He sank faint and hungry among the famished brave
And they laid him sad and lonely within a nameless grave
   No more the bugle calls oh weary one
   Rest noble spirits in their graves unknown
   For we'll find you and know you among the good and true
   Where a robe of white is given for a faded coat of blue
He cried "Give me water and just a little crumb
And my mother she will bless you through all the years to come
And tell my sweet sister so gentle good and true
That I'll meet her up in Heaven in my faded coat of blue"
No dear one was nigh him to close his mild blue eyes
No gentle voice was by him to give him sweet replies
No stone marks the lonely sod on a lad so brave and true
In a lonely grave he's sleeping in his faded coat of blue


Faded Flowers

The flowers I saw in the wildwood
Have since dropped their beautiful leaves
And the many dear friends of my childhood
Have slumbered many years in their graves
But the bloom of the flowers I remember
Though their smiles I may never more see
For the cold chilly winds of December
Stole my flowers' companions from me
   It's no wonder that I'm broken hearted
   And stricken with sorrow should be
   For we have met we have loved we have parted
   My flowers companions and me
How dark looks this world and how dreary
When we part from the ones that we love
There is rest for the faint and the weary
And friends to meet with loved ones above
For in heaven I can but remember
When from earth my soul shall be free
There no cold chilly winds of December
Shall steal my companions from me


Faded Love

As I look at the Ietters that you wrote to me
It's you that I'm thinking of
As I read the lines that to me were so sweet
I remember our faded love
I miss you darling more and more every day
As heaven would miss the stars above
With every heartbeat I still think of you
And remember our faded love.
As I think of the past and all the pleasures we had
As I watch the mating of the dove
It was in the springtime that you said good-bye
I remember our faded love.
Patsy Cline;  Live At The Opry
Bob Wills; For The Last Time
The Osborne Brothers; Up This Hill And Down


Faded Love and Winter Roses

Faded love and winter roses
Always bloom in memory
Faded love and winter roses
Yearning hearts that used to be
    Will they meet again tomorrow
    Where they parted yesterday
    Give me back the winter roses
    And the love you took away
Faded love and winter roses
Spring forth with a lonely tear
Faded love and winter roses
Still recall these yesteryears
    Will I always be a dreamer
    Dreamin of a used to be
    Faded love and winter roses
    Bloom and die in memory


Fair And Tender Ladies

Come all ye fair and tender ladies
Take warning how you court your men
They're like a star on a summer morning
They first appear and then they're gone
They'll tell to you some loving story
And they'll make you think that they love you well
And away they'll go and court some other
And leave you there in grief to dwell
I wish I was on some tall mountain
Where the ivy rocks were black as ink
I'd write a letter to my false true lover
Whose cheeks are like the morning pink
I wish I was a little sparrow
And I had wings to fly so high
I'd fly to the arms of my false true lover
And when he'd ask, I would deny
Oh love is handsome, love is charming
And love is pretty while it's new
But love grows cold as love grows older
And fades away like morning dew


Falling Leaves

Falling leaves that lie scattered on the ground
The birds and flowers that were here now can't be found
All his friends that he oince had are not around
They are scattered like the leaves upon the ground.
Some folks drift along through life and never thrill
To the feeling that a good deed brings until
It's too late and they are ready to lie down
Beneath the leaves there scattered on the ground.
Lord let my eyes see every need of every man;
Let me stop and always lend a helping hand
Then when I'm laid beneath that mossy ground
There'll be more friends around than leaves upon the ground.
To your grave there's no use taking any gold;
It's no use when it's time for hands to fold.
When you leave this world for a better home some day
The only thing you'll take is what you gave away.


Far Cry

I remember the face of an angel
The love that was faithful and true
I left that dear girl in the mountains
For a ramblin’ life empty and blue
Sweet roses bloom where they’re layin’
Wild flowers seed on the wind
That valley was closer to heaven
Than any place this poor fool has been
   It’s a far cry from here to Virginia
   But I’d crawl every inch of that ground
   My teardrops fall like rain on the roof
   For that Blue Ridge home where I’m bound
This highway’s a ribbon of lonesome
Don’t care where I lay my head down
For ten years it’s died broken hearted
My sweet mountain darlin’ is gone
I remember the face of an angel


Farewell Nellie

Farewell Nellie farewell darling
Soon with strangers I must roam
Don't forget the one that loves you
Far away from friends and home
     Fly across the ocean birdie
     Fly across the deep blue sea
     Take this message to my darling
     She'll be glad to hear from me
You have told me that you love me
But you haven't proved it true
So I'll go and court some other
That will love me more than you
When the whippoorwills are singing
Across the dark and lonely sea
When you're thinking of ten thousand
Will you sometimes think of me
How my heart is filled with sorrow
And my eyes are filled with tears
No I'll not forget you darling
If I live ten thousand years


Farewell, Nellie

Farewell, Nellie, farewell, darling
Soon with strangers I must roam
Don't forget the one that loves you
Far away from friends and home
   Fly across the ocean, birdie
   Fly across the deep, blue sea
   Take this message to my darling
   She'll be glad to hear from me
You have told me that you love me
But you have unproved true
So I'll go and court some other
That will love more than you
When the whippoorwills are singing
Across the dark and lonely sea
When you're thinking of 10,000
Will you sometimes think of me
How my heart is filled with sorrow
And my eyes are filled with tears
So I'll not forget you, darling
If I live 10,000 years


Farther Along

   Farther along we'll know more about it
   Farther along we'll understand why
   Cheer up my brother live in the sunshine
   We'll understand it all by and by
Tempted and tried will oft make you wonder
Why it should be thus all the day long
While there are others living about us
Never molested though in the wrong
When death has found and taken our loved ones
Leaving our home so lonely and dreary
Then do we wonder why others prosper
Living so wicked year after year


Fastest Grass Alive

P. Craft
I
The most wanted fastest grass alive
V
Livin'  somewhere on that mountain side
I                                IV
Finger picking good Kentucky fried
V                                      I
Wanted  the fastest grass alive
Up Rocky Top there live the Breaden brothers
Alvis
Rufus
Festus
Fred and little Will
They lay that bluegrass down
Slicker than a blue tip hound
And smoother than the moonshine from their still
Chorus
They were the five most wanted men
Since their reputation reached the county seat
Now the sheriff he cused his men
He said I'm gonna help one of your boys
Roy
I'll send him up to my recording company
Chorus
The sheriff sent a posse up that mountain
He said place that bunch of boys under arrest
But the posse went stone blind over music and moonshine
They're still up there and friend
They ain't come down the mountain yet
Chorus
Chorus
The Osborne Brothers; Once More Vol 1 and 2


Fate Of Dewey Lee, The

Twas on one Saturday evening
About the hour of ten
In a little mining town
Where trouble did begin
Everybody there were drinking
There were whiskey everywhere
Dewey Lee got to thinking
He had no business there
He was so tall and handsome
His heart so true and brave
Joe Jenkins pulled his pistol
And sent him to his grave
He took the life of Dewey
When life had just began
And Dewey went to Heaven
While Joe went to the pen
He took the life of Dewey
Because he would not tell
We know he murdered Dewey
For Dewey's pistol fell
His mother sits now weepin'
She weeps and mourns all day
She prays to meet her boy
In a better world some day
So hearken to my story
And what I have to say
Get right with your Maker
We'll meet Him again some day
The clerk said, "Stand up, boy
And listen to your crime!"
They sent him down to Richmond
To serve out his time
Young men all take warning
For this you must outlive
Don't take the life of anyone
For life you cannot give
You may possess great riches
Put many beneath the sod
But money won't hire a lawyer
When you stand before your God


Father Son and Holy Ghost

He was the blessed father of Abraham
Brought his people to the promised land
Poured milk and honey at their feet
Told them to ask they shall recieve
    Do you know the father son and the holy ghost
    The prince of peace and the heavenly host
    He delivered us from sin and he'll come this way again
    Do you know the father son and the holy ghost
He cured the blind the sick and the deaf
He raised poor Lazarus up from the dead
Turned pure water into wine
And sent his only son to die
When you know these miracles to be true
Trust what the Lord has in store for you
Believe me my friend you best get right
Cause this could be the night we all take flight


Festival Love

We were standing 'round picking some bluegrass
I'd had me a half dozen beers
A bottle of Jack in my pocket in back
I hadn't felt that good in years
She was standing there picking the banjo
Picking and looking just fine
My heart it went wild when she looked and smiled
And passed me her bottle of wine
It was festival love in the moonlight
As sure as the stars shone above
And there in a flash I was feeling such passion
( At three in the morning it came without warning)
That old demon festival love
She asked for a drink of my whiskey
And I bummed her last cigarette
The sparks they were flying as we strolled towards the pines
Playing banjo and fiddle duets
We played there for nearly an hour
And I put my hand on her knee
In just half a second we were necking and pecking
All around on the ground 'neath that tree
chorus
We started for her tent together
When the world seemed to twist and to veer
I insulted my shoes with three kinds of booze
And passed out at the feet of my dear
I awoke from my booze induced slumber
The sunlight was hurting my eyes
I was shocked to discover my festival lover
Had her arm around some other guy
It was festival love in the daylight
As sure as the sun shone above
But I knew in my sorrow there was always tomorrow
For that old demon festival love


Fields Have Turned Brown, The

I left my old home to ramble this country
My mother and dad said son don't go wrong
Remember that God will always watch o'er you
And we will be waiting for you here at home
   Son don't go astray was what they both told me
   Remember that love for God can be found
   But now they're both gone this letter just told me
   For years they've been dead, the fields have turned brown
For many long years this world I have rambled
No thoughts of the day when I would return
Now as I go home and find no one waiting
The price I have paid to live and to learn


Fifty Miles Of Elbow Room

Twelve hundred miles its length and breadth
Before it's where fifty stands
It's gin ? set walls of jasper shine
Not made with human hands
One hundred miles its gates are wide
Abundance entrance there
With fifty miles of elbow room
On either side to spare
   When the gates swing wide on the other side
   Just beyond the sunset sea
   There'll be room to spare as we enter there
   Room for you  and room for me
   For the gates are wide on the other side
   Where the flowers ever bloom
   On the right hand on the left hand
   Fifty miles of elbow of elbow room
Sometimes I'm cramped and crowded here
And long for elbow room
I want to reach for altitude
Where fair flowers bloom
It wont be long til I shall pass
Into that city fair
With fifty miles of elbow room
On either side to spare


Fifty Miles of Elbow Room

Twelve hundred miles its length and breadth
The four square city stands
It's gem set walls of jasper shine
Not made by human hands
One hundred miles its gates are wide
Abundance entrance there
With fifty miles of elbow room
On either side to spare
   When the gates swing wide on the other side
   Just beyond the sunset sea
   There'll be room to spare as we enter there
   Room for you and room for me
   For the gates are wide on the other side
   Where the flowers ever bloom
   On the right hand on the left hand
   Fifty miles of elbow room
Sometimes I'm cramped and crowded here
And long for elbow room
I want to reach for altitude
Where fair flowers bloom
It won't be long til I shall pass
Into that city fair
With fifty miles of elbow room
On either side to spare
 


Find 'Em Fool 'Em And Leave 'Em Alone

Now boys gather 'round take a tip from me
I'm sure that you will all agree
If you let a gal fool you with fate
You'll soon be swinging on the golden gate
You'll miss out on all the fun
If you make love to only one
You'd better take heed to my little song
Find 'em fool 'em and leave 'em alone
That little love bug is the cutest thing
At first its sweet but it makes its sting
You'll find the wound is hard to treat
Be sure you play this little game neat
Now if you find a gal you like
Just date her once but no more than twice
If you don't watch her little ways
She'll spoil your happy ramblin' day


Fireball Mail

Here she comes, look at her go
There she goes, eaten that coal
Watch her fly, look at her sail,
Let her by, by, by, the Fireball Mail
Let her go, look at her steam,
Here the low, whistle and scream
Like a hound dog wagging its tail,
Let her by, by, by, the Fireball Mail
Engineer, making up time,
Tracks are clear, look at her climb
See that freight, clear the rail,
I'll bet she's late, late, late, the Fireball Mail
Watch her swerve, look at her sway,
Get that curve out of the way
Watch her fly, look at her sail,
Let her by, by, by, the Fireball Mail


First Whippoorwill, The

Springtime is near my darling
You say that you are going away
My heart will be with you my darling
And I’m counting now the days
   I know that soon I’ll have to travel
   I know I’m over the hill
   I feel so all alone my darling said she’d be gone
   When I heard that first whippoorwill
The flowers are blooming little darling
With the budding of the trees
I hear the night birds a crying
I know that they are warning me
Our love was planted little darling
Just like the farmer plants his grain
But there will never be a harvest
On the hills the whippoorwills now sing


Flame in my Heart

You cheated on me I tried to be fair
But you don't believe in doing your share
But I've learned my lesson and now I can say
The flame in my heart is dying away is dying away
    Your kisses don't thrill me like they used to do
    Your arms only chill me I'm glad that we're through
    My heart was once yearning but now I can say
    The flame in my heart is dying away is dying away
You fooled me a while you thought you were wise
You even believed I fell for your lies
But the trick turned on you now I can say
The flame in my heart is dying away is dying away


Flowers Of Love

Those pretty wild flowers I love them so well
The flowers know secrets that I'll never tell
I go out to pick a bouquet of all
And bring them all in before the leaves start to fall
When the leaves start to fall and the flowers have died
If only little darling I could be by your side
Tho' it breaks my heart to hear your name
Soon the wild flowers will bloom again in the spring
I wish I could see her and talk of our love
And of all the pretty flowers sent here from above
Oh maybe I'll see her in Heaven someday
And pick pretty flowers as we go on our way
The memories of you dear I'll never erase
There'll never be another that can take your place
I'll still keep our secret with the flowers of love
And we'll pick them together in Heaven above


Fly Around My Blue-Eyed Gal

Fly around my blue-eyed gal
Fly around my daisy
Fly around my blue-eyed gal
You almost drove me crazy.
Once I had a fortune
I laid it in a trunk
Lost it all all gambling
One night when I got drunk.
Wished I was in the West country
Sittin' in a big armchair
One arm 'round my whiskey barrel
The other 'round my dear.
If I had a scolding wife
Tell you what I'd do
Trade her off for a Barlow knife
Paddle my own canoe.
It's every day and Sunday too
It seems so dark and hazy
I'm thinking about my blue-eyed gal
She's done run me crazy.
If I had no horse at all
I'd be found a' crawlin'
Up and down this rocky road
A' looking for my dariing.
Went up on the mountain
To give my horn a blow
Thought I heard somebody say
Yonder comes my beau


Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss

Fly around my pretty little miss
Fly around my daisy
Fly around my pretty little miss
You almost drive me crazy
The higher up the cherry tree
The riper grows the cherries
The more you hug and kiss the girls
The sooner they will marry
Coffee grows on white oak trees
The river flows with brandy
If I had my pretty little miss
I'd feed her sugar candy
Going to get some weevily wheat
I'm going to get some barley
Going to get some weevily wheat
And bake a cake for Charlie


Foggy Mountain Top

If  I'd only listened to what my mama said
I would not be here today
A lying around this old jailhouse
Wasting my poor life away
   If I was on some foggy mountain top
   I'd sail away to the West
   I'd sail all around this whole wide would
   To the girl I love the best
Oh she caused me to weep and she caused me to mourn
She caused me to leave my home
Oh the lonesome pines and the good old times
I'm on my way back home
Now if you see that girl of mine
There's something you can tell her
She need not fool her time away
To court some other feller


Foggy River

Your love is colder than a foggy river
Rollin on a heart of stone
You left me stranded on this foggy river
Cold and helpless and alone
   I knew someday that you would turn me down
   I got worries on my mind
   Yes I'm doomed to sail this foggy river
   Till I leave my love behind
There's no tomorrow on this foggy river
Only memories linger on
A mist of sorrows fills this foggy river
Everything I had is gone
I can't escape this broken heart of mine
I've no freedom anymore
Heaven help me on this foggy river
Till I reach that distant shore


Fond Affection

Once I loved your fond affection
All my hopes on you was spent
Till a dark eyed girl persuaded
And you care no more for me
Go on and leave me if you wish to
Never let me cross your mind
In your heart to love another
Never on earth will I call you mine
When I'm dead and in my coffin
And my pale face towards the sun
Will you come and sit beside me
And think of what you've done
When I'm dead and in my coffin
And the shroud about me bows
Will you come and scatter roses
Upon your lover's mound


Foolish Pride

Once I had a true love sweeter than the stars above
And I loved her with all my heart
It brought tears in her eyes when I told her goodbye
All because of my fool foolish pride
Oh foolish pride I can't live with you
For you have driven away my darling
You have broken her heart now you're keeping us apart
Foolish pride I'll never forgive you
We would sit all alone she would talk of our home
And of days when she'd be my own wife
So softly she would say when is our wedding day
I'm so happy my darling I could cry


Footprints In The Snow

Now some folks like the summertime when the they can walk about
Strolling through the meadow green it's pleasant there no doubt
But give me the wintertime when the snow is on the ground
For I found her when the snow on the ground
   I traced her little footprints in the snow
   I found her little footprints in the snow
   I bless that happy day when Nellie lost her way
   For I found her when the snow was on the ground
I dropped in to see her there was a big round moon
Her mother said she just stepped out but would be returning soon
I found her little footprints and I traced them in the snow
I found her when the snow was on the ground
Now she's up in heaven she's with the angel band
I know I'm going to meet her in that promised land
But every time the snow falls it brings back memories
For I found her when the snow was on the ground


Footsteps So Near

There's a tale that they tell down in ol' Wolf County
About a murderous husband and his family of three
One day his neighbors from over the hill
it was so deathly still
The killer he left a note and I know how it read
I hope you don't find me I'd rather be dead
Then live in your jailhouse for the rest of my days
'Til the jury it hangs me for my wicked ways
Sometimes at night I wake to the sound
Of the men in the distance and baying of hounds
Once on a full moon in the spring of the year
I heard breaking branches and footsteps so near
Well the posse searched it was five days or more
He head in the caves gave himself up
'Fore he got to the courthouse a man a shot him down
He said I'm not sorry for what I have done
But I cannot live like a man on the ran
I'm glad that you killed me you can dig me my grave
It can't be much worse thanthat dark lonely cave


Forest For The Trees

When first unto this land I came
She was a virgin paradise
The truth was there for all to see
No falsehood and no lies.
She was overflowing
With everything we need
We took so much we never saw
The forest for the trees.
This land she is my lover
She fills me with desire
Seasons come and seasons go
Earth water wind and fire.
I cleared this land with my bare hands
She gave me everything so free
She gave so much I couldn't see
The forest for the trees.
I'm an addict with a habit
I'm kept so well supplied
With all my greed and hope and love and fear
1 can't be satisifed.
I took my young son up on a clear cut mountain
I fell down on my knees
I prayed that he would someday see the forest for the trees
I pray that we might someday see the forest for the trees.


Forgive Me

Forgive me for all the pain I've caused you
Forgive me for unkind words I've said
I thought once that I could live without you
Please forgive me and I'll make it up somehow
I left you and left you broken hearted
I left you but now I can't forget
I thought once that I could live without you
But I'm paying with a broken heart instead
I wish I had never made you blue sweet heart
I wish I could live it over now
I thought once that I could live without you
Please forgive me and I'll make it up somehow


Forsaken Love

They stood in the moonlight beside the gate
Goodbye my darling I know you'll wait
He sees her weeping and smile through her tears
Saying I've been true love through these long years
For on tomorrow at the break of day
He was to journey far far away
He held her closer his promised bride
And to her questions these words replied
   I've loved you always yes I've been true
   My heart shall ever beloved for you
   O darling believe me far over the sea
   Through life or death so faithful I'll be
One year past by he's coming home
His pilgrimage over no longer to roam
And smiling he thinks of her shinning eyes
Shinning with welcoming glad surprise
A dandy letter he takes from his breast
To which his extended lips were pressed
And reading once more by the warming light
These words he had spoken to her that night
Once more he seeks the old garden gate
But he rides a land alas it's too late
The wedding is over the knot is tied
He finds his darling another's bride
And later they found him there on the grass
A pistol near by tells what had passed
A crop of letters that explained the deed
And in the pale moonlight these words did read


Forty Four Gun

Don't you remember on that rocky mountain side
Where we laid down to rest
You promised to be my blue eyed boy
While the sun sank in the west
Now hand me down my old gray hat
It's hanging there on a nail
Before this time tomorrow morn
I'll be gone on that long long trail
Ifin you see me standing on the porch
With a forty four in my hand
Just tell them all I've killed myself
Cause you've gone to some far distant land
I wish to the lord I'd never been born
Or died when I was young
I never would have seen them to brown eyes
Or heard that flattering tongue
I never will listen what another man says
Let his hair be black or brown
Unlessin he's on some scaffold high
Crying darlin I wish to come down
Don't you remember on that rocky mountain side
Where we laid down to rest
You promised to be my blue eyed boy
While the sun sank in the west


Forty Years Of Trouble

Forty years I've been gone
I served my time it's been so long
I took a life I know it was wrong
I served my time lord knows I'm going home
   Shackled to a ball and chain
   I worked in the snow I worked in the rain
   I laid the tracks never rode the train
   Forty years of suffering forty years of pain
I had a wife and a little queen
I've had a son I've never seen
All I have left now it seems
Is a broken heart and broken dreams
Now I'm old, I've done my time
Ain't nothin left but to sit and pine
Nobody here even knows my name
I have no one but myself to blame


Four Walls Around Me

Oh why did you leave me in this lonesome place
With four walls around me and a memory of your face
Why can't I be happy why can't I forget
With four walls around me I wish we'd never met
   With four walls around me  it gets so lonesome dear
   Dreaming of you darling and wishing you were here
   Four walls around me my heart is full of pain
   Trying to forget you but it's all in vain.
Oh someday you'll be sorry you left me al1alone
With four walls around you you'll remember how you done me wrong
Your time is coming and I know it won't be long
You'll have nothing there but four walls and a memory of this song


Four-Twenty Special

Yonder comes that Four-Twenty Special
Fastest train on the line
And when you hear that whistle a' blowin'
You will know she's right on time.
One night while a poolin' down through Dixie
The fireman said "look ahead"
And the sight they saw made the blood run cold
North bound freighter straight ahead
I've worked on this railroad most of my life
And I guess I'll work 'til I die
But I've never seen a train like the Four-Twenty Special
Her lonesome whistle made me want to cry


Fox On The Run

   She walks through the corn leading down to the river
   Her hair shone like gold in the hot morning sun
   She took all the love that a poor boy could give her
   And left me to die like a fox on the run
   Like a fox, like a fox, like a fox, like a fox, on the run
Everybody knows, the reason for the fall
When woman tempted man down in paradise's hall
This woman tempted me, and took me for a ride
Like the lonely fox, I need a place to hide
We'll pour a glass of wine, to fortify our soul
We'll talk about the world and friends we used to know
I see a string of girls, who'll put me on the floor
The game is nearly over and  the hounds are at my door


Francis Lee

In the evening by the moonlight
Down beside the silver sea
We strolled hand in hand together
You and I my Francis Lee
    Please forgive me little darlin
    If you set my conscience free
    My lonely heart is broken
    Over you my Francis Lee
Francis Lee I dearly love you
Though I said that we must part
Many times I have regretted
That I broke your lovin' heart
I'm alone now sad and lonely
Oh how grave my sorrow be
Your sweet memory still haunts me
And my conscience bothers me


Frankie And Johnnie

Frankie and Johnnie were lovers
Lordy how they did love
They swore to be true to each other
Just as true as the stars above
He was her man but he's doing her wrong
Frankie she was a good woman
Just as every one knows
She gave her man a hundred dollars
Just to buy him a new suit of clothes
He was her man but he done her wrong
Johnnie went down to the corner
He asked for a glass of beer
Frankie went down in an hour or so
Said has my loving Johnnie been here
He's my man but he's doing me wrong
I ain't gonna tell you no stories
I ain't gonna tell you no lies
I saw your lovin' Johnnie
Making love to Nellie Bligh
He's your man but he's doing you wrong
Frankie went home in a hurry
She didn't go for fun
She hurried home to get a hold of
A big forty four gun
He's her man but he's doing her wrong
Roll me over darling
Roll me over slow
Roll me on my right side
Cause my left one hurts me so
He's my man but he done me wrong


Free Born Man

I was born in the Southland
Twenty some odd years ago
I ran away for the first time
When I was four years old.
   I'm a free-born man
   My home is on my back
   I know every inch of highway
   Every foot of back road every mile of railroad track
I got a gal in Cincinnati
Got a women in San Antone
I always love the girl next door
But anyplace is home.
I got me a worn out guitar
I carry an old tote sack
I hocked it about two hundred times
But I always get 1 back
Well you may not like my appearance
You may not like my song
You may not like the way I talk
But you like the way I'm gone


Free Little Bird

I'm as free a little bird as I can be
I'm as free a little bird as I can be
I'm free at my age as a bridie in the cage
I'm as free a little bird as I can be
Carry me home little birdie carry me home
Carry me home little birdie carry me home
Carry me home to my wife she's the joy of my life
Carry me home little birdie carry me home
I'll never build my nest on the ground
Neither in the forks of a tree
I'll build my nest in the ruffle of her dress
Where the bad boys can never bother me


Freeborn Man

Well, I was born in the Southland
Twenty-some odd years ago
I ran away for the first time
When I was four years old
   I'm a free born man
   My home is on my back
   I know every inch of highway
   And every foot of back road
   Every mile of railroad track
I got a gal in Cincinnati
Got a woman in San Antone
I always loved the girl next door
But anyplace is home
I got me a worn-out guitar
I carry an old tote sack
I hocked it about two hundred times
But I always get it back
You may not like my appearance
May not like my song
May not tike the way I talk
But you like the way I'm gone


Freigh Train

   Freight train, freight train, going so fast
   Freight train, freight train, going so fast
   Please don't tell what train I'm on
   So they won't know where I've gone
When I am dead and in my grave
No more good times here I'll crave
Place the stones at my head and feet
And tell them all that I'm gone to sleep
When I die, lord, bury me deep
Way down on old Chestnut Street
So I can hear old Number Nine
As she comes rolling by


Freight Train Blues

I was born in Dixie in a boomer shack
Just a little shanty by the railroad track
The humming of the driver was my lullaby
And a freight train whistle taught me how to cry
I got the freight train blues Lawdy Lawdy
Got them in the bottom of my rambling shoes
And when the whistle blows I gotta Oh Lawdy
Guess I'm never gonna lose the freight train blues
My daddy was a fireman and my mammy dear
Was the only daughter of the engineer
My sweetie is a brakeman and that ain't no joke
It's a shame the way she keeps a good man broke
Aeroplanes and autos always leave me cold
The moaning of a steamboat never stirs my soul
The only thing that makes me want to navigate
Is a wildcat whistle on a south bound freight
I know I'm old enough to quit this running round
I've tried a hundred times to stop and settle down
But every time I find a place I'd like to stay
I hear a freight train holler and I'm on my way


Freight Train Boogie

Casey Jones he was a mighty man
But now he's resting in the promised land
The kind of music he could understand
Was an eight wheel driver under his command
   He made the freight train boogie
   All the time
   He made the freight train boogie
   As he rolled down the line
When the fireman started ringing the bell
Everybody on the line could tell
Casey Jones was a coming to town,
On an 8-wheel driver that was burning 'em down


Froggy Went A' Courtin'

Froggy went a' courtin' and he did ride uh huh
Froggy went a' courtin' and he did ride uh huh
Froggy went a' courtin' and he did ride
Sword and a pistol by his side Uh huh uh huh oh yeah.
Well he rode up to Miss Mouse's door
He knocked so hard that he made it roar
Well he said to Miss Mousie Will you marry me?
Oh Miss Mousie how I love thee"
Where will the wedding supper be
We'll get married in a Sycamore tree


From Cotton To Satin

Cotton to satin
Birmingham to Manhatten
From a pick-up to a long limousine
Cotton to satin Birmingham to Manhatten
She had to follow her dream.
I saved up enough to buy her one small diamond
That's the year our old tractor broke down
And the dream house I promised her still lies by the shade tree
Some old bricks and boards on the ground.
She begged me to take her to see New York City
So I mortgaged the farm and we were gone
While we were there she took up with a rich man
I came back to the country alone.
There is the garden where she touched every flower
There's the meadow where we walked hand in hand
If only she'd waited she'd have more than she dreamed of
Because today they struck oil on my land.
David Parmaley; I Know A Good Thing


From Now On I Won't Be Hanging Around

Its a long time I've waited my darling
Just hoping some day you'd settle down
But now its too late it's sll over
From now on I won't be hanging around
From now on I won't be hanging around
From now on I won't be hanging around
I've taken all I can find another man
From now on I won't be hanging around
I've tried and I've tried to make you love me
But bright lights and bright life I've found
Its the only love you've ever known my darling
From now on I won't be hanging around


From The Manger To The Cross

The story's in the Bible it's a message sad but true
The life our Saviour lived on earth is told
Found upon the pages of the Master's book of truth
Every word so precious to my soul
From the manger to the cross rugged cross of Calvary
The road that Jesus walked for you and me all alone
By the world forsaken still He shed His blood for me
From the manger to the cross the rugged cross of Calvary
Amidst the stranger'ss cattle where the birth of Jesus came
The lonely manger kept Him from the cold
And there was the beginning of the journey Jesus made
Today it is the greatest story told
Many wonders were revealed while here on earth He dwelled
He healed the sick and made the blind to see
Five thousand were the numbers of the hungry who did feast
He blessed and multiplied the bread and meat
No earthly treasures did He own He sought no wealth or fame
Weary was the path He had to trod
Here He suffered many things for this world knew Him not
He died upon the cross the Son of God


From Your Heart To Mine

It was only yesterday that I heard you say
You wanted me more than silver or gold
Now another's love you have and our love has grown cold
It's a long way from your heart to mine
It's a long long way from your heart to mine
I didn't really mean to be unkind
But I cheated and I lied and I ever made you cry
It's a long way from your heart to mine
It was such a short time from the day we met
I held you closely in my arms
Then you went away and I went astray
It's a long way from your heart to mine


Fugitive Breakdown

I hurried through the darkness
The last time my darling to see
I heard those bloodhounds crying
The sheriff was coming after me
She had the sun in her hair
Lips like cherry wine
She loved nobody else
Now I sit and pine
They said I killed a stranger
They tried to hang me high
I ran as fast as I could go
I wished that I could fly


Fugitive's Lament

I hear the sad howling of coyotes prowling
It sounds so mournful to me
It brings back memories of cherished loved ones
Of ones I'm longing to see
   I'm riding away out on the lone prairie
   The rangers are searching for me
   I'm riding away from my home in Texas
   A fugitive ever to be
I had a good mother I had a good father
They handed a warning to me
The men that I ran with committed a murder
And laid the blame on me
Little Maggie my sweetheart I know she's lonely
And longs for me to return
My happiness ended the night we parted
And now for her I yearn
How lonely how dreary with nothing to cheer me
My thoughts go stealing back home
My life of sadness will never know gladness
I'm branded forever to roam


Funny When You Feel That Way

I cant forget how queer I felt
When first I fell in love
I had a most sincere tactor
Squeezing a lady's glove
Her lovely hand was in it
As I waltzed around so gay
I thought myself in paradise
It's funny when you feel that way
   It's funny when you feel that way
   It's funny when you feel that way
   I thought myself in paradise
   It's funny when you feel that way
Again we met one afternoon
As we were all alone
I pumped up nerve to ask if she
Would one day be my own
She blushed and said go ask poppa
And ask him if I may
I danced a cantor around the room
It's funny when you feel that way
   It's funny when you feel that way
   It's funny when you feel that way
   I danced a cantor around the room
   It's funny when you feel that way
The old boy said that we might we
And so he crowned my bliss
I shall be a double man
In about a month from this
Though it seemed to me somehow the time
Will never pass away
For I long to hear the wedding bells
It's funny when you feel that way
   It's funny when you feel that way
   It's funny when you feel that way
   I long to hear the wedding bells
   It's funny when you feel that way


Galveston Flood

It was the year of 1900 that was 80 years ago
Death come'd a howling on the ocean and when death calls you've got to go
Galveston had a sea wall just to keep the water down
But a high tide from the ocean blew the water all over the town.
Wasn't that a mighty storm
Wasn't that a mighty storm in the morning
Wasn't that a mighty storm
It blew all the people away.
The sea began to rolling the ships they could not land
I heard a captain crying Oh God save a drowning man
The rain it was a falling and the thunder began to roll
The lightning flashed like Hell-fire and the wind began to blow
The trees fell on the island and the houses gave away
Some they strived and drownded others died every way.
The trains at the station were loaded with the people all leaving town
But the trestle gave way with the water and the trains they went on down
Old death the cruel master when the winds began to blow
Rode in on a team of horses and cried death won't you let me go.
The flood it took my mother it took my brother too
I thought I heard my father cry as I watched my mother go
Old death your hands are clammy when you've got them on my knee
You come and took my mother won't you come back after me?


Gathering Flowers For The Master's Bouquet

Death is an angel sent down from above
Sent for the buds and the flowers we love
Truly 'tis so, for in heaven's own way
Each soul is a flower in the Master's bouquet
   Gathering flowers for the Master's bouquet
   Beautiful flowers that will never decay
   Gathered by angels and carried away
   Forever to bloom in the Master's bouquet
Let us be faithful till life's work is done
Blooming with love 'til the reaper has come
Then we'll be gathered together someday
Transplanted to bloom in the Master's bouquet


Gathering Flowers From The Hillside

   I've been gathering flowers from the hillside
   To wreath around your brow
   But you've kept me a-waitin' so long, dear
   The flowers have all withered now
I know that you have seen trouble
But never hang down your head
Your love for me is like the flowers
Your love for me is dead
It was on one bright June morning
The roses were in bloom
I shot and killed my darling
And what will be my doom?
Closed eyes cannot see these roses
Closed hands cannot hold them, you know
And these lips that still cannot kiss me
Has gone from me forever more


Getting Over You

I told myself so many times that you still love me
In a vain attempt to keep my courage strong
But somehow I can't make myself believe it
'Cause the way you're acting lately proves I'm wrong
The cards are on the table the writing's on the wall
I can see you're gonna leave me and the tears are gonna fall
It's time I started doing anything I have to do
To help myself start getting over you
There's not a thing that I can do to change the future
And I sure can't change your mind 'cause I've tried
So I might as well admit I'm gonna lose you
'Cause that leavin' kind of looks there in your eye
Larry Sparks; Blue Mountain Memories


Ginsing Sullivan

About three miles from the back town yard
The river curves on down
Not far south of the town depot
Sullivan's shack was found
Up on the higher ground.
You could see him every day
Just walking down the line
With his old brown sack across his back
Long hair down behind
Speaking his worried mind.
   It's a long way from the delta to the North Georgia hills
   A tote sack full of ginseng won't pay my travelling bills
   I'm too old to ride the rails I'll bum the road alone
   So I guess I'll never make it back to home
   My muddy water Mississippi Delta home.
The winters here they get too cold
The damp it makes me ill
Can't dig no roots on the mountain side
With the ground froze hard and still
Gotta stay at the foot of the hill.
But next summer
things turn right
The companies will pay high
I'll make enough money to pay my bills
Bid these mountains goodbye
Then he said with a sigh.


Girl From The North Country

If you're traveling in the north country fair
Where the wind blows cold on the borderline
Remember me to the one who lives there
For she once was a true love of mine.
Well if you're going in a snowflake storm
Where the rivers freeze and summers end
Will you see that she has a coat so warm
To protect her from the howling wind.
Please see for me if her hair hangs low
And flows in ringlets 'round her breasts
Please see for me if her hair hangs low
For that's the way I remember her best.
Well I wonder if she'll remember me you know
Many times I've often prayed
In the stillness of my night
In the brightness of my day.


Girl In The Blue Velvet Band

One night while out for a ramble
The hour was just about nine
I met a young maiden in Frisco
On the corner of Geary and Pine
On her face there was beauty of nature
And her eyes just seemed to expand
Her hair was so rich and so brilliant
Entwined in a blue velvet band
We strolled down the street together
In my pocket she placed her small hand
She planted the evidence on me
The girl in the blue velvet band
I heard the scream of the siren
And the girl in the blue velvet band
She left me to face all the trouble
With a diamond that was worth ten grand
They sent me to San Quentin for stealing
God knows I'm an innocent man
The guilty one now she lie's dying
The girl in the blue velvet band
Last night when bed-time was ringin
Standing there close to the bars
I fancied I heard a voice calling
Far out in the ocean of stars
I'll be out in a year and I'm leaving
But I'll carry the name of a man
That served ten years in prison
For the girl in the blue velvet band
And when I get out I'll endeavor
To live in some other land
And I'll bid farewell to old Frisco
And the girl in the blue velvet band


Girl On The Greenbriar Shore

'Twas in the year of '92,
In the merry month of June,
I left my mother and a home so dear
For the girl I loved on the greenbriar shore
My mother dear, she came to me
And said "Oh son, don't go, "
"Don't leave your mother and a home so dear
To trust a girl on the greenbriar shore "
But I was young and reckless too,
And I craved a reckless life
I left my mother with a broken heart
And I choosed that girl to be m' wife
Her hair was dark and curly too
And her loving eyes were blue;
Her cheeks were like the red red rose
The girl I loved on the greenbriar shore
The years rolled on and the months rolled by
She left me all alone
Now I remember what mother said
Never trust a girl on the greenbriar shore


Give Him One More As He Goes

My sweetheart is a shy little miss
And one I fondly adore
And when you ask her for a kiss
She'll give you just one and no more
She'll give you just one and no more
She'll give you just one and no more
And when you ask her for a kiss
She'll give you just one and no more
Her dad was feelin old man
He always had a feelin for me
I can tell you when this feelin began
When his daughter I first went to see
I was bidding my sweetheart good night
In the usual manner you know
When a voice from the house said stick him towse ?
And give him one more as he goes
And give him one more as he goes
And give him one more as he goes
When a voice from the house said stick him towse ?
And give him one more as he goes
It was over the garden wall in a manner I'll tell you not slow
He exclaimed with a swear and his foot smote the air
And I'll give him one more as he goes
And I'll give him one more as he goes
And I'll give him one more as he goes
He exclaimed with a swear and his foot smote the air
And I'll give him one more as he goes


Give Me Flowers My While I'm Living

In this world today while we're living
Some folks say the worst of us they can
But when we are dead and in our caskets
They always slip some lilies in our hand
    Won't you give me my flowers while I'm living
    And let me enjoy them while I can
    Pleae don't wait till I'm ready to be buried
    And then slip some lilies in my hand
In this world is where we need our flowers
A kind word to help us get along
If you can't give me flowers while I'm living
Then please don't throw them when I'm gone


Give Me The Roses While I Live

Wonderful things of folks are said
When they have passed away
Roses adorn the narrow bed
Over the sleeping clay
   Give me the roses while I live
   Trying to cheer me on
   Useless are flowers that you give
   After the soul is gone
Kind words are useless when folks lie
Cold in a narrow bed
Don't wait till death to speak kind words
Now should the words be said
Let us not wait to do good deeds
Till they have passed away
Now is the time to sow good seeds
While here on earth we stay


Give Me Your Love And I'll Give You Mine

Just at the close of a bright summer day
Just as the twilight had faded away
Soft on the breeze like the coo of a dove
Someone was singing an old song of love
   Tell me you love me and say you'll be true
   I love nobody in this world but you
   Your heart and my heart in love will entwine
   Give me your love and I'll give you mine
Come along with me to the quiet shady nook
Where flowers bloom at the side of the brook
Nature is sleeping, the birds are at rest
I'll place a wild rose on your beautiful breast
I've something to ask you while you're by my side
A question of love, of groom and of bride
And if you refuse me my heart it will pine
Give me your love and I'll give you mine


Glory To The Lamb

   Oh glory oh glory oh glory to the lamb
   Hallelujah I am saved and I'm so glad I am
   Oh glory oh glory oh glory to the lamb
   Hallelujah I am saved and I'm so glad I am
On Monday I am happy on Tuesday full of joy
Wednesday I've got the faith the devil cant destroy
On Thursday and Friday walking in the light
Saturday I've got the victory and Sunday's always bright
I fell in love with Jesus and he fell in love with me
That's the very reason I've got the victory
I'm happy when it's raining I'm happy when it shines
I'm happy now with Jesus I'm happy all the time


Go Home

While drinking alone in a tavern one day
My eyes they hardly could see
I heard a kind voice ringing so loud and clear
And here is what the voice said to me
Go home ( go home ) go home ( go home )
And kneel by your bedside and pray
Go home ( go home ) go home ( go home )
God will answer your prayer today
I staggered across the room to the door
I almost fell on the floor
I'm sure there was laughter but I could not hear
For the words that still ring in my ears
God sobered my mind and He saved my soul
And he erased my thoughts from all fear
Then back to the tavern I preached of these words
The words that still ring in my ear
The crowd started leaving with heads bowed so low
As the bartender picked up the key
As he locked the door he murmured these words
Was the same words that God spoke to me


Go Out And Find Somebody New

I've tried so hard to make you happy
There's just one thing left to do
But if I can't ever make you happy
Go out and find somebody new
I love you like the trees love sunshine
God knows how much I love you
But if I can't ever make you all mine
Go out and find somebody new
I've tried so hard to make you love me
Just like other sweethearts do
But if I can't ever make you love me
Go out and find somebody new
I know I'll miss you so much darling
I know my heart will break in two
I know I want you to be happy
Go out and find somebody new


Go Tell Aunt Rodie

Go tell Aunt Rodie
go tell Aunt Rodie
Go tell Aunt Rodie
the old gray goose is dead
It's the one she's been saving
the one she's been saving
The one she's been saving to make a feather bed
She died last Friday
she died last Friday
She died last Friday with an achin' in her head
Old grander's weeping
old grander's weeping
Old grander's weeping because his wife is dead
The goslin's are mourning
the goslin's are mourning
The goslin's are mourning because their mother's dead


God Gave Noah The Rainbow Sign

I've gotta home in that rock don't you see
I've gotta home in that rock don't you see
I've gotta home in that rock just beyond the mountain top
Hide thee old rock of ages clef for me
God gave Noah the rainbow sign don't you see
God gave Noah the rainbow sign don't you see
God gave Noah the rainbow sign no more water but for next time
Hide thee old rock of ages clef for me
Poor old Lazarus poor as I don't you see
Poor old Lazarus poor as I don't you see
Poor old Lazarus poor as I when he died he had a room on high
Hide thee old rock of ages clef for me
East and west the fire will roll hide thy me
East and west the fire will roll hide thy me
East and west the fire will roll how will it be for my poor soul
Hide thee old rock of ages clef for me
When this world's all on fire hide thy me
When this world's all on fire hide thy me
When this world's all on fire let thy bosom be my pillow
Hide thee old rock of ages clef for me


God Loves His Children

I was a stranger brother right in sin
Didn't even have the love of God within
But now I've found Him and I'm glad to say
I love my saviour more everyday
God loves His children brother yes I know
He will protect you anywhere you go
Just call the point He will get you there
God will protect you brother anywhere
Brother take warning while yet you have time
Don't let old Satan lead you on down the line
Just tell old Satan to stay out of your way
God loves His children brother everyday
I'm glad I've found and I'm on my way
I'm going to follow Jesus everyday
Nothing can change me and I'm glad to say
God loves His children brother everyday


God's Highway

There's a highway up in heaven and the streets are all pure gold
There'll be shouting there forever in the home land of the soul
I shall meet with all my loved ones and the saints gone on before
On that highway up in heaven on that peaceful golden shore
Oh I'll walk down heavens highway some sweet day
And I know I'll hear my blessed savior say
Welcome to your home in heaven that I have prepared for you
For your cares and worries now on earth are through
I'll be singing with the angels in those mansions there on high
Be at home with my dear Savior never more to say goodbye
Then again I'll see my Mom and Daddy who went on before
Walk through glory shouting singing on God's highway ever more


Goin Where I've Never Been Before

Goin where I'm goin where I ain't never been before
Goin where I ain't never been before
Goin where I ain't never been before
Little gal good gal you ain't no part of me
Little gal you ain't no part of me
Little gal you ain't no part of me
Goin where goin where the climate suits my clothes
Goin where the climate suits my clothes
Goin where I ain't never been before


Going 'round This World

I'm going to Chatanooga baby mine
Going to Chatanooga baby nine
Going to Chatanooga from there on to Cuba
Going to Chatanooga baby mine
Going round this world baby mine
Going round this world baby mine
Going round this world with a banjo pickin' girl
Going round this world baby mine
Gonna write me a letter baby mine
Write me a letter baby mine
Write me a letter gonna tell that you're better
Gonna write me a letter baby mine


Going Across the Mountain

    Going across the mountain
    Oh fair ye well
    Going across the mountain
    Hear my banjo tell
Going across the mountain
Join the boys in blue
When this war is over
I'll come back to you
Got my rations on my back
My powder it is dry
Going across the mountain
Crissie don't you cry
Waitin' 'fore it's good daylight
If nothin happens to me
I'll be way down yonder
In old Tennessee
'Spect you'll miss me when I'm gone
But I'm going through
When this fightin's over
I'll come back to you


Going Back To The Blue Ridge Mountains

   Going back to the Blue Ridge mountains
   Going back gonna leave today
   Going back to the Blue Ridge mountains
   Honey baby I'm going away
You can't be my little darling
You can't be my little pet
You have caused me lost of troubles
Honey baby I'm going away
You have caused me lost of trouble
You have had your little way
Now I'm fed up with you plenty
Honey baby I'm going away


Going Home To Stay

Going to my home in the mountains
The mountains is where I want to be
You know I've never been happy
Since I left those hills of Tennessee
Went away from home to save my mind
Forty years and I feel like eighty-nine
Going back home going to stay
Where me and my guitar will sing and play
Going up in holler
Head up a moonshine still
I'll be so happy when I get there
Gonna dance all over them hills
Don't know why I ever left there
Must have been out of my mind
For staying away from the mountains
When I wanted to go back all the time


Going To The West

In this fair land you'll stay no more
Here labor is in vain
You'll leave the mountains of our birth
And seek the fertile plains
You're going to the west
   You say you will not go with me
   You turn your eyes away
   You say you will not follow me
   No matter what I say
   I'm going to the west
The years have passed since we first met
When you became my bride
Now I must journey far away
Without you by my side
I'm going to the west
You'll leave me here, in this land I love
Mid scenes so bright and fair
Where fragrant flowers are blooming
And music fills the air
You're going to the west


Going to Write Me a Letter

Gonna write me a letter
Gonna send it on the foam
Gonna send it to my baby
Gonna beg him to come home
He wanted me for to marry
My papa he said no
Said that he didn't like him
Told him that he would have to go
He's gone he's gone
I led him down to the water
Watched him sail away on a boat
Left me there broken-hearted
Broken-hearted and all alone
He's gone he's gone
Gonna write me a letter
Gonna send it on the foam
Gonna send it to my baby
Gonna beg him to come home
He's gone he's gone


Gold Watch And Chain

Darling, how can I stay here without you
I have nothing to cheer my poor heart
This old world would seem sad, love, without you
Tell me now that we're never to part
I will pawn you my gold watch and chain, love
I will pawn you my gold diamond ring
I will pawn you this heart in my bosom
Only say that you'll love me again
Take back all the gifts you have given
But a ring and a lock of your hair
And a card with your picture upon it
It's a face that is false, but is fair
Tell me why that you do not love me
Tell me why that your smile is not bright
Tell me why you have grown so cold-hearted
Is there no kiss for me, love, tonight


Golden Rocket

From old Montana down to Alabam'
I've been before and I'll travel again
Your triflin' women can't keep a good man down
You dealt the cards but you missed a play
Now hit the road and be on your way
I'm gonna board the golden rocket and leave this town
I was a good engine a-running on time
But baby I'm switchin' to another line
So honey never hang your signal out for me
I'm tired of running on the same old track
Bought a one-way ticket and I won't be back
This golden rocket's gonna roll my blues away
Hear that lonesome whistle blow
That's your cue and by now you know
That I got another true love a-waitin' in Tennessee
This midnight special's a-burnin' the rail
So woman don't try to follow my trail
This golden rocket's a-rollin' my blues away
That old conductor he seemed to know
That you done me wrong I was feelin' low
For he yelled alound We're over that Dixon line
The brakeman started singin' a song
Said "You're worried now but it won't be long"
This golden rocket is leavin' your blues behind
Then the porter yelled with his southern drawl
Let's rise and shine, good mornin' ya all
And I sprang to my feet to greet the new born day
As I kissed my baby in the station door
That whistle blew like it never did before
Of the golden rocket that rolled my blues away


Gone And Left Me Blues

My weary heart for you is crying
Getting old and paying for its dues
For you have left me oh so lonely
I've got those gone and left me blues
You know that we should be together
Though I'm the one that's been untrue
Please take me back and say you love me
I got those gone and left me blues
I might have known that you'd be leaving
I knew you'd borne your walking shoes
Why did you break those vows of promise
And bring about those awful blues
Don't say that you have gone forever
The nights are much to lonely now
Alone I hope that you'll return dear
I've got to get you back some how


Gone But Not Forgotten

Since first we met somehow I knew
It wouldn't last our whole life through
Now sure enough years later on
I look for you and you are gone
Gone but not forgotten
You're still in my memory
Gone but not forgotten
I'll stay right here till you come home to me.
One rainy night and a no good fight
When I woke you were outta sight
Now after all that we've been through
I thought I'd hear just once from you.
I search for you most every day
More sorry now than words can say
Maybe you don't live in this world
But you'll still be my only girl.


Gone Home

All of my friends that I loved yesterday
Gone home (they have gone home) gone home (they have )
The songbirds that sing in the dell seem to say
Gone home (they have gone home) gone home (they have )
   They've joined the heavenly fold
   They're walking the streets of pure gold
   They left one by one as their work here was done
   Gone home (they have gone home) gone home (they have)
Life here is lonely since they've gone before
Gone home (they have gone home) gone home (they have )
The old weeping willow that stands by the door
Sadly says (they have gone home) gone home (they have )
The trumpet will sound on that Great Judgment day
Gone home (they have gone home) gone home (they have )
We'll see all our friends that have gone on that way
Gone home (they have gone home) gone home (they have )


Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar

   I'm gonna lay down my old guitar
   Gonna lay down my old guitar
   Oh I wish I could tie it to my side
   And take it along with me
There's no one to cry for me   
There's no one to cry for me
I've wandered so far away don't you see
And there's no one to cry for me
I'm sick in a lonesome bed
I'm sick in a lonesome bed
There's no one to hold my aching head
And I'm sick in a lonesome bed
I'm telling this world goodbye   
I'm telling this world goodbye
I'm telling the world and my dear little girl
I'll soon tell them all goodbye


Gonna Settle Down

Tonight I'm all alone no place to call my own
Don't have no one to love me anymore
I'm gonna pack up my grip and take a long long trip
Back to the one that I love so
   Oh I long to go back to my darling
   Back to the one I love so well
   I know she'll be my wife and we'll settle down for life
   Cause she's the one that means the world to me
I can't forget the day I left and went away
You told you me I'd be sorry some old day
I found it to be true so I'm heading back to you
Sweetheart I'm tired and I want to settle down
When I get back to her my rambling days are over
We'll build a little cottage on the hill
We'll think of days gone by sweetheart just you and I
And there we'll live so happy ever more


Goodbye Old Pal

Along about round-up time In Texas way out West
I lost a friend and a pal, boys I laid him down to rest
I weeped and moaned over his grave and to me boys it was sad
'Cause I knew down beneath that mound lay the best pal I ever had
Oh de lady a, de oh lady oh, de ladie
My best pal was my old paint horse and now he's gone to rest
I laid him down beneath that mound in Texas away out West
Where the cactus blooms over his grave and the coyotes cry
I know he sleeps in perfect peace beneath the Texas sky
Dear old pal it breaks my heart to leave you here alone
Now I'll go and ride the range on the Texas roan
But my love for you old pal it shall linger on
I will always think of you although you're dead and gone


Goodbye To The Plains

Goodbye to the pals of the prairie
Goodbye to the pals of the plains
Goodbye to the dash and the danger
Goodbye to the heartaches and pains
Goodbye to my faithful old pony
Take care of him, boys, when I go
I'm riding away on life's roundup
Away to where the sun sinks low
Goodbye to the whoop-rushing cattle
Goodbye to the clanking of spurs
Goodbye to the laugh and the chatter
Goodbye to the wildlife and steers
Goodbye to the dawning's first blushes
That fair in the east faintly glow
I'm riding away on life's roundup
Away to where the sun sinks low
Goodbye to the girls and the boys
Goodbye to all of my friends
Goodbye to the dear girl, my sweetheart
For I know this is my end
For the pale rider comes with his summons
And I'm willing and ready to go
For I'm riding away on life's roundup
Away to where the sun sinks low


Gospel Ship

   I'm going to take a trip in that old gospel ship
   I'm a-going far beyond the sky
   I'm gonna shout and sing ‘til heaven rings
   When I hid this world goodbye
I have good news to bring, and that is why I sing
All my joys with you I'll share
I'm going to take a trip in that old gospel ship
And go sailing through the air
I can scarcely wait, I know I won't be late
I'll spend my time in prayer
And when the ship comes in, I'll leave this world of sin
And go sailing through the air
If you are ashamed of me, you ought not to be
Yes, you'd better have a care
If too much fault you find, you will sure be left behind
While I'm sailing through the air
When I bid this world goodbye


Gotta Travel On

   I've laid around and played around this old town too long
   Summers almost gone, winters coming on
   I've laid around and played around this old town too long
   And I feel like I've gotta travel on
Poppa writes to Johnny but Johnny can't come home
Johnny can't come home, no, Johnny can't come home
Poppa writes to Johnny but Johnny can't come home
Cause he's been on the chain gang too long
High sheriff and police riding after me
Riding after me, yes, coming after me
High sheriff and police riding after me
And I feel like I've gotta travel on
Want to see my honey, want to see her bad
Want to see her bad, oh, want to see her bad
Want to see my honey, want to see her bad
She's the best gal this poor boy ever had


Grand Ole Opry Song

Come and listen to my story if you will I'm gonna tell
About a gang of fellars down at Nashville
First I'll start with old Red Foley doing his Chatanooga Shoe
We can't forget Hank Williams with his Good Lord Lovesick Blues
It's time for Roy Acuff go to Memphis on his train
Minnie Pearl and Rob Brassfield with Lazy Jim Day
Turn on your radio I know that you will wait
Hear Little Jimmy Dickens sing 'Take An Old Cold Water and Wait'
There'll be guitars and fiddles and banjo pickin' too
Bill Monroe singing out them Old Kentucky Blues
Ernest Tubb's number Two Wrongs Won't Make a Right
At the Grand Ole Opry every Saturday night
There is Uncle Dave Macon his gold tooth and plug hat
Cowboy Copas singing Tragic Romance
Signed Sealed and Delivered with Sam and Curt McGee
And the master of ceremony is the Mr.George D. Hay
There is Lonzo and Oscar a-poppin' bubble gum
George Morgan singing Candy Kisses yum yum
Got a hole in my bucket bringing in that Georgia mail
We'll play the Bluegrass Breakdown and  dance to the Chicken Reel
You can talk about your singers in all kinds of way
But none could sing the old songs like Bradley Kincaid
With his old hound dog Buitar and the famous 'Blue tail fly'
Stringbean and Hank Snow and fiddlin' Chubby Wise


Grandpa's Mandolin

Looking through old memories in my cedar closet stashed away
I found the old mandolin Grandpa used to play
I picked it up and held it close thinking 'bout those years ago
And all the great music Grandpa made
Weathered worn but never frail with calloused hands he gently played
To bring an easy feeling to a hard working day
When times were tough as they could be he never once complained to me
He'd just let the music sooth the the pain
When Grandpa played the mandolin the family gathered 'round
To sing the old time songs generations handed down
I remember every single phrase from every song he played
Wish I could sing a song with Grandpa today
I recall 1961 the year Grandpa passed away
The family gathered 'round once more to sing Amazing Grace
Now this mandolin's reminding me of what my Grandpa taught to me
That music makes the world a better place


Grapes On The Vine

There are songs that birds don't sing to people
There are secrets you keep right through to the end
There are heros they hide until forever
And I'm singin' this song for one of them
He's the man that you passed on the road there
The one with his life on the loose
Goin' either somewhere or nowhere
Goin' without me without you
For he is this world's constant orphan
Travelin' out his long time
Livin' on apples from orchards
And dyin' from grapes on the vine
You can find him in big city winters
Out where the mission bell crys
And sorrow echos through the suburbs
And tries to close all his eyes
And dream of his railroad existance
As if it were some kind of dream
As if the extent of the distance
Were what his heart would go him
You can find him in Pittsburg at Christmas
You can find him in Buffalo in June
And he knows all the back roads between them
Like a Gypsy he pulls a broom
And it's route twenty-two all over again
Stake it well down and try to look like sombody's friend
Look strong at the men smile for the girls
Puzzle at the rest of the world


Grave In The Valley

There's a grave in the bend of the valley
Where the shadows sweep over so still
There my darling is sleeping so peaceful
In a grave at the foot of the hill
On the night when I'm lonely and thinkin'
Of my sweetheart who's now gone away
I go back to the place where she's sleeping
I'm just longing to see her some day
God gave us the joy that we wished for
Just a few nights together to be
Then he carried her to heaven's bright portal
There where she will be waiting for me
For I often go back to the valley
Where the willows weep over her head
There to be just once more with my darling
By her side though I know she is dead


Grave On The Green Hillside

There's a little grave on the green hillside that lies to the morning sun
And the way worn feet often wander there when the cares of the day are done
We sometimes sit in the twilight fall and talk of a far off land
And we sometimes feel in the twilight there the touch of a vanished hand
   Grave on the green hillside grave on the green hillside
   In the years to come we will calmly sleep in a grave on the green hillside
And this land is full of these little graves in the valleys plains and hills
There's angel too for each little grave an angel procession fills
I know not how but I sometimes think that they lead us with gentle hand
And a whisper falls on a willing ear from the shore of a far off land
And these little graves are but wayside marks that point to a far off land
And they speak to the soul of a better day of a day that's near at hand
Though we first must walk through the chartless fields yet Christ will be our guide
We will reach the shore of a far off land through a grave on a green hillside


Green Pastures

Troubles and trials often betray those
Causing the weary body to stray
But we shall walk beside the still water
With the good shepherd leading the way
   Going up home to live in green pastures
   Where we shall live and die never more
   Even the Lord will be in that number
   When we have reached that heavenly shore
Those who have strayed were sought by the master
He who once gave his life for the sheep
Out on the mountain still He is searching
Bringing them in forever to keep
We will not heed the voice of the stranger
For he would lead us on to despair
Following home with Jesus our savior
We shall all reach that country so fair


Green Rollin Hills

Oh the green rolling hills of West Virginia
Are the nearest thing to Heaven that I know
Though the times are sad and drear
And I cannot linger here
They'll keep me and never let me go.
My Daddy said don't ever be a miner
For a miner's grave is all you'll ever own
Cause of hard times everywhere
I can't find a dime to spare
These are the worst times I've ever known.
So I'll move away into some crowded city
In some northern fact'ry town you'll find me there
though I'll leave the past behind
I'll never change my mind
These troubled times are more than I can bear
But someday I'll go back to West Virginia
To the green rolling hills I love so well
Yes, someday I'll go home
And I know I'll right the wrong
These troubled times will follow me no more
Yes, someday I'll go home
And I know I'll right the wrong
These troubled times will follow me no more.


Greenlight On The Southern

Standing on the sidetrack at the south end of town
on a hot dry dusty august day the steam pipe pouring down
the fireman with his long oil can oiling the old valve gears
waiting for the semaphore the fast mail train to clear
The engineer in the old high cab his gold watch in his hand
looking at the waterglass and letting down the sand
rolling out on the old main line taking up the slack
gone today so they say but tomorrow he'll be back
oh if I could return
to those boyhood days of mine
and the greenlight on the southern southern railroad line
creeping down the rusty rails of the weed grown branch line
the section houses gray and white by the yard limit sign
the hoggers call the old high ball no more time to wait
rolling down to birmingham with a 10 car load for freight
the whistle scream with a hiss of steam the headlight gleams clear
the drivers roll on the green and go getting mighty near
handing up the orders to the engine crew on time
it's the Alabama great southern AGS railroad line


Groundhog

Way down yonder in the forks of the branch
Way down yonder in the forks of the branch
The old sow whistles and the little pigs dance
Groundhog, groundhog
Well come on Grandpa get your dog
Come on Grandpa get your dog
We're going up the holler to catch a groundhog
Groundhog, groundhog
Well yonder comes Jimmy with a ten foot pole
Yonder comes Jimmy with a ten foot pole
Twist that groundhog out of his hole
Groundhog, groundhog
Well come on Pappy bring your gun
Come on Pappy bring your gun
We got that groundhog on the run
Groundhog, groundhog
Well yonder comes Sally with a snicker and a grin
Yonder comes Sally with a snicker and a grin
Groundhog grease all over her chin
Groundhog, groundhog


Gum Tree Canoe

On the Tom Big Bee River so bright I was born
In a hut made of husks of the tall yellow corn
It was there that I first met my Julah so true
And I rowed her around in the gum tree canoe
    Sing row away row o'er the waters so blue
    Like a feather we'll float in my gum tree canoe
    Sing row away row o'er the waters so blue
    Like a feather we'll float in my gum tree canoe
All day in the fields of soft cotton I'd hoe
And think of my Julah and sing as I go
I'd catch her a bird with a wing of true blue
And at night row her around in the gum tree canoe
With my hand on my banjo and my toe on the oar
I would sing her a song to the river's soft roar
While the bright stars shone down on my Julah so true
And they danced in her eyes in the gum tree canoe
One day the old river took us so far away
That we couldn't get back so we thought we'd just stay
We spied a tall ship with a flag of true blue
And she took us in tow in the gum tree canoe


Half As Much

If you love me half as much as I love you
You wouldn't worry me half as much as you do
You're nice to me when there's no one else around
You only build me up to let me down
If you missed me half as much as I miss you
You wouldn't stay away half as much as you do
I know that I would never feel so blue
If you only loved me half as much as I love you


Hallelujah I'm Ready

   Hallelujah (I'm ready) I'm ready (Hallelujah)
   I can hear the voices singing soft and low
   Hallelujah (I'm ready) I'm ready (Hallelujah)
   Hallelujah I'm ready to go
   
In the darkness of night not a star was in site
On a highway that leads down below
But Jesus came in and saved this soul from sin
Hallelujah I'm ready to go
Sinners don't wait before it's too late
He's a wonderful Savior you know
Well I fell on my knees and he answered my pleas
Hallelujah I'm ready to go


Handmade Cross

I was walkin through the darkness on a cold and lonely night
The shadows gripped at everything and held them from my sight
The trees gave way to moonlight on the hills beyond my gaze
And my eyes caught sight of something there in the foggy midnight haze
The air was damp the night was cold and quiet deathly still
I climbed up through the grey moonlight and stood upon that hill
What I’d seen from down below before me now did lay
It was a handmade cross with stones around to mark a six foot grave
The cross was rough and made of wood a worn and weathered pine
Bound together tightly with bits of wire and twine
The weeds grew up between the stones that marked that narrow grave
And I wondered who so long ago had in this ground been laid
We know now what became of him, but not from where he came
Were his last days filled with loneliness with sorrow or with pain
And who was left behind to grieve and make this humble tomb
And who has come before me to his place of final doom
How did he make his way in life will in death he do the same
Was his soul possessedof goodness of sorrow or of shame
And does this cross above him mean he was a christian man
Or did he believe this earthly death for him would mean the end
I stood there in the silence and felt a deathly chill
Wonderin’ if my own short life could end upon some hill
With noone left behind to make a place for me to lay
With a handmade cross and stones around to mark a six foot grave


Handsome Molly

Well I wish was in London
Or some other seaport town
Step my foot in a steamboat
And sail the ocean round
   Sailing round the ocean
   Sailing round the sea
   I'd think of Handsome Molly
   Wherever she may be
I saw her at church last Sunday
She passed me on by
I knew her mind was changing
By the roving of her eye
Her hair as black as a Raven's
Her eyes were black as coal
Her teeth shown like lilies
Out in the morning cold
Now do you remember Molly
When you give me your right hand
Said if you ever married
I'd be your man
Now you've broke your promise
Go marry whom you please
My heart is broken
'Til I get some ease


Hang Your Head In Shame

Oh does your concience ever bother you
Every time you hear my name
Oh try to think of all that I've gone through
And hang your head in shame
Someone came along and took my place
Then you gave me all the blame
Oh you should go somewhere and hide your face
and hang your head in shame
Now when you said I was the only one
Was it just your little game
Oh try to think of all the harm you've done
And hang you head in shame
I should hate you but I love you still
In my heart I've kept a flame
Dear you'll be sorry darling yes you will
And hang your head in shame


Happiest Days Of All, The

I wondered today on the sea shore
The waves and the winds are low
I thought of the days gone by Maud
Many long years ago
We lingered by the gently flowing billows
And watch the golden sunset fade away
And there among the sweet ocean breezes
We talked about our future wedding day
   Gathering up the shells from the sea shore
   Gathering up the shells from the sea
   Those were the happiest days of all Maud
   Gathering up the shells from the shore
When the waves are rolling on the ocean
And the golden moonbeams on the pebbles shine
At your cottage by the sea I'll come again Maud
When the waves are rolling gently sweetheart mine
Now I am growing up in years Maud
My locks are all silver and gray
But the vows that we made on the shore Maud
Are fresh in my memory today
No more bright shells we will gather
As the waves come dashing as of yore
She lies neath the white pebbled sand
Just covered up with shells on the shore


Happy I'll Be

Jesus come and hold my hand
While I walk this rocky road
Travellin' to a better land
Where my friends will meet me I know
   Oh I'll soon (yes I'll soon) be on my way (be on my way)
   Seems every time (seems every time) I kneel to pray
   I hear my friends a'callin me
   In the home above (in the home above) happy I'll be
I'm so tired and all alone
But I must keep travellin' on
I‘ll keep goin' until I die
I'll meet my friends (I'll meet my friends) up there on high
When I reach that home on high
And bid my troubles on earth goodbye
I'll be glad this life is o'er
This rocky road (this rocky road) I'll walk no more


Happy In Prison

   I am happy in a prison
   Yes, I'm happy anywhere
   In my soul my savior's risen
   Of 10,000 he is fair
Glory, glory, hallelujah
Sinners lay your burdens down
Glory, glory, hallelujah
For a cross receive a crown
When the food is low and failing
And the children bare for clothes
I look up to father's healing
For I know my savior knows
Any cost, a fire is burning
And its coming draweth nigh
But I'm happy, always happy
Though in prison I must die


Happy On My Way

I want to thank Jesus for the way that I feel
I'm so full of religion I just can't be still
I want to sing it and shout it and let the people know
That I'm saved by his mercy and I'm ready to go
   (That's why I'm Happy) Yes I'm happy happy on my way
   (Rejoicing and singing) His praises everyday
   For Jesus is near me and there he will stay
   (That's why I'm happy) Yes I'm happy happy on my way
I just can't see why you sinners go on
Livin' in sorrow doin' so wrong
Hidin' your face from the savior above
Denying yourself his wonderful love
What a wonderful feeling just to know I am saved
And the Savior will guide me 'til I enter the grave
And then he will greet me at heaven's open door
And I'll live in glory with Him forever more


Happy Or Lonesome

Come back to me in my dreaming
Come back to me once more
Come with the love light beaming
Like in the days of yore
I wonder if you still love me
And if your heart is still true
When the spring roses are blooming
Then I'll come back to you
   Somewhere a heart is breaking
   Calling me back to you
   Memories of loved ones waiting
   Each happy home and you
   
   Absence makes my heart fonder
   Is it the same with you
   Are you still happy I wonder
   Or do you feel lonesome too
When the sun is sinking
In the golden west
And the birds and flowers
They have gone to rest
Come tell me that you still love me
And that your heart is still true
When the spring roses are blooming
Then I'll come back to you


Happy Sunny Side Of Life, The

There's a sunny side where no ills betide
There's a  road that we must go
There is pleasant vales verdant hills and dales
Where sweet flowers ever grow
   Oh the happy (happy) sunny (sunny) pretty rolling dales
   Where the sweetest gladness ever there prevails
     (sweetest joy and gladness ever there prevails)
   Where the sunshine lingers on the hill
     (sunshine ever lingers on the grand majestic hills)
   On the sunny side of life
     (on the happy sunny side of life)
There's shady dells where no gladness dwells
And the clouds obstruct the view
But a brighter way like the light of day
Is awaiting now for you
Let us sing a song as we go along
Let us banish care and strife
That the world might know as we onward go
There's a sunny side of life


Harbor Of Love

There's coming a time on the great judgement morning
When the Savior will welcome you home
Will you be prepared for the journey to heaven
On the great ship that carries God's chosen ones home
   Oh the waters' so deep on the river of Jordan
   And the lite shines so bright  from heaven above
   And the midnite is past  a new day is dawning (from heaven on high)
   Oh the great ship will anchor  in the harbor of love.
If you're wandering in sin away from God's teaching
Won't you ask him to show you the way
Fall down on your knees in the chapel next Sunday
And meet all your friends in heaven some day


Hard Ain't It Hard

First time I seen my true love
He was walkin' by my door
The last time I saw his false hearted smile
Dead on his coolin' board
It's hard and it's hard ain't it hard
To love one that never did love you
Hard and it's hard ain't it hard great God
To love one that never will be true
There is a house in this old town
That's where my true love lays around
Takes other women right down on his knee
Tells them a tale that he won't tell me
Don't go to drinkin' and to gambling
Don't go there your sorrows to down
This hard-liquor place is a low-down disgrace
The meanest damn place in this town


Hard Game of Love

In the hard game of love I’m the last one to fall
But I gave it my heart and I gave it my all
I didn’t know that she played a game with no rules
So I climbed aboard the old ship of fools
And it’s a lonesome old world, my sweetheart is gone
I can’t sleep at all. And I pray for the dawn
It’s the last time I’ll hurt, it’s the last time I’ll cry
When I lay down tonight, gonna lay down and die
In the still of the night as the lonesome wind blows
My sanity wanes; it comes and it goes
I feel like a child in a house all alone
Whose mother and dad will never come home


Hard Hearted

   Hard hearted heart breaker
   Dream stealer, love maker
   Hard hearted heart breaker
   How many hearts have you broken today
How many hearts have you broken today
How many lives have you caused to go wrong
How many hearts have you broken in two
Just because your heart has proved untrue
How many lies have you told other guys
Just like the ones you told to me
Honey, someday you'll learn that the tide will have to turn
Just keep on breaking hearts and you will see


Hard Luck in Heaven

While on this old earth Lord I've suffered I've cried
Things don't work out Lord as hard as I've tried
I'll have up in glory a crown for my prize
But knowin' my luck Lord it'll be the wrong size
    Hard luck in Heaven please say it ain't so
    Cause down here on earth Lord it's all that I know
    When I'm in my mansion will the roof leak there too
    Hard luck in Heaven please say it ain't true
I've always been hard luck it's always been true
So I'm not expecting any different from you
When I get my wings Lord they won't fit me right
I'll be flappin' in circles o'er the city of light
Now Lord please forgive me for thinkin' this way
But hard times just haunt me each night and each day
When the angels start singing and they hand out the harps
Knowing my luck Lord mine'll be tuned too sharp


Hard Rocking Chair

Oh darling I can't stay here
Oh darling I can't stay here
For there's nothing here but a hard rocking chair
Oh darling I can't stay here
I wish I had her tied to my side
I wish I had her tied to my side
If I had her by my side
we'd run away and hide
I wish I had her tied to my side
I wish I was a birdie in the spring
I wish I was a birdie in the spring
Like a birdie in the spring
I could hear my darling sing
I wish I was a birdie in the spring
So darling you know you done me wrong
So darling you know you done me wrong
You done me wrong
I'm leaving you this song
So darling you know you done me wrong
I wish I was a little turtle dove
I wish I was a little turtle dove
Like a little turtle dove
I'd fly to the one I love
I wish I was a little turtle dove


Hard Times Come Again No More

Let us pause in life's pleasures and count the many tears
While we all sup sorrow with the poor
There's a song that will linger forever in our ears
Oh, hard times come again no more
   It's a song a sigh of the weary
   Hard times hard times come again no more
   Many days you have lingered around my cabin door
   Oh hard times come again no more
Though we seek mirth and beauty and music bright and gay
They are frail forms a-waiting by our door
Though their voices are silent, their pleading seems to say
Oh, hard times come again no more
It's a sigh that is wafted across the lowly plains
It's a wail that is heard upon the shore
It's a dirge that is murmured across the lonely grave
Oh hard times come again no more


Hard Traveling

I've been doing some hard travelingI thought you knowed
I've been doing some hard traveling way down the road
I've been doing some hard traveling hard drinking hard gambling
I've been doing some hard traveling Lord
I've been doing some hard rock mining I thought you knowed
I've been leaning on a pressure drill way down the road
Well the hammer flying and the air hose sucking
And six feet of mud and I sure been a ducking
And I've been doing some hard traveling Lord
I've been riding them fast passengers I thought you knowed
I've been hitting them flat wheelers way down the road
I've been ridin' them blind passengers dead enders
kickin' up cindersI've been doing some hard traveling Lord
I've been layin' in a hard rock jail I thought you knowed
I've been layin' out ninety days way down the road
Darned old judge he said to me it's ninety days
for vagrancy And I've been doing some hard traveling Lord
I've been doing some hard harvesting I thought you knowed
From North Dakota to Kansas City way down the road
Cutting that wheat and stacking that hay trying to make a dollar a day
And I've been doing some hard traveling Lord
I've been walking that Lincoln highway I thought you knowed
I've been hitchin' on sixty six way down the road
Got a heavy load got a worried mind looking for a woman that's hard to find
And I've been doing some hard traveling Lord


Have A Feast Here Tonight

There's a rabbit in the log and I ain't got my dog
How will I get him I know
I'll get me a briar and twist it in his hair
That way I'll get him I know
I know ( yes I know )
I know ( I surely know )
That's how I'll get him I know
I'll get me a briar and twist in his hair
That way I'll get him I know
I'll build me a fire and I'll cook that old hare
Roll him in the flames and make him brown
Have a feast here tonight while the moon is shining bright
And find me a place to lie down
To lie down ( to lie down )
To lay down ( to lay down )
Find me a place to lie down
Have a feast here tonight while the moon is shining bright
And find me a place to lie down
I'm going down the track and my coat ripped up my back
Soles on my shoes are nearly gone
A little ways ahead there's an old farmer's shed
That's where I'll rest my weary bones
Weary bones ( weary bones )
Lazy bones ( lazy bones )
That's where I'll rest my weary bones
A little way's ahead there's an old farmer's shed
That's where I'll rest my weary bones


Have You Someone In Heaven Awaiting

   Have you someone in heaven a'waiting
   Expecting you on that beautiful shore
   Be ready to join that great band of angels
   When they welcome you into that heavenly door
Come sinners take heed while Jesus is waiting
Please never be caught in the pathway of sin
For Jesus may call your name in the morning
When heaven's gates open will you enter in
The vision will hear the prayer of the sinner
No matter how dark no matter how late
He'll welcome you home to the heavenly mansion
Take a straight narrow way to that beautiful gate


He Delivered Me

When my sould was deep in sin had no peace no joy within
my Lord (my Lord) delivered (delivered) me (delivered me from bondage)
He brought me from the darkest place Set my feet on the rock to stay
My Lord (my Lord) delivered (delivered) me (he delivered me)
   My Lord (my Lord) in Love (in love) delivered (delivered) me within
   My soul he made the joybells ring he gave me wondrous victory.
   I shout (I shout) and sing (and sing) because (because) I'm gladly free
   My Lord (my Lord) delivered (delivered) me.
Praise his name forever I'll sing
blessings to me he will ever bring
my.......
He will guide me along the way
and protect me everyday
my ........
He will take me to his name above where I'll live forever in his love
my.....
In that blessed home with this soul I will sing while the ages roll
my......


He Never Came Back

An old Jane about 49 came in to view the town
She registered up at Smith's Hotel as Miss Ada Brown
She said she was just 25 and that she was in love
With a young lad about 16, she called him her turtledove
The wedding day at last arrived, the birds did merrily sing
He touched her up for a hundred to go out and buy the ring
   He never came back, no, he never came back
   He's been gone for a year or more
   That sassy young thing better have that ring
   When we meet on that beautiful shore
I went down to a restaurant as hungry as a bear
And a raving thief I did, I grabbed the bill of fare
The waiter said, now what for you, a piece of steak, I said
He taken my order and bowed his head and slowly walked away


He Took White Roses From Her Hair

   Oh Willie my darling come back
   I will ever be faithful and true
   Oh Willie my darling come back
   I'll forever be faithful to you
I remember once that he said
He loved me better than his life
He called me his darling his wife
Then asked me to be his own bride
Oh darling he said I am sure
Your heart is made of a stone
He took a white rose from my hair
Then left me a standing alone
The next fateful day Willie was dead
He was found in the pond near the mill
Oh the clear precious waters so fair
That flows from the branch of the hills
His blue eyes were forever closed
And damp was his golden hair
And close to his pale lips was found
The white rose he took from my hair


He Took Your Place

Upon the rugged cross of Calvary
Was there my blessed Savior cried
Forgive them for they know not what they do
Oh, sinner friend, for thee he died
   His hands are gently knocking on your door
   Outside he's pleading to come in
   His heart is breaking as he waits for you
   To wash you free from every sin
Someday he's coming back to claim his own
We'll fly to Heaven's golden shore
A crown of life he gives on that glad day
With him we'll live forever more
Those cruel thorns they pierced my Savior's head
The blood was flowing down his face
In shame, forsaken there he hung and died
Oh, sinner friend, he took you place


He Will Set Your Fields On Fire

There's a call that rings from the throne it springs
To those now gone astray
Saying "Come ye men from your load of sin
There at the alter lay"
Many do not heed that the chains of greed
that their conscience never tire
Be assured my friend if you still offend
He will set your fields on fire
   Now if you don't from sin retire
   He will set your fields on fire
   You have heard Jesus' call
   And in death your soul must fall
   Now my friend if you desire
   You may join the heavenly choir
   And rejoice with him free from every sin
   When He sets this world on fire
You have heard his voice seen His soul rejoice
That trusted in his grace
You have blushed with sin as He knocked within
But still you hide your face
From the blessed Lord and His own true word
But still you say retire
Leave the downward path kindle not His wrath
Or He'll set your fields on fire


He'll Take You In

Let not your heart be troubled for He will take you in
His invitation stand forever more
He's right there where you let Him to take you by the hand
And lead you to that everlasting shore
   He'll take you in He'll take you in and give you shelter from the storm
   He'll take you in He'll take you in and there your mortal life transform
   How can you be so down and out you should jump right up and shout
   He'll take you in He'll take you in He'll take you in
Let not your soul be weary for He will strengthen you
Even in the weakest times you'll find
Him reaching out his arms to lift you up again
You know He'll take you in every time
You'll be walking on the water with your feet on hallowed ground
If you have the faith to follow in His will
You'll be one with the Spirit the Father and the Son
He'll deliver you sanctified and sealed


Head Of The Holler

Have you ever been to the head or the holler
That's where the big dogs romp and waller
The women there are long and lean
And some I fear are apt to be mean
Roll on head out
You'll like it there's no doubt
There ain't no better place to be
Than the head of the holler in Kentucky
The first time I went to the head of the holler
I wore a bow tie and a snow white collar
When daylight came come crawlin' in
And the best thing I wore was a silly grin
The next time I went to the head of the holler
I saw more moon that I could swaller
I flew like a bird and a tryin to sing
'Til I fell from a tree and broke one wing
Now my gal lives in the head of the holler
Her love shines like a silver dollar
She feeds me butter staight from the churn
And her ma and pa don't give a durn
I'm a going back to the head of the holler
You can go too if you want to follow
But don't you fool with that gal of mine
I'll cut you down like a lonesome pine


Head Over Heels

I think I'll go across the ocean
If I don't change my notion
I've just got to forget you if I can
   I'm feeling so blue
   I don't know what to do
   Because I'm
   head over heels in love with you
Every day is sad and lonely
For I'm thinking of you only
I just can't sleep when I lay down
Oh I'd like to be forgiven
But this life ain't worth living
If have to sit and worry over you
Oh the nights are long and dreary
All I do is sit and worry
I just can't bear the thought of losing you


Heading Back to Arkansas

Pretty girls that treat you nice
Headin' back to Arkansas
Kiss 'em once they'll kiss you twice
Headin' back to Arkansas
Had a place to sleep at night
Headin' back to Arkansas
I had shoes that fit me right
Headin' back to Arkansas
    Cross the mountains like a crow
    Where I'll fly she'd never know
    Where my frozen heart will thaw
    Headin' back to Arkansas
    Headin' back to Arkansas
Goin down the railroad track
Got a biscuit in my pack
You can hear a mountain song
You'll go dancin' all night long
Peaches growin on the trees
Melons taller than your knees
Singin' while you do your chores
Neach the oak and sycamore


Hear Jerusalem Moan

Well I got a home on the other shore
Don't you hear Jerusalem moan
I know I'll live there forever more
Don't you hear Jerusalem moan
    Don't you hear Jerusalem moan, don't you hear Jerusalem moan
    Thank God there's a Heaven and a ringin' in my soul
    and my soul set free
    Don't you hear Jerusalem moan
Well now Sister Mary she wears a chain
Don't you hear Jerusalem moan
And on every link is a Jesus' name
Don't you hear Jerusalem moan
The devil wears a hypocrite shoe
Don't you hear Jerusalem moan
you don't watch out he's gonna step 'em on you
Don't you hear Jerusalem moan
Now the Methodist preacher is a mighty fine man
Don't you hear Jerusalem moan
Showin' us the way to the promised land
Don't you hear Jerusalem moan


Heart and Soul

    Heart and soul mind and body
    We were as close as close can be
    Heart and soul mind and body
    Now I feel pain in every part of me
We found love and whirlwind romance
The feeling was right and the passion strong
Love was a thrill and satisfying
How could we know it would somehow end
Your feelings changed you found another
Some things about me you can't accept
I tried to change but I can't forget her
We grew apart and then love soon left
 


Heart That Was Broken For Me, The

There came from the skies
In the days long ago
The Lord with a message of love
The world knew Him not
He was treated with scorn
This wonderful Gift from above
   They crowned Him with thorns
   He was beaten with straps
   He was wounded and nailed to the tree
   But the pain in His heart
   Was the hardest to bear
   The heart that was broken for me
He came to His own
To his owners He loved
The sheep that had wandered astray
They heard not His voice
But the Friend of mankind
Was halted and driven away
I will take up my cross
I will walk by His side
For the pathway of duty I see
I will follow my Lord
And abide in His heart
The heart that was broken for me


Heartstrings

Way up north where the snow flies and the sun don't hardly shine
If it weren't for my true love
I'd a long a go lost my mind
I'd long a go lost my mind
There are good folks here and good folks there most everywhere I go
But the land of my heart is down
Where the snow white cotton grows
Where the snow white cotton grows
   When the river runs over from meltin' snow
   We will take to the higher ground
   When the water goes down again
   We'll saddle our old Paint
   We'll be homeward bound
   Me and my love will be homeward bound
Heartstrings hang tighter than the roots of a live oak tree
Holdin' thru tornado winds
Tougher than timber stronger than steel
They'll guide me back southward again
They'll guide me back southward again


Heaven's Radio

There's a wonderful invention called the radio
You can hear it every where you chance to go
But the static in the air sometimes makes it hard to hear
But it is not so with heaven's radio
   Heaven's radio on the other shore
   For my precious savior always listens in
   It's the same old radio that was used long time ago
   For my precious savior always listens in
Daniel in the lions den with this power should surely win
For my precious savior always listens in
And I know without a doubt honest prayers will bring you out
For my precious savior always listens in
Well He set the Hebrews three from the fiery furnace free
For my precious savior always listens in
He will rescue you today in that same old fashioned way
For my precious savior always listens in


Heavy Traffic Ahead

On Saturday night when our work is done
We load our music up on the run
   Heavy traffic ahead, heavy traffic ahead
   We got to ramble ramble there's heavy traffic ahead
We pull out of Nashville right on time
The Blue Grass special heads down the line
We traveled around from state to state
The Bluegrass boys are never late
Late in the evening about sundown
You know we've come from some other town
We do our work with a good will
On Friday night we head for Nashville


Hello Central, Give Me Heaven

Hello central give me heaven
For I know my mother's there
And you'll find her with the angels
Over on the golden stair
She'll be glad it's me a speaking
Wont you call her for me please
For I surely want to tell her
That we're sad without her here
   Hello central give me heaven
   For I know my mother's there
   You will find her with the angels
   Over on the golden stair
Poppa dear is said and lonely
Sobbed the tearful little child
Since momma's gone to heaven
Poppa dear you do not smile
I will speak to her and tell her
That we want her to come home
You just listen while I call her
Call her through the telephone
I will answer just to please her
Yes dear heart I'll soon come home
Kiss me momma it's your darling
Kiss me through the telephone


Hello City Limits

   Hello, city limits, I see your sign
   Left all my worries way behind
   Left all my troubles and heartaches there too
   Hello, city limits, I'm starting out brand new
I need a change of scenery, I need it real bad
To help me forget all the hard times I've had
I've got a feeling I'll find a love that's true
Well, hello city limits, I'm starting out brand new
I haven't told a soul just where I'm gonna be
Cause I don't want the blues to catch up with me
I may decide to change my name too
Hello city limits, I'm starting out brand new


Hello Stranger

Now hello stranger put your loving hand in mine
Hello stranger put your loving hand in mine
You are a stranger
But you're a pal of mine
Now get up rounder let a working may lay down
Get up rounder let a working man lay down
You are a rounder
But you're all out and down
Every time I ride that six and fourth street car
Every time I ride that six and fourth street car
I can see my baby
From here behind these bars
She bowed her head she waved both hands at me
She bowed her head she waved both hands at me
I'm prison bound
I'm longing to be free
Oh I'll see you when your troubles are like mine
Oh I'll see you when your troubles are like mine
Oh I'll see you
When you haven't got a dime
Weeping like a willow and mourning like a dove
Weeping like a willow and mourning like a dove
There's a girl in the country
That I really love


Hemlocks And Primroses

Thinking of you while out for a ramble
Down by a cold frosty stream
Set down on a bed of hemlocks and primroses
And gently I fell into a dream
I dreamed I saw a pretty fair maiden
Such beauty I'd never saw before
Her dress was bound round with hemlocks and primroses
So green was the mantel she wore
Her hair was of a dark brown color
Her teeth was as ivory so white
Her eyes they shined like sparking diamonds
Or stars than shine on a cold frosty night
I drew her near then I awakened
With two empty arms and you on my mind
Heaven seemed so near while I was dreaming
It hurts to know you left me behind


Her Sweet Love's Calling Me

Thirty days now I've been gone out here in this world alone
But I can hear her sweet love's calling me
We're a thousand miles apart but she's here in my heart
Cause I can hear her sweet love's calling me
Her sweet love's calling me
And her lonely arms keep reaching for someone that she needs
The teardrops are falling on my cheeks
Cause I can hear her sweet love's calling me
I remember how she cried the day I said good-bye
Now I can hear her sweet love's callling me
I don't know why I ever roamed leaving love like her's at home
But I can hear her sweet love's calling me


Here Today

Here today and gone tomorrow
Our love will always be a hit and run affair
I know you love me but you're just a wanderer
Today I love you but tomorrow I may not care
   For absence never makes the heart grow fonder
   I get lonesome for someones company
   Here today and gone tomorrow
   And my loving you is just a fantasy
When you're gone I wish we'd never met
For your memory remains within my heart
Here today and gone tomorrow
We can't be happy so I guess it's best we part


Hey Hey Bartender

Hey hey hey bartender
come and set me up another round
Hey hey hey bartender
got a lot of troubles I must drown
Well I guess you guess it's love
it's love it's love it's love it's love bartender
Yes I guess you guess this love has got me down
I tried I tried bartender Lordy Lordy Lordy how I tried
She Lied she lied bartender
Lordy how that woman went and lied
Well I guess it's best somehow but now I'm alone
I'm alone I'm alone bartender and I see you see it hurts to be alone
Del McCoury; I wonder Where You Are Tonight


Hey Hey Hey

I saw you last night in my dreams love
I awoke as the clock was strikin' four
But I didn't think that I'd meet you
And now as you walk through the door
   Come sit here with me, little darlin'
   And allow me to say
   I love you sweetheart I love you
   Hey hey hey hey
As you stood there before me I wondered
If I'd ever get you off of my mind
And the tears filled my eyes when you vanished
With your golden curls that hung down behind
Won't you come back to me in my dreams love
Some dark night when I'm here all alone
Would you tell me sweetheart that you love me
Some dark night when I'm here all alone
 


Hide Me Oh Blessed Rock of Ages

Oh thy blessed rock of ages
Trusting now dear Lord in thee
Keep me til my journey's ended
Til they blessed face I'll see
    Hide me oh blessed rock of ages
    Til they face I'll see
    When the storms around me


Hideaway

I can see the sad expression you were trying to disguise
You gave away your secrets with that look that’s in your eyes
You don’t have to tell me what you did it comes as no surprise
You don’t have to give your heart to hideaway
   Hideaway, hideaway
   In my arms you’ll find a safer place to stay
   If you’re looking for a refuge where you can hold the world at bay
   Come to me if you just need a hideaway
It seems each time you’d meet somebody you were sure your dreams came true
You never stopped to think she might not be so good for you
You make the same mistakes but I’ll be here to tell your troubles to
When it’s over come to me and hideaway


High Lonesome Sound

When ever my soul is lonely
When ever I'm feeling blue
I start thinkin' 'bout my blue-eyed darlin'
My heart starts pinin' for you
I wanna hear that high lonesome sound
'Cause my sweet baby ain't around
When my life's got me down
I wanna hear that high lonesome sound
When I'm lost in this ocean of darkness
Not knowing which way I should turn
And my eyes are filled with the sadness
Of knowing you'll never return
Vince Gill; High Lonesome Sound


High On A Hilltop

High on a hilltop overlooking a city
I can see the bright lights as they gleam
And somewhere you're dancing in some dingy bar room
And the lure of the gay life takes the place of our dream
High on a hilltop my heart cries oh Lord
Forgive her she know not the way
And give me the power to believe and some day
High on a hilltop together we'll pray
I can vision a rounder with a life so smooth
And a promise of riches for you
But you see not the danger cause you're silly with booze
And high on a hilltop I see a devil win you


High On A Mountain

As I looked at the valleys down below
They were green just as far as I could see
As my memory returned oh how my heart did yearn
For you and the day that used to be
   High on a mountain top wind blowing free
   Wondering about the days that used to be
   High on a mountain top standing all alone
   Wondering where the years of my life have flown
Oh I wonder if you ever think of me
Or if time has blotted out your memory
As I listen to the breeze blow gently through the trees
I'll always cherish what you meant to me


Highway Forty Blues

With these Highway 40 blues
I've walked holes in both my shoes
Counted the days since I've been gone
And I'd love to see the lights of home
Wasted time and money too
Squandered youth in search of truth
But in the end I'd have to lose
Lord above, I've paid my dues
I've got them Highway 40 blues.
The highway called when I was young
It told me lies of things to come
Fame and fortune lies ahead
That's what the billboard light had said
Shattered dreams my mind is numb
Money's gone stick out my thumb
My eyes are filled with bitter tears
Lord, I ain't been home in years
I got them Highway 40 blues.
You know I rambled all around
Like a rolling stone from town to town
Met pretty girls I'd have to say
But none of them could make me stay
I've played the music halls and bars
Had fancy clothes and big fine cars
Things a country boy can't use
Dixie land I sure miss you
I've got them Highway 40 blues.


Highway Of Regret

   Ain't talking, just walking
   Down that highway of regret
   Heart's burning, still yearning
   For the best girl this poor boy's ever met
I never thought this thing could happen
I never thought you'd be untrue
Or go away with another
And break a heart that worshipped you
It makes no difference where I wander
You never seem to leave my mind
Your face is always there before me
I think about you all the time


Highway Of Sorrow

I once had a darling wife kind,  true and sweet
Life was so bright and gay everything complete
But I fell for another who led my life astray
So I'll live in sorrow till my dying day
   Down the highway of sorrow I'm traveling alone
   I've lost all my true friends I've lost a happy home
   I'm heading for destruction I'm on the wrong track
   Down the highway of sorrow there's no turning back
I went back to my darling  I got down on my knees
I begged her with tear rimmed eyes to give my poor heart ease
But she was hurt so deeply she could not forgive
So I'll live in sorrow as I long as I live


Hills and Home

Headin back to the hills and home
This old country never more to roam
This travellin' life is not for me
I'm heading back to the hills and home
Like many other wanderin lads
I went away my fortune to see
It's all the same but now I know
My fortune's here among the hills and home
I can smell the mountain laurels bloomin'
Along the road that leads up to my home
That stand of oak out behind the shed
Makes me long for the hills and home
There's a light shining from the window
The smoke is curlin from the chimney top
Mom and dad about their evening chores
I'll soon be back among the hills and home
 


Hills Of Roane County

In the beautiful hills, way back in Roane Country
There's where I roamed for many long years
There's where my heart's been tending most ever
That's where the first step of misfortune I made
I was about thirty years when I courted and married
Amanda Gilbraith I then called my wife
But her brother stabbed me for some unknown reason
Just three months later I'd taken Tom's life
For twenty five years this whole world I rambled
I went to old England to France and to Spain
But I thought of my home way back in Roan Country
I boarded a steamer and came back again
I was captured and tried in the village of Kingston
Not a man in the county would speak one kind word
When the jury came in with the verdict next morning
A lifetime in prison was the words that I heard
When the train pulled out poor mother stood weepin
And sister she sat alone with a sigh
And the last words I heard was Willie God bless you
Was Willie God bless you, God bless you, good bye
Sweet Martha was grave but Corey was better
There's better and worse, although you can see
Boys when you write home from the prison in Nashville
Place one of my songs in your letter for me


Hit Parade Of Love

From what I've been a hearing dear you've really got it made
You've got a lot of fellers on your lover's hit parade
If I can't be your number one I don't know what I'll do
Gonna be plumb up to the top I'm so in love with you
   On the hit parade of love I know I'll never stop
   I've got a long long way to climb before I reach top
   But if I do get there soon I'd really have it made
   Then I'll know I'm number one your lover's hit parade
Now it's your heart I'm after 'cause it's so nice and kind
Another one to take your place would sure be hard to find
So put your arms around me dear and be my turtle dove
Then I'll feel like I'm number one on your hit parade of love
Now if we work together like all good lovers should
We can make a go of it everything will turn out good
We will can so much fun we'll really have it made
Then I'll know I'm number one on your lover's hit parade


Hobo Bill's Last Ride

Riding on an east bound freight train speeding thru the night
Hobo Bill a railroad bum was fighting for his life
The sadness of his eyes revealed the torture of his soul
He raised a weak and weary hand to brush away the cold
No warm lights flicker 'round him no blankets there to fold
Nothing but the howling wind and the driving rain so cold
When he heard a whistle blowing in a dreary kind of way
The hobo seemed contented for he smiled there where he lay
Outside the rain was falling on that lonely boxcare door
But the little form of Hobo Bill lay still upon the floor
While the train sped thru the darkness and the raging storm outside
No-one knew that Hobo Bill was taking his last ride
It was early in the morning when they raised the Hobo's head
The smile still lingered on his face but Hobo Bill was dead
There was no mother's longing to soothe his weary soul
For he was just a railroad bum who died out in the cold


Hobo Blues

I got a hole in my pocket
I done packed my old knapsack
I got a train to catch a mile on down the track
Well I been hanging around this old town way too many days
I got to ramble on and I must be on my way
I got the hobo blues
I gotta go gotta go God I got the hobo blues
When I hear that whistle blow some
I gotta move gotta move God
I got the hobo blues
Some women try to hold me but I keep on movin' on
My hat don't hang in nowhere for too long
'Cause I'm caught up in the feeling of the singin' brakemans song
I got the hobo blues deep down in my bones
When I die oh won't you bury me in an old box car
With a coffee can and my old guitar
But make sure that I'm close enough to hear that passin' train
I got the freight train fever chuggin' through my veins


Hold Fast To The Right

Kneel down by the side of your mother, my boy
You have only a moment I know
But stay till I give you this parting advice
It is all that I have to be stow
   Hold fast to the right, hold fast to the right
   Wherever your footsteps may roam
   Oh forsake not the way of a salvation my boy
   That you learn'd from your mother at home
You leave us to seek your employment, my boy
By the world you have yet to be tried
But in the temptations and trials you meet
May your heart to the Savior confide
I gave you to God in your cradle, my boy
And I've taught you the best that I knew
And as long as His mercies permit me to live
And I shall never cease praying for you
You will find in your satchel, a Bible, my boy
It's the book of all others the best
It will help you to levee and prepare you to die
And will lead to the gates of the blest


Hold To God's Unchanging Hand

Time is filled with swift transition
Naught of earth unmoved can stand
Build you hopes on things eternal
Hold to God's unchanging hand
   Hold to God's unchanging hand
   Hold to God's unchanging hand
   Build you hopes on things eternal
   Hold to God's unchanging hand
Trust in Him who will not leave you
What so ever years may bring
If by earthly friends forsaken
Still, more closely to Him cling
When your journey is completed
When the valley you pass through
Fair and bright the home in glory
Your enraptured soul will view


Hold Watcha Got

   Hold whatcha got, I'm a-coming home baby
   Hold whatcha got, and I don't mean maybe
   Been a-thinking about you and I'm on my way
   Don't sell the house, and don't wreck the car
   Stay there, honey, right where you are
   Hold whatcha got, I'm a coming home to stay
Well... in my mind I can see
That's a pretty good sign that I need you
That's why I can't wait to get back home
So squeeze yourself real good and tight
I'll be there before daylight
If you hold whatcha got, I'm a coming home to stay
Well... when I get back, honey, I ain't leaving
I been too long, a little too much grieving
When I get back this time I'm going to stay
Well we won't fuss and we won't fight
This time things is gonna be all right
If you hold whatcha got, I'm a-coming home to stay


Home

Home still rocks my soul
Steals my dreams each night
I never thought I'd be turnin back
To a light that burns so bright
   I'm goin back where my heart still lives
   Back to my dear old friends
   When they reach out with welcome arms
   It'll be my journey's end
I still remember the night
We sang sweet country songs
We laughed at the good times, cried at the bad
And life just rolled along


Home By The Sea

There's a lonely cottage by the sea side
Where the water lillies through the shore
It was there I passed my happy childhood
With a loved one that's gone before
   Then give me back my dear old home
   That old home by the sea
   And I never will wander far away
   From my home my dear old cottage home
   Yodel
Many years have passed since there I wandered
But the old cottage has been forgot
And my heart in fancy oft returned
To that dear old familiar spot
Yes my heart is like the humming sea shell
That tells of its birth where ere it roams
I will sing of my cottage by the sea shore
Of my home my dear old cottage home


Home Far Away

   Oh lord have mercy on this weary soul of mine
   May I walk in your light everyday
   And when I've crossed that deep silent river
   I'll be happy in that home far away
I wandered away from the straight and the narrow
Driftin' like a ship lost at sea
No lighthouse to guide my weary footsteps
Til Jesus answered my plea
The lights are bright no longer I'm blinded
From the bondage of sin I'm free
He lifted me up to join salvation
I'll live on eternally


Home From The Forest

All the neon lights were flashin' and the icy wind did blow
The water seeped into his shoes and the drizzle turned to snow
His eyes were red his hopes were dead and the wine was runnin' low
Then the old man came home from the forest
His tears fell on the sidewalk as he stumbled in the street
A dozen faces stopped to stare but no one stopped to speak
For his castle was a hallway and a bottle his only friend
And the old man stumbled in from the forest
Up a dark and dingy staircase the old man made his way
His ragged coat around him as upon his cot he lay
And he wondered how it happened that he ended up this way
Gettin' lost like a fool in the forest
And as he lay there sleepin' a vision did appear
Upon his mantle shining the face of one so dear
Who'd loved him in the springtime of a long forgotten year
When the wildflowers did bloom in the forest
She touched his grizzled fingers and she called him by his name
And then he heard the joyful sound of children at their games
In an old house on a hillside in some forgotten town
Where the river runs down from the forest
With a mighty roar the big jets soar above the canyon streets
And the common con but life goes on for the city never sleeps
And to an old forgotten soldier the dawn will come no more
For the old man has come home from the forest


Home In Tennessee

   Oh yes I'm going back to my home in Tennessee
   Back to the girl that's waiting in the cotton fields to see
   There's a mother and a dad that's waiting patiently
   And the place I'm longing for tonight's my home in Tennessee
I'll sail the skies in airplane to a place called Bunkers Hill
I'll drop from the clouds in a parachute and oh boys what a thrill
My song shall fall in no mans land and I'm in the great prairie
But the place I'm longing for tonight's my home in Tennessee
I've been to Frisco's Golden Gate also Bangor, Maine
I've been to the Rocky Mountains and back down again
And up to old New York saw the Statue of Liberty
But the place I'm longing for tonight's my home in Tennessee


Home Town

When I was young I couldn't see
How much the old town had meant to me
But it's too late to mourn and cry
As long as I live this old town will never die
It ain't fair in our home town
When people tear our buildings down
This old town won't be the same
Seems as tho it's an awful shame
The family church house is torn down too
And we've all been wondering what will we do
To find another would be kind of hard
But we will all cherish pleasant memories serving God


Homestead On The Farm

Well I wonder how the old folks are at home
I wonder if they miss me while I roam
I wonder if they pray for the boy who went away
And left his dear old parents all alone
   Now you can hear the cattle lowing in the lane
   You can see the fields of bluegrass where I'd roam
   You can almost hear them cry as they kiss their boy goodbye
   I wonder how the old folks are at home
Just a village and a homestead on the farm
And a mother's love to shield you from all harm
A mother's love so dear and a sweetheart brave and true
Just a village and a homestead on the farm


Honey Babe Blues

   Well I ain't got no honey baby now
   I guess she didn't love me anyhow
   Well it's oh me and oh my
   Ain't got no honey baby now
Well she left me on that early morning train
I'll never see my girl again
Well it's oh me and oh my
Ain't got no honey baby now
Now good girl you ain't no gal of mine
My honey babe done traveled down the line
Well it's oh me and oh my
Ain't got no honey baby now
I'll see you when your troubles are like mine
When you haven't got a nickel or a dime
Well it's oh me and oh my
Ain't got no honey baby now


Honey In The Rock

Oh my brother, do you know the Savior
Who is wondrous kind and true?
He's the Rock of your salvation
There is honey in the Rock for you
   Oh, honey in the Rock (oh, honey in the Rock)
   Sweet honey in the Rock (sweet honey in the Rock)
   Oh it tastes just like honey in the Rock
   Oh taste and see if the Lord is good
   Oh it tastes just like honey in the Rock
Have you tasted that the Lord is gracious?
Do you walk in the way that's new?
have you drank from the living fountain?
There is honey in the Rock for you
Oh, there's honey in the Rock my brother
There is honey in the Rock for you
Leave your sins fur the Blood to cover
There is honey in the Rock for you


Honey You Don't Know My Mind

Honey you don't know my mind I'm lonesome all the time
Born to lose a drifter that's me
You can travel for so long then a rambler's heart goes wrong
Baby you don't know my mind today
Heard the music of a rail slept in every old dirty jail
And life's too short for you to worry me
When I find I can't win I'll be checking out again
Baby you don't know my mind today
I've been a hobo and a tramp my soul has done been stamped
Lord things I know I learned the hard hard way
I ain't here to judge or plea but to give my poor heart ease
Baby you don't know my mind today
Honey you don't know my mind I'm lonesome all the time
Born to lose a drifter that's me
You say I'm sweet and kind I can love you a thousand times
Baby you don't know my mind today


Hop High My Lula Gal

Where did you get them high top shoes
And the dress that you wear so fine
Got my shoes from a railroad man
And the dress is from a driver in the mine
    Oh hop high hop high
    Hop high my lula gal
I'll pawn you my watch and I'll pawn you my chain
I'll pawn you gold wedding ring
To pay my little lulu's fine
I'll pawn you my wagon and my team
Where have you been my pretty little girl
Where have you been so long
I've been in the pen with those rough and rowdy men
And honey I'm goin' back again


Hoping That You're Hoping

Every minute of the day I'm thinking about you
And without you life is just a crazy dream
Every breath I take I'm hoping that you're hoping
That I'm hoping you'll return to me
Can you remember dear when you said
If I ever stopped loving you you'd rather be dead
Well dear I don't know what on earth changed your mind
No matter whose holding you your heart is still mine
Every time I think about the way you cuddled up and spuddled up
And thrilled me with your charm
I get dizzy in the head and when it's seeming that I'm dreaming
I'm locked in your loving arms


Hot Corn, Cold Corn

   Hot corn cold corn bring along the demijohn
   Hot corn cold corn bring along the demijohn
   Hot corn cold corn bring along the demijohn
   Fare thee well Uncle Bill see you in the morning yes sir
Well it's upstairs downstairs out in the kitchen (3x)
See you  Uncle Bill just a raring and a pitching yes sir
Well it's old Aunt Peggy won't you fill 'em up again (3x)
Ain't had a drink since the lord knows when yes sir
Well yonder comes the preacher and the children are a crying (3x)
Chickens a running and the  toenails a flying yes sir


House Of Gold

People steal they cheat and lie
For wealth and what it will buy
But don't they know on judgement day
That gold and silver will melt away
I'd rather be in a dark grave
And to know that my poor soul was saved
Than to live in this world in a house of gold
And deny my God and doom my soul
What good is gold and silver too
If your hearts not pure and true
Sinner hear me when I say
Fall down on your knees and pray


How Beautiful Heaven Must Be

We read of a place that's called heaven
It's made for the pure and the free
These truths in God's Word He hath given
How beautiful heaven must be
How beautiful heaven must be ( must be )
Sweet home of the happy and free
Fair heaven of rest for the weary
How beautiful heaven must be
In heaven no drooping nor pining
No wishing for elsewhere to be
God's light is forever there shining
How beautiful heaven must be
Pure waters of life there are flowing
And all who will drink may be free
Rare jewels of splendor are glowing
How beautiful heaven must be
The angels so sweetly are singing
Up there by the beautiful sea
Sweet chords from their gold harps are ringing
How beautiful must be


How Could I Dream Such A Dream

I dreamed you were lying close beside me
And I dreamed no one else had your heart
In this dream you said you loved me
And told me that we'd never part
Oh how could I dream such a dream
How peaceful there while I sleep
But I awoke how strange it did seem
I was lost in a world so deep
You'll never know just how much I love you
And that you're in my prayers every night
But tonight you're in the arms of another
And I know what I'm feeling ain't right


How I Miss My Darling Mother

In my memory there's a little mountain homestead
And the flowers are still growing on the lawn
Now each time I go back home the tears start falling
How I miss my darling since she's gone
She's gone to join a happy band of angels
To sing for endless ages at God's throne
The best friend I ever had is now with Jesus
How I miss my darling Mother since she's gone
There'll never be another friend like Mother
No one can do the things for me she done
Nor can fill the vacant place she left here
How I miss my darling mother since she's gone


How Lonely Can You Get

Have you ever been so lonely so blue you could die
When the one you love no longer cares for you
When your trouble mind keeps bothering you won't leave you alone
When you know its all over love's grown cold
How lonely oh how lonely how lonely can you get
I'd give this wide world over If we had never met
I woudn't have these lonely night days of sad regret
Don't mind being lonely but how lonely can you get
I've tried to tell me my troubled mind to live and just forget
But I don't find that so easy and never will I guess
I'm locked up in a dream world with dreams and loneliness
And every day I ask myself how lonely can you get


How Long Blues

Long ol' train cruel engineer
They took my baby and left me here
And how long will I keep these lonesome blues
How long how long
Has that evening train been gone
How long how long baby how long
Mean ol' blues come down on me
They're all around me they're all I see
But how long will I keep these lonesome blues
Cruel engineer can't you see
I need my baby back with me
Then I'd be rid of these mean ol' lonesome blues


How Many Times

   How many times must we fight
   It goes on ‘til past midnight
   Day after day night after night
   How many times must we fight
You always say that I'm to blame
But you should hang your head in shame
Just because you've got the upper hand
This life I live is hard to stand
Your heart is surely made of stone
People like you should live alone
Oh you've kicked this old heart of mine around
A thousand times you let it down


How Mountain Girls Can Love

   Get down boys, go back home
   Back to the girl you love
   Treat her right, never wrong
   How mountain girls can love
Riding the night in the high cold winds
On the trail of the old lonesome pine
Thinking of you, feeling so blue
Wondering why you left me behind
Remember the night we strolled down the lane
Our hearts were gay and happy then
You whispered to me as I held your close
You hoped this night would never end


How Will I Explain About You

You left me, my darling to travel alone
My heart is so lonely and blue
When friends ask about you why you're not around
How will I explain about you
   How will I explain about you
   They know I've been faithful and true
   So when they start asking why you're not around
   How will I explain about you
They saw us together for such a long time
They knew that I loved you so true
But now that you've gone and I'm left all alone
How will I explain about you
   How will I explain about you
   I can't let them know that we're through
   They wouldn't believe it could ever be true
   How will I explain about you
   How will I explain about you
   I'm leaving it all up to you
   And if you insist that our pathway must part
   How will I explain about you


How's The World Treating You

I've had nothing but sorrow
Since you said we were through
There's no hope for tomorrow
How's the world treating you
Every sweet thing that matters
Has been broken in two
All my dreams have been shattered
How's the world treating you
Got no plans for next Sunday
Got no plans for today
Every day is blue Monday
Every day you're away
Tho' our pathways have parted
To your  memory I'm true
Guess I'll stay broken hearted
How's the world treating you
Do you wonder about me
Like I'm hoping you do
Are you lonesome without me
Have you found someone new
Are you burning and yearning
Do you ever get blue
Do you think of returning
How's the world treating you


Hush Little Baby

Hush little baby don't say a word
Mama gonna buy you a mocking bird
If that mocking bird don't sing
Mama gonna buy you a diamond ring
If that diamond ring turn brass
Mama gonna buy you a lookin' glass
If that lookin' glass gets broke
Mama gonna buy you a billy goat
If that billy goat don't pull
Mama gonna buy you a cart and bull
If that cart and bull turn over
Mama gonna buy you a dog named Rover
It that dog named Rover don't bark
Mama gonna buy you a horse and cart
If that horse and cart fall down
You'll be sweetest little baby in town


I Ain't Broke But I'm Badly Bent

I'm goin' back to the country, I can't pay the rent
Though I'm not exactly broke, brother I'm sure bent
Can't understand where my money went
I ain't broke but I'm badly bent.
Well, I had a lot of money, but to the city went
I met too many good looking girls and that's where my money went
Yeah I know just where it went
No I ain't broke but I'm badly bent.
When I get back to the country I'll be livin' in a tent
Ma and Pa will sure be mad about all the money I spent
Can't understand just where it went
No I ain't broke but I'm badly bent
Yeah I know just where it went
No I ain't broke, but brother I'm badly bent.


I Ain't Gonna Work Tomorrow

I'm a'going to leave this country
I a'going around this world
I'm going to leave this country
For the sake of one little girl
Well she told me that she loved me
And it caused my poor heart grief
Now she's got her back turned on me
And she's courting whoever she please
Well I lost my money at gambling
And I lost my name you see
I am nobody's darling
And nobody cares for me
Don't you hear my banjo a'ringing
Don't you hear it's mournful sound
Don't you hear those pretty girls laughing
Standing on the cold frosty ground
Well I'll hang my head in sorrow
I will hang my head and cry
I'll hang my head in sorrow
As my darling passes by
I ain't gonna work tomorrow
And I may not work next day
I ain't gonna work tomorrow
For it be a wet rainy day


I Ain't Holding On Any Longer

Well I ain't holding on any longer
Holding on to memories of the past
Well I ain't holding on any longer
I know I just ain't gonna last
    I can't go on the way I'm livin
    Can't stand the pain that I've gone through
    So I ain't holdin' on any longer
    Cause little gal I see I'm through with you
Well now you can get just what you wanted
And maybe just a little extra too
Take the money in the bank I don't need it
For it's gone like the love we once knew
    So I'll take this and you take that baby
    You take that and I'll take this that's fine
    Ain't no use to hold on I know it's over
    So you go your way I'll go mine


I Always Get Lonesome When It Rains

Tonight I'm all alone with all my memories
And this old heart of mine miust bear the pain
Now I can hear the raindrops softly falling
And I always get lonesome when it rains.
There's something about the rain that makes me blue
'Cuz when the raindrops fall I think of you
Now I can hear the patter on the pane
And I always get lonesome when it rains.
I'm glad there's no one 'round to hear me cry
Nor to see me walk the floor like I'm insane
Now I can't hide my sorrow no need trying
'Cuz I always get lonesome when it rains.


I Am A Pilgrim

   I am a pilgrim and a stranger
   Traveling through this wearisome land
   And  I've got a home in that yonder city, good Lord
   And it's not (good Lordy it's not) not made by hand
I got a mother, a sister and a brother
Who have gone to that sweet home
And I am determined to go and see them, good Lord
Over on (good Lordy over on) that distant shore
As I go down to that river Jordan
Just to bathe my weary soul
If I could touch but just the hem of His garment, good Lord
I believe (good Lordy I believe) that it would make me whole
Now when I'm dead, laying in my coffin
All of my friends all gather round
They can say that he's just laying there sleeping, good Lord
Sweet peace (Lordy sweet peace) his soul is found


I Am Going in the Morning

    I am going in the morning
    And in glory I shall dwell
    In that home that's free from sadness
    Where we'll never say farewell
Friends this day I hope to meet you
In that home bye and bye
Then we'll live up there forever
In that home beyond the sky
If you live for the Savior
He will walk by your side
And you'll be with him forever
In that happy home on high


I Am The Man, Thomas

   Oh, I am the Man, Thomas, I am the Man
   Look at these nail scars here in my hands
They pierced me in the side, Thomas, I am the Man
They made me bear the cross, Thomas, I am the Man
They laid me in the tomb, Thomas, I am the Man
In three days I arose, Thomas, I am the Man
They pierced me in the Side, Thomas, I am the Man
They made me bear the cross, Thomas, I am the Man


I Am Weary Let Me Rest

   Kiss me mother kiss your darlin
   Lay my head upon your breast
   Throw your loving arms around me
   I am weary let me rest
Seems the light is swiftly fading
Brighter scenes they do now show
I am standing by the river
Angels wait to take me home
   Kiss me mother kiss your darlin
   See the pain upon my brow
   While I'll soon be with the angels
   Fate has doomed my future now
Through the years you've always loved me
And my life you've tried to save
But now I shall slumber sweetly
In a deep and lonely grave
   Kiss me mother kiss your darlin
   Lay my head upon your breast
   Throw your loving arms around me
   I am weary let me rest


I Am Weary Let Me Rest

   Kiss me mother kiss your darling
   Lay my head upon your breast
   Fold your loving arms around me
   I am weary let me rest
Through the years you've always loved me
And my life you've tried to save
But now I will slumber sweetly
In a cold and lonely grave
Now the light is swiftly fading
Brighter scenes they now do show
I am standing by the river
Angels wait to take me home


I Believed In You Darling

Oh you said that you loved me that your heart would be true
But now you've gone and left me, I'm so blue
I believed in you darling that your heart would be true
But now you've gone and left me, I'm so blue
   Our vows have been broken, you have proven untrue
   Another has my sweetheart and the love that I once knew
   I believed in you darling that your heart would be true
   But now you've gone and left me I'm so blue
Oh the nights are so lonely, dreams of you haunt me so
What's happened little darling I don't know
I believed in you darling that your heart would be true
But now you've gone and left me I'm so blue


I Can Hear The Angels Singing

I can hear the angels singing
As I walk this rocky road
For my thoughts are all of heaven
And my Savior's blest abode
I can hear the angels singing
I can hear my Savior's voice
And I'll soon be singing with them
Through endless ages we'll rejoice
I can hear the angels singing
Of my Savior's blessed love
How he died to build a mansion
For his children up above


I Can't Feel At Home In This World Anymore

This world is not my home, I'm just a-passing through
My treasures and my hopes are all beyond the blue;
Where many Christian children have gone on before,
And I can't feel at home in this world anymore
   Oh Lord, You know I have no friend but you
   If Heaven's not my home, Oh Lord what would I do?
   Angels have taken me to Heaven's open door
   And I can't feel at home in this world anymore
Over in glory land there is no dying there
The saints are shouting Victory and singing everywhere
I hear the voice of Nell that I have heard before
And I can't feel at home in this world anymore


I Can't Go On Loving You

The flame of love to ash has burned
My faded love will not return
You want me back I know it's true
But I can't go on loving you
    I can't go on loving you
    Can't stand the pain you put me through
    Torturing my mind with the things you do
    No I can't go on loving you
I wish you happiness sweetheart
It hurts to know we have to part
I'll think of you and the love we knew
Oh I can't go on loving you


I Can't Go On This Way

When you left me you said you’d return dear
You said that you’d be back someday
Oh please let me hear from you darlin’
I just can’t go on this ol’ way
   I know you never did love me
   But I thought that you would dear someday
   Oh please let me hear from you darlin’
   I just can’t go on this ol’ way
Remember the good times together
You said that you loved me so true
As I sit here these thoughts hover o’er me
There’s a love in my heart dear for you


I Can't Stand To Ramble

I used to get so restless when I stayed at home
Couldn't stand the sight of me alone
And to stay the same was moving backwards more than standing still
To ramble 'round was my greatest thrill.
    I can't stand to ramble no more
    I'd rather count the flowers growin' at my door
    I'd rather sit and think of places I have been before
    I can't stand to ramble no more.
I used to have this driving desire to be out on the road
Now it's just another weary load
And the wanderlust that used to burn is faded to a glow
In a longing for the sweet things that I know.
This life's got me goin' places I have been before
I hear the wolves howlin' at my door
I'd like to settle down with the best man that I know
And make some sweet old memories of our own.


I Can't Stop Calling Your Name

I don't drink as much as I used to
I've learned when to get out of the rain
I don't sleep anymore since you left me my dear
And I can't stop calling your name.
   I call your name in the middle of the night
   I sit up in my bed wanting to hold you so tight
   But when I realize that things are not the same
   Maybe then I'll stop calling your name.
Our house don't seem to be empty
Oh the laughter and scent of you remain
Everything in our room reminds me of you
That's why I keep calling your name.


I Cannot Be Your Sweetheart

Last night I told my heart's love
All under the pale blue sky
Eagerly waiting an answer
I plainly could read in her eyes
I love you sweetheart I love
And ask you to be my bride
Her face turned pale and she trembled
And sadly to me she replied
   I cannot be your sweetheart
   I cannot stay by your side
   One is waiting up yonder
   One that's claiming his bride
   
   My heart is almost broken
   Your vows only add to my pain
   I love you sweetheart I love you
   Though we may never meet again
We said goodbye in the moonlight
My heart was turned to stone
One blissful hour was made happy
But now I'm sad and alone
In this my sorrows forever
Though you may go far away
Where ever you go I'll love you
But still I can hear you say


I Could Cry

Dear when I think about you I could cry
Knowing I have let love go by
I'll just stay at home and always wonder why
Every time I see your picture I could cry
I could cry an ocean of tears
But what good would it do
I'll just keep your memory as years go gy
But when your name's mentioned darling I could cry
I don't know what this cruel world holds for me
But it really doesn't matter now you see
For when day is done and twilight hovers night
Then I miss your arms around me I could cry


I Couldn't Win

I couldn't win because she did not love me
She just pretended as she kissed me then
And then about the time I really loved her
She left me and I knew I couldn't win
I'm thankful for the happiness she gave me
I wish that I could fall in love again
I don't blame her I guess I'm just unlucky
But from the start I knew I couldn't win
Tonight I sit here drinking in this tavern
And as I order up the drinks again
I see her smiling sweetly at another
If only he just knew that he can't win
A broken heart she must have had in childhood
Now she's afraid it might happen again
She's really not to blame for all my heartaches
But from the start I knew I couldn't win


I Cried Again

Teardrops fell the night you said
I love you dear and you were wed
I watched you while you held his hand
Then bowed my head and cried again
   I cried again when I reached home
   There set your picture all alone
   I thought of things that might have been
   And bowed my head and cried again
I took your letters from the shelf
Then read them aloud just to myself
And just before I reached the end
I turned away and cried again
I thought of love I'd been denied
And how to hold it I had tried
And of dreams that we had shared
And days gone by when you cared
   Now here's the reason why I say
   That I must throw your things away
   For they would always bring my pain
   And then I'd have to cry again
   And then I'd only cry again


I Cried For Us

Love it's not I who didn't try
Hard enough, hard enough
And this is why I'm saying goodbye
I've had enough, I've had enough
    Love you don't see
    The pain in me
    It's plain enough, plain enough
    You're never here to catch the tears
    I cried for us, I cried for us.
I'll take my share,
But I'll be fair
There's not much stuff, easy enough
And if you choose, I'll break the news
This part is tough, so very tough
I've tried and tried to put aside
A time to talk, but without luck
So I'll just pin this within your coat
And leave the garden gate unlocked
And this is why I'm saying goodbye
I've had enough, I've had enough.


I Don't Know Why

   I don't know why it is that I love you
   I don't know why it is that I cry
   You have gone and now you love another
   That's why I cry I don't know why.
There was a day  a sunny day
When you declared your love for me
But now you've turned  from me away
Your childish vows no more I'll see.
When summertime has come and gone
You'll need a friend who's heart is true
You'll find yourself so all alone
And then you'll know what I've gone through.


I Don't Love Nobody

Well I don't nobody nobody loves me
All they want's my money they don't care for me
I want to live single happy and carefree
I don't love nobody nobody loves me
One day I went out walking walking down Johnson street
I met a little old lady she smiled at me so sweet
Said hello my honey how are you today
Just as I started to kiss her these words I heard her say
One day I went out walking walking down Johnson street
I met the same little lady she was dressed up so near
She smiled at me and said hello how are you today
Tipped my hat and said hello and journeyed on my way


I Don't Want Your Ramblin Letters

   I don't want your rambling letters
   Don't want your picture in a frame
   All I want is you in person
   Won't you let me change your name
Mama said you'd come home soon
Papa warned me not to wait
Sister thinks that you still love me
Hurry home right away
I'm so tired of long distance kisses
Love by mail is all so cold
I just want you in my arms dear
Then our love just can't grow ol


I Dreamed Of An Old Love Affair

Just like old times you were here last night
And gone were my sorrows and cares
Just like old times you were gone and I
Had a dream of an old love affair
   I was alone in the darkness my dear
   Many dreams ago you left me there
   Sunlight told me you were gone and I
   Had a dream of an old love affair
Life's been so empty since you've been gone
I love you with all of my heart
Heaven was mine when you smiled last night
And said we could make a new start


I Feel Better Now

Like many times before when I awoke this morning
It seemed that all the world had turned it's back on me
I couldn't find nobody who wore a friendly smile
My burdens finally got me on my knees
    But I feel I better now since I stole away to Jesus
    I feel better now way down in my soul
    When I awoke this morning the skies looked mighty gray
    But I feel better now since I prayed
Sometimes I get the feeling I never should be tempted
When I think this old world should be a friendly place
But then when I get careless or cold and unconcerned
My Savior lets me know its time to pray
So when your heart is troubled and burdened down with care
And when temptations rise that seem to hard to bear
Just put your trust in Jesus He won't turn you away
You'll come out smiling every time you pray


I Feel The Blues Moving In

Though the miles are between us, I thought our love would strengthen
As it had, so many times before
But something has happened, I can see it in your writing
I can tell my world is crumbling and the blues are at my door
   The last letter that you wrote was on a blue piece of paper
   That old feelings back, the clouds are moving in
   The beginning of the end is near I feel your love is fading
   In the darkness, it seems I have no friend
   I feel the blues moving in
Oh it's not the words you wrote that left me sad and broken hearted
Or put me in this sad shape I'm in
Between the lines and mixed emotions are the teardrops on the paper
You said that's all I write you now I'll close for now old friend
My state of mind is desperate as the hole that I'm sinking in
Gets deeper while I'm digging to get out
Oh please give me the right answer to the question I'm asking
Tell me you still love me it would turn my world around


I Found You Among The Roses

Once again dear it's rose time it's June time
All the flowers they bloom as of you
And the robin's sweet song is singing
As I walk here to greet you once more
A year has passed here since I came here
This old love of ours to renew
And I found you among the roses
The day I come back to you
   I found you among the roses
   The day I come back to you
   All my gladness was there in a garden so fair
   Was the happiest moment I knew
   
   Your lips were the color of roses
   I pray them as flowers pray the dew
   It is there dear in your rose garden
   Where I found you
I remember the kiss that you gave me
For your cheeks like the rose flushed red
Twas a kiss dear that meant two for me
For all the harsh words I have said
Red roses a blooming around me
I loved every one of them too
For it was there dear in your rose garden
Where I found you


I Got My Broken Heart The Hard Way

I got my broken heart the hard way
the hard way the hard way
It's been thrown around and wound up bein' blue
There'll be no tommorrow
but when I find a heart to borrow
I'll never break the heart that loves me true
I've got this little pain
it's a dull achin' pain
When it comes around there's nothing I can do
'Cause when my heart's in trouble
the pain will surely double
There's nothin' I can take to get me through
My doctor says I'm fine
but I just can't keep from cryin'
No common cold
no fever or the flu
He says he can't prescribe a drug to help my pride
Just time and rest are all that I can do


I Guess It's Only Right That I Should Pay

You'll own a part of me my dear forever
Some things you give can never be returned
The flame of love that once burned oh so brightly
Is growing dim and how my poor heart yearns
Maybe it will break into tomorrow
But I'll remember only yesterday
And if my life is filled with pain and sorrow
I guess it's only right that I should pay


I Have An Aged Mother

Last night while I lay sleeping
Last night while in a dream
I saw my dear old mother
Down by a misting stream
   Don't ask me why I'm weeping
   Don't ask me why I pray
   For I've an aged mother
   Ten thousand miles away
A letter here from sister dear
Come home we're all alone
Dear mother's slowly fading
She cant be living long
Yodel
Out in the cold world
Long ways from home
I'm drawing near the old home
Dear sister's at the gate
She's leading me through the doorway
Oh brother you've come to late
   Oh lead me to the casket
   Through back the linen so fine
   That I may kiss her pale white lips
   For I know they'll never kiss mine
I see the pale moon shining
On mother's whitened stone
The rose buds round them twining
Are just me all alone
Yodel
Out in the cold world
Left all alone


I Have No Mother Now

I hear the low winds sweeping
Through every bush and tree
Where my dear mother's sleeping
Away from home and me
    Cold in the grave she's lying
    And sorrow shapes my brow
    She's gone from me to Heaven
    I have no mother now
I see the pale moon shining
On mother's white tombstone
With roses o'er entwining
They're just like me and her
    They're just me a weeping
    As sorrow shapes my brow
    She's gone from me to heaven
    I have no mother now
Sad was the hour of parting
In a voice so low and sweet
She said loved ones I'm dying
We must in Heaven meet
    Oh yes we'll meet dear mother   
    On that eternal shore
    And dwell as one in Heaven   
    Where parting comes no more
    Oh yes we'll meet dear mother   
    On that eternal shore
    And dwell as one in Heaven   
    Where parting comes no more


I Have No One To Love Me

It was on last Sunday evening
Just about the hour of three
When my darling started to leave me
And sail on the deep blue sea
He promised to write me a letter,
He promised to write to me;
And I haven't heard from my darling,
Who is sailing on the deep blue sea
My mother is dead and buried
My father's forsaken me
And I have no one to love me
But the sailor on the deep blue sea
"Oh, captain, can you tell me,
Can you tell me where he may be?"
"Oh yes, my little maiden,
He's drownded in the deep blue sea"
Farewell to friends and relations
This is the last you'll see of me,
I'm going to end my troubles
By drowning in the deep blue sea


I Haven't Seen Mary In Years

While walking one day in the country
I saw a gathering crowd
And as my footsteps drew me closer
I smelled the sweet fragrance of flowers
It looking like a family reunion
had my eyes not counted the tears
And an old man sat by a graveyard
I haven't seen Mary in years
Hold to my hand and lead me
Lead me away from here
I just brought these flowers for Mary
I haven't seen Mary in years
When Mary and I were first married
we had such plans for our child
But for no reason I started rambling
and like the four winds I just went wild
If I could live my life over
I would bring Mary such cheer
Now she's gone where she'll never meet me
I haven't seen Mary in years
Then the old man left the graveyard
and I walked right by his side
I called his name but through all his shame
his son he did not recognize
Hold to my hand and lead me
lead me away from here
How could I know it was Mama
I haven't seen Mary in years


I Hear A Choo Choo

   I hear a choo choo coming
   It's coming down the track
   It's taking away my darling
   Never to bring her back
My darling left me this morning
She left me feeling so blue
I'm a going to roll, rock, and ramble
Try to forget all about you
I know I can't forget her
So I won't ever try
I'll go through life a wondering
Until the day I die


I Hear A Sweet Voice Calling

Our little girl taken sick one evening
As she walked home from school
And in her death bed soon bring her
It made us so sad and so blue
Then she called me close to her bedside
And whispered these words soft and low,
"Tell Mommy to come to me quickly,
I want to kiss you both then go"
   I hear a sweet voice calling
   Way up in heaven on high
   God has made room for you daughter,
   Oh Mommy and Daddy don't cry
Take care of my little brother
Tell him I've gone to rest
I know his little heart is broken
He's all that you have left
Then she closed her eyes forever
Never to see us no more
Until we meet our darling
On that bright and peaceful shore


I Hear A Voice Calling

   I hear a voice calling
   It must be our Lord (it must be our Lord)
   Its coming from heaven on high
   I hear a voice calling
   I've gained a reward (I've gained a reward)
   For the land where we never shall die
The savior who died, on cruel Calvary
He shed His life blood that the world might be free
So follow His footsteps, up the narrow way
And be ready to meet Him when He calls on that day
The savior has paid a great price for me
He gave His life on Calvary
So I'll follow His footsteps up the narrow way
I'll pay my debt on the great judgment day
Then she closed her eyes forever
Never to see us no more
Until we meet our darling
On that bright and peaceful shore


I Hear My Savior Calling

My friends have gathered here around me
They know I'll soon be on my way
To live up there with Christ forever
That love-ly land far away
I hear my savior now a callin'
He bids me now to come home
I'll stead-ly follow in his footsteps
I know he'll guide me safely home
In this world we're only strangers
We have sinned and all done wrong
But if you'll kneel in prayer my brother
At jour-ney's end he'll call you home
I'm rea-dy now for the journey
I know I'll soon be on my way
Sweet an-gels voices now will guide me
Oh hea-ven can't be far away


I Heard My Mother Call My Name In Prayer

While kneeling by her bedside in a cottage on the hill
My mother prayed her blessings on me there
She was talking there to Jesus while everything was still
and I heard my mother call my name in prayer
   Yes I heard my mother call my name in prayer
   She was pourin out her heart to Jesus there
   Then I Gave my heart to him and he saved my soul from sin
   For he heard my mother call my name in prayer
She was anxious for her boy to be just what he ought to be
And she asked the Lord to take him in his care
Just the words I can't remember but I know she prayed for me
For I heard my mother call my name in prayer
So I gave my heart to Jesus and I'm livin now for him
And someday I'll go and meet him in the air
For he heard my mother praying and he saved my soul from sin
Yes he heard my mother call my name in prayer


I Heard The Bluebirds Sing

I met a girl out in the hills who gave my lonely heart a thrill
Her beauty seemed just like a breath of spring
And when I looked into her eyes, I thought of bluer summer skies
And when I held her hand in mine I heard the bluebirds sing
They sang of wondering   wondering if he loves her
Will she marry            marry if he'll ask her
Will her heart beat        heart beat true for him for
Then and ever more
And when she's lonely    lonely is he near her
When there's sadness     sadness will he cheer her
Will they always         always be together
Until in death they part
I courted her for months on end until she promised we would wed
We planned on being married in the spring
All through the long cold winter months, it seemed that spring would never come
And every gloomy winter day I heard the bluebirds sing
They sang of waiting     waiting for the flowers
And of counting         counting every hour
'Til the bluebird         bluebird chirps it's welcome
Into the world once more
And while we're waiting   waiting for the sunshine
We keep hating         hating every storm cloud
That has gathered        gathered o'er the mountains
To keep us far apart
Then when at last spring touched the earth, we married in the village church
Our wedding seemed just like a dream come true
Though many years have come and gone, our love is still as true and strong
As when I found her long ago, and still the bluebirds sang
They sang of loving       loving every hour
That I married            married to my flower
And we're happy         happy ever after
Since the day we met
And though we're older   older love is sweeter
We grow fonder         fonder of each other
We'll be sweethearts      sweethearts close together
Until the end of time


I Hope You've Learned

I've been away for just a year
Have you forgotten me my dear
The judge said I must pay the cost
I never knew how much I lost
Until they send me far away
Where each minute seems a day
But maybe someday I'll be free
Will you be waiting there for me
I'm in this cell because of you
The crime I did you drove me too
My jealous heart just could not stand
To see you with another man
I hope someday that you will learn
And broken hearted you return
But listen darlin' please don't wait
For maybe then will be too late


I Just Can't Go On This Old Way

When you left me you said you'd return dear
You said you would be back some day
Oh please let me hear from you darling
I just can't go on this old way
I know you never did love me
But I thought that you would dear someday
Oh please let me hear from you darling
I just can't go on this old way
Remember the good times together
When you said that you loved me so true
As I sit here the stars hover o'er me
There's a love in my heart dear for you


I Just Got Wise

   Oh how I once longed for your loving
   Your cheating I couldn't realize
   But now that I've found out you're stepping
   I'm through with you baby I've got wise
I know now you never cared about me
I think you've been lying all the time
Go back to that wild crowd your used to
You go your way and I'll go mine
You asked me to meet you on the corner
You told me that we had things to do
And after I stood there and waited
You never showed up and I'm so blue


I Just Think I'll Go Away

It makes no difference where I wander
No matter what I say or do
I can't outlive this memory of you
I cry dear when I think of you
   Somehow you wouldn't let me love you
   The plans we've made have gone astray
   Instead of being blue and  lonely
   I just think I'll go away
It seems we both could have been happy
If things had only turned out right
From now on each day I'll think about you
I'll dream of you dear every night


I Just Think I'll Stay Around

Now you just told me that you're leaving
on the next train coming down
I love you dear but I won't follow
I just think I'll stay around
cho
for someday I know you'll want me
when your true love can't be found
but if you go dear I won't follow
I just think I'll stay around
Now you'll admit I've always loved you
and I've never let you down
So if you go dear I won't follow
I just think I'll stay around
Someday I'll hear the whistle blowin
on the special coming down
and you'll be looking for me baby
but I may not be around


I Know What It Means To Be Lonesome

   I know what it means to be lonesome
   And I know what it means to be blue
   I know what it means to be lonesome in dreams
   When there is no one at home for you
Well my baby left me this morning
As the clock was striking four
The sweet smiling face of my darling
I may never see any more
Well I've cried and I've cried since we parted
No one knows what I have been through
You know I'd give all I own just to have you back home
I'm lonesome, lonesome for you


I Know You Rider

I know you rider gonna miss me when I'm gone
I know you rider gonna miss me when I'm gone
Gonna miss you little momma from a-rolling in your arms
I'm going down thr road where I can get more decent care
I'm going down thr road where I can get more decent care
Going back to my used to be rider cause I don't feel welcome here
I know my baby sure is bound to love me some
I know my baby sure is bound to love me some
Cause he throws his arms around me like a circle around the sun
I laid down last night trying to take a rest
I laid down last night trying to take a rest
But my mind kept rambling like the wild geese in the West
I'm going down to the river set in my rockin' chair
I'm going down to the river set in my rockin' chair
And if the blues don't find me gonna rock away from here
Loving you baby just as easy as rolling off a log
Loving you baby just as easy as rolling off a log
But if I can't be your woman sure ain't gonna be your dog
I will cut your wood baby I will make your fire
I will cut your wood baby I will make your fire
And I will tote your water baby from that Fresno Bar
Sun gonna shine in my back yard some day
Sun gonna shine in my back yard some day
And the wild gonna rise up baby blow my blues away


I Left My Gal In The Mountains

I left my gal in the mountains left her standing in the rain
Went down to the railroad caught myself a midnight train
I beat my way into Georgia landed in a gambling town
Got myself into trouble shot a county sheriff down
The jury read the verdict murder in the first degree
The judge said take this prisoner to the penitentiary
They put the handcuffs on me put me on a pullman tain
Took me to Atlanta boys and tied me to a ball and chain
I left my gal in the mountains left her standing all alone
Last night I dreamed I got a letter saying honey won't you come back home
She said she was sad and lonely told me that her love was true
Then I dreamed I wrote her a letter saying honey I'm coming back to you
When I woke up this morning lying in Atlanta jail
No one here to love me no one to go my bail
Them prison bars all around me a guard walking by my door
My heart is sad and lonely boys cause I'll never see my gal no more


I Like The Christian Life

My buddies tell me that I should have waited
They say I'm missing a whole world of fun
But I am happy and I sing with pride
I like the christian life
I won't lose a friends by heeding God's call
For what is a friend who'd want me to fall
Otheres find pleasure in things I despise
I like the christian life
My buddies shun me since I turned to Jesus
But I am happy though it burdens my soul
And I'll try to lead them to walk in the night
I like the christian life


I Live In The Past

The day's are so lonely the night are so long
Our home is a prison since you are gone
And I'll always wonder why our love didn't last
With no hope for tomorrow I'll live in the past
A door that won't knock a phone that don't ring
The postman goes by and he don't leave a thing
A pain in my heart and tears in my eyes
My sweetheart has gone I'm left here to cry
I'm the biggest pretender you ever could see
I pretend you still love me false love couldn't be
And then I remember and I know that its true
For your with another and I know I've lost you
I'll just go on dreaming sweet dreams of the past
Of when you still love me and I thought it would last
But life is so short and time moves so fast
I'll never forget you as I live in the past


I Long For The Hills

I saw a man a - walkin'
His hands were in his pocket
His head was hangin', lookin' at his feet
Well he looked up and saw me
And asked me for a quarter
Or if I knew a good cheap place to eat
Well I just shrugged my shoulders
Said, "If I could help you brother
I wouldn't be out walkin' on the street
With nothin' more to say
Just turned and walked away
Hopin' for a richer man to meet.
   I long for the old home
   I long for the hills
   Swingin' on the front porch
   Lord knows I ain't had my fill.
Well I left home at fifteen
With a guitar and a dream
And a heart that needs learnin' more of life
I never had a job long
I never was the kind
To settle down forever with a wife
I may have met some men
That you read about in books
And there were times that I was livin' right
But I ain't got much to show
Here livin' on skid row
No one to help this old man through the night.


I Love No One But Your

Now tonight as I write this note to you
There’s sorrow in my heart
I hate to say goodbye my dear
But it’s better that we part
   Don’t think that I’ve grown tired of you
   Or found somebody new
   For you were all I’ve ever had
   And I love no one but you
Now when you read this note my dear
I hope you’ll understand
And think of the one that loves you best
This broken hearted man
Now that I have loved and lost
I hope you’re satisfied
It’ll be so hard to go through this world
With a broken heart inside


I Loved This Better Than You Knew

Our hands are clasped while as forever
Perhaps we'll never meet again
I loved you as I loved no other
This parting fills my heart with pain
   As through this weary world I wander
   My thoughts alone will be of you
   In memory I will see you ever
   I loved you better than you knew
You asked and freely I'll forgive you
The happy past I must forget
And while I wander lone in silence
I hope that you'll be happy yet
Perhaps when I am gone forever
You'll sometimes sit and think of me
And wonder if I'm dead or living
Perhaps I'll think the same of you


I Might Take You Back Again

   Go now don't wait
   Please don't hesitate
   Lovin' you was my great sin
   And I might take you back again
For a long time the world stood still
I loved you then and I always will
But to me you've been untrue
There is nothing I can do
Well here you are you're back again
I know that I just can't win
You broke my heart most every day
And now you best be on you're way


I Needed You

I needed you when I met you
You were just playing around
While I painted dreams of our everlasting love
You were just painting the town
Then when you said it was over
I found the heart good and true
Now that it's too late you've discovered
You needed me like I needed you


I Never Know

I never knew how much I miss you
I never knew all the tears that I'd cry
Day after day I learn my lesson
You meant forever when you said good-bye
Last night I went out walkin'
By the café where I first met you
I sat there in the shadows
Watching young lovers do what we used to do
I keep a letter you wrote me
Sayin' that we'd never part
One day when I find another
I'll tear it to pieces like you did my heart


I Never Loved But One

Onward to the eastern skies
With blueing effort kiss the seas
I sigh in place for those blue eyes
That have hope and love for me
   For they obey have stolen away
   That heart that truly once was mine
   Like some lone bird without a mate
   My weary heart is desolate
   I look around but cannot trace
   One welcome word or smiling face
   In gazing crowds I am alone
   Because I never loved but one
Come up closer to me now
Your chestnut hair's been touched with snow
But still it is the same dear face
I loved so well long years ago
   The same as on that winter night
   You bent to me and kissed my brow
   Happy hours of trusting love
   Oh well they're all over now
   
   And I must sail the whitening foam
   Till I can see the foreign home
   Til I forget that lasting face
   I ne're can find a resting place
   
   I look around but cannot trace
   One welcome word or smiling face
   In gazing crowds I am alone
   Because I never loved but one


I Never Will Marry

One morning as I rambled all down the seashore
The wind it did whistle, and the waters did roar
I heard a fair damsel make a pitiful sound
It sounded so lonesome in the waters around
   I never will marry, or be no man's wife
   I expect to live single all the days of my life
   The shells in the ocean shall be my death bed
   The fish in deep water swim over my head
She plunged her fair body in the waters so deep
She closed her blue eyes in the waters to sleep
My love's gone and left me, the one I adore
She's gone where I never will see her anymore


I Only Exist

   No I'm not living I only exist
   How much longer can I go on like this
   You broke my heart and tortured my mind
   I've lost you darling you're long gone this time
My home is broken you wrecked my young life
You left me here alone to cry
These tears that are flowing will soon dry away
And some day darling I know you will pay
I knew you were no good right from the start
My friends all told me you'd break my heart
When your roaming and rambling days are through
You'll pray for a love like I had for you


I Saw a Man at the Close of Day

I saw a man at the close of day
standing by a grocery door
His eyes were sunken his lips were parched
And I viewed him o'er and o'er
His little son stood by his side
And unto him he said
Oh father mother is sick at home
And sister cries for bread
He turned around went in at the door
He staggered up to the bar
And faltering on to the landlord sayin'
Just give me one dram more
A year or so I passed thereby
And a crowd stood round the door
When I asked the reason one replied
The drunkard is no more
Just then a hearse moved slowly by
No wife nor children near
They had gone before this foul murder
And left this world of care
Come all you jolly dram drinkers
By this a warning take
And quit the overflowing bowl
Before it is too late


I Saw The Light

I wandered so aimless my heart filled with sin
I wouldn't let my dear Savior in
Then Jesus came like a stranger in the night
Praise the Lord I saw the light
   I saw the light I saw the light
   No more darkness no more night
   Now I'm so happy no sorrow in sight
   Praise the Lord I saw the light
Just like a blind man I wandered alone
Worries and fears I claimed for my own
Then like the blind man that God gave back his sight
Praise the Lord I saw the light


I Saw Your Face In The Moon

I saw your face in the moon honey
You threw a smile at me
You pretended that you were happy
But in those loving eyes I could see
You were having blue thoughts of by gone
Days you and I once knew
But I could see you smile
And you faded with the blue
When I saw your face in the moon honey
When I saw your face in the moon


I sent you an email a long time ago telling you about a typo or a missing author. Why isn't it updated here?

Cause I'm lame. Getting there though. I have like 500 emails about some really lamo stuff, and some more emails from angry songwriters whose names aren't listed here. The site can actually be edited now, so we should be cranking though this as well as adding a lot more material. We have hundreds more songs transcribed.


I Still Miss Someone

At my door the leaves are falling
a cold wild wind will come
sweethearts walk by together
and I still miss someone
   Tho I never got over those blue eyes
   I see them everywhere
   I miss those arms that held me
   When all the love was there
I go out on a party
and look for a little fun
but I find a darkened corner
cause I still miss someone
I wonder if she's sorry
for leaving what we'd begun
there's someone for me somewhere
and I still miss someone


I Thought I Heard You Calling My Name

You said goodbye to me this morning
With only these words to explain
You said you found someone you love better
But I still hear you're voice call my name
   I thought I heard you call my name
   Funny how it still feels this way
   Your voice seems so close but I knew
   That by now you were many miles away
I'll walk through the streets of the city
People passing by think it's so strange
I'm talking but there's no one beside me
But I still hear your voice call my name


I Thought I Heard You Calling My Name

You said goodbye to me this morning
With only these few words to explain
You said you found someone you loved better
But I still hear your voice call my name
    I thought I heard you calling my name
    Funny how it still feels this way
    Your voice seemed so close but I knew
    That by now you were many miles away
I walk through the streets of the city
People passing by think it's so strange
I'm talking but there's no on beside me
But I still hear your voice call my name


I Wanna Be A Christian Soldier

Well I wanna be a Christian soldier
In the army of our Lord
I'm gonna tell the love of Jesus
Till my life down here is o'er
I'm gonna tell the world he died for me
Tell em how he died in shame
Yes I wanna be a Christian soldier
And fight in my Savior's name
I love my Savior
He loves me too
I'll be His soldier
'Til my life's work is through
Well I wanna March through the valleys
Then I wanna March up the hill
And I wanna sing about the love of God
And do his blessed will
I wanna drink from the fountain
Be baptised in his love
And I wanna be there when the roll is called
On the home coming day above


I Want the Lord to Protect My Soul

I want the lord to protect my soul
Down lifes highway alone I’ve trod
I’ve always put my trust in god
But you’ll find out that you’re silver and gold
Won’t pay the price to protect your soul
I want the lord to protect my soul
To lead me on to heavens door
My life down here will soon be o’er
And I want the lord to protect my soul
There’s many a church down life’s highway
Where people sing rejoice and pray
I’ll stop at one and join the fold
And ask the lord to protect my soul
When this old world is doomed in sin
You’ll cry oh lord please lest me in
It will be to late to make it o’er
To ask the lord to protect your soul


I Want To Be Loved

   I want to be kissed but only by your lips dear
   For you’re the only one who’ll ever do
   I want someone to hug and call me honey
   I want to be loved but only by you
I want someone to help me in my sorrow
And someone whose heart is always true
Somebody who will stay with me forever
I want to be loved but only by you
If ever you decide to love me darlin’
And will tell me that your love for me is true
Then we’ll be happy in our home together
I want to be loved but only by you


I Wasted My Tears When I Cried Over You

I wasted my tears when I cried over you
But I should have known you could never be true
Well I loved and I lost you and now I'm so blue
Oh I wasted my tears when I cried over you.
   You said that you loved me and would always be true
   But now you've gone and left me oh what will I do?
   Oh why did you leave me for somebody new?
   Oh I wasted my tears when I cried over you.
I wasted my time when I spent it with you
But one is so blind when love is so new
And now all of my fears they all have come true
Oh I wasted my tears when I cried over you.


I Will Always Be Waiting For You

It’s been many weeks my dear since you told me
That you loved me so dearly and true
But today it seems to me you have changed dear
Are you telling me that our love is through
   When you’re far far away from me darlin’
   If you’re sad and you don’t know what to do
   And you feel that no one cares about you
   I will always be waiting for you
Oh, I can’t forget the day that you told me
That you’d love me and be my sweetheart
But it looks like my dear you’ve forgotten
For you say now that we have to part
All the days seem so lonesome and dreary
And the nights are so lonely and blue
Since you left me alone here without you
Oh, please come back I’m waiting for you


I Wish You Knew

   I wish you knew how hard I've tried to tell you
   How hard I've tried to get you off my mind
   I wish you knew how hard I've tried to sleep at night
   Since I know that you're no longer mine
   Since you let another beat my time
If only half the things were true you say about my heart
Then I would have forgotten you since we've been apart
You said I forced my lips to kiss you when we said goodbye
You even said I forced the tears that came into my eyes
There's not a thought that could be worse than knowing that you're gone
But in the picture in your mind I'm never all alone
You see me in another's arms just like I've been with you
By the way I cry for you each night I only wish you knew


I Wonder How The Old Folks Are At Home

Well I wonder how the old folks are at home
I wonder if they miss me while I roam
I wonder if they pray for the boy who went away
And left his dear old parents all alone
You could hear the cattle lowing in the lane
You could see the fields of blue grass where I've grown
You could almost hear them cry as they kissed their boy goodbye
Well I wonder how the old folks are at home
Just a village and a homestead on the farm
And a mother's love to shield you from all harm
A mother's love so true a sweetheart that loves you
A village and a homestead on the farm


I Wonder Where You Are Tonight

Tonight I'm sad my heart is weary
Wondering if I'm wrong or right
To think about you though you left me
I wonder where you are tonight
   The rain is cold and slowly falling
   Upon my window pane tonight
   And though your love seems even colder
   I wonder where you are tonight
Your heart was cold you never loved me
Though you often said you cared
And now you've gone to find another
Someone who knows the love I shared
Then came the dawn the day you left me
I tried to smile with all my might
But you could see the pain within me
That lingers in my heart tonight


I Wonder Why You Said Goodbye

Your letter came this very day
And it wiped all my dreams away
I've read it o'er a thousand times
You left me with a worried mind
    I wonder why you said goodbye
    And did you mean to make me cry
    I guess until the day I die
    That I will still be wondering why.
I dread the thought that we are through
And that you've found somebody new
I love you now and always will
I'd rather die than say farewell
I hope and pray before my time
That you'll come back and say you're mine
Bring back the love you took away
And mend the heart you broke today


I Worship You

I worship you and the things you do
Still you're not satisified
I paid the cost I've loved and lost
But still I worship you
When we first met and loved we were always side by side
Never then did I think you'd go wrong
But you started goin' round with the wrong kind of crowd
To my sorrow I've found you've gone wrong
I go back to our home and I lie awake 'til dawn
Still I can't get you out of my life
And my friends say next day what a price you must pay
Last night I saw someone with your wife


I Wouldn't Mind Dying

By and by we're going to see the king
By and by we're going to see the king
By and by we're going to see the king
Well I wouldn't mind dying if dying was all
Wouldn't mind dying but I got to go myself
Wouldn't mind dying but I got to go myself
Wouldn't mind dying but I got to go myself
Well I wouldn't mind dying if dying was all
After death we're going to stand a test
After death we're going to stand a test
After death we're going to stand a test
Well I wouldn't mind dying if dying was all
Ezekiel saw a wheel a wheel in a wheel
Ezekiel saw a wheel a wheel in a wheel
Ezekiel saw a wheel a wheel in a wheel
Well I wouldn't mind dying if dying was all


I'd Rather Be Alone

I'd rather be alone and have you dream of me only
Than have you say you're sorry that we are apart
I'd rather be alone and have you dream of me only
Than to be in your arms but never in your heart
Well I've just received your letter you asked me to come home
You say you're sorry that you went away
This is an old old story and I've heard it all before
So darlin' this is all that I can say
I tried so hard my darlin' to make you love me then
'Cause you would always leave me here alone
And although I could forgive you things would be the same
Nothing could ever change your heart of stone
The Bluegrass Album; California Connection


I'd Rather Have It This Way

I'd rather be lonely than be unhappy
I can't take the life that you lead
Your wild kind of life is not my way of livin'
And I'd rather have it this way
You promised to love me and that's all that matters
But now you've broken those vows
Your night life and bright lights were your kind of choosin'
So I'll say goodbye to you now


I'll Be All Smiles Tonight

I'll deck my brow with roses the loved ones may be there
And gems that others gave me will shine within my hair
And even those who know me will think my heart in light
Though my heart may break tomorrow, I'll be all smiles tonight
   I'll be all smiles tonight, Love, I'll be all smiles tonight
   Though my heart may break tomorrow, I'll be all smiles tonight
Oh when the dance commences, Oh how I will rejoice
I'll sing the songs he taught me without a faulting voice
When the flattering ones come around me they'll think my heart is light
Though my heart may break tomorrow, I'll be all smile tonight
And when the room he entered with a bride upon his arm
I stood and gazed upon him as though he was a charm
And once he smiled upon her as once he'd smiled at me
They knew not what I suffered, they found no change in me
And when the dance is over and all have gone to rest
I'll think of him, dear Mother, the one that I love best
He once did love me dearly and ne'er from me would part
He sought not to deceive me, false friends have changed his heart


I'll Be Home Someday

I was standing by the bedside of a neighbor
Who was just about to cross the swelling tide
I asked if she would do me a favor
Just take a message to the other side
If you see my savior tell Him that you saw me
When you saw me I was on my way
You may meet some old friends who may ask about me
Just tell them I'll be home some day
Now you'll have to take this journey on without me
It's a debt that soon or later must be paid
If you see my savior don't forget to tell Him
Don't forget to tell him what I say
You may chance to see my father or my mother
Or some friends who have gone before
You may chance to see my sister or my brother
But try to see my savior first of all


I'll Be Satisfied

When my soul is singing in that promised land above
I'll be satisfied
Praising Christ the Savior for redeeming grace and love
I'll be satisfied
I'll be satisfied ( satisfied )
I'll be satisfied ( satisfied )
When my soul is resting in the presence of the Lord
I'll be satisfied
Living in a city where the soul shall never die
I'll be satisfied
There to meet with loved ones never more to say good-bye
I'll be satisfied
When I meet the ransomed over on the golden shore
I'll be satisfied
There I'll join the angels singing praises ever more
I'll be satisfied


I'll Break Out Again Tonight

Slowly the long day turns to night
Soon they'll switch off the prison lights
And in my cell I'm making plans
To be at home with you again
   These walls and bars can't hold a dreaming man
   So I'll be home to tuck the babies in
   They can chain my body but not my mind
   So I'll break out again tonight
The warden thinks I'm in for life
All he's ever seen me wear is stripes
He don't know about my blue suit and my tie
That I wear when I'm with you at night


I'll Drink No More Wine

Tonight as I write you I pray you will find
You're driving me crazy plum out of my mind
If you'll come back darling I'll treat you so kind
I'll buy you fine clothes and I'll drink no more wine
   I'm waiting I'm waiting for you to return
   The longer I wait the more my heart burns
   If you'll come home darling I'll treat you so kind
   I'll never mistreat you I'll drink no more wine
It's been one year darling since you told me goodbye
And the pillow stays wet with tears from my eyes
If you'll come back darling I'll treat you so kind
I love you I love you I'll drink no more wine
The day that you left me I thought it was grand
I was a happy-go-lucky man
But tonight dear it's different as I write these lines
My happiness has folded, luck's left me behind


I'll Find Another Woman

I'll find another woman go find you another man
One that you can show that you're the leader of the band
Perhaps you'll love the only life you'll ever understand
I'll find another woman go find you another man
You said that you're not happy with a baby on your knee
So you leave it all alone and go stepping out on me
Well every night you're on your way to that wild side of life
You can't stand the thought to be a mother or a wife
It seems you don't care about the kind of life you choose
You know that if you ramble some day you're gonna lose
This big world around you will tumble in your hand
I'll have me another woman
you'll need another man
Down this highway of sorrow I'll leave to you alone
For I know you'll always feel that same old tumbling stone
Another man will see you and than he'll stumble on
He'll be a victum of a woman that's gone away
*Refrain


I'll Fly Away

Some bright morning when this life is over
I'll fly away
To that home on God's celestial shore
I'll fly away
   I'll fly away oh glory
   I'll fly away (in the morning)
   When I die hallelujah by and by
   I'll fly away
When the shadows of this life have gone
I'll fly away
Like a bird from these prison walls I'll fly
I'll fly away
Oh how glad and happy when we meet
I'll fly away
No more cold iron shackles on my feet
I'll fly away
Just a few more weary days and then
I'll fly away
To a land where joys will never end
I'll fly away


I'll Get By

Don't feel blue when I tell you I'm leavin
Please don't cry now when I set you free
Though I know that my heart will be breakin
I'll get by don't you cry over me
   When that cold rain is fallin outside dear
   And you're happy far over the sea
   Don't be thinkin of me in my sorrow
   I'll get by don't you cry over me
No don't shed any tears they'd be wasted
Our love it was never meant to be
That's why I don't want you to worry
I'll get by don't you cry over me
I knew all the time you weren't happy
That someday I'd have to set you free
So forget about me and my troubles
I'll get by don't you cry over me


I'll Go Stepping Too

Don't think I'll be hanging around while you're having fun
I won't sit here crying over you
From now on when you step out I'll tell you what I'll do
I'll lock the door, put out the cat and I'll go stepping too
   Yes, I'll go stepping too, my honey
   I'll go stepping too
   I'll lock the door, put out the cat
   And I'll go stepping too
Now every time you come in late we begin to fight
You tell me there are more fish in the sea
But the bait ain't what it used to be and I've got news for you
Now after this when you step out then I'll go stepping too
From now on when you come in and you won't tell where you been
With your hair mussed up and your clothes don't fit you right
Don't start to yell if you find I look the same way too
Then you will know that I have been stepping just like you


I'll Just Pretend

You spurned the love I gave you darling
A love you once was proud to own
Your found someone who you love better
And in my dreams I walk alone
   I'll just pretend that I don't love you
   I'll just pretend that I don't care
   And when I meet you face to face dear
   I'll turn my head I'll just pretend
Those happy hours we spent together
Forever in my heart will live
That's all I have for each tomorrow
For we will never meet again
I'll try my best to forget you
To love you now is such a sin
And as I'm facing all my fears, dear
They'll understand I won't pretend


I'll Just Take a Train and Ride

    Go and leave me if you wish to
    ANd I hope you're satisfied
    When I my heart starts a breakin'
    I'll just take this train and ride
Standin by this lonesome railroad
Thinking of the days gone by
How you left me little darlin
And I hung my head and cried
This very spot that I'm now standing
I once held you as my own
But the whine of that old freight train
Broke apart our happy home


I'll Love Nobody But You

   I'll never love anybody but you, baby, baby
   I'll never love anybody but you if you'll be my girl
   Oh yes believe me it's true
   Oh yes, I'll love nobody but you
I'll always be true to you, baby, baby
I'll always be true to you if you'll be my girl
Oh yes believe me it's true
Oh yes, I'll love nobody but you
I'll take you out every night, baby, baby
I'll take you out if you'll be my girl
Oh yes believe me it's true
Oh yes, I'll love nobody but you


I'll Love Noone But You

Now tonight as I write this note to you
There's sorrow in my heart
I hate to say goodbye my dear
But it's better that we part
   Don't think that I've grown tired of you
   Or found somebody new
   For you were all I've ever had
   And I love no one but you
Now when your read this note my dear
I hope you'll understand
And think of the one that loves you best
This broken hearted man
Now that I have loved and lost
I hope your satisfied
It'll be so hard to go through this world
With a broken heart inside


I'll Love You 'til The Day I Die

Though a roamer in life I've rambled
For riches my life's been denied
But in love I find wealth flowing freely
With its help I'll keep troubles in stride
   Love knows no boundaries or pathways
   It has no clinging or ties
   Too precious to live here without it
   I'll love you 'til the day I die
Though trials and troubles are many
At times I stand….
Still I long for each moment of living
My heart poureth o'er 'til the end


I'll Love You Til the Day I Die

Though a roamer in life I've rambled
Though riches my lifes been denied
But in love I found wealth full and freely
With it's help I'll keep troubles in stride
    Love knows no boundaries or pathways
    It has no clinging or ties
    Too prescious to live here without it
    I'll love you til the day I die
Though the trials and troubles are many
At times I stand
Still I long for each moment of livin
My heart poured forth til the end


I'll Meet You In Church Sunday Morning

On Sunday when the church bells start ringin'
They're ringin' for you and for me
Let's all gather 'round at the alter
And pray that our souls may be free
   I'll meet you in the church Sunday mornin'
   And we'll all kneel down and pray
   We'll pray to our Lord up in heaven
   To guide us safe home on our way
It's a place where we all meet on Sunday
To worship our Lord up above
And let all our sins be forgiven
And meet with our loved ones above
In heaven I hear a voice callin'
From the land where there's no endless days
Let's all be prepared to meet Jesus
the path is narrow too at home far away


I'll Meet You In The Morning

I'll meet you in the morning by the bright riverside
When all sorrow has drifted away
I'll be standin' at the portals when the gates open wide
At the close of life's long weary day
I'll meet you in the morning with a how do you do
And we'll sit down by the river and when all the rapture is renewed
You'll know me in the morning by the smile that I wear
When I meet you in the morning In the city that is built four square
I will meet you in the morning in the sweet by and by
And exchange the old cross for a crown
There will be no disappointments and nobody shall die
In that land when life's sun goeth down


I'll Never Forsake You

I am so happy that you love no other but me
All of my life I've tried to win your love you see
And I still wonder if you will be happy with me
When we are married and I've taken you my wife to be
I have waited so long for the words you just said
I always thought that you loved another instead
But you have told me with your own sweet lips so red
And I am waiting for the day when we shall wed
If you should ever forsake me my love I would pray
Take me my maker up in heaven where white angels stay
Cause I could never go on living without you this way
If we are to part I'd rather you take me today
No no I'll never forsake you I'll always be true
And we'll be happy together because I love you
And when I think of us parting sweetheart it runs through my head
If we cant be happy together my love I would rather be dead


I'll Never Grow Tired Of You

It's been a long time since you drifted away
Now there's nothin' to live for it seems
But darlin' no matter where you are tonight
You'll be here with me inmy dreams
I 'll nevergrow tired of you sweetheart
No mat-ter what you may do
They tell me lately you're livin' so wrong
But I'll never grow tired of you
I see your two blue eyes each night in my dreams
But when I awake you're not thee
Come back to me and let's start life anew
Losin' you's so hard to bare
I still wonder why you've drifted away
From the happiness that may have been
I can vision the time you'd someday be mine
Cherish the love I can't win


I'll Never Love Another

I'll never love another now that you've gone away
And left me here to grieve dear all alone
It seems I always lose my dear no matter how I try
I'll never love another, ‘til the day I die
   I'll never love another now that you've proved untrue
   Without your loving darling, what am I to do
   I've spent my life for you dear now you've left me blue
   I'll never love another if I can't have you
Our castle now has tumbled down that I had built for you
And all my dreams have vanished dear with you
I'll find no one to take you place so I'll not even try
I'll never love another, ‘til the day I die
Now you don't even know the heartache that you caused me to bear
Or you would never stole my love from me
I'll have to live my life alone and think of days gone by
I'll never love another, ‘til the day I die


I'll Never Make You Blue

Since you went away the skies have turned to gray
I nev-er knew I loved you this way
I can't live without you and if you come back soon
Darlin' I'll never make you blue
I'll nev-er make you blue darlin' I'll promise you
To be forever honest and true
The things I used to do I'll quit them all for you
Darlin' I'll never make you blue
Darl-in' I'm to blame but I won't be the same
All I ask is one more chance
To prove what I can do dar-lin' for you
I'll prove that I can make your heart be true
Please come back to me don't leave me here to grieve
My life will wait for your memory
Just let me alone and say you'll come back home
Darlin' I can't live alone


I'll Never See Your Face Again

How many times have I seen you with a tear upon your check
And that beautiful attempt at a smile
You wave good-bye and wish me well and don't forget to write
Once again I have you counting the miles
The pained expression in your face
The frailty of your form
As you slowly faded from my sight
It's a picture in my memory I never will forget
Though I haven't seen your face in a while
Always looking toward the next horizon
Never looking back on where I've been
Tomorrow is another day you know that I'll be back someday
I guess that's just the way the story ends
For I find myself alone without a friend
You know for every fond farewell there always was hello
And I hoped that it would help to ease your pain
And now I stand in these new shoes
the tears are rollin' down
For I know I'll never see your face again


I'll Never Shed Another Tear

I used to sit alone at night and worry little darling
For I thought you meant the world to me
But now things have changed and those days are gone forever
So I'll never shed another tear
   I'll never shed another tear now I don't care what happens
   You have proved your love untrue to me
   There's nothing you can do that will ever change my feelings
   So I'll never shed another tear
With a broken heart I'll never forget the vows we made together
The many times you told me not to fear
But now you've forgotten and you've left me here forever
So I'll never shed another tear
Now you should have told me dear that you were only fooling
Then I'd never learn to love you so
Then I wouldn't have all these heartaches my darling
Dreading the day I see you go


I'll Not Be a Stranger

I'll not be a stranger when I get to that city
I'm acquainted with folks over there
There'll be friends there to greet me
There'll be loved ones to meet me
At the gates of that city four square
   
    Through the years, through the tears, they've gone one by one
    But they'll wait at the gate until my race is run
    I'll not be a stranger when I get to that city
    I'm acquainted with folks over there
I'll not be a stranger when I get to that city
I've a home on the streets paved with gold
I'll feel right at home there
In that beautiful somewhere
With the loved ones whose memory I hold
I'll not be a stranger when I get to that city
There'll be no lonely days over there
There'll be no stormy weather
But a great time together
On the streets of that city four square


I'll Remember You Love In My Prayers

When the curtains of night are pinned back by the stars
And the beautiful moon sweeps the sky
When the dew drops of heaven are kissing the rose
It is then that my memory flies
Upon the wings of some beautiful dove
To hasten the message of cheer
I'll send you a kiss of affection and say
I'll remember you, Love, in my prayers
When the angels of heaven are guarding the good
As God has ordained them to do
In answer to prayers that I offered to Him
I know there's one waiting for you
Go where you will on land or on sea
I'll share all your sorrows and cares
And at night when I kneel by my bedside to pray
I'll remember you, Love, in my prayers
May the angels be with you and guard you through life
And guide you up Heaven's bright stairs
And know that I love you wherever you roam
I'll remember you, Love, in my prayers


I'll Stay Around

Now you just told me that you're leaving
On the next train coming down
I love you dear but I won't follow
I just think I'll stay around
   For I know someday you'll want me
   When your true love can't be found
   But if you go dear I won't follow
   I just think I'll stay around
You know my dear I'll always love you
And I'd never let you down
But if you go dear I won't follow
I just think I'll stay around
Someday you'll hear that whistle blowing
On the special coming down
You'll be looking for me baby
But I may not be around


I'll Take The Blame

I've slipped around, dear, two-timing you
Having fun now, like some guys do
But now I'm sorry and now I'm true
Forgive me, darling, its up to you
   Well I don't blame you if you two-time, too
   Because I'm guilty for the things I do
   I've slipped around, love, played every game
   And if you leave me I'll take the blame
I ain't got much money, I'm just a pauper guy
Trying to go on, dear without your love, I'll die
So please don't leave me, whatever you do
Just squeeze me, darling, while I'm loving you


I'll Talk It Over With Him

I'm gonna sit down and rest gently lean on His breast
I'll talk it all over with Him
I'll see my mother and dad truest friends I ever had
I'll talk it all over with Him
   I'm gonna sit I'm gonna stand up gonna walk all around
   I'll talk it all over with Him
   I'll meet old' Peter and Paul but the best of it all
   I'll talk it all over with Him
Up in that land of sweet rest with the good and the blessed
I'll talk it all over with Him
And by my Savior's dear side I will ever abide
I'll talk it all over with Him
So many things in this land I shall ne'er understand
I'll talk it all over with Him
I'll still be true to my Lord as we live in accord
I'll talk it all over with Him


I'm Better Off Now That You're Gone

I once had a sweetheart to love me
But now she has proven untrue
She's found a new love to treasure
That's why I'm walking round blue
The lies you told me are over
The heart you broke is gone
And friends they tell me I'm lucky
I'm better off now that you're gone
You broke my heart when you loved me
I've always counted on you
But now you've strayed with another
LIttle girl what more could I do
Some day I know you'll be sorry
You led my poor heart astray
You seemed to think it was funny
But some say darling you'll pay
I'm better off now that you're gone


I'm Blue, I'm Lonsome

The lonesome sigh of a train going by
Makes me want to stop and cry
I recall the day it took you away
I'm blue I'm lonesome too
   When I hear that whistle blow
   I want to pack my suitcase and go
   The lonesome sound of a train going by
   Makes me want to stop and cry
In the still of the night in the pale moonlight
The wind, it moans and cry
These lonesome blues I just can't lose
I'm blue I'm lonesome too


I'm Coming Back But I Don't Know When

   I'm going down this lonesome road
   To see my fate or victory
   God must help us there to win
   I'm coming back but I don't know when
I hate to leave my mother dear
My father who is old and gray
But my true love I know you'll wait
For me to come back to me to stay
Will you be here when I come home
Or will your love fade like a rose
I could never come back should you be gone
My love for you nobody knows


I'm Going Across The Sea

I'm going across the sea stay forever more
Left my little darlin' standing in the door
Won't you come and go come and go with me
Fly to me my pretty little Miss I'm going across the sea
Wind is howling low wind is howling high
Go with me my pretty little love 'til the day I die.
Won't you come and go come and go with me
Fly to me my pretty little Miss I'm going across the sea.
Wouldn't you give a nickel wouldn't you give a dime
Wouldn't you give one dollar bill to call your name as mine?
Won't you come and go come and go with me
Fly to me my pretty little Miss I'm going across the sea.
Donie Donie Donie what makes your face so red
Working out in the crops son fever in my head
Won't you come and go come and go with me
Fly to me my pretty little Miss I'm going across the sea.


I'm Going Back To Old Kentucky

   I'm going back to old Kentucky
   There to see my Linda Lou
   I'm going back to old Kentucky
   Where the skies are always blue
When my left old Kentucky
Linda kissed me and she cried
I told her that I would not linger
I'd be back by and by
Linda Lou is she is a beauty
Those pretty brown eyes I loved so well
I'm going back to old Kentucky
Never more to say farewell
Linda Lou you know I love you
I long for you each night and day
When the roses bloom in old Kentucky
I'll be coming back to stay


I'm Going Back To The Old Home

I left my old home in the mountains
And the only friends I ever had
And while I rambled this world over
My heart felt so lonely and sad
   I’m going back to the old home
   Back to the place I love so well
   Where the sweet waters flow and the wildflowers grow
   Back to the old home on the hill
I know that dear old mother’s waiting
Waiting alone on that hill
With the silver in her hair and a twinkle in her eye
In the old cabin home on the hill
Years have gone by since I saw her
I’ve traveled many a mile
But tonight there’s a light in the window
And she’s waiting at the door with a smile


I'm Gonna Love You Like There's No Tomorrow

For six long years I've been here in this prison
livin my life behind bars in this dirty cell
tomorrow they're goin to take me down to nashville
and send my soul to heaven or to hell
But I'm goin to love you like there's no tomorrow
I'm gonna love you like there's no yesterday
I'm gonna hug and kiss away your sorrow
I'm gonna love you like there's no tomorrow
the warden said my last request was granted
you could come and stay with me tonight
you're the only one who ever really loved me
so hold me in your arms hold me tight
i know that my life will soon be over
and the life of our baby child is just begun
there's only one thought thats left to haunt me
just to think that what i've lost i might have won


I'm Gonna Love You One More Time

    I'm gonna love you one more time
    And give you a chance to be true
    If you leave me again we'll no longer be friends
    For I'm tired of playing hide and seek with you
Oh I just read the letter you wrote me
And these tear stains you cannot deny
I can see that you're tired of your new love
I will answer in just a few lines
After searching this wild world all over
I'm surprised to have found you again
I had made up my mind to forget you
But my heart was too broken to mend
Once you've been in the arms of another
But now you are trying to flee
From the cold empty world he left you
Now you're ready to come back to me


I'm Gonna Sleep With One Eye Open

I just found out today the little game you play
I've been sleeping all my life away
You've been stepping so they say between midnight and day
So I'm gonna sleep with one eye open from now on
From now on (from now on) all night long (all night long)
You won't have a chance to treat your daddy wrong
You've been stepping so they say between midnight and day
So I'm gonna sleep with one eye open from now on
There's honky tonk down the road just a mile or so
I understand that's where you spend your time
Baby I got news for you your little game is through
From now on baby you're gonna toe the line
You thought you were being wise running around with other guys
And leaving me to spend my time alone
But you'll find out today it don't work out that way
You started a little game that two can play


I'm Just A Ghost In  This House

I don't pick up the mail I don't pick up the phone
I don't answer the door I just ' soon be alone
I don't keep this place up I just keep the lights out
I don't live in this room I just rattle around
I'm just a ghost in this house I'm just a shadow upon these walls
As quietly as a mouse I hold this home I'm just a whisper of smoke
I'm all that's left of two hearts on fire That once burned out of control
You took my body and soul I'm just a ghost in this house
I don't care if it rains I don't care if it's clear
I don't mind staying in there's another ghost here
He sits down in your chair and he shines with your light
And he lays down his head on your pillow at night


I'm Lonesome Without You

When we were young and loved each other
More than anyone will know
Until that day you found a new love
Then you said I'd have to go.
   Oh the Road is rough and rocky
   Since the day I last saw you
   Another's won your heart forever
   And I'm lonesome without you.
On down this lonesome road I wander
There's nothing left for me to do
For I've still got this memory of you
And the love that we once knew.
My hope is now that you'll be happy
With the new love that you've found
But should you ever change your mind dear
Remember me I'll be around.


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I'm Lost And I'll Never Find The Way

   Lonesome, lonesome, pining away
   Now you say its best to part
   Even though it breaks my heart
   I'm lost and I'll never find the way
Since you said we must part darling you have broke my heart
I am drifting like a ship lost at sea
In a world of despair its so lonesome there
Why don't you come back to me
You said you'd be true no one else would ever do
I believed you with all my heart and soul
But you broke every vow and its all over now
I'm left in this world lone and cold


I'm On My Way Back To The Old Home

Back in the days of my childhood
In the evening when everything was still
I used to sit and listen to the foxhounds
With my dad in the old Kentucky hills
     I'm on my way back to the old home
    The road winds on up the hill
    But there's no light in the window
    That shined long ago where I live
Soon my childhood days were over
I had to leave my old home
For dad and mother were called to heaven
I's left in this world all alone
High in the hills of old Kentucky
Stands the fondest spot in my memory
I'm on my way back to the old home
The light in the window I long to see


I'm On My Way Somewhere

When Louisville was eight more miles away my old heart sung a song
Well I thought I'd hug kiss my gal before so very long
But when I got to Louisville I found she wasn't true
So I'll tell you all about it now that's why I feel so blue
When I got to Louisville my gal she wasn't there
They sais she'd gone with someone else it was more than I could bear
So I'm heading out of this old town where to I don't much care
Louisville is eight miles back and I'm on my way somewhere
I always dreamed of some sweet day when she could be my wife
And we would settle down somewhere and lead a happy life
But now I know just how things are and how they'd always be
So I know now Louisville just ain't the place for me
Right now I'm traveling down this road to get her off my mind
The thing I want to do is leave old Louisville behind
Who knows I may find happiness and one who fills the bill
A girl that's true and not like her that lives in Louisville


I'm Only Human

I'm only human you see but you told me goodbye
I'll keep the tears in my heart yes I'll try and I'll try
I've shared your sorrow and joys now I know it's goodbye
I'm only human but I'll try not to cry
    I was happy with you by my side
    Though my life I kept shadowed with pride
    You asked if I'd be your true love and I said til I die
    Now you tell me a new love you've found


I'm Rolling On

I wish I was in the Southland sitting in a chair
With one arm around my old guitar
And the other one around my dear
   I'm rolling on (I'm rolling on)
   I'm rolling on (I'm rolling on)
   I'm rolling on through life just rolling on
Sitting in the moonlight blue as blue can be
Strumming on my old guitar
To give my poor heart ease
Whether I'm in the country whether I'm in the town
My old guitar is near me
Whether I'm up or down
Maybe I will marry if I can find a girl
But I'll always love my guitar
As much as I love her


I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry

Hear that lonesome whippoorwill
He sounds too blue to fly
The midnight train is whining low
I'm so lonesome I could cry
I've never seen a night so long
When time goes crawling by
The moon just went behind the clouds
To hide its face and cry
Did you ever see a robin weep
When leaves begin to die
That mean's he's lost his will to live
I'm so lonesome I could cry
The silence of a falling star
Lights up a purple sky
And as I wonder where you are
I'm so lonesome I could cry


I'm Still In Love You

I didn't know
You'd be in this place tonight
Then again I thought you might
Now I don't know what to do
Does it show
When my poor heart skips a beat
Each and every time we meet
‘Cause I'm still in love with you
There you are
Right across the room from me
Just the way I knew you'd be
Lookin' lonesome wild and blue
I'm alright so far
Just as long as you don't speak
That's what makes my knees go weak
‘Cause I'm still in love with you
    I've done everything I know
    To get you off my mind
    But sometimes I can't help but hope
    That you won't walk away this time
Then I
Wouldn't have to watch you go
Wouldn't have to miss you so
‘Cause I'm still in love with you
If I knew what I know now
I'd never let you leave
I'd make it up to you somehow
And darlin' you'd come back to me


I'm The Boss Of This Here House

When I say front I want you hop
When I start talking then I want you to stop
Cause Baby (I'm a telling you baby)
I'm the boss of this here house
When I want a kiss give me all you got
Don't give ‘em to me cold, give ‘em to me hot
Cause Baby (I'm a telling you baby)
I'm the boss of this here house
   Now hun you learn you can only speak
   when you've been spoken to
   I'm telling you now, I'll let you know
   when I want to hear from you
When I say rooster, you can't crow
When I say get, you better go
Cause Baby (I'm a telling you baby)
I'm the boss of this here house


I'm Thinking About You

I'm thinking about you and hoping you're true
There long weary nights I'm going thru
I'm never glad I'm always sad
Darling you know I'm thinking about you
Darling you know what we've been thru
Darling you know we can't be untrue
I'm doing my part I'm trusting your heart
Sweetheart you know I'm thinking about you
When you were a little girl and I a little boy
We promised our love to share and enjoy
But the time has come when I'm far away
Thinking about you both night and day
I'll say my love you must do the same
To make all our dreams we promise come true
I'm doing my part I'm trusting your heart
Darling you know I'm thinking about you
* Refrain


I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes

'Twould been better for us both had we never
In this wide and wicked world had never met,
But the pleasure we both seemed to gather
I'm sure, love, I'll never forget
   Oh, I'm thinking tonight of my blue eyes
   Who is sailing far over the sea
   I'm thinking tonight of my blue eyes
   And I wonder if he ever thinks of me
Oh, you told me once, dear, that you loved me;
You vowed that we never would part
But a link in the chain has been broken
Leaving me with a sad and aching heart
When the cold, cold grave shall enclose me
Will you come near and shed just one tear?
Will you say to the strangers around you
A poor heart you have broken lies here?


I'm Traveling On And On

Oh I was lost in the darkness and I wandered astray
With no one to help me see along on my way
Until I heard Jesus calling saying
Come unto me and I'm traveling on and on
Oh Lord I'm traveling on by my Savior
And I can never stray for Jesus leads the way
And I'll get off the wagon at the end of my journey
Oh Lord I'm traveling on and on
Oh I can hear Jesus calling and His voice sounds so sweet
And I know that the time had come to kneel at His feet
But my troubles are over for He bid me come home
And I'm traveling on and on
Oh the on Lord is my Savior and my hope it will stay
He will help me and protect me to the end of the way
My journey will soon be over and I'll join the happy band
And I'm traveling on and on


I'm Troubled I'm Troubled

   I'm troubled I'm troubled
   I'm troubled in mind
   If trouble don't kill me
   I'll live a long time
Now meeting is pleasure and parting is grief
And a false-hearted lover is worse than a thief
A thief can but rob you and take what you've saved
But a false-hearted lover'll take you to your grave
The grave will detain you and turn you to dust
Ain't a girl in a million a poor boy can trust
They'll hug you, they'll kiss you they'll tell you more lies
Then the cross ties on a railroad or the stars in the skies
I'm going to Georgia I'm going to roam
I'm going to Georgia gonna make it my home
Gonna build me a cabin in the mountains so high
Where the wild birds and the turtle doves can't hear my sad cry


I'm Waiting At The Gate

I'm waiting at the gate looking for my ride
Soon to take me to my home on high
Angel bands a coming From the other side
I don't want to be late I'm waiting at the gate
   I can hear the thunder the time's at hand
   Joybells are ringing in the promised land
   Jesus is a coming my soul to take
   Yes my Lord sees me waiting at the gate
I'm a' leaving the world no more to do
All of my work on earth is through
I've fought the fight I've kept the faith
Well I'm ready to go I'm waiting at the gate


I'm Waiting For You

I'm beggin' to you and I want to go with you
You're breakin' my heart as you say goodbye
I hope and I pray we'll soon be together
My heart is so full it's hard not to cry
What will I do when the leaves start fallin'
The far distant hill will make me feel blue
Soon the flowers will die don't let love die with them
And with you gone dear what will I do
Your sweet ruby lips and hair like an angel
And your mournful eyes they keep haunting me
But to know that you're mine it makes life worth livin'
Oh the times gone by are sweet memories
I'm trusting in you but each hour seems longer
I'm counting the days when I'll be with you
Our hearts are entwined they're blessed with the future
A safe journey home I'm waiting for you


I'm Waiting To Hear You Call Me Darling

   I'm waiting to hear you call me darling
   I'm waiting to hear you call me dear
   You know that I have always loved you
   Don't make me lonely all these years
Two years ago when I first met you
You smiled at me and looked so sweet
You made me think you cared about me
But you never said that you loved me
Oh maybe I took too much for granted
To think you'd ever love me
Please oh please don't try to fool me
'Cause all you'd cause is misery


I'm Working On A Building

   I'm a working on building
   I'm a working on building
   I'm a working on building
   For my lord for my lord
   
   It's a holy ghost building
   It's a holy ghost building
   It's a holy ghost building
   For my lord for my lord
If I was a liar I tell you what I would do
I'd quit my lying and work on a building too
If I was  a drunkard I tell you what I would do
I'd quit my drinking and work on a building too
If I was  a gambler  I tell you what I would do
I'd quit my gambling and work on a building too
If I was a preacher I tell you what I would do
I would keep on preaching and work on a building too


I've Always Been a Rambler

The things dear that I say they don't mean much anyway
Cause I'm a rambler dear thats how it's got to stay
I tried dear to be true but I told them lies on you
And for those lies I'll forever have to pay
    Oh I tried to make love happen
    Didn't mean to shut you down
    For I've always been a rambler
    It's for rambling that I'm bound
When the train comes down the track and it's bringing my baby back
Hear the rails rumbling through the town
Well I'll be on that train reapin heartache and pain
And yours is the heart that I'm after now


I've Been All Around This World

   Hang me, oh, hang me and I'll be dead and gone
   Hang me, oh, hang me and I'll be dead and gone
   I wouldn't mind the hanging Lord it's laying in jail so long boys
   I've been all around this world
Working on the new railroad, mud up to my knees
Working on the new railroad, mud up to my knees
Working for John Henry, and he's mighty hard to please
Been all around this world
Went up on the mountain, there I took my stand
Went up on the mountain, there I took my stand
Rifle on my shoulder, six shooter in my hand
Been all around this world
Lulu, oh Lulu, come and open that door
Lulu, oh Lulu, come and open that door
Before I have to open it with my old forty-four
Been all around this world
Mama and papa and baby sister makes three
Mama and papa and baby sister makes three
Take me down to the gallows boys that's the last they'll see of me
Been all around this world
Now if you meet a rich girl, boys, send her down the line
Now if you meet a rich girl, boys, send her down the line
If you meet a poor girl, bet she's a friend of mine
Been all around this world


I've Endured

Born in the mountains fifty years ago
I've trod the hills and valleys through the rain and snow
I've seen the lightning flashing I've heard the thunder roll
I've Endured I've Endured how long can one endure
Barefoot in the summer on into the fail
Too many mouths to feed they couldn't clothe us all
Sent to church on Sunday to learn the golden rule
I've Endured I've Endured how long can one endured
I've worked for the rich I've lived with the poor
I've see many a heartache there'll be many a more
Lived loved and sorrowed been to success's door
I've Endured I've Endured how long can one endured
Del McCoury; And The Dixie Pals Live In Japan


I've Found A Hiding Place

High on that lonesome road to heaven's blessed abode
For many years I was burdened with care
So often lightening flashed and raging billows dashed
My sorrow then was so heavy to bear
But since my Jesus came I praise his holy name
He sheds the light of his wonderful grace
And every night and day to him I steal away
I found a blessed hiding place
   I found a hiding place a blessed hiding place
   I said a hiding a blessed hiding place
   There's glory in my soul my hallelujah rolls
   But since my Jesus came I'm under his control
   He keeps me night and day He answers when I pray
   And from the raging storm to Him I steal away
   I hear those temptors knock I feel no temply shock
   Oh in the solid rock I found a hinding place
Just like a wandering Jew that had no place to choose
Each day I had to keep travelin' on
But now I've found the way that leads to endless days
No more in darkness I wander alone
When Satan would alarm I climb in God's strong arm
And hide away in his loving embrace
For in the solid rock the blessed solid rock
I found a blessed hidin' place


I've Got Bluegrass On My Mind

I've got bluegrass on my mind heading back to old Kentucky
Where the mountains look so pretty in the spring
When the dew is on the bluegrass sparkling with the sun's good morning
I've got good old bluegrass on my mind again
Let me hear the fox hounds running High at night among the mountains
And then later when the fox horn blows them in
Let me hear the roosters crowing Smell the ham and bacon frying
I've got good old bluegrass on my mind again
In a little cabin home where your neighbor was your neighbor
And the bluegrass started growing every spring
There we danced on Saturday night to fiddle and a banjo
I've got old bluegrass on my mind again


I've Got That Old Feeling

No matter what I say or do
I just can't seem to get inside your heart
What have I done wrong
Lately you're so far away
You just don't seem to hold me like you use to
Somethin's goin' on
   I've got that ol' feelin' you're leavin'
   I'm so tired of good-bye
   I can't wait on your love forever
   While you change your mind
Mornin' finds us face to face
I feel you starin' through me while I'm talkin'
What's come over you
Familiar looks I recognize
The same ol' looks that said good-bye the last time
Somethin' I'm use to


I've Just Seen The Rock Of Ages

Oh, I was standing by the bedside
Where my fevered mother lay
When she called me close beside her
And I thought I heard her say
   
   I've just seen the rock of ages
   Jacob's ladder hanging down
   I've just crossed the river of Jordan
   Now, my son, I'm homeward bound
Oh, as we gathered by her bedside
Tears begin to fill our eyes
Then she called me close beside her
And whispered softly her good-byes
Pine trees blowing cross the mountain
Where forever she will lay
There she'll rest beside the fountain
There she'll sleep beneath the clay


I've Lost You

Friends tell me that told you wed another
They say you look so happy all the time
I just can't realize that I have lost you
Somehow I thought you always would be mine
I've love you since the day that I first met you
I thought no one could ever come between
Those promises you made have all been broken
And all I have to live for now is grief
Somehow I can't believe that you'll be happy
With memories to haunt you night and day
But only time can make you learn your lesson
I'm sure you think you've reached your goal today
I never thought someday that I would lose you
You're just the kind that never could be true
You only wanted me just for a while dear
Just long enough to break my heart in two


I've Never Been So Lonesome In My Life

Everything I ever loved is gone I lost my wife I lost my home
I've never been so lonesome in my life
The moon has even lost it's glow the sun don't shine anymore
I've never been so lonesome in my life
   Since you've gone I've cried to myself
   Told my heart there's nothing left
   I've never been so lonesome in my life
   I've walked the floor the streets of town
   Guess I'll never live it down
   I've never been so lonesome in my life
I heard that lonesome whistle blow seen lonesome midnights come and go
I've never been so lonesome in my life
Seen days I thought would never end when only blues come creeping in
I've never been so lonesome in my life
My love for her will linger on even though she's done me wrong
I've never been so lonesome in my life
So I'll just live my life alone maybe some day she'll come home
I've never been so lonesome in my life


I've Still Got Ninety Nine

As I sat down to a gambling game I could hardly play my hand
For thinking about that woman I love run away with another man
Run away with another man poor boy run away with another man
I'm thinking about that woman I love run away with another man
I bought her everything she needs I dressed her up so fine
She caused me to work for forty years I've still got ninety nine
I've still got ninety nine poor boy I've still got ninety nine
She caused me to work for forty years I've still got ninety nine
I stroll down to the old depot just to watch the train roll by
I looked in the window saw the woman I loved hung down my head and cried
Hung down my head and cried poor boy hung down my head and cried
I looked in the window saw the woman I loved hung down my head and cried
They took me down to the old jailhouse the door they slammed on me
Said if you'll report that moonshine still I'll see that you got free
I'll see that you go free poor boy I'll see that you go free
If you'll report that moonshine still I'll see that you go free
I told my age was twenty one the truth I told that time
Before I'll report that moonshine still I'll go and serve my time
I'll go and serve my time poor boy I'll go and serve my time
Before I'll report that moonshine still I'll go and serve my time


I've Waited As Long As I Can

I've waited for you and I've always been true
But this waiting no longer I can stand
I know you've had time dear to make up your mind
I've waited as long as I can
   I'm waiting to hear you say you love me
   And long for the day you take my hand
   I asked again last night for your love so divine
   I've waited as long as I can
Done all I can do said all I can say
Oh why can't I make you understand
I wanted you for mine but I'm wasting my time
I've waited as long as I can
Now I'll just say goodbye the tears fall from my eyes
For you have made it plain that I can't win
No one will ever know the pain that I've been through
I've waited as long as I can


Ice Cold Stone

    Love me now while I'm livin
    Please don't wait until I'm gone
    And then chisel it in marble
    Warm love words on an ice cold stone
If you have these thoughts about me
Why not tell them to me now
Don't you know they'd make me happy
Whisper them as you kiss my brow
If you wait until I'm sleepin
Never to wake here again
There'll be walls of earth between us
And I could not hear you then
So my dear if you love me
If only just a little bit
Let me know now while I'm living
So I can hold and treasure it


If Blue Is The Color Of Lonesome

If blue is the colour of lonesome
Then paint me a deep shade of blue
Blue's the way that I'm feelin'
Blue because I lost you
eems there's been changes in colour
But not a great change in me
If blue is the colour of lonesome
Then blue is the colour for me
Red is the colour of the flaming love
But the flame has gone cold
You went with another and left me
Left me to cry all alone


If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again

How sweet and happy seem those days of which I dream
When memory recalls them now and then
And with what repture sweet my weary heart would beat
If I could hear my mother pray again
If I could hear my mother pray again
If I could hear her tender voice as then
So happy I would be twould mean so much to me
If I could hear my mother pray again
She used to pray that I on Jesus would rely
And always walked the shining gospel way
So trusting still his love I seek that home above
Where I shall meet my mother some glad day
Within the old home place her patient smiling face
Was always spreading comfort hope and cheer
And when she used to sing to her eternal king
It was the songs the angels loved to hear
My work on earth is done the life crown has been won
And she will be at rest with Him above
And some glad morning she I know will welcome me
To that eternal home of peace and love


If I Could Only Go Back Home Again

   If  I could only go back home again
   To see the hills and feel the wind
   I'd walk the road to where it all began
   And find the man I lost back home again.
It's been awhile since I've been home
I miss the place I come from and the smell of the old wood smoke
I close my eyes I can see all of my favorite memories
How I wish I could go back home again.
The lamp is dim time moves slow
The night owl sings a song I know the darkness seems an old familiar friend
The falling rain and gentle winds rock my soul to sleep again
A quiet place this peaceful dream of home.


If I Could Only Win Your Love

If I could only win your love
I'd make he most of everything
I'd proudly wear your wedding ring
My heart would never stray one dream away
   Oh how can I ever say
   How I crave your love  when you're gone away
   Oh how can I ever show
   How I burn inside  when you hold me tight
If I could only win your love
I'd give my all to make it live
You'll never know how much I'd give
If I could only win your love
If I could only win your love
I'd give my all tomake it live
You'll never know how much I'd give
If I could only win your love.


If I Could Turn Back The Hands Of Time

Well I packed up my old clothes and drove on down the road
Four hunderd miles or more until I reached my next show.
The wind was blowing cold and brother don't you know
This pain inside my heart just won't let go.
I never was one to follow a straight and narrow path
But I would now if it would lead me to my past.
Back to her loving arms is where I want to go
To the one who left me out in the cold.
   If I could turn back the hands of time
   To the day when she was mine
   If she'd take me back right now
   I would walk the line
   If I could turn back the hands of time.
She never wanted me to leave her all alone
She needed someone there to keep her warm at home
Her words now are so clear in my mind
If I had only read between the lines.
I'll play another smoke filled bar for tips in a jar
Another lonely night just me and my guitar
But if she would open up her heart to me again
I'd stop running down this road that has no end.


If I Had My Life To Live Over

There a little log hut down in old Caroline
All the doors are shut and its covered with vine
That’s where I lived when just a lad
I was happy there with Mother and Dad
Now I'm alone and oh so lonely
I know my heart would be so sad
But if I had my to live over
I'd stay at home with Mother and Dad
I left my home down in old Caroline
I rambled round from time to time
I waited too long to start back home
For the ones I loved had done passed on
Now I've got no parents no place to call home
I'm out in this world and I'm on my own
My heart is broke my heart is sad
For I've got no home no Mother or Dad


If I Lose

I never thought I'd need you but now I found I'm wrong
Come on back sweet mama back where you belong
I've gambled all over town find that I can't win
So come on back and pick me up again
   Now if I lose let me lose
   I don't care  how much I lose
   If I lose a hundred dollars while I'm trying to win a dime
   My baby she's got money all the time
Of all the other gals I know no one can take your place
Cause when I get into a jam they just ain't in the race
So now that you're back dear let's take another round
With you here by my side dear the deal just can't go down


If I Needed You

   If I needed you, would you come to me
   Would you come to me for to ease my pain
   If you needed me I could come to you
   I would swim the seas for to ease your pain
Well the night's forlorn and the morning's born
And the morning's born with the lights of love
And you'll mis sunrise if you close your eyes
And that would break my heart in two
Baby's with me now since I showed her how
To lay her lily hand in mine
Who could ill agree she's a sight to see
A treasure for the poor to find


If I Should Wander Back Tonight

For many years I've been a rolling stone, my darling
Like a gypsy I have roamed from place to place
Fortune never came to me
But how happy I would be
Just to look again upon your smiling face
   Now if I should wander back tonight would you be waiting
   Would your eyes be filled with love's own tender light
   Would your arms be empty, dear would you thrill to find me near
   Would you love me if I'd wander back tonight
When budding flowers lend their fragrance in the springtime
I recall the roses twining round your door
Fancy then I homeward stay and I seem to hear you say
That you love me as you did in days of yore
Last night I dreamed that you and I were back together
I held your hand so gently in my own
Heard you say we'd never part as I pressed you to my heart
Then I woke in tears to find myself alone


If It Takes Me A Lifetime

It's true that I love you it's true you're not free
I'm trusting in tomorrow that someday you may be
So I'll go on hoping and trusting in fate
If it takes me a lifetime then I'll just wait
I'll cherish the say you and I met
Sweet memories of you I'll never forget
You lifted me up when I was down
And gave me a smile in place of a frown
I'll always be waiting it's never too late
If it takes me a lifetime then I'll just wait
This waiting is awful but still you are tied
I'm trying my best my feeling to hide
Though people are talking but still I must state
If it takes me a lifetime then I'll just wait


If One Won't The Other Will

I went one Sunday evening my true love for to see
I asked her to marry and she would not answer me
The night is almost ended tis near the break of day
I'm waiting for an answer oh what will you say
Dear sir if I must tell you I choose the single life
I never thought it soothing for me to be your wife
Then take this for your answer and for yourself provide
I have another lover and you must be denied
In the course of six weeks later this lady's mind did change
She wrote me a letter kind sir I feel ashamed
I feel as though I slighted you I cannot hear you mourn
So here's my heart come take it and claim it as your own
I wrote her back an answer I sent it back in speed
I only once did love you I loved you dear indeed
But since my mind has changed me I seek another way
Upon some pretty fair maiden my heart will have its place
Upon some pretty fair maiden my heart shall have its fill
This world is wide and lonely if one wont another one will


If That's The Way You Feel

I don't blame you for I know you want him
That your love for me was never real
I could hold you but you'd be unhappy
But it's alright if that's the way you feel
   I know that I will always go on caring
   And my feelings now I must conceal
   I still need you and I want you with me
   But it's alright if that's the way you feel
I always knew some day I would lose you
When those lies about me were revealed
Its plain to see sweetheart you believe them
But its alright if that's the way you feel


If We Never Meet Again This Side Of Heaven

Soon we'll come to the end of life's journey
And perhaps we'll never meet anymore
'Til we gather in heaven's bright city
Far away on that beautiful shore
If we never meet again this side of heaven
As we struggle through this world and its strife
There's another meeting place somewhere in heaven
By the river of life
Where the charming roses bloom forever
And where separation come no more
If we never meet again this side of heaven
I will meet you on that beautiful shore
Oh so often we are parted with sorrow
And action often quietens our pain
But we never shall sorrow in heaven
God be with you till we meet again


If You Need A Fool

Darling I can tell were through
That leavin' looks all over you
I'll do anything no matter what you do
Call me if you need a fool
They just aren't makin' fools the way that they used to
They don't come back for more the way I always do
So if you ever change your mind I'm not very hard to find
You can find me in the phone book under blue
Call me if you need a fool
Go and find another guy
And if he don't believe your lies
You know who will swear every word is true
Call me if you need a fool
Girl it won't cost you a dime
To break my heart just one last time
Call collect and I'll just tell um put her through
Call me if you need a fool


If You're Ever Gonna Love Me

   If you're ever gonna love me well I wanna know it
   There's just one way that you can show it
   If you don't start treating me better you see
   I'm gonna do away with me
I'm gonna go down where the water's little deeper
I'm taking no chances now you'll see
If you don't start treating me a little bit better
Well I'm gonna do away with me
Why won't you tell me how you feel about it
You're driving me crazy can't you see
If you don't start treating me a little bit better
Well I'm gonna do away with me


In A Little Village Churchyard

In a little village churchyard
There I see a grassy mound
There my sweetheart lies a-sleeping
In the cold and silent ground
Gently waves the weeping willow
Birds they warble sweet and low
And there's no one left to love me
Since my sweetheart had to go
In that little village churchyard
There I stray with a broken heart
There is no one left to love me
Since the day we had to part
That sad day will I remember
When she called me to her side
How I watched her spirit fading
And the tears did blind my sight
Then she said, 'Goodbye my darling
Dry those teardrops from your eyes
Promise me, my little darling
That you'll meet me up on high'
In that little village churchyard
There I stray with a broken heart
There is no one left to love me
Since the day we had to part
Oft I've wandered to the graveyard
Flowers to plant with tender care
O'er the grave of my dear darling
Darkness finds me weeping there


In Despair

You made me love you, you made me want you
And now I need you all the time
My heart is sad and I'm so lonely
Each night and day you're on my mind
   You broke me heart my little darling
   When I called for you, you had another there
   But a broken heart will keep on crying
   I know you know, I'm in despair
You made me forget of all the others
You made me forget of all the past
And I thought sweetheart you really loved me
My friends told me it would never last


In Foggy Old London

In a far away land I'm living in dreams
So often at times I'm with you it seems
But I know I am dreaming when I think of you
In foggy old London across the deep blue
   Deep blue in the ocean it's so deep and wide
   And I've got a notion I'll cross it tonight
   And I'll fly like a bluebird up there in the sky
   In foggy old London I'll find my blue eyes
When your letter came I opened to find
You had been crying while writing each line
But you never mentioned no reason for tears
And foggy old London is so far from here


In My Dear Old Southern Home

In my dear old home
I was happy as I could be
Where the mocking birds sang every night while I rest
In that little old log cabin by the sea
There is Mother and dear old Dad
Where I left I know it made them sad
So I'm going back to that dear old shack
Where I spent my happy days as a lad
Goodbye friends I'm leaving today
Goodbye friends I'm going far away
I'll be happy as can be on my dear old Mother's knee
In that little old log cabin by the sea


In My Tennessee Mountain Home

Sittin' on the front porch on a summer afternoon
In a straight back chair on two legs, leaned against the wall
Watch the kids a-playin' with June bugs on a string
And chase the glowin' fireflies when evening shadows fall.
    In my Tennessee mountain home, life is peaceful as a baby's sigh
    In my Tennessee mountain home, crickets sing in the fields nearby.
Honeysuckle vine clings to the fence upon the lane
Their fragrance makes the summer wind so sweet
And on a distant hilltop an eagle spreads its wings
And a songbird on a fencepost sings a melody
Walking home from church on sunday with the one you love
Just laughin', talkin', making future plans
And when the folks aren't looking you might steal a kiss or two
Sittin' in the porch swing holdin' hands.


In The Gravelyard

   In the gravel yard, with a number for my name
   Making little rocks out of big rocks all  day
   Oh, the work is mighty hard in the gravel yard
   I'll never be a free man, so they say
Warden hear my plea, listen now to me
I killed a man that I caught with my wife
You'd probably done the same, so I am not to blame
Sentenced to the rest of my life
In the driven rain with a ball and chain
My hammer rings a low mournful sound
It sings a little song for the ones who done me wrong
Who lie beneath the cold, cold ground


In The Highways

In the highways in the hedges
In the highways in the hedges
In the highways in the hedges
I'll be somewhere a workin for my Lord
   I'll be somewhere a workin
   I'll be somewhere a workin
   I'll be somewhere a workin
   I'll be somewhere a workin for my Lord
When he calls me I will answer
When he calls me I will answer
When he calls me I will answer
I'll be somewhere a workin for my Lord
In the highways in the hedges
In the highways in the hedges
In the highways in the hedges
I'll be somewhere a workin for my Lord


In The Jailhouse Now

I had a friend named Ramblin Bob
He used to steal gamble and rob
He thought he was the smartest guy around
Well I found out last Monday
That Bob got locked up Sunday
They've got him in the jailhouse way downtown
   He's in the jailhouse now
   He's in the jailhouse now
   Well, I told him once or twice to
   stop playin cards and shootin dice
   He's in the jailhouse now
Bob liked to play his poker
Pinochle whist and euchre
But shootin dice was his favorite game
He got throw'd in jail with nobody to go his bail
The judge done said that he refused to the fine
Well I went out last Tuesday
I met a girl named Suzie
I said I was the swellest guy around
Well we got to spendin my money
And she started to callin me honey
We took in every cabaret in town
We're in the jailhouse now


In The Pines

The longest train I ever saw
Went down that Georgia line
The engine passed at six o'clock
And the cab passed by at nine
   In the pines, in the pines
   Where the sun never shines
   And we shiver when the cold wind blows
I asked my captain for the time of day
He said he throwed his watch away
A long steel rail and a short cross tie
I'm on my way back home
Little girl, little girl, what have I done
That makes you treat me so
You caused me to weep, you caused me to mourn
You caused me to leave my home
My father was an engineer
Died a mile out of town
His head was found in the driving gear
But his body was never found


In The Room Over Mine

We pass in the hallway almost everyday
Though I've never really met him we don't have too much to say
Though I feel that I know him for every night about this time
When he's a walkin and a talkin in the room over mine
   He may be thinking of things that might have been
   Or of his family and how he's missing them
   Oh it's hard to know what's going on in a troubled man's mind
   But I can hear him walking and talking in the room over mine
Well its plain to see he's had a troubled mind by the lines across
his face
And the sadness that dims his eyes search for a better place
Well I know just how he really feels every night about this time
When he's a walking and a talking I'll be in that room of mine


In The Shadow Of Clinch Mountain

I grew up on the side of Clinch Mountain
With the beauties and the music of the woods
The sweet song of the bright bubbling fountain
and the warble of the birds I understood
   When I've sung my last song in the evening
   And the sun sets in the golden west
   All the scenes of this world I'll be leaving
   In the shadow of Clinch Mountain I will rest
Long ago said the oak and the cedar
Singing deeply in a whisper of the past
Stood not then this great towering leader
nor the fountain where the crystal gems are kept (passed?)
Then I asked how this green lofty mountain
in the caldron the lonely desert stood
Said this song of the bright sunny fountain
We were given by the waters of the flood
Out that gate I have passed since my childhood
O'er the railway through the tunnel to the west
singing songs of the Clinch Mountain wildwoods
Song that people found and birds loved the best


In The Shadow Of The Pines

We had wandered in the shadow of the pines
The moon looked down on you and me
And a darkness stole across the summer sky
And a shadow came between my love and me
   Oh, darling, come love me as before
   Come back to leave me nevermore
   At that spot I'm sad and lonely
   And the sun no longer shines
   Come and meet me in the shadow of the pines
Oh, you went away and left me and my tears I could not hide
You went away and not a word was said
While my throbbing heart was breaking underneath its load of pride
And the pine trees sobbed in pity o'er my head
   
All our future is o'er shadowed by the darkness of despair
And across life's path the sun no longer shines
Oh, I'd give this whole world gladly once again to meet her there
And reunite in the shadow of the pines


In The Valley Of The Shenandoah

As we sit alone tonight
In the stillness of the night
I picture happy scenes of long ago
Of a maiden fair and bright
Who is sleeping there tonight
In the valley of the Shenandoah ridge
It was in the month of June
When the roses were in bloom
When I held her in my arms and softly said
Darling in the coming spring
I'll be coming back again
To the valley of the Shenandoah ridge
When I left her all alone
In our Shenandoah home
She promised she'd be waiting there for me
But the angels came along
And took her from our home
From the valley of the Shenandoah ridge
When the evening shadows fall
In memory I recall
A pledge when giving her a ring
Darling in the coming spring
I'll be coming back again
To the valley of the Shenandoah ridge


Innocent Road

Gonna read the good book every day
Gonna let the Savior show me the way
Gonna let Him take me by the hand
As I walk along to the promised land
    Home home I'm goin home
    Goin down that innocent road
Gonna take a swim in the river wide
Gonna lay my burdens on the other side
Gonna take a walk down the Jerico road
Gonna lay down my heavy load
Goin to rejoice when the angels sing
Gonna take a ride on the speckled wing
Gonna see my friends and my loved ones there
All eternal joys we can share


Iron Curtain

There's an iron curtain darlin' That's between your heart and mine
and it seems its getting stronger all the time
You don't want me you don't need me But I'll keep on hangin' 'round
And I know someday my love will tear that iron curtain down
   Don't be afraid to love me for I know that it will last
   Darlin is it fair to judge me by someone in your past
   You don't want me you don't need me but I'll keep on hangin' 'round
   And I know someday my love will tear that iron curtain down
Someone's hurt you in the past dear and the memory lingers on
But to live your life in darkness is a shame
If you'll only let me love you soon your heartaches will be gone
Let my lovin arms become your iron curtain from now on


Is It Over Now

You lie in our bed and dream of another
You don't even know you whisper his name
And now if your heart belongs to another
Oh what will I do, you're driftin away
   Our once happy home is lonely and dark now
   Have you went astray and broken your vows
   I just can't believe these things that I'm hearing
   You're breakin my heart is it over now
I wish that I knew what happened to you dear
And I only hope we'll make it somehow
But that doesn't change the way that I'm feeling
It hurts me to say that it's over now


Is It Too Late Now?

   Is it too late now to tell you that I love you
   Or is there still a chance for me somehow
   Oh they tell me now that you have found another
   Darlin' please don't say it's too late now
I know this heart of mine could never stand it
If I should have togive you up somehow
Oh won't you say that you'll give me one more chance dear
Darlin' please don't say it's too late now
Well I confess I know I done you wrong, dear
Oh can't you see my side again somehow
All I ask of you is to give me one more chance dear
Darlin' please don't say it's too late now.


Is It True

Is it true that you are leavin'
That you're go-in' far away
Is it true that you don't love me
Is there nothin' you can say
    Is it true that you love another
   That you just want to be free
   You know I'd never try to hold you
     If you no longer love me
Is it true the words you told me
Now are told to someone new
While my heart is slowly breakin'
Tell me dar-lin' is it true
Is it true you'll soon forget me
After we have said goodbye
Is it true that you'll be happy
While I sit alone and cry


Is The Grass Any Bluer

You rolled out of Rosine a dedicated man
You drove those country back roads to a thousand one-night stands
The music from your mandolin, spread like wildfire in the wind
And echoed through the hollows and the hills, so tell me, Bill
   Is the grass any bluer on the other side
   Did it look like gold Kentucky when the gates swung open wide
   Bet the good Lord’s got you playin’ somewhere up there every night
   Is the grass any bluer on the other side
I heard you on the Opry when I was just a kid
I tried my best to learn to sing and play the way you did
Just like me the day you died, the guitars and the fiddles cried
The music ain’t the same without you Bill, we miss you still
Just like me the day you died, the guitars and the fiddles cried
The music ain’t the same without you Bill, we miss you still-ill-ill


Is There Hope For This Heartbreak

In this world of broken hearted
You can sing about my one and only pain
Now I cry my eyes and wonder
Will I walk this dark and lonely road again
Is there one more hope for this heartbreak
Is there one last chance or goodbye
If I had one wish I would end all this heartache
Oh I wonder how long I could cry
You could count the stars in heaven
You could count a million waves on the sea
You'll never know how many teardrops
That I shed for somethin' never meant to be
Without love in this lifetime
You can count on little boys bein' blue
So don't wait until tomorrow
You may never find yourself a love so true


It Hurts To Know

I'm walking the floor with tears in my eyes
I can't understand dear why you ever lie
The stars in the skies have tumbled below
Now my heart is breaking it's beating so low
The moment you walking dear into my heart
What a wonderful meeting for two lonely hearts
You gave me your love to have and to hold
But something has happened you took the wrong road
You said you would you love and you would obey
But the Golden Rule's broken so go on your way
I've lost all the faith that I've had in you
So go on away dear you could never be true


It Takes One To Know One

Little girl you stand out in the crowd
You're laughing and talking much too loud
But I see a little tear peaking through
It takes one to know one and I know you
   It takes one to know one and I know you
   The little tear through your smiles I see through
   You've been hurt and your frightened you're so blue
   It takes one to know one and I know you
Little girl please take hold of my hand
Just go right on and cry I'll understand
Pay no mind if start crying too
It takes one to know one and I know you


It Won't Work This Time

Woke up yesterday and you told me you were leavin'
Left a note sayin' prob'ly wouldn't be back
But you'll come back again now and I got new for you dear
You won't have a home and that's a fact
   Don't you come back on your knees Askin' my forgiveness
   Pack your bags and move on down the line
   Don't you roll those eyes at me tellin' me you're sorry
   It's too late babe and it won't work this time
I've always been around lord when you needed someone
I played the role tell I knew each line by heart
But now it's time to change won't you find another playmate
Someone who might want to play the part


It's A Long Long Road

   It's a long long road to wander all alone.
   It's a cold cold wind hear it moan.
    Crying like a lost child out in the night.
    Searching for the way and looking for the light.
Back in the days when we were happy
Our love was the warmth and the light.
But now the dark shadows are falling
And day is quickly fading into night.
When the sun goes down behind the mountain
And the chilly wind is blowing through the pines.
How often do I think about my darling
And the sunny garden where the roses twine.


It's Good To See You

   It's good to see you, so good to see you
   Oh how I've missed you since I've been gone
   Cause I've crossed the ocean, travelled through many lands
   And it's good to see you, to be in   your home.
There's something in me that makes me wonder
There's many a land I have to see
And when I'm far away in a land of strangers
I know my good friends think on me.
Oh it's a wonder when it  comes to friendship
No matter how far, no matter how long
There's a constant thread that's never broken
And it ties me to my friends at home


It's Goodbye and So Long to You

You can hang around and love me
You can hang your head and cry
Hang my picture on the wall but it won't fall
Kiss me when your dreamin no good that will do
It's goodbye and so long to you
You can send me pretty flowers
You can send me valentines
Send me letters every day but it won't pay
Bend to my desires nothing else will do
It's goodbye and so long to you
You can give me your affection
You can give me all your love
Give me all the things I crave but I'll be brave
All the things you offer make me sad and blue
It's goodbye and so long to you
You can call me your own darling
You can call me what you may
Call me on the telephone I won't be home
Keep your old love letters I'm all through with you
It's goodbye and so long to you


It's Grand To Have Someone To Love You

It's grand to have someone to love you
Someone who knows your every care
Someone to cheer you when you're lonely
Just call for her and she'll be there
The kind of love that you can treasure
The kind of love that stands the test
It's grand to have someone to love you
Someone to hold you to their breast
It's grand to have someone to love you
Who thinks you're king upon her throne
Then she's the queen of all your treasures
Your castle is a happy home


It's Grand To Have Someone To Love You

It’s grand to have someone to love you
Someone who knows your every care
Someone to cheer you when you’re lonely
Just call for her and she’ll be there
   The kind of love that you can treasure
   The kind of love that stands the test
   It’s grand to have someone to love you
   Someone to hold you to her breast
It’s grand to have someone to love you
Who thinks you’re king upon a throne
And she’s the queen of all your treasures
Your castle is a happy home


It's Me Again Lord

Troubles come and I can't find an answer
Lonely nights I spend in agony
I have no other friend that I can turn to
So here I am Lord back upon my knees
 
    It's me again Lord I've got a prayer I need an answer
    It's me again Lord I've got a problem I can't solve
    Well I don't mean to worry you but here I am facing something new
    And I need help that only comes from You it's me again Lord
I know You're mighty busy in Your Heaven
Forming worlds and hanging stars to shine
But You promised if I'd ask that I could see them
So here I am Lord asking one more time


It's Mighty Dark To Travel

   It's mighty dark for me to travel
   For my sweetheart she is gone
   The road is rough and filled with gravel
   But I must journey on and on
To me she was a little angel
Sent down to me from God above
And on the day that I first met her
Then I told her of my love
Many a night we strolled together
Talking of our love so fair
My love for her will never vanish
Oh I know I'll meet her there
Traveling down this lonesome highway
Thinking of my love who's gone
Knowing soon we'll be together
She's the only love I've known


It's Never Too Late

Now darling I've loved I've never done wrong
I've been fair to you you know all along
Why treat me this way you're breaking my heart
I'm lonesome for you we're so far apart
   Its never too late to start over new
   I've loved you so long you know I've been true
   Please come back to me my heart is so blue
   It's never to late to start over new
Now when you are tired your new love's gone down
I hope you'll return I'll still be around
I love you so well you know I will wait
But remember these words it's never too late


It's Only The Wind

She would sit by her window and gaze out
Down the road where her children had gone
One by one they left seeking their fortune
And left their old mother alone
Sometime late at night she would call me
Sir did I here a knock at the door
I would say it was only the wind man
Just as I had told her before
It's only the wind
Your children are not at the door
It's only the wind
The wind restless wind nothing more
Sometime she would talk of her children
Of her son and her daughter so fair
She said they were much like the wild wind
They sometime neglected to care
One night I heard somebody knocking
But I saw as I went to the door
She was there in her chair by the window
Her eyes closesd in rest forever more


It's Raining Here This Morning

Oh it's raining, raining, raining here this morning
As I sit in jail and hang my head in shame
With a smile I try to greet each early dawning
But they've given me a number for my name
   Many a little raindrops are falling close to me
   Makes the streams and rivers just as muddy as can be
   It's raining, raining, raining here this morning
   As the Mississippi flows on to the sea
How I wish that I could see my little darling
And hold her in my arms just as before
I used to tell her every day I loved her
But now she doesn't love me anymore
   She knew that I was guiltless of this one crime
   And said that she'd be waiting there for me
   But she has found somewhere else to wander
   Where the Mississippi flows on to the sea
Its raining, raining, raining here this morning
And I am just as weary as can be
I wish that I could follow all the raindrops
Down the Mississippi toward the silver sea
   But there's no way to prove that I'm not guilty
   So I will have to suffer all the shame
   Go and tell her for me little raindrops
   That they've given me a number for my name


It's So Long And Goodbye To You

You can send me pretty flowers you can send me valentines
Send me letters every day but it won’t pay
Leap to my desire, nothing else will do
It’s goodbye and so long to you
You can hang around and love me you can hang your head and cry
Hang my picture on the wall but I won’t fall
Kiss me when you’re dreaming, no good that will do
It’s goodbye and so long to you
You can give me your affection you can give all your love
Give me all the things I’ll crave but I’ll be brave
All the things you offer, make me sad and blue
It’s goodbye and so long to you
You can call my your own darling you can call me what you may
Call me on the telephone I won’t be home
Keep your old love letters, I’m all through with you
It’s goodbye and so long to you


Jacob's Ladder

   Hallelujah to Jesus who died on the tree
   To raise up his ladder of mercy for me
   Press onward climb upward the top is in view
   There's a crown of bright glory awaiting for you
As Jacob was travellin was weary one day
His head on a stone for a pillow did lay
A vision appeared of a ladder so high
It stood on the earth while the top reached the sky
This ladder was tall and yet so well made
Stood thousands of years and never decayed
High winds from the heaven's they reeled and they rocked
But the angels they guarded from bottom to top


Jealous Hearted Me

Takes a rocking chair to rock takes a rubber tire to roll
Takes the man I love to satisfy my soul
Because I'm jealous jealous hearted me
I said I'm jealous jealous as I can be
Got a stove in the kitchen and it bakes nice and brown
But I need a poppa to turn the damper down
Because I'm jealous jealous hearted me
I said I'm jealous jealous as I can be
You can have my money you can have my home
But for goodness sake women leave my man alone
Because I'm jealous jealous hearted me
I said I'm jealous jealous as I can be
Gonna buy me a bulldog to watch him while I sleep
To watch that man of mine on his midnight creep
Because I'm jealous jealous hearted me
I said I'm jealous jealous as I can be


Jesus is a Rock

    Jesus is a rock hallelujah
    He is a rock amen
    He is a rock hallelujah
    He is a rock
    Jesus is a rock amen
There's no future in building
A house upon the sinking sand
Why not build a home eternal
Forever on the rock we stand
There's no harm can overtake you
While you're holding to his hand
He will never ever leave you
He is the solid rock my friend


Jesus Savior Pilot Me

Jesus Savior pilot me
Over life's tempestuous sea
Chart and compass come from thee
Jesus Savior pilot me
    Unknown waves before me roll
    Hiding rock and treacherous shoal
    Chart and compass come from thee
    Jesus Savior pilot me
When at last I near the shore
And the fearful breakers roar
May I hear thee say to me
Fear not I will pilot thee
    'twixt me and the peaceful rest
    Then while leaning on thy breast
    May I hear thee say to me
    Fear not I will pilot thee


Jim Blake's Message

Jim Blake your wife is dying
Went over the wires tonight
The message was brought to the depot
By a lad all trembling with fright
He entered the office crying
His face was terribly white
Send this message to dad and his engine
Mother is dying tonight
In something less than an hour
Jim's message back to me flew
Tell wife I'll be there at midnight
I'm praying for her too
I left my son in the office
Took the message to Jim's wife
There I found the dying woman
Was scarce of breath and life
O'er hill and dale and valley
Thunders the heavy train
His engine is sobbing and throbbing
And under a terrible strain
But Jim hangs onto his throttle
Guiding her crazy flight
And his voice cries out in the darkness
God speed the express tonight
I telephoned the doctor
How is Jim's wife I asked
About the hour of midnight
Is long as she can last
In something less than an hour
The train will be along
But here I have a message
Oh god there is something wrong
The message reads disaster
The train is in the ditch
The engineer is dying
Derailed by an open switch
And there is another message
To Jim's wife it is addressed
I'll meet you at midnight in heaven
Wait for the fast express


Jimmie Brown The Newsboy

I sell the morning paper sir
My name is Jimmie Brown
Everybody knows me
I'm the newsboy of the town
You can hear me yelling "Morning Star"
Walking on the street
Got no hat upon my head
No shoes upon my feet
Never mind sir how I look
Don't swear at me and frown
I sell the morning paper sir
My name is Jimmie Brown
I'm awful cold and hungry sir
My clothes are mighty thin
Wander about from place to place
My daily bread to win
My father was a drunkard sir
I've heard my mother say
I am helping mother sir
As I journey on my way
My mother always tells me sir
I've nothing in the world to lose
I'll get a place in heaven sir
To sell the gospel news


John Deere Tractor

Hey momma here's a letter from your son
well I think my city days are done Ma
and it ain't been three weeks since I came
Hey momma
I do remember what you said
say your prayers before you go to bed son
and remember city women ain't the same
      I'm like a John Deere tractor in a half acre field
     trying to plow a furrow where the soil is made of steel
     Oh I wish I was home Ma where the bluegrass is growin'
     and the sweet country girls don't complain
Hey momma
so much perfume I thought I'd drown
and the Lord didn't seem to be nowhere around
hey I fell like a flower from the vine
Ah she was pretty lord knows
I thought she would bring me joy
she laughed she called me country boy ma
and after she had been so kind
      I'm like a John Deere tractor in a half acre field
    trying to plow a furrow where the soil is made of steel
    oh I wish I was home ma where the bluegrass is growin'
    and the fire light shimmers and shines.


John Hardy

John Hardy was a desperate little man
He carried two guns every day
He shot down a man on that West Virginia line
You ought a seen John Hardy getting away
You ought to seen John Hardy getting away
John Hardy stood in that old barroom
So drunk that he could not see
And a man walked up and took him by the arm
He said Johnny, come and go along with me Poor boy
Johnny, come and walk along with me
John Hardy stood in his old jail cell
The tears running down from his eyes
He said I've been the death of many a poor boy
But my six-shooters never told a lie
No, my six-shooters never told a lie
The first one to visit John Hardy in his cell
Was a little girl dressed in blue
She came down to that old jail cell
She said Johnny, I've been true to you God knows
Johnny, I've been true to you
The next one to Visit John Hardy in his cell
Was a little girl dressed in red
She come down to that old jail cell
She said, Johnny, I had rather see you dead
Well, Johnny, I had rather see you dead
I've been to the East and I've been to the West
I've traveled this wide world around
I've been to that river and I've been baptized
So take me to my burying ground
So take me to my burying ground
John Hardy was a desperate little man
He carried two guns every day
He shot down a man on the West Virginia line
You ought to seen old John Hardy getting away
You ought to seen old John Hardy getting away


John Henry

John Henry was a little baby boy
You could hold him on the palm of your hand
And his Papa cried out this lonesome farewell
Son you're gonna be a steel driving man lord, lord
Son you're gonna be a steel driving man
John Henry went up on the mountain
Looked down on the other side
Lord the mountain was so tall John Henry was so small
He laid down his hammer and he cried poor boy
Laid down his hammer and he cried
John Henry walked through the tunnel
Had his captain by his side
The last words that John Henry said was bring me
Cool drink of what ‘for I die lord, lord
Cool drink of what ‘for I die
Talk about John Henry as much as you please
Say and do all that you can
There never was born in these United States
No such a steel driving man lord, lord
No such a steel driving man
John Henry told his captain
I want to go to bed
Lord fix me a pallet, I want to lay down
Got a mighty roaring in my head lord, lord
Mighty roaring in my head


John Henry Blues

John Henry was a little bitty boy
No bigger than the palm of your hand
He picked up a hammer and little piece of stell
Johnny gonna make a steel drivin man, Lord Lord
Johnny gonna make a steel drivin man
John Henry told his captain
The next time you go to town
Can you bring John back a nine pound hammer
I'm gonna beat that steam drill down, Lord Lord
I'm gonna beat that steam drill down
John Henry he told his shaker
Shaker you better pray
For if I miss that old little piece of steel
Tomorrow'll be your buryin' day, Lord Lord
Tomorrow'll be your buryin' day
When they invented that old steam drill
They thought that they had 'em somethin' fine
John Henry sank her fourteen feet
Steam drill only made her nine, Lord Lord
Steam drill only made her nine
John Henry was on the right hand side
The steam drill was on the left
Said before I will let that drill beat me down
I'll hammer my old fool self to death, Lord Lord
I'll hammer my old fool self to death
You can talk about John Henry as much as you want
Sing and do all that you can
But there was never born in the United States
No such a steel drivin' man, Lord Lord
No such a steel drivin' man


Jonah And The Whale

God sent Jonah to the Ninevah land
To preach the gospel to the wicked men
Tell them to repent of their wicked ways
Or I'll overthrow the city in forty days
   God moves in a windstorm
   He rode in a windstorm
   God moves in a windstorm
   And he troubled everybody in their mind
Jonah went down to the seashore
To make up his mind which way to go
He boarded the ship and paid his fare
And God got angry with Jonah down there
Jonah went down from the side of man
And he called on Jesus to be his friend
Disobeyed God and he had to pray
The Lord sent a storm on the water that day
They cast poor Jonah overboard
God sent a whale and swallowed him whole
Went on down to the Ninevah land
And laid poor Jonah on a bed of sand
Jonah rose up from the sand
Went on walking to the Ninevah land
He preached the gospel at His command
Repent, repent you wicked men


Jordan

Oh come and as you tread life's journey
Take Jesus as your daily guide
Though you may feel pure and safely
Without him walkin by your side
But when you come to make the crossing
At the ending of your pilgrim way
If you ever will need our Savior
You'll surely need him on that day
   (Now look at that)  cold Jordan
   (Look at its)  deep waters
   (Look at that)  wide river
   Oh hear the mighty billows roll
   (You better take)  Jesus with you
   (He's a)  true companion
   (For I'm)  sure without him
   That you never will make it o'er
That awful day of judgment
Is comin' in the by and by
We'll see our Lord descending
In Glory from on high
Oh let us keep in touch with Jesus
And in his place a love of God
We may be ever call ready
When he calls us over Jordan's tide
   (Oh what) oh what you gonna do
   (Oh what) oh what you gonna say
   (Oh how)  oh how you gonna feel
   When you come to the end of the way


Jordan Am A Hard Road To Travel

I'm gonna sing you a brand new song
It's all the truth for certain
We can't live high if we get by
And get on the other side of Jordan
   Oh pull off your overcoat and roll up your sleeves
   Jordan is a hard road to travel
   Pull off your overcoat and roll up your sleeves
   Jordan is a hard road to travel I believe.
The public schools and the highways
are causing quite an alarm
Get a country boy educated just a little
and he won't work on the farm
Now I don't know but I believe I'm right
the auto's ruined the country
Let's get back to the horse and buggy
and try to save some money.
I know a man an evangelist
his tabernacle's always full
The people come from miles around
just to hear him shoot the bull
You can talk about your evangelists
you can talk about Mr. Ford too
But Henry's shaking more hell out of the folks
than all the evangelists do.


Journey's End

My life was filled with such sorrow
A soul with no one to care
God heard my prayer and He called me
I'll meet my Lord way up there
    A golden rainbow lights the way
    Up the path I will ascend
    To the kingdom up on high
    Is my home at journey's end
His love was so sweet and so faithful
His life he gave for you and me
Trial and temptation seemed endless
But he rose over all eternity
There's many here on this journey
So heavy the burdens they bear
As they reach up toward the heaven
He'll hear their voices in prayer


Julianne

Julianne what are you doing, making plans on leaving me?
Have I made your life unhappy, is this how it's got to be?
Will you be here in the morning when the rooster starts to crow?
Will my tears be all that's called for Julianne? I've got to know
   Dress yourself in silk and satin, put some ribbons in your hair
   But don't say you're gonna leave me, it's more than I can bear
   Go and have your night of dancing if you like those country songs
   But when all the fun is over, Julianne, come on home
Julianne, you know I love you, I can't live my life alone
Is there some way I can please you, tell me what could keep you home
I've got no gold and silver, got no diamonds for your hand
All I have is love, this love I'll give you Oh, I need you, Julianne


Just A Few More Days

   Just a few more days of sorrow
   Just a few more days of pain
   just a few more days of cloudiness
   Just a few more days of rain
   Then I'm gonna follow Jesus
   He has got a home prepared
   Then I'll join the Holy Angels
   Mother will be waiting there
Not so long ago one morning,
mother called me to her bed
Then she put her arms around me,
listen to what she said
Darlin I am going to leave you,
but you'll not be left alone
Jesus will protect and shield you,
after he has called me home
Sometimes I am sorely tempted,
sometimes I am sorely tried
But you overcome in trying,
taking Jesus for my guide
The righteous path is sometimes rugged,
but it only makes me try
And I know if I keep trying,
I'll see my mother some sweet day


Just A Little Talk With Jesus

I once was lost in sin but Jesus took me in
And then a little light from heaven filled my soul
It bathed my heart in love and wrote my name above
And just a little talk with Jesus made me whole
   Now let us have a little talk with Jesus
   Let us tell Him all about our troubles
   He will hear our faintest cry
   He will answer by and by
   Now when you feel a little prayerwheel turning
   And you know a little fire is burning
   You will find a little talk with Jesus makes it right
Sometimes my path seems drear without a ray of cheer
And then a cloud of doubt may hide the light of day
The mists of sin may rise and hide the starry skies
But just a little talk with Jesus clears the way
I may have doubts and fears my eyes be filled with tears
But Jesus is a friend who watches day and night
I go to Him in prayer He knows my every care
And just a little talk with Jesus makes it right
You will find a little talk with Jesus makes it right
Makes everything right


Just Ain't

I ain't gonna worry who's kissin' you
When you're far away
Because I know when the tomcat's gone
All the mice will play
I ain't gonna worry what's goin' on when you're
Out to paint the town
I ain't gonna worry where you stay
When you're out runnin' 'round.
I just ain't (just ain't)
I just ain't (just ain't)
Just ain't.
I ain't gonna worry what's goin' on
When I'm home sleepin' in bed.
I ain't gonna watch for you to come in
And go to sleep instead.
I ain't gonna follow you where you go
A walkin' down the street
I ain't gonna care about (who's) the other guy
That you go to meet.
I ain't gonna care if you don't come back
I'll get along all right.
I ain't gonna mind this livin' alone
I'll still sleep at night.
I ain't gonna worry where you go
And when you say goodbye
I'll find someone else to love
I ain't gonna sit and cry.


Just Another Broken Heart

They stood on the beach one evening
Out in the moonlight fair
Twas a boy in the pride of manhood
And a girl in beauty rare
I never had thought that you loved me
An innocent look of surprise
Crept out from beneath her lashes
And into those deep brown eyes
   
   Oh sir I was only flirting
   Only a playing a part
   Just another boy's life ruined
   Just another broken heart
Sir I'm to be married this winter
Farewell and she gave me her hand
And drawing a robe around her
She left me alone on the sand
He goes with a crowd of passers
Always bitter and cold
Just another boy grown weary
Just another boy grown old
There's a rose grows in your garden
White rose is the symbol of peace
And when I am dead little darling
Plant that rose at my head and my feet
   Oh sir I was only flirting
   Only a playing a part
   Just another boy's life ruined
   Just another broken heart


Just Another Day

Just another day how can I stand it
Without my baby by my side
This empty feeling now inside me
Is bound to show but I can't cry
Just make mine straight without a chaser
And let me drown my blues this way
The seat beside me now is empty
Nothing to live for just another day
A thief could rob and take my money
If death was pending I could pray
I'm helpless now what can my fate be
Everything is gone just another day


Just as the Sun Went Down

Love like this was never known
Though you search the whole world 'round
Jesus dying for his own
Just as the sun went down
    Just as the evenin' sun
    Was sinkin' in the golden west
    Hanging between two thieves
    They crucified the Son of God
    Mocked by the multitudes
    They placed on Him a thorny crown
    Love like this was never known
    Jesus dying for His own
    Just as the sun went down
In San Hedron He was tried
Have no use for Him they cried
By the mob He was crucified
Just as the sun went down


Just Lovin' You

Well I've traveled around this world
I've seen lots of pretty girls
No one like you no one like you
For your love is warm and kind
And it eases a noisy mind
Lovin' you just lovin' you
The sweetest love I ever knew
Is the love I get from you
I always keep on lovin' you
You hold the key to my heart
And I know we'll never part
Forever I'll be lovin' you
Oh I know there is no doubt
You’re the one I can't live without
I'm lovin' you only you
My every dream now is real
And I know I always will
Be lovin' you just lovin you
After travelin' around this world
There is no other girl
To take the place of lovin' you
We've known each other for so long
and our love is holding strong
I'll always keep on lovin' you


Just One Teardrop

I saw you last night through the tears in my eyes
The dance floor was crowded and I realized
The thoughts you were having as you danced by my way
While I was one teardrop and one step away
    Just one teardrop and one step away
    My heart will be broken til my dyin day
    Your eyes told the story of the price I must pay
    While I was one teardrop and one step away
I know I will miss you and my heart will never mend
If we can't live together at least lets part as friends
I know I will miss you every single day
While I was one teardrop and one step away


Just Passin' Through

Well it's Friday night at the Legion hall in some Alberta town
And from the stage I see you as you look me up and down
Later on you'll ask me if I'll share some time with you
I'll say sorry honey not tonight I'm just a passin' through
Now I may be a stranger to this little country town
But in your eyes I recognize a man who gets around
You say you want to be with me and make my dreams come true
But I pay no mind I know your kind and I'm just a passin' through
They tell me that they've never heard a singer quite so sweet
And when I play the fast ones it just knocks them them off their feet
Well I don't mind the compliment but I'm nobody's fool
I don't pay no mind they're not my kind
and I'm a just a passin' through
Well I don't know how many times before I've met a man like you
Who thinks I'm something special on account of what I do
I can tell you I'm no different from the girl who cooks for you
I'm just cookin' on this old guitar and I'm singin' songs for you
Don't think that you're the only one it happens all the time
You cowboys think you'll win my prize by handing me a line
Why don't you let me sing my songs there's other girls to woo
And I'll make a bet you you won't regret that I was just a passin' through
Well nobody told me this is how I'd have to pay my dues
But I'll be long gone before too long 'cause I'm just a passin' through


Just When I Needed You

Just when I needed you you left and went away
You made my life so blue both night and day
You left me here behind with a troubled worried mind
So broken hearted too just when I needed you
   I cried I cried I prayed I tried
   To forget you and never call your name
   What a shame what a shame you're the one that was to blame
   You're the one that proved untrue just when I needed you
You said it's best to part and never love again
And though it broke my heart I won't complain
You know I love you still and dear I always will
Although you proved untrue just when I needed you


Just Wondering Why

Tonight I'm alone, I'm thinking of you dear
For yesterday you told me goodbye
Oh why did you leave and where are you going
I'm hear all alone, just wondering why
   I can't understand, sweetheart, why you left me
   You told me your love would never die
   Then you went away and left me so lonely
   Now I'm all alone, just wondering why
Wherever you go in this world my darling
I'll never think of no one but you
When you went away, you left me so lonely
And that's why today I'm feeling so blue


Katie Dear

Oh Katie dear go ask your mother
If you can be a bride of mine
If she says yes come back and tell me
If she says no we'll run away
 
Oh Willie dear there's no use in asking
She's in her room a takin’ rest
And by her side is a silver dagger
To slay the one that I love best
 
Oh Katie dear go ask your father
If you can be a bride of mine
If he says yes come back and tell me
If he says no we'll run away
 
Oh Willie dear, there's no need in asking
He’s in his room a takin’ rest
And by his side is a golden dagger
To slay the one that I love best
 
So he picked up that golden dagger
And stove it through his troubled heart
Saying goodbye Katie goodbye darlin'
At last the time has come to part
 
So she picked up that bloody dagger
And stove it through her lily-white breast
Saying goodbye papa goodbye mama
I'll die with the one that I love best


Katy Cline

Well now, who does not know Katy Cline
She lives at the foot of the hill
By the shady nook of some old babbling brook
That runs by her dear old father's mill
   Tell me that you love me Katy Cline
   Tell me that your love's as true as mine
   Tell me that you love your own turtle dove
   Tell me that you love me Katy Cline
It's way from my little cabin door
Oh it's way from my little cabin home
There's no one to weep and there's no one to mourn
And there's no one to see Katy Cline
If  I was a little bird
I'd never build my nest on the ground
I'd build my nest in some high yonder tree
Where the wild boys couldn't tear it down


Katy Daley

With her old man she came from Tipperary
In the pioneering days of '42
Her old man was shot in Tombstone City
For the making of his good old mountain dew
   Oh Come on down the mountain Katy Daley
   Come on down the mountain Katy do
   Can't you hear us calling Katy Daley
   We want to drink your good old mountain dew
Wake up and pay attention Katy Daley
For I'm the judge that's gonna sentence you
All the boys in court have drunk your whiskey
To tell the truth I like a little too
So to the jail they took poor Katy Daley
And pretty soon the gates were open wide
Angels came for poor old Katy Daley
Took her far across the great divide


Keep A Memory

Keep a memory of our love dear
Never ever let it stray
Why betray the heart you've broken
I'll find happiness some way.
   When I think about you darling
   I often hang my head and cry
   Words just can't explain my feelings
   Just to know I've lived a lie
When our old friends ask about you
Many times I can't reply
Just the thought of your name darling
Makes me wish that I could die.


Keep On Going

If you should wonder back this way when you are lonely too
Don't look for me for I will be long gone
I told you once before you left that I was through with you
You can't expect a man to linger on
You are old enough to know that a man's love will not go
When you take up with some one who you think's a little more fun
If you don't find a welcome mat a-lying in your way
Just keep on going is all that I can say
I got your letter yesterday you wanted to come home
But I've been happy since you've been away
I told you once before you left that I was through with you
So keep on going is all that I can say


Keep On The Firing Line

If you're in the battle for the lord and right
Just keep on the firing line
If you win the battle then surely you must fight
So keep on the firing line
   Brother keep on the firing line
   Keep on the firing line
   Time is getting short Jesus coming soon
   Brother keep on the firing line
There are many dangers everyone must face
If you die fighting there is no disgrace
With the lord for coward you will find no place
So keep on the firing line
God can only use the soldier he can trust
To keep on the firing line
If you wear the crown bear the cross you must
So keep on the firing line


Keep On The Sunny Side

There's a dark and a troubled side of life
There's a bright and a sunny side too
Though we meet with the darkness and strife
The sunny side we also may view
   Keep on the sunny side   always on the sunny side
   Keep on the sunny side of life
   It will help us every day it will brighten all our way
   If we keep on the sunny side of life
Oh the storm and its fury broke today
Crushing hopes that we cherish so dear
The clouds and storm will in time pass away
The sun again will shine bright and clear
Let us greet with a song of hope each day
Though the moment be cloudy or fair
Let us trust in our Savior always
To keep us every one in His care


Keep The Lamp On Sadie

Keep the lamp on Sadie let it shine
Leave it on so I can see
Keep the lamp on Sadie let it shine
So I can find may way from the fields back to you
I know we need to talk things over
I know things haven't gone so good
Keep the lamp on Sadie let it shine
So I can find my way back home to you
It's been a rough year for the things we are pullin'
And the banks is buggin' us about what's due
And I know it worries you because it's so
But right now there's not too much we can do
I'm gonna need you by my side
so Sadie lets survive
And fight this thing to the bitter end
And keep the lamp on Sadie let it shine
So I can find my way back home to you
I've got an uncle in St Louis who just might help us
Get over this dry spell we have now
We can sell a couple of things we have no need for
And that will help us get our feet back on the ground
But if you leave me I don't think that I can manage
Sadie keep the lamp on if you can
So keep the lamp on Sadie let it shine
So I can find my way back home to you


Kentucky

Kentucky you are the dearest land outside of Heaven to me
Kentucky your laurels and your red bud trees
When I die I want to rest upon your graceful mountain so high
Kentucky that is where God will look for me
Kentucky I miss the voices singing in the silvery moonlight
Kentucky I miss the hound dog chasing coon
I know that my mother dad & sweetheart all are waiting for me
Kentucky I will be coming soon
Kentucky you are the dearest land outside of Heaven to me
Kentucky I will be coming soon


Kentucky Girl

   Kentucky girl are you lonesome tonight
   Kentucky girl do you miss me
   Does that old moon shine on the bluegrass as bright
   As it did on the night you first kissed me
In a valley 'neath the mountains so high
The sweetest place in all the world
In a cabin with the vines o'er the door
That's where I left my Kentucky girl
I'm far away from old Kentucky tonight
And the blue eyed girl that I love so
But I'm heading home in the silvery moonlight
With open arms she waits I know


Kentucky Mountain

How the sad wind moans on Kentucky Mountain
And the rain is falling in her face
And by her side in the lonely graveyard
I want to lie down and take my place
She sleeping on Kentucky Mountain
And the rain is falling in her face
And by her side when this life is over
I'll lay me down and take my place
We fell in love there in the mountains
Our love was beautiful and free
She was so young when the maker called her
I guess she was not meant for me
I'm like a lonesome dove at twilight
As she flies around from tree to tree
My aching heart is full of sorrow
Since never more my love I'll see


Kentucky Waltz

We were waltzing that night in Kentucky
'Neath the beautiful harvest moon
And I was the boy who was lucky
But it all ended too soon
As I sit here alone in the moonlight
I can see your smiling face
And I long once more for your embrace
In that beautiful Kentucky waltz


Keys to the Kingdom

They called old John from the island
And they put him in the kettle to boil
And the Lord came down from heaven above
And they tell me that the oil wouldn't boil
    Oh he had the keys to the kingdom
    And the faith unlocked the door
    Oh he had the keys to the kingdom Lord
    And the world couldn't do him no harm
The king said to the Hebrew
When they were about to sound
Before you worship that idol God
Get ready to bow down
Well they put old Paul and Silas
Down in the jail below
While one did sing and the other did shout
And the angel unlocked the door
Go get your trumpet Gabriel
And move down by the sea
But don't you blow that trumpet
Until you hear from me
When you think that you've been living right
And serving God every day
Just fall down on our bended knees
He'll hear every word you say


Kickin' Mule

As I went down to the huckleberry picnic
Dinner all over the ground
Skeppers in the meat was nine foot deep
And the green flies walking all around
The biscuits in the oven was a-baking
Beefsteak frying in the pan
Pretty gal sitting in the parlour
Lord God A'mighty what a hand I stand
   Whoa there mule I tell you
   Miss Liza you keep cool
   I ain't got time to kiss you now
   I'm busy with this mule
My uncle had an old mule
His name was Simon Slick
Love anything I ever did see
But how that mule could kick
Went to feed that mule one morning
And he met me at the door with a smile
He backed one ear and he winked one eye
And he kicked me half a mile


Kissing Is Crime

I know a little girl and I want her for my wife
She's pretty and sweet neat little feet and never been kissed in her life
You can ask her for a kiss she said oh what a bore
Every time she bows and declares she'll never do so anymore
   
   Born to be a better girl and never kiss again
   Afraid my ma might find it out and cause her great pain
   You may walk and talk and hold my hand but kissing is a crime
   I'll not kiss you anymore until next time
I called at her house one night but I didn't intend to stay
She laid her head on my shoulder and said the old folks are away
I kissed her a dozen times and someone came to the door
Every time she bowed and declared she'd never do so anymore
She'll see you too the door kiss and then goodnight
Every time she bows and declares she'll never do so any more


Kitty Waltz

Waltz Kitty waltz let everybody waltz
Waltz Kitty waltz let everybody waltz
Waltz Kitty waltz let everybody waltz
The guitars are ringing come on and waltz
The girls are singing the guitars are ringing
Their steps are so neat their music so sweet
Waltz Kitty waltz let everybody waltz
The guitars are ringing come on and waltz
Boys come on and join our band
The guitars are ringing the music's so grand
Waltz Kitty waltz let everybody waltz
The guitars are ringing come on and waltz
Waltz Kitty waltz let everybody waltz
Waltz Kitty waltz let everybody waltz
Waltz Kitty waltz let everybody waltz
The guitars are ringing come on and waltz


Knee Deep In The Blues

I've just been thinkin' things over
My heart is swollen with tears
My life just don't seem worth livin'
And it's been that way for years
    My skys above turned to gray now
    And I just walked the soles off my shoes
   I don't have too much to say now
   I'm just knee deep in the blues
Don't ask me why I'm cryin'
Cause I have lost about all I can lose
Well there's just no use in tryin'
I'm just knee deep in the blues


Kneel At The Cross

Kneel at the cross, Christ will meet you there
Come while He waits for you
Listen to His voice, leave with Him your cares
And begin life anew
   Kneel at the cross, kneel at the cross
   Leave every care, leave every care
   Kneel at the cross, kneel at the cross
   Jesus will meet you there
Kneel at the cross, there's room for all
Who will his glory share
Bliss there awaits, harm can nary fall
Those who are anchored there
Kneel at the cross, give your idols up
Look unto realms above
Turn not away, to life's sparkling cup
Trust only in His love


Knoxville Girl

I met a little girl in Knoxville
A town we all know well
And every Sunday evening
Out in her home I'd dwell
We went to take an evening walk
About a mile from town
I picked a stick up off the ground
And knocked that fair girl down
She fell down on her bended knees
For mercy she did cry
Oh Willie Dear don't kill me here
I'm not prepared to die
She never spoke another word
I only beat her more
Until the ground around me
With her blood did flow
I took her by her golden curls
And dragged her round and round
Throwing her into the river
That flows through Knoxville Town


Lamplighting Time In The Valley

Oh there's a lamp shining bright in the cabin
in a window that's shining for me
And I know that my mother is praying
for the boy she is longing to see
   when it's lamp lighting time in the valley
   in my dreams I go back to my home
   Oh I can see that old lamp in the window
   it will guide me wherever I roam.
By the lamplight tonight I can see her
as she rocks in her chair to and fro
Oh she's praying that I'll come back to see her
and I know that I never can go.


Land Of The Navajo

   Oh the wind blows cold
    On the trail of the buffalo
    Oh the wind blows cold
   In the land of the Navajo
    In the land of the Navajo
A hundred miles from nowhere out on the desert sand
One Eyed Jack the trader hold some turquoise in his hand
By his side sat Running Elk his longtime Indian friend
He vowed that he would stay by Jack until the bitter end
Jack had gambled everything he owned to leave this wondering life
He might have had a happy home and a tender loving wife
But his hunger was for trading trapper's furs for turquoise stones
Anything that the Indians had Jack wanted for his own
Said Jack to Running Elk I'll gamble all my precious stones
Before I leave my body here among these bleaching bones
Though now my time is drawing near and I'm filled with dark regrets
My spirit longs to journey as the sun begins to set
We raped and killed we stole your land
We rule with guns and knives add whiskey to your waters
While we stole away your wives
said Running Elk what's done is done you white men rule this land
so lay the cards face up and play your last broken hearted hand
* Refrain
When your dealing cards with death the joker's wild the ace is high
Jack bet the Mississippi River running Elk raised him the sky
Jack saw him with the sun and room and upped him with the stars
Running Elk bet the Rocky Mountains Jupiter and Mars
The sun was sinking in the west when Jack draw the ace of spades
Running Elk just rolled his eyes and smiled and passed away
Jack picked up his turquoise stones and cast them to the sky
He stared into the setting sun and made the mournful cry
* Refrain


Last Letter, The

Why do you treat me as if I was only a friend
What have I done that has made you so different and cold
Sometimes I wonder if you'll be contented again
Will you be happy when you are withered and old
I cannot offer you diamonds or mansions so fine
I cannot offer you clothes that your young body craves
But if you'll say that you forever long to be mine
Think of the heartaches, the sorrows and tears you will save
When you are lonely and tired of another man's gold
When you are weary, remember this letter, my own
Don't try to answer though I'll suffer anguish unknown
If you don't love me I wish you would leave me alone
While I am writing this letter I think of our past
And of the promises that you are breaking so free
But to this old world, I'll soon say my farewell at last
I will be gone when you read this last letter from me


Last Move For Me, The

I've been traveling for Jesus so much of my life
Been traveling o'er land and on sea
But I'm planning on taking a trip to the sky
That will be the last move for me
   When I move to the sky up in heaven so high
   What a wonderful time that will be
   I'm ready to go washed in Calvary's flow
   That will be the last move for me
I've seen wonderful sights as I travelled afar
How little, how empty they seem
When I make my last move to that city of gold
That will be the last move for me
Here I'm bothered with packing each time that I move
And carry a load in each hand
But I'll not need one thing that I've used in this world
When I move to that heavenly land
Everything that I'll need will be furnished up there
Not even my song books I'll bring
Or the precious old Bible that showed me the way
I'll not need when I stand by my King


Last Train

Well that last train done left town
The last train done left town
I heard the whistle moaning low
But that last train done left town.  Hoo-hooo-ooooo.
Now my sweet baby's on that train
My sweet baby's on that train
I wonder if I will see her again
But that last train's done gone down.  Hoo-hooo-ooooo.
Now the whistle's moaning low
The whistle is moaning low
I begged my baby please don't go
But that last train's done gone down.  Hoo-hooo-ooooo.
Now I'm sorry for what I've done
I'm sorry for what I've done
To leave behind your baby crying
But that last train's done gone down.  Hoo-hooo-ooooo.
Well that last train done left town
The last train done left town
I heard the whistle moaning low
But that last train done left town.  Hoo-hooo-hooo-hoo-hoo.


Last Train From Poor Valley

Well it was good one time everything was mighty fine
The coal temples roared day and night
But things they got slow for no reason that I know
And ill winds they hove into sight
The mines all closed down everybody laid around
There wasn't very much left to do
Except stand in that line to get your ration script on time
And woman I could see it killin' you
Now the soft new snows of December
Lightly fall my cabin 'round  And the last train from Poor Valley
Takin' brown haired Becky Richmond bound
It's been a comin' on and on lord soon you would be gone
Leavin' crossed your mind every day
Then you said to me things are bad back home you see
I guess I better be on my way
Well I should blame you know but I never could somehow
A miner's wife you weren't cutout to be
It wasn't what you thought just some dreams that you'd bought
When you left home and ran away with me


Lay My Head Beneath The Rose

Darling, clasp me to your bosom
As you did in days of yore
Lay your hand upon my forehead
Ere I reach the golden shore
Life is from me fastly falling
Soon I'll be in sweet repose
When I'm gone 1 ask this favor
Lay my head beneath the rose
Darling, first you said you loved me
When you gave me hand and heart
There were roses on your cheeks, love
As we vowed we ne'er would part
One more kiss for I am going
Far beyond all earthly woe
May your life be like your cheeks, love
Covered with the blossomed rose
He has crossed the shadowed valley
Where the living waters flow
Love has answered all his pleading
And he sleeps in sweet repose
Beneath a grassy mound he's resting
Where the golden sunset glows
Love has answered all his pleading
And he sleeps in sweet repose


Lazarus

All your money won't help you get through the great gates of heaven
All your power cannot help you over there
If you find you've been living here for the almighty dollar
You'll never have a mansion over there
   Just like the rich man who wouldn't give a crumb from his table
   He found in the end from God he couldn't run
   He found himself in the depths of hell looking up at poor Lazarus
   Crying just a drop of water to cool my tongue
There's been many a man who's had it all in this life
Thought he had it under control
In the end he found himself begging for God's mercy
In the end he found he'd lost his soul
There is victory ahead for those who hear and listen
Who trust in God in spite of great despair
For Jesus is our shield and our great high tower
And he promised to deliver us with prayer
   Just like when Lazarus reached heaven and he looked down at the rich man
   Who had no hope when his race was run
   He stood down there in the depths of hell looking up at poor Lazarus
   Crying just a drop of water to cool my tongue


Lazy John

Work all week in the noon day sun
Fifteen cents when Saturday comes
Goin to a dance to have some fun
Why don't you get away lazy John
    Lazy John lazy John
    Why don't you get your day's work all done
    You're in the shade and I'm in the sun
    Why don't you get away lazy John
My gal lives at the end of the road
Her eyes are crossed and her legs are bowed
But We sure have a lot of fun
Why don't you get away lazy John
Goin to a dance Saturday night
Ain't coming home til the bald daylight
Then I'll take my girl back home
Why don't you get away lazy John


Leaf Of Love

The leaf of love is slowly falling
Like winter storms with rain and snow
You broke a heart in one short moment
The leaf of love is falling low
How could you go and leave me lonely
I have no one to call my own
The tree that bore my love for you dear
Has shed its leaves my love is gone
Stormy roads I'm traveling on now
Where I'll end God only knows
A beaten rock along the river
It's quiet and peaceful where it flows


Leaning On The Everlasting Arms

What a fellowship, what a joy divine
Leaning on the everlasting arms
What a blessedness, what a peace is mine
Leaning on the everlasting arms
   Leaning, leaning
   Safe and secure from all alarms
   Leaning, leaning
   Leaning on the everlasting arms
O how sweet to walk in the pilgrim way
Leaning on the everlasting arms
O how bright the path grows from day to day
Leaning on the everlasting arms
What have I to dread, what have I to fear
Leaning on the everlasting arms
I have blessed peace with my Lord so near
Leaning on the everlasting arms


Leavin'

Now I was a stranger in love and in town
You set me up then you put me down
You had your way with me every time
But leaving would take that load off my mind
   You wanted love and you wanted more
   People and places like never before
   You ran around like you thought I was blind
   But leaving would take that load off my mind
Now you had me fooled from the day that we met
Sweet lies you told me I'll never forget
But you can't keep lying and love and you'll find
Cause leaving will take that load off my mind
Now don't you be waiting for my knock on your door
That kind of loving I don't need no more
You had your day until it came time
For leaving will take that load off my mind


Let Me Be Your Friend

Many times I've thought about you
Many times I've wondered why
That you'd ever go and leave me
And this heart you taught to cry
   Darling wait until I see you
   Since you say it is the end
   Though I know that you don't love me
   Won't you let me be your friend
As I lay upon my pillow
Thinking of you in my dreams
Are you happy with another
I'm so lonesome here it seems
Do you ever think about me
Will you love again someday
Will you ever think my darling
Of this heart you stole away


Let Me Love You One More Time

Lay your head on my shoulder
Put your little hand in mine
We'll walk down lovers lane together
Let me love you one more time
    Tomorrow you'll be with another
    Things just didn't turn out right
    But to my grave I'll carry with me
    A memory of your love tonight


Let Me Rest

Let me rest at the end of my journey
I'm weary, tired, and old
Let me rest at the end of my journey
Heaven is my home and my goal
   Old paint is tired, his feet are all sore
   We'll ride the range no more
   Let me rest at the end of my journey
   Heaven is my home and my goal
A cowboy's life on the old Texas trail
Herding doggies is all that he knows
A cowboy's life on the old cattle trail
Leads from Texas to old Mexico


Let Me Walk Lord By Your Side

In a church on Sunday morning
Sat a man unwelcome there
Judged by men and not by Jesus
He lifted up his voice in prayer
   Steer me on the righteous pathway
   Help me humbly to abide
   Hold me to your precious bosom
   Let me walk lord by your side
Several silent moments followed
It seemed that no one was in that room
Then a voice it roared like thunder
Look for me I'm coming soon
Such a change I've never witnessed
Tear filled eyes were plainly shown
Gathered there around that stranger
Saying God bless you welcome home


Let Me Whisper

Are you waiting just for me
With your promise to be true
Always in your memory
Let me whisper I love you
As twilight gathers and stars seem to sigh
Down by the river I stroll
Thinking of you now the days have gone by
When you were my darlin’ my own
As I walk alone where we two used to stroll
Close by the clear waters flow
It seems that the soft rippling water I hear
Echoes these words soft and low
Let me whisper I love you


Let The Church Roll On

   Let the church roll on (oh my  lord)
   Let the church roll on (oh my lord)
   Let the church roll on (oh my lord)
   Let the church roll on
There's a deacon in the church (oh my lord)
And he won't do right (oh my lord)
What shall we do (oh my lord)
Turn him out and kick him out
And let the church roll on
There a drunkards in the church (oh my lord)
And he won't do right (oh my lord)
What shall we do, take the liquor pour it out
And let the church roll on
There's women in the church (oh my lord)
Got paint on their face (oh my lord)
What shall we do take some water and wash it off
And let the church roll on


Let The Harvest Go To Seed

We plowed this field with a red mule we would rake and we would hoe
Clear away the rocks and weeds plant the seeds and watch 'em grow
Tend the crops until they'd blossom see the corn yellow and tall
If the summer rains were kindly we'd have a harvest in the fall
You have been my true companion since the day our love was young
Darling stand beside me and watch the setting sun
If I die before you do one request I ask you please
Pray Jesus take my soul let the harvest go to seed
Oh I feel like that old mountain standin' lonesome in the sky
Where the cries of the wolf hungy winds mournful sigh
High above our little cabin lay my bones there to rest
Where the wild birds and critters still make their little nests
Oh who will reap the harvest when it ripens on the vine
Who will tend the vineyard who will drink the new wine
Darlin' please remember let the harvest go to seed
So the wild birds and critters will have enough to eat


Let Those Brown Eyes Smile At Me

Today I feel so sad and weary
I want a love that cannot be
All I need to make me happy
Let those brown eyes smile at me
Let those brown eyes smile at me dear
That's what I wish with all my soul
Let those brown eyes smile at me dear
Turn my blue moon back to gold
Now we've been sweetheart so long darling
Now you're growin' tired of me
The last time that we were together
Those brown eyes didn't smile at me
Flatt and Skruggs; And The Foggy Mountain Boys


Let Us Be Lover's Again

Jack and May sweethearts were they
They were engaged to be wed
Many a promise he made her
Many a love word he said
As most lovers do they quarreled one night
She bid him not come any more
She gave him his hat
Jack started away
But he lingered to say at the door
'Tis up these broken cords and let us be lovers again
Darling you know I love you to part would give me pain
Let us forget the past and make up my pet
Make up and be lovers again
Years rolled by neither was wed
All of Jack's pleading was vain
One quiet evening poor Jack was found dead
Two lives have been wrecked for she loved oh too late
She goes to his grave every day
All through life in dismay
She can't tell you why but it seems to her cry
The wind seems to whisper and say


Let's Be Lovers Again

Jack and May
Sweethearts were they
They were engaged to be wed
Many a promise he made her
Many a love word he said
As most lovers do
They quarreled one night
She bid him not come anymore
She gave him his hat
Jack started away
But he lingered to stay at the door
   Tie up those broken cords
   And lets be lovers again
   Darling, you know I love you
   To part would give me pain
   Let us forget the past
   And make up, my pet
   Make up and be lovers again
Years rolled by
Neither were wed
All of Jack's pleadings were vain
One quiet evening poor Jack was found dead
All through life in dismay
Two lives that have been wrecked
But she loves, oh, too late
She goes to his grave every day
She can't tell you why
But it seems to her cry
The wind seems to whisper and say


Let's Go To The Fair

Come on boys let's go to the fair
See the funny sights and the cool night air
Grasshopper kissing the old black crow
Road hog red do the dose-ee-doe
More funny things than you ever did see
Ringtail coons monkeys in the trees
Pussy cat combing the tomcat's hair
Come on boys let's go to the fair
Had a banjo picking rooster the cockiest of 'em all
Strutted on the stage in his bib overalls
Close behind was old fiddling bear
Bluegrass music by a rooster and a bear
Old mother goose wore fancy clothes
High heeled slippers and fancy clothes
An old bare possum in his underwear
Killed himself a laughing at the county fair


Let's Live For Tonight

Let's live for tonight dear and try to be gay
Tomorrow we might be apart
Let's live for tonight dear let love have it's way
For tomorrow we could have two broken hearts
Let's cast all our worries and heartaches a side
Forget what the future might hold
Let's live for tonight dear in a world all our own
For tomorrow we may have to be alone
Let's live for tonight dear and try to pretend
That we will never be alone
No matter what happens this night will be ours
What tomorrow holds nobody ever knows
Let's live for tonight dear and try to be gay
Tomorrow we might be apart
Let's live for tonight dear let love have it's way
For tomorrow we could have two broken hearts


Let's Part The Best Of Friends

Each night I dream of you sweet heart
I can't see why we had to part
But there's no reason now to stay
For I was only in your way
Oh how I long to see your face
Tho' there's someone in my place
Or just to hear your voice again
Darling why not part the best of friends
I played the game of love and lost
My broken heart has paid the cost
And now that I am free to go
Somehow  sweet heart I miss you so
You say that you are happy now
I'll try to forget the past some how
But if your new love turns you down
Remember me I'm still around


Let's Say Goodbye Like We Said Hello

Let's say goodbye like we said in a friendly kind of way
There's something wrong your love is gone I've no reason now to stay
We live and love we meet and part then broken hearts must pay
Let's say goodbye like we said hello in a friendly kind of way
Your love sweetheart I won't forget you're always on my mind
You're all the happiness I knew so thoughtful sweet and kind
For old times sake I'm asking you to think of me someday
Let's say goodbye like we said hello in a friendly kind of way
I wish you happiness sweetheart in everything you do
May good luck always come your way and every dream come true
I'll remember you and the love we knew the love of yesterday
Let's say goodbye like we said hello in a friendly kind of way
If I should meet some other dear and learn to love them too
I hope and pray somehow sweetheart they'll make me think of you
A tender smile an old love song a heart so light and gay
Let's say goodbye like we said hello in a friendly kind of way


Letter From My Darlin

I can't answer her letter
For she left me no address
You should know my little darling
You left my poor heart in distress
   I got a letter from my darling
   She said she hated to go
   It broke my heart the words she wrote me
   She closed by saying I love you so
She wrote the words she knew would hurt me
She said I never could be true
I've tried I've tried my little darling
To prove my love was just for you
This letter meant goodbye forever
Though we'll have each other's hearts
Our love will fade away in sadness
Precious one why did we have to part


Letters Have no Arms

I got your letter dear sweetheart
And darlin I miss you oh so much
Your letter has cheered my but I'm lonesome
Lonesome just to feel your lovin touch
   Letters never bring me the touch of your hand
   Or none of your sweet lovin charm
   I get so lonesome for you darlin
   And you know that letters have no arms
Letters have no arms dear to hold me
Kisses on paper are so cold
These sweet things you write in your letters
I want to be with you dear with


Life Of Sorrow

After traveling through this world of sorrow
No one on earth to call my friend
I'm on my way to old Kentucky
Where I met and loved but could not win
I've always loved you little darlin
My heart will always feel the same
I could never do one thing to hurt you
I'd rather die than bring you shame
When that cold dark shroud is wrapped around me
They lay my weary head to rest
Will you stand around and gaze upon me
For I'm the one that loved you best
When your golden hair is turned to silver
The master calls your soul to Him
Where we can be free from all our troubles
I'll meet you there at journey's end


Lights On The Hill

It's a long straight road and my engines a wheeling
I can't help but think about a good night's sleep
And the long long road and my life are a callin' me
These rough old hands are glued to the wheel
Five foot of fence from the way that they feel
And the lights coming over the hill are a blinding me
   There's rain on the road and I can see the load start to shiftin'
   Too late to see the post and I haven' got a ghost of a chance
   The windshield wipers are  beatin' in time
   The song they sing is a part of my mind
   And I can't believe this is really happening to me
God I'm over the edge and down the mountain side
I know they'll tell about the night I died
Between the rain and the lights on the hill  are a blindin' me
It's a long tough road from a way down south
A mans gotta find a little food for his mouth
And a home for a girl as sweet as honey can be
So it's down through the gears shes a startin to pull
The gage on the tank is a showin' full
The lights comin' over the hill are a blindin' me


Like A Child In The Rain

It's not that love is dead and gone
Or that you didn't try
That weight so heavy on my mind
It's the thought that you might mean it
When you call me on the phone
Just to tell me that you want me one more time
I won't be standing at your door
I stood there once before
I've known your hello and your good-bye
So why am I shaking like a child in the rain
When you tell me that you want me one more time
When you tell me that you want me one more time
Don't talk about the midnights
That come down like a stone
Can't you see that I already know
And after all the morning sun
Will burn away the dark
But even if you're there I'll be around
* Refrain
There's part of me that laughs
There's part of me that cries
There's part of me that can't make up it's mind
But living would be easier
If you never call at all
To tell me that you want me one more time
* Refrain


Likes Of Me

Look outside the rain it pours
The lightning flashes and the thunder roars
I wonder if you'd stand a better chance to try to tame the elements
Rather than try to tame my soul
To think your love could ever hold
To the likes of me to the likes of me
It aint that I wouldn't like to stay
Live my life in an ordinary way
9 to 5 a family a little bitty boy upon my knee
Woman I'd only break your heart
But that kind of life just ain't in the cards
For the likes of the me the likes of me
The likes of me that knows no home
Or the town I'm in or the road I'm on
I'm a restless soul and I'll never be still
So I'll follow the sunrise over the hill
I can see the designs of the picture in your mind
You think that you could change my life
That you'd make me a perfect wife
Woman you're sweet you're lovin' and kind
So don't mess up your pretty little mind
On the likes of me on the likes of me


Linda Lou

In the state of West Virginia among the peaceful rolling hills
There I met a mountain maid with eyes of blue
Golden hair so soft and curly and her lips were like the dew
She was the queen of West Virginia and her name was Linda Lou
   Linda Lou my Linda Lou can't you hear me calling you
   Calling like a lonesome dove my Linda Lou
   When the moon is in the blue and the stars are shining too
   Can't you hear my lonely heart calling for you Linda Lou
I recall the night I met her how I held her hand in mine
I recall the night we kissed and bid adieu
Many miles may separate us if I should cross the ocean blue
My heart is still in West Virginia with my darling Linda Lou


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Listening To The Rain

I'm looking out the window at the rain
The night is driving me crazy
It's just as cold inside
All the warms is gone without my baby
And in my mind something stirs
And my lips start crying out your name
While I'm a-sitting here and wondering where you are
And listening to the rain
The beating on the window can't compare with the beating
That I'm taking
The window's gone cold but look at me
I'm already breaking
Memories tugging at my heart
And it's gonna crack beneath the strain
While I'm sitting here wondering where you are
And listening the rain
My mind has got you pictured
In the arms and in the heart of some new love
I've tried to black it out
But all my mind can see is him and you love
Knowing that it might be true
That's the thing that's causing all the pain
While I'm sitting here wondering where you are
And listening to the rain


Little Annie

Once more I must leave you little Annie
We must part at the end of the lane
But you promised me little Annie
You'd be waiting when the springtime comes again
   When the springtime comes o'er the mountains
   And the wild flowers scatter o'er the plains
   I will watch for the leaves to return to the trees
   And I'll be waiting when the springtime comes again
When the sun shines down on the mountains
And the wild sheep are wandering all alone
And the birds and the bees are singing
Then it makes me think that springtime won't be long
Now the springtime has come on the mountains
And I'm on my way back to the lane
For you promised me little Annie
You'd be waiting when the springtime comes again


Little Benny

One night as the stars were all shining
Little Benny knelt down by his bed
He asked the dear Lord to forgive him
For all the bad words he had said
   Please papa don't whip little Benny
   Please papa don't whip little Ben
   He's little and wants you to love him
   Please papa don't whip little Ben
You remember how Mama loved Benny
How she kissed him the morning ahe died
She told him to love and obey you
And I know little Benny has tried
Oh what if dear Mama in Heaven
Should be looking way down from the sky
And see you whip little Benny
I know it would make Mama cry
Those very bad words that he said
He learned from some old wicked men
He's little and didn't know better
Please papa don't whip little Ben


Little Bessie

Hug me close dear mother closer
Put your arms around me tight
For I am cold and tired, dear mother
And I feel so strange tonight
Something hurts me here, dear mother
Like a stone upon my breast
Oh I wonder, wonder mother
Why it is I cannot rest
All the day as you were working
And I lay upon my bed
I was trying to be patient
And to think of what you said
How the King, Blessed Jesus
Loves His lambs to watch and keep
Oh, I wish He would come and take m
In His arms that I might sleep
Just before the lamps were lighted
Just before the children came
While the room was very quiet
I heard someone call my name
All at once a window opened
On a field of lambs and sheep
Some far out were in a brook drinking
Some were lying fast asleep
In a moment I was looking
On a world so bright and fair
Which was filled with little children
And they seemed so happy there
They were singing oh so sweetly
Sweetest songs I ever heard
They were singing sweeter mother
Than our own little birds
But I could not see the Savior
Though I strained my eyes to see
And I wonder if He saw me
Would He speak to such as me
All at once a window opened
One so bright upon me smiled
And I knew it must be Jesus
When He said come here, my child
Come up here, little Bessie
Come up here and live with me
Where little children never suffer
Suffer through eternity
Then I thought of all you told me
Of that bright and happy land
I was going when you called me
When you came and kissed my hand
And at first I felt so sorry
You had called, I would go
Oh, to sleep and never suffer
Mother, don't be crying so
Hug me close dear mother closer
Put your arms around me tight
Oh how much I love you mother
And how strong I feel tonight
And her mother pressed her closer
To her own dear burdened breast
On the heart so near it's breaking
Lay the heart so near it's rest
At the solemn hour of midnight
In the darkness calm and deep
Laying on her mother's bosom
Little Bessie fell asleep


Little Birdie

   Little birdie, little birdie
   Come and sing me you song
   Got a short time to stay here
   And a long time to be gone
I'm a long way from old Dixie
And my old Kentucky home
Now my parents are both dead and gone
Have no place to call my home
Now I'd rather be a sailor
Way out upon the sea
Then to be at home a marred man
With a baby on my knee
For the married man he sees trouble
And the single boy sees none
I expect to live single
Til my days on earth are done
Now I'd rather be in some dark hollow
Where the sun don't ever shine
Then to see you love another
When you promised to be mine


Little Black Pony

When I was a little boy I had no time
No time for ceremonies
All I wanted was to see the world
from the back of a little black pony
From the back of a little black pony.
Mr. Lee lived across the street
had a daughter my age named Joanie
In the summertime we'd build us a boat
We'd sail to the island Coney
We'd sail to the island Coney
There used to be a medicine man come around
everybody called him a phony
But I thought he was a king when I heard him ring
A big bell on the little black pony
He was riding on a little black pony.
I said oh mister what can I give you
I haven't got much money
But I'll do anything even try to sing
if you'll let me have that pony
I gotta have that little black pony.
He said son learn to play the banjo
All the old tunes happy and lonely
And I'll be back this way someday
And you can have that pony
you can have that little black pony.
Well the old man he never came back
But I never once thought he was a phony
I just guess he must have realized
he couldn't do without that pony
He couldn't live without that little black pony.
Mr. Lee moved away and got a job in the city
That's the last I saw of Joanie
But I can't forget the cardboard boats
and I still love little black ponies
I still love little black ponies.


Little Black Train, The

   There's a little black train a comin
   Set your business right
   There's a little black train a comin
   And it may be here tonight
   Go tell that ball room lady
   All dressed in the worldly pride
   That death's dark train is coming
   Prepare to take a ride
God sent to Hezikai
A message from on high
You better set your house in order
For you must surely die
He turned to the wall in weeping
We see and hear his tears
He got his business fixed all right
God spared him fifteen years
We see that train with engine
And one small baggage car
Your idle thoughts and wicked deeds
Will stop at the judgment bar
That poor young man in darkness
Cares not for the gospel light
Til suddenly he hears the whistle blow
And the little black train in site
Have mercy on me lord
Please come and set me right
Before he got his business fixed
The train rolled in that night


Little Cabin Home On The Hill

Tonight I'm alone without you my dear
It seems there's a longing for you still
All I have to do now is sit alone and cry
In our little cabin home on the hill
   Oh, someone has taken you from me
   And left me here all alone
   Just to listen to the rain beat on my window pane
   In our little cabin home on the hill
I hope you are happy tonight as you are
But in my heart there's a longing for you still
I just keep it there so I won't be alone
In our little cabin home on the hill
Now when you have come to the end of the way
And  find there's no more happiness for you
Just let you thoughts turn back once more if you will
To our little cabin home on the hill


Little Community Church Yard

I was lost in sin so long with no one to guide my way
My soul was in darkness had been there for many a day
In that little community church yard I heard the gospel song
I went inside to kneel and pray
    Oh I knelt down and prayed to my Savior
    That He might hear and would accept me
    Then I felt the Holy Spirit
    I knew my soul was saved in me
In that little community church house that's where we sing and pray
We pray to our Father to guide us on our way
All through life's long journey we'll need His helping hand
Until we reach that promised land
In that little community church house among my many friends
I can hear them praying for me and the preacher saying 'amen'
And a vision there before me it was my Savior's face
I knew that I was saved by Grace


Little Country Preacher

Little country preacher with his head bowed down in prayer
I know that he's in conference with our Load away up there
He's not hightened with his speech just plain like you and me
He reminds me of the prophets and the man of Galilee
He started out when just a lad to preach the gospel way
And when the path got hard to trod with mother he would stay
The money did not bother him for Christ he took his stand
His pay day will be paid to him  at the gates of Glory Land
The little church he preaches at each Sunday for our aske
If you pass it by and don't go in you've made a big mistake
His good old fashioned voice pleads stranger enter in
God's pleading through good men to save us from our sins


Little Darling Pal Of Mine

In the night, while you lay sleeping
Dreaming of your amber skies
Was a poor boy broken hearted
Listening to the winds that sigh
   My little darling, oh how, I love you
   How I love you, none can tell
   In your heart you love another
   Little darling, pal of mine
Many a day, with you I've rambled
Happiest hours, with you I've spent
For I had your heart forever
But I find it's only lent
There is just three things I wish for
That's my casket, shroud and grave
When I'm dead, don't weep for me
Just like those lips that you betrayed


Little Georgia Rose

Now come and listen to my story
A story that I know is true
A little rose that bloomed in Georgia
With  hair of gold and a heart so true
   Way down in the blue ridge mountains
   Way down where the tall pines grow
   Lives my sweetheart of the mountains
   She's my little Georgia rose
Her mother left her with another
A carefree life she had planned
The baby now she  is a lady
The one her mother couldn't stand
We often sing those songs together
I watched her do her little part
She smiled at me when I would tell her
That she was my sweetheart


Little Girl And The Dreadful Snake

Our darling wandered far away while she was out at play
Lost in the woods she couldn't hear a sound
She was our darling girl the sweetest thing in all the world
We searched for her but she couldn't be found
   I heard the screams of out little girl far away
   Hurry Daddy there's and awful dreadful snake
   I ran as fast as I could through the dark and dreary woods
   But I reached our darling girl too late
Oh I began to cry I knew that soon she'd have to die
For the snake was warning me close by
I held her close to my face she said daddy kill that snake
It's getting dark tell mommy goodbye
To all parents I must say don't let your children stray away
They need your love to guide them along
Oh God I pray we'll see our darling girl some day
It seems we still can hear her voice around our home


Little Girl In Tennessee

Oh, a long long time ago when I left my home to roam
Down in the hills of Tennessee
Was the sweetest little girl that was ever in this world
Down in the hills of Tennessee
   Oh, little girl of mine in Tennessee
   I know she's waiting there for me
   Someday I'll settle down in that little country town
   With that little girl of mine in Tennessee
Oh, she begged me not to go “You'll be sorry dear I know”
For the way that you've been treating me
So I rambled all around but nothing could be found
To take the place of her in Tennessee
Oh, someday I'll wander back to that little mountain shack
The little girl that's waiting there for me
I can see her smiling face waiting for me at the gate
The little girl of mine in Tennessee


Little Girl That Played Upon My Knee, The

Many years have passed away and gone
Since I left my old native home
Since I left the scenes of my childhood there
Where the dark days seem to roam
I left my aged father there
And my mother so dear unto me
I left a brother and a sister fair
And a little girl that played upon my knee
Don't Ginny remember, will she ever forget
Those many hours of pleasure to me
Does she sigh when she thinks of those many happy hours
When a little girl she played upon my knee
I am homeward bound with the thrills of joy
Of my wandering so far o'er the sea
I shall soon see my home, my old native home
And the little girl that played upon my knee
I am tired of life, I cannot live
In this dark world so weary unto me
Come bury me low by the one I love so well
By the little girl that played upon my knee


Little Glass Of Wine

Come little girl let's go get married
My love is so great, how can you slight me
I'll work for you both late and early
At my wedding my little wife you'll be
Oh Willie dear, let's both consider
We're both too young to be married now
When we're married, we're bound together
Let's stay single just one more year
He went to the bar where she was dancing
A jealous thought came to his mind
I'll kill that girl, my own true lover
Before I let another man beat my time
He went to the bar and called her to him
She said Willie dear, what you want with me
Come and drink wine with the one that loves you
More than anyone else you know, said he
While they were at the bar a-drinking
That same old thought came to his mind
He'd kill that girl, his own true lover
He gave her poison in a glass of wine
She laid her head over on his shoulder
Said Willie dear, please take me home
That glass of wine that I've just drinken
Has gone to my head and got me drunk
He laid his head over on the pillow
Let me read you the law let me tell you my mind
Molly dear, I'm sorry to tell you
We both drank poison in a glass of wine
They folded their arms around each other
They cast their eyes unto the sky
Oh God, oh God, Ain't this a pity
That the both true lovers are bound to die


Little Gypsy Girl, The

My father, he's the king of the gypsies, it is true
My mother, she learned me some camping for to do
With my pack all on my back my friends all wished me well
As I went down to London town some fortunes for to tell
Some fortunes for to tell, some fortunes for to tell
As I went down to London town some fortunes for to tell
As I was a-walking upon a London street
A handsome young squire was the first I chanced to meet
He view-ed my brown cheeks and he liked them so well
He said, "My little gypsy girl, will you my fortune tell?"
Some fortunes for to tell, some fortunes for to tell
As I went down to London town some fortunes for to tell
Oh yes sir, oh kind sir, please give to me your hand
It's you that have fine fortune, both houses and good land
The fairer girls are dainty, but you must cast them by
For it is the little gypsy girl who is to be your bride
Some fortunes for to tell, some fortunes for to tell
As I went down to London town some fortunes for to tell
He took me to his castle, there were carpets on the floor
And servants there a-awaiting for to open every door
There were ladies there of honor and the music it did play
And all were there to celebrate the gypsy's wedding day
Some fortunes for to tell, some fortunes for to tell
As I went down to London town some fortunes for to tell
So it's farewell to the gypsy life, to camping on the green
No more with my brothers and my sisters I'll be seen
Oh, once I was a gypsy girl but now I'm a squire's bride
With servants for to wait on me and in my carriage ride
Some fortunes for to tell, some fortunes for to tell
As I went down to London town some fortunes for to tell


Little Home In Tennessee

I am always dreaming of my little home
Back among the hills of Tennessee
I am always yearning, longing to return
To the place that means the world to me
Just a little shack roof all turning black
Still it's a place there to me
Song birds always singing round the kitchen door
Of my little home in Tennessee
I can see my mother standing by the gate
As I drove the old horse up the lane
She would never scold me when I came home late
How I wish that I had never cause her pain
Just a tender smile beaming all the while
No one could be half so kind to me
Now she's gone to Heaven and she'll never return
To my little home in Tennessee
I can still remember many years ago
When my sweetheart wandered by my side
Down among the mountains where wild flowers grow
There she promised she would be my bride
Then another man won her heart and hand
She always meant the world to me
I was broken hearted and I went away
From my little home in Tennessee


Little Joe

What will the birds do, mother, in the spring
Will they gather the crumbs around our door
Will they fly from the nest to the top of the tree
And ask why Joe wanders out no more
What will the kitten do, mother, all alone
Will she stray from her frolic for a day
Will she lie on the rug beside my bed
Like she did before I went away
What will Thomas, the old gardener do
When you ask him for flowers for me
Will he give you a rose he has tended with care
The fairest one that lies around the tree
I saw the tears coming to his honest eyes
He said it was the wind that brought 'em there
As he gazed on my cheeks growing paler each day
His hand trembled over my hair
Keep Tag, mother, my little dog
I know that he'll mourn for me too
Keep him though blind and older he grows
To sleep in the whole summer through
Show him my coat, mother, so he may know
That his master then will be dead
Speak to him kindly and often of Joe
And pat him on his brown shaggy head
And you, dearest mother, shall miss me for a while
But in heaven I shall no larger grow
And any kind angel you meet at the gate
Can take you to your darling Little Joe


Little Liza Jane

There's a house in Baltimore
Sixteen stories high
And every story in that house
Was full of chicken pie
Oh Liza poor girl
Oh Liza Jane
Oh Liza poor girl
She died on the train
I went up on the mountain
To give my horn a blow
And every girl in the countryside
Said yonder comes my beau
When I was a little boy
I liked to go in swimming
Now I am a bigger boy
I like to go with women
I wish I had a candy box
To put my sweetheart in
I'd take her out and kiss her twice
And put her back again
One day I set a-courting
A girl as dear as life
When a woman she said to me
Mr.Jones
how is your wife


Little Log Cabin By The Sea

There is a precious volume of pages worn and old
In that little log cabin by the sea
It is the old old bible more precious now than gold
It's the bible that my mother gave to me
   Tis the old precious bible blessed bible
   That she read in the cabin by the sea (by the sea)
   The precious precious bible the blessed blessed bible
   The bible that my mother gave to me
How often I have listened to the countless town and raves (?)
Round that little log cabin by the sea
While mother read of Jesus who walked upon the waves
How Jesus calmed the stormy Gallilee
How often oh how often she read of glowing mirth
With a message from the precious word above
It told of faithful Daniel who trusted in the Lord
While it lead me in the pathway that she brought (?)
There is no other volume so precious as this book
It tells me how to live and how to die
It tells me of that city oh wondrous wondrous look
And that I'll meet my loved ones by and by


Little Log Hut In The Lane

Mamma says she don't want me because I'm getting old
Fears that I might freeze to death the weather is so cold
If I live tonight I think I will try
When the moon goes down tonight I'm a gonna say goodbye
   I'm goin from the cotton fields
   I'm goin from the cane
   I'm goin from that little log hut
   That stands down in the lane
Now I'm old and feeble and I cannot see my way
Mamma says I'm old and gray and only in the way
I'm leaving the little log hut the place I love to dwell
When the stars shine bright tonight I'm a gonna bid farewell


Little Maggie

Oh yonder stands little Maggie
With a dram glass in her hands
She's drinking away her troubles
She's a courting some other man
Oh how can I ever stand it
Just to see them two blue eyes
A shining in the moonlight
Like two diamonds in the sky
Last time a saw little Maggie
She was sitting on the banks of the sea
With a forty-four around her
And a banjo on her knee
Lay down your last gold dollar
Lay down your gold watch and chain
Little Maggie's gonna dance for daddy
Listen to that old banjo ring
Pretty flowers were made for blooming
Pretty stars were made to shine
Pretty women were made for loving
Little Maggie was made for mine


Little Moses

Away by the waters so blue
The ladies were winding their way
While Pharaoh's little daughter went down to the water
To bathe in the cool of the day
Before it was dark she opened the ark
And found the sweet babe that was there
And away by the waters so blue
The infant was lonely and sad
She took him in pity and thought him so pretty
And it made little Moses so glad
She called him her own, her beautiful son
And she sent for a nurse who was near
And away by the waters so blue
They carried that beautiful child
To his tender mother, to his sister and brothers
Little Moses looked happy and smiled
His mother so good did all that she could
To raise him and teach him with care
And away by the sea that was red
Little Moses the servant of God
While in him confided, the sea was divided
As upwards he lifted his rod
And the Jews safely crossed while Pharaoh's host
Was drownded in the waters and lost
And away on a mountain so high
The last that he ever did see
With Israel victorious, his hopes were most glorious
That soon all the Jordan be free
When his spirit did cease, he departed in peace
And rested in the Heavens above


Little Mountain Church House

There's a little mountain church in my thoughts of yesterday
Where friends and family gathered for the Lord
There and old fashioned preacher taught the straight and narrow way
For what few coins the congregation could afford
Dressed in all out Sunday best we sat on pews of solid oak
And I remember how our voices filled the air
How mama sounded like an angel on those high soprano notes
And when the roll is called up yonder I'll be there.
   Looking back now that little mountain church house
   Has become my life's corner stone
   It was there in that little mountain church house
   I first heard the word I've based my life upon.
At the all day Sunday singing and dinner on the ground
Many were the souls that were revived
While my brothers and my sisters who've gone on to glory land
Slept in piece in the maple grove nearby


Little Old Log Cabin In The Lane

Oh I'm gettin' old and feeble and I cannot work no more
The children no more gather 'round my door
And old masters and old mrs they are sleepin' side by side
Near the little old log cabin in the lane
   Oh the chimney's fallen down and the roof's all caved in
   Lettin' in the sunshine and the rain
   And the only friend I've got now is that good old dag of mine
   And the little old log cabin in the lane
Oh the trees have all growed up that lead around the hill
The fences have all gone to decay
And the creeks have all dried up where we used to go to mill
And things have changed their course another way
Oh I ain't got long to stay here what little time I've got
I want to rest content wile I remain
'Til death shall call this dog and me to find a better home
And a little old log cabin in the lane


Little Poplar Log House On The Hill

Now kind friends I want to tell you
Of a little country home
It is made of poplar logs upon the hill
That's where poppa died and left us
When we were very young
And momma kept us settled on he hill
   When our days work on the farm was done
   She'd would gather us around
   She would have us get down on our little knees
   She would pray for God to keep us
   Through the night until next
   In our little old poplar log house on the hill
Our father died a good man
Which we all would like to do
And I'm going there to see him some old day
When I'm  get through with my singing
Lay my guitar by my side
Lord I want to play in heaven when I die


Little Rosewood Casket

There's a little rosewood casket
Resting on a marble stand
With a packet of old love letters   
Written by my true love's hand
Go and bring them to me sister
Read them o'er for me tonight
I have often tried but could not   
For the tears that filled my eyes
When I'm dead and in my casket
When I gently fall asleep      
Fall asleep to wake in heaven      
Dearest sister do not weep
            
Take his letters and his locket
Place them gently on my heart         
But this golden ring that he gave me      
From my finger never part


Little Sadie

I went out one night for to make a little round
I met little Sadie and I shot her down
Went back home got into bed
A forty-four pistol under my head
I wake up the next morning about half past nine
The hacks and the buggies all standing in line
Gents and camper are standing around
Carrying little Sadie to her burying ground
Well I began to think of what a deed I’d done
I grabbed my hat and away I run
Made a good run but a little too slow
They overtook me in Jericho
I was standing on the corner reading the bill
When up stepped the sheriff from Thomasville
Said young man is your name Brown
Remember the night you shot Sadie down
Well I said yes sir but my name is Lee
And I shot little Sadie in the first degree
First degree and the second degree
If you got any papers won’t you read them to me
They took me down town and dressed me in black
And they put me on a train and started me back
All the way back to that Thomasville jail
And I had no money for to go my bail
Well the judge and the jury took their stand
The judge had the papers in his right hand
Forty-one days and forty-one nights
Forty -one years to wear the ball and stripes


Little Satchel

Under my bed you can set your little satchel
And on my head come lay your little hand
If you will be my own true lover
And I will be your loving little man
Run to the house and ask your papa
A bride of mine you'll ever be
If he says no come back and tell me
And I'll wait till you get free
When you get free well then we'll get married
Look how happy we will be
Oh we'll go to California
Any place you want to go
oh we'll go to Louisiana
Settle down and live at home
I wish I was a little angel
And over these prison walls I would fly
Fly on back to the arms of my darling
Stay at home and there I would die
As you can see I'm no little angel
Neither have I wings to fly
I'll go back all broken hearted
Weep and moan until I die
Under my bed you can set your little satchel
And on my head come lay your little hand
If you will be my own true lover
And I will be your loving little man


Little White Church

There's a little white church in the valley
That stands in my memory each day
And it seems I can hear the bells now ringing
Though I am many miles away
And many times in church on Sunday morning
That whole countryside would gather there
They would all kneel down by the altar
As they lifted up their voice in prayer
   Oh the church in the valley  that little white church
   Is the place I love so well
   Now I'm sad and lonely    yes I'm sad and lonely
   For that little white church in the dell
They would sing the old song Rock of Ages
Oh Christ let me hide myself in thee
And I know some of them are now waiting
Just o'er the dark and stormy sea
I know that troubles all are ended
And happy forever they will be
They are waiting and watching up yonder
For the coming home of you and me


Little White-Washed Chimney

Where the Mississippi flowing on the sunny southern shores
And the steamboat comes a-puffing round the bend
There's a little old log cabin with a grape vine over the door
And a little white-washed chimney at the end
   Oh, I'm going back, yes, going back to the place I love so well
   To the folks who'll want me all their own again
   In the little old log cabin with the grape vine o'er the door
   And a little white-washed chimney at the end
Oh, I went away up North where they told me I would find
Money hanging around like apples on a tree
But it was as my sweetheart told me there was nothing of the kind
And the weather was so cold I thought I'd freeze
I can see the smoke a-rising from the little chimney top
As it welcomes me and greets me on the breeze
Then I will start a-running and I know I'll never stop
Till I've landed in that cabin on my knees


Litttle Community Church House

I was lost in sin so long with no one to guide my way
My soul was in darkness had been for many a day
In that little community church house I heard that gospel song
I went inside  to kneel and pray
   Oh I kneeled down and prayed to my Savior
   That He might hear and would accept me
   And then I felt the holy spirit
   I knew my soul was saved in me
In that little community church house that's where we sang and prayed
We prayed to our Father to guide us on our way
All through life's long journey we'll need His helping hand
Until we reach that promised land
In that little community church house among my many friends
I can hear them praying for me and the preacher said amen
And the vision there  before me it was my Savior's face
I knew that I was saved by grace


Live And Let Live

They tell me that you're going away
What makes you want to leave
You gave me your love
You gave me your vow
And you're leaving me here to grieve
   Live and let live, don't break my heart
   Don't leave me here to cry
   I never could live if we should part
   Tell me you don't mean good-bye
Stayed awake last night and I walked the floor
What makes you treat me so
Live and let live, don't break my heart
I don't want to live if you go
You're the one who made me love you so
You're the one who's making my cry
You're the one who'd break me heart if you go
Tell me you don't mean good-bye


Log Cabin In The Lane

I'm growing old and feeble and I can't work on more
My rusty bladed hoe I’ve laid to rest
My mama and my papa they are sleeping side by side
And their spirits now are roaming with the blessed
   Oh, the chimney's falling down and the roof is all caved in
   Letting in the sunshine and the rain
   And the only friend I've got now is that good old dog of mine
   And that little old log cabin in the lane
Oh the paths have all grown up that led around the hill
The fences have all gone to decay
And the creeks have all dried up where we used to go to mill
And things have changed their course another way
Oh I ain't got long to stay here, what little time I’ve got
I want to rest content while I remain
‘Til death shall call this dog and me to find a better home
Than that little old log cabin in the lane


Lone Pilgrim

I came to the place where the lone pilgrim lay
And pensively stood by his tomb
When In a low whisper I heard someone say
How  sweetly I sleep here alone
The tempest may howl and the loud thunder roar
And gathering storms may arise
But calm is my feeling at rest is my soul
The tears are all wiped from my eyes
The cause of my master compels me from home
No kindred or relatives nigh
I met the contingent and sank to the tomb
My soul flew to mansions on high
Go tell my companions and children most dear
To weep not for me while I'm gone
The same hand that led me through storms most severe
Has kindly assisted me on


Lonely Moon

   Lonely moon lonely moon won't you shine in this cell
   And tell me that she's doing well
   Lonely moon won't you tell her I want her for mine
   But don't push her she has her own mind.
As we gaze and admire the same shining stars
Though our distances are far
We can both watch the moon go down o'er the land
As if we were hand in hand.
Souls can be together while bodies are alone
Love can melt bars and climb walls of stone
We can both watch the moon go down o'er the land
As if we were hand in hand.


Lonely Tombs

I was strolling one day in a lonely graveyard
When a voice from the tomb seemed to say
I once lived as you lived walked and talked as you talk
But from earth I was soon called away
   Oh those tombs (oh those tombs) lonely tombs (lonely tombs)
   Seemed to say in a low gentle tone
   Oh how sweet (oh how sweet) is the rest (is the rest)
   In our beautiful Heavenly home
Every voice from the tomb seemed to whisper and say
Living man you must soon follow me
And I thought as I looked on those cold marble slabs
What a dark lonely place that must be
Then I came to the place where my mother was laid
And in silence I stood by her tomb
And her voice seemed to say in a low gentle tone
I am safe with my Savior at home


Lonesome

Lonesome
For the arms that held me tight
Lonesome
For the lips that whispered goodnight
    I pretend to be happy
    But my friends know
    Lonesome
    Don't matter where I go
Lonesome
Living in the past
Lonesome
For the love that didn't last
    Like a man lost at sea
    No place to land
    Lonesome
    For someone to understand
Lonesome
Lonesome


Lonesome And Blue

Lonesome blue heartbroken
As here I sit alone
My sweetheart's gone and left me
Now everything's gone wrong
Her hair was dark and curly
And hung way down behind
But now she loves another
I'm run-ning on the vine
I ne-ver rode a boxcar
Until she turned me down
I'll never love no other
I'll never settle down
On down this lonesome railroad
My back to the old hometown
My past will always haunt me
And the girl who turned me down


Lonesome Blues

I got the lonesome blues tonight
Won't you stay here dear friend that's what I need
Someone to hold me tight well it's all right
I got the lonesome blues tonight
I got the homely blues tonight
May be got some time to lend I'll try to be
The one you miss tonight make you feel all right
I got the homely blues tonight
I got the cold cold blues tonight
Won't you try to understand if I can be
With someone else tonight when you dim the light
I got the cold cold blues tonight


Lonesome Depot

Have you ever stood in a lonesome depot
and told someone goodbye
you'd give anything in all this world
if she'd only break down and cry
Forget the pain and bear your shame
And beg her not to go
For when she's gone there's misery
And the loneliness will grow and grow
Oh how many years did she stand by you
And lay awake at night
Crying and prayin for you to come home
You know now you're weepin her right


Lonesome For You

Now I know what it means to be lonesome
And I know what it means to be blue
And I know what it means to be lonesome in dreams
When there' someone missing you
Cause I've cried and I've cried since we parted
There's no one knows what I've gone through
I'd give all that I own just to have you back home
Cause I'm lonesome lonesome for you
My best friend left me this morning
As the clock was striking four
And the smiling face of my darling
I may not see no more
Now I know what it means to be worried
To be all lonesome and blue
For the one that I loved so dearly
Has turned her back on me
Oh my  mind is full of sorrow
And my heart is filled with pain
And I feel so broken hearted
Wont you please come back again
Cause I've cried and I've cried since we parted
There's no one knows what I've gone through
I'd give all that I own just to have you back home
Cause I'm lonesome lonesome for you


Lonesome For You Darling

I am lonesome for you darling
Though from me you're far away
In a lonely little cottage
I am waiting day by day
Though you went away and left me
Left me alone in this old world
How it hurt me little darling
To hear you say those parting words
I can see you in the moonlight
Strolling down lover's lane
I know it's you I love my darling
Wont you take me back again
Do you think we could be happy
Do you think we could be true
To the one that's always loved you
No one loves you like I do
Wont you take me back my darling
So I can prove my love to you
If you'll accept me little darling
We will start our lives anew
I will take you back my darling
If you promise to be true
Let me look my little darling
In your loving eyes of blue
We are happy now together
In the moonlight all alone
And we'll settle down forever
In our little cottage home


Lonesome Here Without You

It's cold outside the wind is blowing
And the snow is falling down
Now I'm so lonesome here without you
While you're somewhere running around
You done me wrong my little darling
Leaving me here this way
Some day I know I'll find you
When I do I'll make you pay
Some times at night I dream about you
Wondering why you went away
You're out there some where with another
And I'm gonna find you some day


Lonesome Homesick Blues

I've got the lonesome homesick blues
I've got them bad babe down in my shoes
I left someone there that I might lose
That's why I've got these old homesick blues
It makes me homesick to hear your name
And hold you dear in my arms again
I'm a gonna ride that old lonesome train
To the one I left back in Maces Spring
You told me once dear you loved me so
And it's on my mind dear every where I go
I'll soon be knowing if it is so
Or has your love for me grown cold
Oh listen to that old lonesome train
It's a gonna carry me back again
To the one that told me their love was true
I'll spend the rest of my days with you
I've been away babe a long long time
Now I'm riding down this old railroad line
And the one I love there I hope to find
To ease this lonesome blue heart of mine


Lonesome Night

In the pale moonlight we quarreled one night
Our heart's were young and free
I left her there and on that night
I though she was two-timing me
   On a lonesome night so far from home
   I heard a mournful sound
   The girl I love is calling me
   She thinks I turned her down
She begged me not to leave her there
She swore that she'd been true
But a jealous heart cannot believe
Oh how I long for you


Lonesome Old Home

Last night I laid down everything was so fine
Had mother and dad so much on my mind
Thinking of home and the ones I love so
Everything was so great around the old home
   Then I woke up I was a dreaming
   No mother no dad no children a playing
   Everything was so quiet everybody was gone
   There was nothing left but a lonesome old home
Then I got up the sun was so bright
I looked all around but something's not right
I walked out the door and there on a hill
Stood two lonesome graves Lord it gave me a chill
As I stood there everything was so still
As I started to leave those lonesome old hills
Leaving behind where I used to roam
Momma and dad and a lonesome old home


Lonesome Old Homesick Blues

I've got the lonesome old homesick blues
I've got 'em bad babe down in my shoes
I left someone there that I might lose
That's why I've got these old homesick blues.
It makes me homesick to hear your name
To want you near in my arms again
I'm gonna ride in your lonesome train
To the one I left back in Mason Springs
I've been away for a long long time
I'm riding down this old railroad line
To the one I left in that home of mine
this lonesome blue heart of mine.
You told me once dear you loved me so
And it's on my mind now everywhere I go
I'll soon be knowing if this is so
Or has your love for me gone cold


Lonesome Old Song

I set here in shame while the records are playing
The blues hang around me no need to go home
I keep on a drinking and wondering about her
That lonesome old song reminds me she's gone
That lonesome old song keeps on a playing
And telling a story that makes me so blue
How the girl that I love has gone on and left me
That lonesome old song reminds me of you
I know I'm a fool to still care about her
She's been unfaithful unkind and untrue
But all that she's done right now don't matter
That lonesome old song reminds me we're thru
I know some day I'll get over losing
She's the only girl I could ever call mine
Since she's gone away my life ain't worth living
For a lonesome old song and a bottle of wine


Lonesome Pine

I'm lonesome pine on the mountain
All alone I find no one by my side
Oh I wish I had me a dogwood tree
That would bloom beside me for company
I'm lonesome so lonesome I'll never know why
I must stand all alone till the day that die
I'll never get over this sorrow of mine
This evergreen sorrow from the lonesome pine
In the summertime when the wind blows free
There's a mournful song in the heart of me
It's the saddest song that you'll ever hear
For the lonesome pine will you shed a tear
In the wintertime when the snow falls down
And my branches drop till they touch the ground
You can hear me groan with the load I bear
For its mine all alone no one seems to care


Lonesome Pine Special

I was walking out this morning with rambling on my mind
I am going to catch that special train for lonesome pine
You can hear the whistle blowing as she's coming down the line
That's the train I catch this morning just to ease my troubling mind
   Yodel
   Take me back to Texas back to my old home
Oh I'm weeping like a willow and I'm mourning like a dove
There's a girl out in Texas that I know I really love
Oh I'm going back to Texas where the lonesome coyotes whine
Where the longhorn cattle are lowing round that cabin home of mine
Oh give me back my rifle oh give me back my gun
Give me back my home in Texas and my rambling days are done


Lonesome Pines

THERE'S A PATH BACK IN THE MOUNTAINS
THAT ONE ROOM HOUSE WHERE I WAS BORN
EVEN NOW THE MEMORIES LINGER
MY MAMA'S SMILE SO SOFT AND WARM
   LONESOME PINE I CAN HEAR YOU CALLIN'
   CALLIN' ME BACK TO MY HOME
   WHERE THE FOX AND HOUND THROUGH THE HILLS ARE ROAMIN'
   LONESOME PINE CALLIN' ME BACK HOME
IT'S BEEN SO LONG SINCE I LEFT THAT CABIN
IN SEARCH OF WEALTH FORTUNE AND FAME
AND LATE AT NIGHT WHEN I'M ALONE AND LONELY
I STILL HEAR MY DADDY CALL MY NAME
SOMEDAY SOON I'M A GONNA TRAVEL
BACK TO THE LAND THAT I LOVE BEST
IN THE STILLNESS OF THE MOUNTAINS
I WILL FIND SWEET PEACE AND REST


Lonesome River, The

I sit here alone on the banks of the river
The lonesome wind blows the water rolls high
I hear a voice calling out there in the darkness
I sit here alone too lonesome to cry
   Oh the water rolls high on the river at midnight
   I sit on the shore to grieve and to cry
   The woman I love she left me this morning
   With no one to love or kiss me goodnight
We met there one night by the banks of the river
Sat there holding hands and making our vows
Swore we'd never part and be happy together
But a new love she's found she's gone from me now


Lonesome Road Blues

   I'm going down this road feeling bad
   I'm going down this road feeling bad
   I'm going down this road feeling bad, lord, lord
   And I ain't a-gonna be treated this a-way
I'm down in the jailhouse on my knees
Down in the jailhouse on my knees
Down in the jailhouse on my knees, lord, lord
And I ain't a-gonna be treated this a-way
They feed me on corn bread and beans
They feed me on corn bread and beans
They feed me on corn bread and beans, lord, lord
And I ain't a-gonna be treated this a-way
Got two dollar shoes on my feet
Got two dollar shoes on my feet
Two dollar shoes they hurt my feet, lord, lord
And I ain't a-gonna be treated this a-way
It takes a ten dollar shoe to fit my foot
It takes a ten dollar shoe to fit my foot
It takes a ten dollar shoe to fit my foot, Great God
And I ain't a-gonna be treated this a-way
I'm going where the weather fits my clothes
I'm going where the weather fits my clothes
I'm going where the weather fits my clothes, lord lord
And I ain't  a-gonna be treated this a-way


Lonesome Town

There's a place where lovers go
To cry their troubles away
And they call it lonesome town
Where the broken hearts stay
You can buy a dream or two
To last you all through the years
And the only price you'll pay
Is a heart full of tears
Going down to lonesome town
Where the broken hearts stay
Going down to lonesome town
To cry my troubles away
In the town of broken dreams
The streets are filled with regret
Maybe down in lonesome town
I can learn to forget


Lonesome Truck Driver Blues

I leave Pittsburgh with a load of steel
Nobody knows just how I feel
With the road up ahead and my baby behind
Keep me drivin' with a worried mind
Lonesome Truck Driver Blues
Lonesome Truck Driver Blues
With the road up ahead and my baby behind
Keep me drivin' with a worried mind
Lonesome truck driver blues
If you load too light you can't make a dime
If you load to heavy then you get a fine
Look at 'em lined up down the road
Guess I'd better dump my load
Well it's coffee cakes and pork and beans
Black eyed peas and turnip greens
Turn on my radio one time more
Hear Ernest Tubb a walkin' the floor
Oh the motor's purrin' I'm makin' time
Takin' me back to that baby of mine
She'll be purrin' like a kitten when I walk in the door
The truck driver blues I won't sing anymore


Lonesome Valley

Everybody's got to walk this lonesome valley
We've got to walk it by ourselves
There's nobody else can walk it for us
We've got to walk it by ourselves
My father's got to walk this lonesome valley
He's got to walk it by himself
There's nobody here can walk it for him
He's got to walk it by himself
My mother's got to walk this lonesome valley
Most sinners got to walk this lonesome valley
Everybody's got to walk this lonesome valley


Lonesome Without You - Delmore Brothers

I am feeling mighty weary
And my heart is sad and blue
There is no one here to cheer me
And I'm lonesome without you
   Don't forget your little promise
   When you told me you'd be true
   That you'd never love another
   Never leave me feeling blue
I will dream when I am sleeping
For I long to see your face
I will dream that you are near me
By my side to take your place


Lonesome Without You - Stanleys

When we were young we loved each other
More than anyone will know
But today you found a new love
And you said I had to go
   Oh the road is rough and rocky
   Since the day I last saw you
   Another's won your heart forever
   And I'm lonesome without you
On down this lonely road I wandered
With nothing left for me to do
Wondering if I'll ever see you
And share the love that we once knew
My hope is now that you'll be happy
With the new love you have found
But if you ever change your mind dear
Remember me I'll be around


Long Black Veil

Ten years ago, on a cold, dark night
There was someone killed neath the town hall light
There were few at the scene, but they all agreed
That the man who ran looked a lot like me
   She walks these hills in a long black veil
   She visits my grave while the night winds wail
   Nobody knows, nobody sees
   Nobody knows but me
The judge said Son, what is your alibi
If you were somewhere else, then you don't have to die
I spoke not a word thought it meant my life
For I'd been in the arms of my best friend's wife
The scaffold was high and eternity near
She stood in the crowd and shed not a tear
But sometimes at night when the cold winds moan
In a long black veil she cries over my bones


Long Gone

   Long gone is how I'm leaving
   Long gone why do you cry
   This is what you wanted baby
   So I'm gone long gone
I have tried to make you happy
still you say I've done you wrong
so I'm giving up my darlin
I'll be gone long gone
Just a few short words of parting
don't shed no tears they won't atone
for my things are packed to travel
I'll be gone long gone
Please don't try to overtake me
what I reid will be too fast
this is it I'm free forever
I'm long gone & free at last


Long Gone

   Long gone is how I'm leaving
   Long gone, why do you cry
   This is what you wanted baby
   So I'm gone, long gone
I have tried to make you happy
Still you say I've done you wrong
Oh I'm giving up my darling
So I'm gone, long gone
Please don't try to overtake me
What I ride will be too fast
This is it, we're through forever
I'm gone, I'm free at last
Please don't shed no tears at parting
For your tears will not atone
After all the pain you cause me
I'm gone, long gone


Long Journey Home

   Lost all my money but a two dollar bill
   Two dollar bill boys, two dollar bill
   Lost all my money but a two dollar bill
   I'm on my long journey home
Cloudy in the West and it looks like rain
Looks like rain, boys, looks like rain
Cloudy in the West and it looks like rain
I'm on my long journey home
It's dark and a raining and I want to go home
Want to go home, boys, want to go home
Its dark and a raining and I want to go home
I'm on my long journey home
Homesick and lonesome and I'm feeling kind of blue
Feeling kind of blue, boys, feeling kind of blue
Homesick and lonesome and I'm feeling kind of blue
I'm on my long journey home
There's black smoke a rising and it surely is a train
Surely is a train boys, surely is a train
There's black smoke a rising and it surely is a train
I'm on my long journey home


Long Long Road to Travel Alone

I always thought I'd like to roam
One day I started alone
Out in this old wide wicked world
Away from friends and home
    It's a long long road to travel alone
    And when the day is gone
    No place to pillow my head at night
    Only on the cold cold stone
 
I've travelled around from town to town
Now it's time that I settled down
I've had my fill of rambling around
And now I am homeward bound
 
One day a letter came to me
And this is what it read
Come home my boy to the old homestead
Your father and mother are dead
It's been a long road to travel alone
I wish I had never roamed
I thought I'd soon see my mother and dad
But now I am left alone


Long Time Gone

You cheated me you made me lonely
I tried to be your very own
There'll come a day you'll want me only
Cause when I leave I'll be a long time gone
    I'll be a long time gone
    I'll be a long time gone
    When I leave
    I'll be a long time gone
You're gonna be sad you're gonna be weepin
You're gonna be blue and all alone
You'll regret the day you'll see me leavin
Cause when I leave I'll be a long time gone
You'll see my face through tears and sorrow
You'll miss the love you called your own
Maybe there'll be no tomorrow
Cause when I leave I'll be a long time gone


Long Time Travelin'

    Been a long time travelin' here below
    Been a long time travelin' away from my home
    Been a long time travelin' here below
    Gonna lay this ol' body down
When I can read my titles clear
To mansions in the sky
I'll bid farewell to every fear
And wipe my weepin' eye
May tears like a wild deluge come
And storms of sorrow fall
May I but safely reach my home
My God my heaven my all
There I shall bathe my weary soul
In seas of heavenly rest
And not a wave of trouble roll
Across my peaceful breast
alternate version:
Ye fleeting charms of earth farewell
Your springs of joy are dry
My soul now seeks another home
A brighter world on high
Farewell my friends whose tender care
Has long engaged my love
Your fond embrace I now exchange
For better friends above


Longing for Love

I'm longing for a love I've never known
Someone who my feelings I can't hide
I long to kiss and hold you in my arms
Oh I love you and I'm aching so inside
    Oh you belong to someone else my darlin
    I wish that I had met you long ago
    I don't care if I don't see tomorrow
    Yes I'm longing for a love I'll never know
When we're together I can't hide my feelings
When we're apart my spirit sinks so low
If I can't make you mine I'm not worth livin
Yes I'm longing for a love I've never known


Longing For Old Virginia

'Mid the green fields of Virginia, dear I met you
Where the roses red and white around us grew
When I held you in my arms and gently kissed you
The robins sang the sweetest song we knew
I am longing for old Virginia, for old Virginia and you
And I'm hoping the soul within you is longing for me too
To Virginia, just like the ivy, my heart clings ever true
And I reckon in the spring I'll bring a little ring
To old Virginia and you
Though tonight I'm far from you and old Virginia
I still love you as I did that day in June
And when springtime comes again to old Virginia
I'll build a little cottage just for two


Look Away From The Cross

Look away from the cross to that glittering crown
From your cares weary watch look away
There's a home for the soul where no sorrows can come
And there pleasures will never decay
   Look away (from the cross look away) look away (from the cross to the crown)
   From the cross to that glittering crown (glittering crown)
   Look away (way where you watch) look away (from the cross to the crown)
   From the cross to that glittering crown
Though the burdens of life may be heavy to bear
And your crosses and trials severe
There's a beautiful hand that is beckoning come
And no heartache and sighings are there
Mid the conflicts of battles of struggles and strife
Bravely onward your journey pursue
Look away look away from the cross to that glittering crown
That's a waiting in heaven for you


Look For Me (I'll Be There)

Through this world of pain and sorrow
I have traveled night and day
But my life will soon be over
And I must jour-  (and I must jour-)  ney on my way
Oh look for me (look for me) for I'll be there (yes I'll be there)
Just look for me (just look for me) for I'll be there
When you reach the gates of heaven
Look for me (look for me) for I'll be there (yes I'll be there)
I'm going to a land of pleasure
Where no one ever knows a care
And when you reach the gates of heaven
Look for me (look for me) for I'll be there (yes I'll be there)


Look How This World Has Made A Change

We see our friends are weeping with the badges on their door
We see their homes in mourning for the loved ones come no more
You can say just what you please, death rides on every breeze
Look how this world has made a change
   Just look how this world has made a change (made a change)
   Just look how this world has made a change (made a change)
   You can see every day how the people pass away
   Look how this world has made a change
Our friends are passing over to some far distant shore
We seek them and we call them but they answer us no more
Their throbbing hearts today tomorrow pass away
Look how this world has made a change
Dear sinner, o get ready, you must meet your god on high
For death is all around you and it will not pass you by
Death knocks at every door no matter where you go
Look how this world has made a change


Look Up Look Down That Lonesome Road

Look up look down that lonesome road
Hang down your head and cry my love
Hang down your head and cry
The darkest night I ever saw
Was the day I left my home my love
The day I left my home
Look up and down that lonesome road
Where all our friends have gone my love
Where all our friends have gone
The best of friends must surely part
So why not you and I my love
So why not you and I
Look up look down that lonesome road
Hang down your head and cry my love
Hang down your head and cry


Look Who's Needin' Who

I haven't forgot the day you left me
The chances are I never will
I cried at least a month of Sundays
But I wondered if my heart would ever heal
And you knew how much 1 needed you
But still you turned away
Now you wantin' to come back to me
Afraid you made a big mistake
You hope it's not too late
Well look who's needin' who
It's not me crying over you
I know just what you been through
Ain't it strange
time changes things
Now look who's needing who
I don't want you thinking that I'm a cold heart
I'm not trying to turn my back on you
But the fire of love ain't always welcome
You've been through a time or two
If I remember right
It wasn't me who threw our love away
Have you forgot
not so long ago
I were where you are today
It was me begging you to stay
Thanks to anyone who can put me right on the missing words and put me right
on those that I've gotten wrong.


Looking for Song title

Heard a snatch of a song recently and I'm looking for the title. It went something like: if I have to choose a heartache I'd choose her. I think it also had: if I have to get/have the blues.


Looking for the Stone

My father found stone that was hewed out the mountain
Lord, my father found the stone that came rolling down from Babylon
My father found the stone that was hewed out the mountain
Lord it's tearin' down the kingdom of this world
Oh yes tearin' down the kingdom of this world
    I'm looking for the stone that was hewed out the mountain
    Lord I'm looking for the stone that came rolling down from Babylon
    I'm looking for the stone that was hewed out the mountain
    Lord it's tearin' down the kingdom of this world
    Oh yes tearin' down the kingdom of this world
my mother...
my brother...


Lord Build Me A Cabin In Gloryland

Many years I've been lookin' for a place to call home
But I still didn't find it so I must travel on
I don't care for the fine mansions on earth's sinkin sand
Lord build me a cabin in the corner of gloryland
   Lord build me just a cabin in the corner of gloryland
   In the shade of his tree of life that it may ever stand
   Where I can hear the angels and shake Jesus' hand
    Lord build me a cabin in the corner of gloryland
Listen Lord I'm not askin' to live in the midst
For I know that I'm not worthy of such splendor as this
When I ask Him for mercy while humbly I stand
Lord build me a cabin in the corner of gloryland
I've many dear loved one's who've gone on this way
On the grapevine of mournin' shall I hear them all say
Come and join in the singin' and play in our band
Lord build me a cabin in the corner of gloryland


Lord I'm In Your Care

Oh, Lord, I'm in your care
Oh, Lord, I'm in your care
Your loving arms around me
Evil cannot harm me
Oh, Lord, I'm in your care
All day long I'm in your care
All day long I'm in your care
Your loving arms around me
Evil cannot harm me
Lord, I'm in your care
When I was sick, I was in your care
When I was sick, I was in your care
Your loving arms around me
Evil cannot harm me
Lord, I'm in your care
I'm a friendless child, but I'm in your care
I'm a friendless child, but I'm in your care
Your loving arms around me
Evil cannot harm me
Lord, I'm in your care


Lord Lead Me On

When the way seems dark and long
Hold to my hand dear Lord I pray
Give me grace to shout and shine
Ever in the life devine
Lord lead me on from day to day
   Oh lead me on from day to day
   I want to walk the holy way
   Oh friends forsake me all along
   I asked the Lord to lead me on
In this world of doubt and gloom
When all flowers start to bloom
Hold to my hand dear Lord I pray
I have put my faith in thee
'Til the homely hour shall be
Lord lead me on from day to day
When old age is feeling on
And my strength is almost gone
Hold to my hand dear I pray
Surely thou will n'er forsake
And in heaven I'll awake
Lord lead me on from day to day


Lord Protect My Soul

Down life's highway alone I trod
I've always put my trust in God
But you'll find out that your silver and gold
Won't pay the price to protect your soul
   Oh I want the Lord  to protect my soul
   To lead me on to heaven's door
   My life down here will soon be o'er
   And I want the Lord to protect my soul
There's many a church down life's highway
Where people sing rejoice and pray
Why don't you stop at one and join the fold
And ask the Lord to protect your soul
When this ol' world is doomed in sin
You'll cry oh Lord please let me
It'll be to late to make your call
To ask the lord to protect my soul


Lost and I'll Never Find the Way

    Lonesome, lonesome, pining away
       Now you say its best to part
       Even though it breaks my heart
       I`m lost and I`ll never find the way
Since you said we must part darling you have broke my heart
I am drifting like a ship lost at sea
In a world of despair its so lonesome there
Why don`t you come back to me
You said you`d be true no one else would ever do
I believed you with all my heart and soul
But you broke every vow and its all over now
I`m left in this world lone and cold


Lost Highway

I'm a rolling stone, all alone and lost
For a life of sin I have paid the cost
When I pass by, all the people say
Just another guy on the lost highway
Just a deck of cards and a jug of wine
And a woman's lies make a life like mine
Oh, the day we met I went astray
I started rolling down that lost highway
I was just a lad, nearly twenty two
Neither good nor bad, just a kid like you
And now I'm lost too late to pray
Lord, I've paid the cost on the lost highway
Now boys, don't start your rambling round
On this road of sin or you're sorrow bound
Take my advice or you'll curse the day
You started rolling down that lost highway


Lost John

Long John walkin' around in the rain
He's long gone Lost John
Long gone Lost John
No hat on his head no shoes on his feet
He's a beggin the women for his meat
I had an ol' dog and his name was
like a rabbit through Bowlin' Green
Lost John walked around in rain
Around the corner left him sittin' by the ol' railroad


Lost Soldier Son

Our family is proud of their lost soldier son
Not because they believe in the flag or a gun
They miss him because they remember him well
And loved him so dearly 'for the day that he fell
All I knew was the pictures some stories they told
About young Carl Junior that good hearted boy
We had a connection I'll tell it to you
He liked the good music now just like I do
I see a kind face staring down from the wall
Every time that I pass through my grandparents hall
It's almost reflection his face so like mine
My uncle Carl Junior now in the great line
My mother remembers the day that she heard
As she learned of her brother she spoke not a word
A small yellow paper received on that day
It read killed in action in France far away
They still love him dearly it all seems so sad
Grandmother grandfather my mother and dad
They cherish the last things he won from afar
That one purple heart and a bright silver star
Now nothing can bring the boy back to the fold
But his precious memories ever loving we hold
When the music is playing and we're all gathered there
Our spirits rekindle no more to despair


Lost To A Stranger

We went out one evening my darling and I
She seemed so different and I wondered why
We stopped at a tavern and there I could see
That she loved another one better than me
   While they dancing and I sat alone
   I knew I had lost her the one I loved
   Lost to a stranger I never had seen
   The waltz they were playing had ended my dream
The band was playing an old fashioned waltz
The dance floor was crowded and it wasn't long
When up stepped a stranger I never had seen
He asked my darling will you dance with me


Love And Wealth

Darling I am all alone in our little mountain home
It's lonely cold and loveless now inside
For your childish vows of love lasted only one short year
Then you went away to be another's bride
   You will never know the pain   
   That I felt the day you left
   Should you ever wed again
   Let me wish you love and wealth
For that same old whippoorwill   breaks the silence on the hill
As  I stand and gaze upon it's faded wall
Where your picture used to hang   in a little golden frame
And the vision of your smile I still recall


Love Grown Cold

Now you can take my money and you can take my pride
You can take that long road down the mountain side
Go downtown and fool around but you're not fooling me
I'm not the one you love so don't come home to me
   I'm tired of being lied to tired of growing old
   Tired of living my life for  love grown cold
Now you can catch a wild bird and you can set it free
But you can't turn loose the pain that's trapped inside of me
You can teach the cheating kind to live the golden rule
My mama didn't raise me to be a dog-gone fool
Now you can take your whiskey and you can take your wine
And I might spend some lonely nights but I'll just take my time
There comes a time a broken heart just has to close it's door
Tired of giving part, just can't give no more


Love Me Darlin' Just Tonight

    Love me darlin just tonight
    Take your arms and hold me tight
    Tomorrow you may hold another
    Love me darlin' just tonight
You say tomorrow you're leaving
WEll I hope you know the way that's right
Well I pray to God you don't leave me
Love me darlin just tonight
Try to find true love in your hard
Tomorrow we may not have to part
But if you feel you must leave me
Love me darlin just tonight


Love Me One More Time

That night we parted long ago
I vowed my love I'd never show
Sweetheart I find that I can't hide
My love beneath this foolish pride
If I could hold you one more time
And kiss the lips that once were mine
It would ease this aching hearrt of mine
If you would say you love me one more time
Oh won't you take me back once more
Give me the love I'm longing for
It would ease this aching heart of mine
If you would say you love me one more time


Love Of The Mountains

Two trees on a hillside of the mountain
Always looking up towards the sky
Remind me of my papa and my mama
Who lived there eighty years before they died
   Now a bright moon is shining in the valley
   An old wagon leans against a stack of hay
   Two graves on a hillside by the cabin
   My mom and dad are resting there today
The burning of the green wood on the fireplace
The fallen snow around the red bud trees
The branches of the laurel by the creek bed
And the rippling waters of the gentle stream
Papa used to talk about the young days
When he and mama first were settled there
He spoke about the love of the mountains
That he and mama shared together there


Love Please Come Home

As you read this letter that I write to you
Sweetheart I hope you understand
That you're the only love I knew
Please forgive me if you can
   Sweetheart I beg you to come home tonight
   I'm so blue and all alone
   I promise that I'll treat you right
   Love, oh love oh please come home
That old wind is cold and slowly creeping 'round
And the fire is burning low
The snow has covered up the ground
Your baby's hungry sick and cold


Love Someone Like Me

That dancin' moon is on the water you feel inclined romantic'ly
If you do I think you oughta love someone like me
There ain't no place you should be goin' ain't no need for you to leave
It's a lover's night the stars are showin' you could love someone like me
   Someone else might try and bind you
   But my love will set you free
   If your heart has got a mind to
   You could love someone like me
   You could love someone like me
That dancin' moon is on the water you feel inclined romantic'ly
If you do I think you oughta love someone like me
You've been thinkin' love won't find you honey wait right here and see
If your heart has got a mind to you could love someone like me


Love Will Roll the Clouds Away

As along lifes way you go
Clouds may hide the light of day
Have no fear for well you know
Love will roll the clouds away
    Love will roll the clouds away
    Turn the darkness into day
    I'm so glad I now can say
    Love will roll the clouds away
When the road is rough and long
And the world is cold and gray
Lift your voice in happy song
Love will roll the clouds away
God is watching over all
And he hears you when you pray
Trust in him when shadows fall
Love will roll the clouds away


Lover's Farewell

We have met and we have parted
We have spoke our last goodbye
You have proved to me false hearted
You may now forever go
You have wrecked the heart I've cherished
You have done me day by day
You are false but I'll forgive you
To forget you I cannot say
For I love you dear I love you
More than all this world I know
You have proved to me false hearted
You may now forever go
On the river bank I'll loiter
Till I see your face once more
Then I'll plunge beneath the water
And I'll land on some far shore
Among the trees and bushes
Where the dark green willow sway
In the cold and silent rushes
There you'll find my lonely grave
O I wish I was white marble
Cold and white on some far shore
This poor heart would cease from troubling
And I'd feel the pain no more


Lover's Lane

I first met you down in lover's lane
You were just like an angel with angels golden wings
We walked along we'd sing a song the birds are sing too
Seems like heaven's here on earth just to be with you
You're just the girl of my dreams
though it seems that my dreams never come true
At night we'd sit out in the old porch swing
The stars were shining brightly and softly you would sing
You'd sing of happy days gone by it makes me happy too
It would be like heaven here on earth if I could be with you
You're just the girl of my dreams
though it seems that my dreams never come true
I first met you down in lover's lane
You were just like an angel my little brown eyed Jane
We walked along we'd hum a song the birds are sing too
It seems like heaven's here on earth just to be with you
You're just the girl of my dreams
though it seems my dreams never come true
You're just the girl of my dreams
though it seems my dreams never come true


Lover's Quarrel

  Jack and May sweethearts were they
They were engaged to be wed
Many a promise Jack made her
Many a love word was said
But they quarreled one night as most true lovers do
She bade him not come any more
She gave him his hat
Jack started to go
But he lingered to say at the door
    Tie up love's broken cords and let us be sweethearts again
    Darling you know I love you to part would cause me pain
    So let's forget the past make up and kiss
    Make up and be lovers again
Years rolled by and neither one was wed
And one morning Jack was found dead
She can not tell you why that the tears rolled from her eye
And she goes to the grave every day
Lonesome and sad her sweetheart is not there
His words they still ring in her ear
    Tie up love's broken cords and let us be sweethearts again
    Darling you know I love you to part would cause me pain
    So let's forget the past make up and kiss
    Make up and be lovers again


Lover's Return

And so you have come back to me
And say the old love's growing yet
You've tried through all these weary years
You've tried so vainly to forget
   Oh, no, I cannot take your hand
   God never gives us back our youth
   The loving heart you slighted then
   Was yours, my friend, in perfect truth
Farewell, farewell now we must part
You never meant to do me wrong
God sent this anguish to my heart
To teach me to be brave and strong
Farewell, I think I love you yet
As friend to friend, God bless you, dear
And guide you through these weary years
To where the skies are always clear


Lovesick And Sorrow

I'm lonesome tonight while the moon's shining bright
Thinking of you, little dear
I'm here all alone in our little cabin home
I'm counting the stars in the blue
   Lovesick and sorrow is what you brought to me
   Oh why, tell me why, did you go
   You left me to wander in this whole wide world alone
   I'm counting the stars in the blue
I dream every night as I lay in my cabin
And pray to the One up above
To keep you for me and someday you'll return, dear
I'm counting the stars up above
I'll take your picture and frame it in gold
Reading love letters from you
I'm longing to see you in our little cabin home
I'm counting the stars in the blue


Loving Sweethearts

Once I had my loving sweetheart
Her hair was long and black as coal
The tears they fell the night she left me
It broke my heart to see her go
    We used to go strollin' in the moonlight
    But that has been some time ago
    And now the golden leaves are falling
    As I travel down this lonesome road
Now it's cold and the snow is falling
It has covered up the ground
Just a year ago we were together
Now your love can't be found


Loving You Too Well

I've held you close ten thousand times
You promised to be mine
You broke my heart ten thousand ways
When you kissed me your last time
   I'm worried troubled I can't sleep
   This story I must tell
   The worst mistake I ever made
   Was loving you too well
Another man took you from me
He stole your heart away
I've often prayed to God above
You'd wander back some day


Low And Lonely

Low and lonely, sad and blue
Thinking only, of little you
Always trying, to keep from crying
I'm low and lonely over you
Do you miss me, say you do
Tell me darling, please tell me true
Do you yearn dear, for my return dear
I'm low and lonely over you
Low and lonely, weary too
You're the only, true love I knew
Don't be long dear, you know it's wrong dear
I'm low and lonely over you
You're my darling, you're my dear
You can trust me, so never fear
How I miss you, I long to kiss you
I'm low and lonely over you


Lowest Valley, The

Lord I don't want to do one thing on my own
Put me where you want me Lord  where I belong
Give me the strength Lord to do thy perfect will
And when I'm in the lowest valley I can climb the highest hill
   Lord I want to be what you want me to be
   Lord I want to do the things you want me to do
   Lord I want to stay in the center of thy will
   When I'm in the lowest valley I can climb the highest hill
This world gets more wicked every day
People's hearts have grown cold, forgotten how to pray
But if I live to be a hundred I'll keep holding to your hand
Until you come and take me home to that promised land


Lulu Walls

One evening getting dark, we first met at the park
Sitting by the fountain all alone;
I lifted up my hat, and then began to chat
She said she'd love to see me at her home
   Such a star I've never seen, she's as pretty as a queen
   She's as perfect as an angel from above,
   If she'll only be my wife, I'll live happy all my life
   With that aggravating beauty, Lulu Walls
If she were only mine, I would build a house so fine
Around it so many fences tall,
It would make me jealous free, that no one else but me
Could gaze on that beauty, Lulu Walls
One evening getting late, I met her at the gate
I asked her if she'd wed me in the fall,
She only turned away, and nothing would she say
That aggravating beauty, Lulu Walls


Lyrics for Who's that girl

Greetings: Wondering if anyone has lyrics for Who's That Girl. Also heard a bluegrass tune about Heaven's Door. Would like to know what the title could be and the lyrics. Thank you Jeannie


Make Room For The Blues

It's all over now but the crying
She's gone and there's nothing more to do
And today our new guest is arriving
I've got to straighten up and make room for the blues
   Take her picture from the wall
   Let it fall let it fall
   Then turn around and face the empty room
   While she's waving goodbye
   Wipe the tears from your eyes
   Then staighten up and make room for the blues
I never new a house could be so lonely
In every room there's memories left with you
In this big old chair you said you loved me only
Guess i'll move on out and make room for the blues


Making Plans

You say tomorrow you're going
It's so hard for me to believe
I'm making plans for the heartache
'Cause you're making plans to leave
The tears for me will be falling
Like a tree shedding its leaves
I'm making plans for the teardrops
"Cause you're making plans to leave
   You're making plans to forget me
   I'm making plans to miss you
   I'm getting ready to grieve
I'm making plans to be lonesome
Cause you're making plans to leave


Mama Tried

First thing I remember knowing was a lonesome whistle blowing
And a young ones dream of growing up to ride
On a freight train leaving town not knowing where I'm bound
No one could steer me right but mama tried.
One and only rebel child from a family meek and mild
My mama seemed to know what lay in store
In spite of all my Sunday learning towards the bad I kept on turning
'Til mama couldn't hold me anymore.
   And I turned twenty-one in prison doing life without parole
   No one could steer me right but mama tried mama tried
   Mama tried to raise me better    but her pleading I denied
   That leaves only me to blame cause mama tried.
My dear old daddy rest his soul left my mom a heavy load
She tried so very hard to fill his shoes
Working hours without rest wanted me to have the best
She tried to raise me right but I refused.


Man In The Middle, The

   Three men on the mountain
   Up on Calvary
   And the Man in the middle was Jesus
   He died for you and me
Well the man on the left was a sinnin man
Tied to the cross, he bled
He could have been forgiven
But he mocked the Lord instead
You say you are the Son of God
They nailed you to that tree
Come down, come down and save us
If God your Father be
Well the man on the right was a sinner too
But he was sorry for his sins
He asked the Lord's forgiveness
And Jesus said to him
Fear not, fear not this earthly death
Before this day is o'er
You'll be with me in Paradise
On Heaven's golden shore


Man Of Constant Sorrow

I am a man of constant sorrow
I've seen trouble all my days
I bid farewell to old Kentucky
The place where I was borned and raised
(The place where he was borned and raised)
For six long years I've been in trouble
No pleasure here on earth I find
For in this world I'm bound to ramble
I have no friends to help me now
(He has no friends to help him now)
It's fare thee well my own true lover
I never expect to see you again
For I'm bound to ride that northern railroad
Perhaps I'll die upon this train
(Perhaps he'll die upon this train)
You can bury me in some deep valley
For many years where I may lay
Then you may learn to love another
While I am sleeping in my grave
(While he is sleeping in his grave)
Maybe your friends think I'm just a stranger
My face you'll never will see no more
But there is one promise that is given
I'll meet you on God's golden shore
(He'll meet you on God's golden shore)


Man With The Blues

If you need some advice in being lonely
If you need a little help in feelin' blue
If you need some advice on how to cry all night
Come to me I'm the man with the blues
    I'm the man with a hundred thousand heart aches (a good selection all in blue)
   And I've got most any color of the blues
   So if you need a little shove in foulin' up in love
   Come to me I'm the man with the blues
You have a trusting man you can depend on
He tells you you’re the one he dearly loves
Your not content to be his wife you long for the restless life
Come to me I'm the man with the blues


Mansion On The Hill

Tonight down here in the valley
I'm lonesome and oh how I feel
As I sit here alone in my cabin
I can see your mansion on the hill
Do you recall when we parted
The story to me you revealed
You said you could live without love dear
In your loveless mansion on the hill
I've waited all through the years love
To give you a heart true and real
'Cause I know you are living in sorrow
In your loveless mansion on the hill
The lights shine bright from your window
The trees stand so silent and still
I know you're alone with your pride dear
In your loveless mansion on the hill


Mansions For Me

There's folks building homes as sweet as can be
They're leveling their yards they're planting their trees
But my little hut I'll just let it be
For Jesus is building a mansion for me
   Mansion for me (mansion for me)
   A mansion for me (a mansion for me)
   Built by my Lord beyond Calvary
   But my little hut I'll just let it be
   For Jesus is building a mansion for me
Each day I am getting more ready to go
I'm cleansing my sins more whiter than snow
I'm packing my troubles bound with his love
Getting ready to move to heaven above
To you who have homes in this world below
Driving fine cars wherever you roam
There's coming a time when we'll all pass away
Get ready to move with me on that day


Mansions For Me

There's folks building homes as sweet as can be
They're levelling their yards and planting their trees
But my little hut I'll just let it be
Lord Jesus is building a mansion for me
   A mansion for me (a mansion for me)
   A mansion for me (a mansion for me)
   Built by my Lord beyond Calvary
   But my little hut I'll just let it be
   Lord Jesus is building a mansion for me
Each day I am getting more ready to go
He's cleansing my sins more whiter than snow
I'm packing my troubles I'm bound with his love
Get ready to move to Heaven above
To you who have homes in this world below
Driving fine cars wherever you go
There's coming a time when we'll all pass away
Get ready to move with me on that day


Maple On The Hill

In a quiet country village stood a maple on the hill
Where I sat with my Geneva long ago
As the stars were shining brightly we could hear the whippoorwill
As we sat beneath the maple on the hill
We would sing love songs together when the birds had gone to rest
We would listen to the murmur o'er the hill
Will you love me, little darling as you did those starry nights
As we sat beneath the maple on the hill
Don't forget me, little darling when they lay me down to die
Just one little wish, my darling, that I pray
As you linger there in sadness thinking darling of the past
Let your teardrops kiss the flowers on my grave
I will soon be with the angels on that bright and peaceful shore
Even now I hear them coming o'er the hill
So goodbye, my little darling It is time for us to part
I must leave you 'neath the maple on the hill


Maple Sugar Sweetheart

Oh I left her in the mountains in the golden summertime
I told her not to worry little darling pal of mine
I told her that I loved her and always would be true
When the moon comes o'er the mountain I'll be waitin' there for you
She's my darling she's my sweetheart she's the one for me
With a heart as pure as gold and in dreams her face I see
Soon I'll be returning and the wedding bells will chime
And I'll make her mine forever when it's maple sugar time
Jerry Tuckett will play the fiddle folks will come from miles away
To the maple sugar hoedown what a happy wedding day
I'll be a country king and I'll paint a pretty scene
I'll kiss her smiling ruby lips she'll be my maple sugar Queen


March Winds Gonna Blow My Blues All Away

   Suns gonna shine in my back door some day
   Suns gonna shine in my back door some day
   Suns gonna shine in my back door some day
   March winds gonna blow my blues all away
Low down fireman dirty engineer
Low down fireman dirty engineer
Low down fireman dirty engineer
Stole my gal left me standing here
My momma told long years ago
Never to marry no girls that I know
Spend all your money and wear out your clothes
What will become of you God only knows


Martha White Theme

Now you bake right (uh-huh) with Martha White (yes, ma'am)
Goodness gracious, good and light, Martha White
For the finest biscuits, cakes and pies,
Get Martha White self-rising flour
The one all purpose flour,
Martha White self-rising flour's
Got Hot Rise
For the finest cornbread you can bake,
Get Martha White self-rising meal
The one all purpose meal
Martha White self-rising meal
For goodness' sake


Mary Ann

There's a girl on my mind I can't get over
Who'd break the heart of any man
Without her things just falls to pieces
Oh I'm singing about my Mary Ann
   So I'll just keep touching up my gray hair
   Live and hope someday she'll understand
   It's no matter if I live to be a hundred
   There'll always be a place in my heart for Mary Ann
I know she's out there somewhere in a world that can't be found
Just to think of her still tears me down
If teardrops were pennies I'd be a wealthy man
From the tears I've cried for Mary Ann


Mary Anne

There's a girl on my mind I can't get over
Who'd break the heart of any man
Without her things just falls to pieces
Oh I'm singing about my Mary Ann
   So I'll just keep touching up my gray hair
   Live and hope someday she'll understand
   It's no matter if I live to be a hundred
   There'll always be a place in my heart for Mary Ann
I know she's out there somewhere in a world that can't be found
Just to think of her still tears me down
If teardrops were pennies I'd be a wealthy man
From the tears I've cried for Mary Ann


Matterhorn

We started out from Bern one sunny August morn
There was just the four of us against the Matterhorn
There was Albert the Australian and John the Irishman
Me and Bill from Britain, mad dogs in the sun
   Matterhorn, Matterhorn
   Men have tried and men have died to climb the Matterhorn
   That mighty Matterhorn
Two miles up we lost John and our rations fell below
Now Al and Bill are lying beneath an avalanche of snow
Now here I am alone and I know I cannot stop
Two more yards in front of me before I reach the top
Now here I am a dying upon the Matterhorn
Not a thing for me to lie in or a thing to keep me warm
The Queen would surely knight me if I could get back down
But it's closer here to heaven than it is back to the ground


Matty Groves

Was on the high high holy day
The very best day in the year
Little Matty Groves had gone to church
Holy words for to hear
Holy words for to hear
The first to come down was dressed in red
And the second one dressed in green
The third to come down was Lord Daniel's wife
As fair as any queen
Just as fair as any queen
Then Matty Groves says to one of his men
See the fair one dressed in white
Although she is Lord Daniel's wife
I'll be with her tonight
I'll be with her tonight
Well the little foot page was standing by
And heard every word that was said
He says Lord Daniel shall know tonight
Before I go to bed
Before I go to bed
He had 15 miles for to go that night
And 10 of them he run
He run til he come to the broke down bridge
Then he bent to his breast and swum
He bent to his breast and swum
He swum til he come to where the grass was green
He took to his feet and he run
He run til he come to Lord Daniel's Gate
Then he rattled at the bells and they rung
He rattled at the bells and they rung
What news What news Lord Daniel says
What news to me have you brung
Little Matty Groves is in the bed with your wife
And their hearts both beat as one
And their hearts both beat as one
Now if the truth you've told to me
A rich man you shall be
But if a lie you've told to me
I'll hang you to a tree
I'll hang you to a tree
He gathered him up about 50 good men
He done it with a free good will
Then he popped his bugle unto his lips
And he blowed it loud and shrill
He blowed it loud and shrill
I'd better get up said little Matty Groves
I'd better get up and go
I know your husband is a coming home
For I heard his bugle blow
I heard his bugle blow
Lay down lay down my precious one
Lay down and go to sleep
It's only my father's shepherd's horn
And he's a calling for his sheep
He's a calling for his sheep
So they laid down together again
And they soon were fast asleep
And when they awoke it was broad daylight
Lord Daniel at their feet
Lord Daniel at their feet
Get up from there your naked man
And put you on some clothes
I never intend for to have it said
That a naked man I slow
That a naked man I slow
Oh give me a chance said little Matty Groves
A chance to fight for my life
For there you have two very fine swords
And me not as much as a knife
And me not as much as a knife
Oh yes I have two very fine swords
And they cost me deep in the purse
You may have the finest one
And I will take the worst
Yes I will take the worst
Then Matty Groves struck the very first lick
And he wounded Lord Daniel sore
Lord Daniel struck the very next lick
And he drove Matty Groves to the floor
He drove Matty Groves to the floor
Then he taken his lady by the hand
And he sat her on his knee
And he says Now which do you love the best
Little Matty Groves or me
Little Matty Groves or me
Very well I like your rosy cheeks
Very well I like your chin
But better I love little Matty Groves
Than you and all of your kin
Than you and all of your kin
You can dig my grave on a pretty green hill
Dig it wide and deep
And put little Matty Groves in my arms
Lord Daniel at my feet
Lord Daniel at my feet


May You Never Be Alone

Like a bird that's lost its mate in flight
I'm alone and oh so blue tonight
Like a piece of driftwood on the sea
May you  never be alone like me
I believed the lies you told to me
When you whispered Dear I worship thee
Now here am I alone and blue
All because I loved no one but you
I gave up my friends I left my home
When you promised to be mine alone
Now you're gone our love could never be
May you  never be alone like me.
In the bible God's own words do say
For ev'ry wrong some day you'll  pay
I pray the Lord to set me  free
May you  never be alone like me


Medicine Springs

Well I wandered way back in the mountains
I was searching for fortune and fame
I found where the water runs deep from the hills
They call it the medicine springs
They call it the medicine springs
It was there that I met a fair maiden
Yellow hair and big eyes of blue
She told me one day she loved only me
That she'd forever be true
That she'd forever be true
Well I wanted the best for my darlin'
But my pockets were empty and bare
My love was so great for that starlett of mine
I took what another man had
I took what another man had
As I sit here alone in this jailhouse
With a letter I can't hardly read
It said my darlin' has left this ol' world
She's a waitin' in heaven for me
She's a waitin' in heaven for me
Some day I'll go back to the mountains
Where I'll spend the rest of my days
And the water that runs frome the side of the hill
Will water her flowery grave
Will water her flowery grave


Meet Me By The Moonlight

   Meet me by the moonlight love meet me
   Meet me by the moonlight alone alone
   I have a sad story to tell you
   All down by the moonlight alone
I've always loved you my darling
You said I've never been true
I'd do anything just to please you
I'd die any day just for you
I have a ship on the ocean
All lined with silver and gold
And before my little darling shall suffer
I'll have the ship anchored and sold
If I had wings like an angel
Over these prison walls I would fly
I'd fly to the arms of my darling
And there I'd be willing to die


Meeting In The Air

You have heard of little Moses in the bull rush
You have heard of fearless David and his sling
You have heard the story told of dreaming Joseph
And of Jonah and the whale you often sing
   There is going to be a meeting in the air
   In that sweet sweet by and by
   I am going to meet you meet you over there
   In that home beyond the sky
   The singing you will hear never heard by mortals ears
   Will be glorious I do declare
   And God's own son will be the leading one
   At that meeting in the air
There are many many others through the bible
I should like to meet them all I do declare
By and by the lord will surely let us meet them
At that meeting in the air


Memories Cover Everything I Own

This morning found me down and troubled hurting deep inside
And if I thought it might do some good I guess I could have cried
Your memory crept into my heart like a winter morning chill
It chilled my heart my blood ran cold I guess I love you still
I try my best to think of ways to keep your memory still
You left a place in spite of me that time can't seem to kill
The pieces of my broken heart just never seem to fit
There's one still missing when I rearrange I guess I love you yet
The  snow lays in the trees and turns at night from white to blue
I'm looking to replace a life of dreams I lost with you
Yes I'll be trying to fill my time so that I'm not alone
But old memories of what used to be cover everything I own


Memories Of Mother - Stanleys

On a dark stormy night the angels called mother
The love that we shred for such a short while
She called us around and told us she's leaving
Then closing her eyes she went with a smile
   Mother's at rest in a lonesome old graveyard
   On a hill far away there stands her white tomb
   With the grass covered o'er it seems so neglected
   When the spring season comes sweet flowers will bloom
I'll never forget the love mother gave us
As children we played around our old home
I know her reward is a mansion in heaven
While children on earth are scattered and gone


Memories Of Mother And Dad

Mother left this world of sorrow
Our home was silent and so sad
Dad took sick and had to leave us
I have no home No mother nor dad
   There's a little lonesome grave yard
   On these tomestones it did say
   On mother's "gone but not forgotten"
    On dad's "we'll meet again someday"
I often go out to the graveyard
Where they laided them down to rest
I can almost hear them whisper
Trust in god He'll do the rest
Their souls have gone up to heaven
Where they'll dwell with god above
Where they'll meet there friends and loved ones
And share with all his precious love


Memories Of The Past

I can't forget you little darlin'
Each night you're always in my dreams
Your face is always here before me
On thru the years with you I'll dream
How we used to love each other
It's just memories of the past
I should have known you were false hearted
That our love would never last
Each night I go down to the bar room
There I'll drink the warm red wine
And I'll play the lonesome jukebox
For your love is on my mind


Memphis Special

I'm riding on that Memphis Special
I'm riding on that Memphis Train
I'm on my way to see my darlin
That I won't ever meet again
That whistle used to make me lonesome
But now it seems to sing a song
It's singin' 'bout my blue eyed darlin  (trio from 'bout)
And how she's waiting for so long
Please engineer open the throttle
Fireman shovel on the coal
And when that boarder hollers "Memphis"
Her smiling face I'll see once more
I'm riding on that Memphis Specia
I'm riding on that Memphis Train
I'm on my way to see my darlin
That I won't ever meet again


Mid The Green Fields Of Virginia

Mid the green fields of Virginia
In the veil of Shenandoah
There's an ivy covered homestead that I love
With it's white old fashioned chimney
And it's simple homelike hours
Tis the home of my dear parents now above
   There's a peaceful cottage there
   A happy home so dear
   My heart is longing for them day by day
   Where I spent life's golden hours
   In the veil of Shenandoah
   Mid the green fields for Virginia far away
Mid the green fields of Virginia
Stands an old mill by the stream
I once wondered to that spot to sing and play
And how often I would throw the stone
Into the pebbling brook
I would dream someday it'd carry me away


Midnight Angel

You're a midnight angel at twelve is when you start
Looking for a victim to feed your hungry heart
You say you don't love me still I wait all alone
For my midnight angel to come home
It seems I spend a lifetime between midnight and dawn
Watching from my window for a man to bring you home
Listening to the silence while waiting all alone
For my midnight angel to come home


Midnight Moonlight

Do you ever feel lonesome when you're down in San Antone
Beg steal or borrow two nickels or a dime to call you on the phone
I'll meet you at Alamo mission we can say our prayers
The Holy Ghost and the Virgin Mother will hear us as we kneel there
   In the Midnight
   In the Moonlight
   In the Midnight Moonlight Moonlight
Did you ever feel sorrow for the deeds that you have done
With no hope for tomorrow in the setting of the sun
And the ocean is howling with things that might have been
And that last good-morning sunrise would be the brightest you've ever seen


Midnight On The Highway

Midnight on the highway and the stars are all aglow
And it seems I'm always drivin, and I miss my darlin' so
   Midnight on the highway, big bright moon above
   It lights the white lines for me, all the way home to my love
Can't you hear the wheels a hummin' as we roll on through the night
My desire is to hold you and I'll be home before daylight
Now the shadows  quickly fadin' as a town comes into view
Three more miles my journey's over and again I'll be with you


Midnight On The Stormy Deep

T'was midnight on the stormy deep
My solitary watch I’d keep
And I think of her I'd left behind
And ask if she'd be true and kind
I never shall forget the day
That I was forced to go away
In silence there my head she'd rest
And press me to her loving breast
Oh Willy don't go back to sea
There's other girls as good as me
But none can love you true as I
Pray don't go where the bullets fly
The deep deep sea may us divide
And I may be some other's bride
But still my thoughts will sometimes stray
To thee when thou are far away
I never have proved false to thee
The heart I gave was true as thine
But you have proved untrue to me
I can no longer call thee mine
Then fare-thee-well I'd rather make
My home upon some icy lake
Where the southern sun refused to shine
Then to trust a love so false as thine


Midnight Storm

We were wed in the hills of ol' Virginia
We were happy there together all alone
But I strayed away from my darlin
Through this dark and stormy night I'm goin home
   When the high wind blows from heaven
   I whisper your name alone
   I'm on my way back darlin'
   As the midnight storm rolls on
When the cold  dreary rain starts fallin
And the clouds hide the bright golden moon
As I see your face right before me
I can cry as I sing this lonesome tune


Midnight Train

No matter what I say or do you're never satisfied
I've tried and tried so many times I'm leavin you now good bye
   I'm ridin on that midnight train my head's a hangin low
   These awful blues will follow me where ever I may go
Oh why on earth was I ever born I'll never understand
To fall in love with a woman like you in love with another man
You broke a heart that trusted you why wasn't it made of stone
I'm left in a world black as night, yet I must journey on


Midnight Train

I have been all around my old home town
I have searched everywhere I know
I can't find any trace of my girl in this place
Now there's nothing to do but go
   I'll be riding that midnight train when I'm leaving
   And I'm goin away to stay
   Always wanted to know where this engine did go
   Gonna go where it goes today
Oh she said she'd be true til the fighting was through
That she'd wait for me til the end
But she's proven untrue and our sweet love is through
So I'm catching the train again
When she hears this old song then she'll know that she's wrong
Cause I'm leaving my old home town
Oh she told me she'd wait just to be my sweet date
Then she threw down my heart to the ground


Mighty Dark To Travel

   It's mighty dark for me to travel
   For my sweetheart she is gone
   The road is rough and filled with gravel
   But I must journey on and on.
To me she was a little angel
Sent down to me from God above
T'was on the day that I first met her
That I told her of her love.
Many a night we'd stroll together
Talking of our love so fair
My love for her will never vanish
For I know I'll meet her there.
Traveling down this lonesome highway
Thinking of my love that's gone
Knowing soon we'll be together
She's the only love I've known.


Miner's Prayer

When the whistle blows each morning
And I walk down in this cold dark mine.
I say a prayer to my dear savior
Please let me see the sunshine one more day.
   When oh when will it be over
   When will I lay these burdens down?
   And when I die dear Lord in Heaven
   Please take my soul from beneath that cold dark ground.
I still grieve for my poor brother
And I still hear my dear old mother cry
When late that night they came and told her
He'd lost his life down in that Big Shoal mine.
I have no shame I feel no sorrow
If on this earth not much I own
Cause I have the love of my sweet children
An old plow mule a shovel and a hoe.


Misery Loves Company

I just left my home place where I couldn't sleep
For missing a woman that I couldn't keep
She just walked out and left me for somebody else
Now her memory keeps haunting me when I'm by myself.
   So break out the bottle bring on the crowd
   Tell funny stories turn the juke box up loud
   Come on sit at my table where the drinks are on me
   Just gather round me 'cause misery loves company.
Now I'm not the first one that's lost everything
To a false hearted woman with a false hearted scheme
But this is the first time I suffered myself
Help me get over this love I'll handle the next love all by myself.


Misery Loves Company

I just left my home place, where I couldn’t sleep
For missing a woman, that I couldn’t sleep
She just walked out and left me, for somebody else
Now her memory, keeps haunting me, when I’m by myself
So break out the bottle, bring on the crowd
Tell funny stories, turn the jukebox up loud
Come on sit at my table, where the drinks are on me
Just gather round me, cause misery loves company
Now I’m not the first one, that’s lost everything
To a false hearted woman, to a false hearted scheme
But this is the first time, I’ve suffered myself
If I get over this love, I’ll handle the next love, all by myself


Model Church

Dear wife I found a model church
And worshipped there today
It made me think of the good old times
Before my hair was gray
   The meetinghouse was finer built
   Than they were years ago
   But I found out when I went in
   It was not built for show
The sexton did not sit me down
Away back by the door
He knew that I was old and deaf
And saw that I was poor
   He must have been a Christian man
   He led me boldly through
   The long aisle of that crowded church
   To find a pleasant pew
I wish you'd heard the singing, wife
it had the old town ring
The preacher said with trumpet voice
Let all the people sing
   Oh Coronation was the tune
   The music upward roared
   I thought I heard the angel choir
   Strike on their harps of gold
I tell you wife it did me good
To sing those hymns once more
I felt just like some wrecked marine
Who gets a glimpse of shore
   It made want to lay aside
   This weather beaten form
   And anchor in that blessed port
   Forever from the storm
Dear wife the toil will soon be o'er
The victory soon be won
The shining strand is just ahead
Our race is nearly run
   We're near to Canaan's happy shore
   Our hopes are bright and fair
   Thank God we'll never sin again
   There'll be no sorrow there
There'll be no sorrow there
In heaven above
Where all is love
There'll be no sorrow there


Molly And Tenbrooks

Run oh Molly run, run oh Molly run
Ten-Brooks gonna beat you to the bright and shining sun
To the bright and shining sun oh Lord
To the bright and shining sun
Ten-Brooks was a big bay horse, he wore a shaggy mane
He run all 'round Memphis, and he beat the Memphis train
Beat the Memphis train oh Lord
Beat the Memphis train
Ten-Brooks said to Molly, what makes your head so red
Running in the hot sun with a fever in my head
Fever in my head oh Lord
Fever in my head
Molly said to Ten-Brooks  you're looking mighty squirrel
Ten-Brooks said to Molly I'm leaving this old world
Leaving this old world oh Lord
Leaving this old world
Out in California where Molly done as she pleased
She come back to old Kentucky, got beat with all ease
Beat with all ease oh Lord
Beat with all ease
The women's all a-laughing, the children all a-crying
Men all a-hollering old Ten-Brooks a- flying
Old Ten-Brooks a- flying oh Lord
Old Ten-Brooks a- flying
Kiper, Kiper, you're not riding right
Molly's a beating old Ten-Brooks clear out of sight
Clear out of sigh oh Lord
Clear out of sight
Kiper, Kiper, Kiper my son
Give old Ten-Brooks the bridle and let old Ten-Brooks run
Let old Ten-Brooks run oh Lord
Let old Ten-Brooks run
Go and catch old Ten-Brooks and hitch him in the shade
We're gonna bury old Molly in a coffin ready made
In a coffin ready made oh Lord
In a coffin ready made


Mommy Please Stay Home With Me

A mother went out to a party
She left at home her baby son
He cried and begged her not to leave him
But she would not give up her fun
   She kissed his cheek and tried to soothe him
   But would not heed his childish plea
   She heard him call as she was leaving
   Please mommy please stay home with me
The mother joined the merrymakers
And soon was lost in trifling joy
The mellow tunes and flitting shadows
Made her forget her baby boy
   She danced and laughed and did some drinking
   The world for her was full of glee
   But now and then these words would haunt her
   Please mommy please stay home with me
She left the party feeling dizzy
The smell of drink was on her breath
She hurried home to find her baby
In raging pain and nearing death
   The doctor came and looked on sadly
   The case was hopeless, he could see
   The baby died, these words repeating
   Please mommy please stay home with me
The mother now, her life would forfeit
To hear her baby's voice again
She grieved to think she rudely left him
To satisfy her wicked vein
   Now mothers don't neglect your duty
   This story should a lesson be
   Do not ignore your baby's pleading
   Please mommy please stay home with me


Money, Marbles, And Chalk

   I got money, marbles, and chalk sweetheart
   But I still feel like I am poor
   Cause my money won't spend, and my marbles won't roll
   And my chalk won't write anymore
There's an old saying that's been all around
I heard it before I could walk
How some's  got wealth, some's got health
Others money marbles and chalk
While you were here I was happy and gay
Your presence made me feel so proud
But you left me, for another one day
Now I feel alone in a crowd
Money, marbles, and chalk is alright
For a miser who loves only gold
But give me a chance, to save our romance
For I love you with all of my soul


Montana Cowboy

For many long years I played the lone hand
I rode my horse in many strange lands
Until one day I stopped for awhile
For two blue eyes and sunny smile
So howl away you old coyote
I hear your sad and lonesome song
‘a calling me back to old Montana
Back to those hills where I belong
One day I rode away from home
I’m a traveling back but it won’t be long
I’ll see you again in a little while
You’re my darling sweet my sunny smile


Moonshiner

I've been a moonshiner for many long years
I spend all of my money on whiskey and beer
I'll go down to some holler and set up my still
I'll sell you a gallon for a two dollar bill.
I'll eat when I'm hungry and I'll drink when I'm dry
If whiskey don't kill me Lord I'll live 'til I die.
God bless them moonshiners they're all friends of mine
Their breath is a sweet as the dew on the vine.
I'll go down in some grocery and I'll drink with my friends
No women to bother me or see what I spend
God bless them pretty women I wish one was mine
For their breath is more sweeter than even moonshine.
God bless that pretty woman I wish she was mine
For her breath is more sweeter than even moonshine.


More Often Than Once In A While

When every time I hear your name
I remember who's to blame
How that I was the first to be untrue
You start to pray to god above
When you lose the one you love
And I know I was to blame for losin' you
   I still remember the sound of your voice dear
   And the thrill of your sweet angel smile
   Tho you're gone yet you're still in my heart
   I miss you darling more often than once in a while
It starts with just a careless flirt
You'll never know how much you''ll hurt
The only one who's really in you heart
The way i cheated was a shame
Now you no longer wear my name
And it's oh so many years we've been apart


More Pretty Girls Than One

   There's more pretty girls than one
   More pretty girls than one
   Any old town that I ramble all around
   There's more pretty girls than one
Now mama talked to me last night
She gave to me some good advice
Said son you ought to quit that old rambling all around
And marry you a sweet loving wife
Now look down that long lonesome road
Hang down your head and cry
I'm thinking all about them pretty little gals
And hoping that I'll never die


Mother And Daddy Are Gone

The night Mother died it broke my Daddy's heart
In anguish he bowed his gray head
And the pitiful way he kept calling her name
I can't believe my angel is dead
The sparkle that once shined in my Daddy's eyes
And the spring he once had in his walk
Was replaced with a far away look on his face
As often of my sweet Mother we'd talk
Then the night finally came I was called to his side
On his face was a heavenly smile
Then he reached for my hand and said Son with a smile
In heaven I'll see our sweet angel tonight


Mother Call My Name In Prayer

While kneeling by her beside in a cottage on the hill
My mother prayed her blessing for me there
She was talking then with Jesus while everything was still
And I heard my mother call my name in prayer
   Yes I heard my mother call my name in prayer
   She was pouring out her heart to Jesus there
   Then I gave my heart to Him and He saved my soul from sin
   For I heard my mother call my name in prayer
She was anxious for her boy to be just what he ought to be
And she asked the lord to take Him in His care
Just the worlds I can't remember but I know she prayed for me
For I heard my mother call my name in played
Then I gave my heart to Jesus and I'm living now for him
And someday I'll go and meet him in the air
For he heard my mother praying and he saved my soul from sin
Yes he heard my mother call my name in prayer


Mother No Longer Awaits Me At Home

One night while the moon from heaven was shining
My mother was praying for me to come home
She asked her dear lord watch o'er me out yonder
To send me back home to never more roam
When I left my old home way back in the mountains
I said I'd return with honor and fame
But a young reckless heart turned wrong at the crossroads
And now as I go home I bring mother shame
When I got to the place where I spent my childhood
The silvery moon was shining so bright
When I asked my dear friends to tell me of mother
They said she was called on to heaven last night
She told them of how she was longing to see me
How lonely her home since I went away
Said darling repent and ask for forgiveness
And meet mother there in heaven some day
Mother has gone to live with the angels
Her soul is at rest around the great throne
Now I have no one left here to advise me
For mother no longer awaits me at home


Mother's Footsteps Guide Me On

As a boy I learned of Jesus
With my mother here at home
Gathered there around the fireside
Mother taught us right from wrong
   Happy days I still remember
   With a mother long gone on
   Now rejoicing with the angels (up in heaven)
   Mother's footsteps guide me on
Mother's love will always guide us
As I journey on and on
There will be a great reunion
Mother's footsteps guide me on


Mother's Only Sleeping

   Mothers not dead, she's only a sleeping
   Just patiently waiting for Jesus to come
   The birds will be singing while Mother is sleeping
   They will sing o'er as the grave sinks away
Well I left my old home way back in the mountains
For mother and father had both passed away
We followed our mother up to the graveyard
For mother was called to heaven that day
Oh how we miss her around the old home place
Everything seems so lonesome since she went away
Mother is sleeping way back the mountains
Yes mother is sleeping way back in the hills


Mother's Prayer

The postman came and brought a letter
It was from her boy who went away
She gave him up to join the colors
Each time he writes I hear her pray
   Dear God watch o'er my boy in service
   Help him win his victory
   And when this cruel war is over
   Bring him safely back to me
Then came the day they walked together
To the train that took him away
She knew her boy would be a hero
Her smilin eyes just seemed to say
Now soldier boy don't e'er forger her
She prays to God for you each day
That harm may never overtake you
While you are fighting far away


Motherless Children

Motherless children have a hard time when their mother is dead
Motherless children have a hard time when their mother is dead
See them wander from door to door
Lord, they've got no place to go
Nobody loves you like your mother can, when your mother's dead
Father will do the best he can when your mother's dead
Father will do the best he can when your mother's dead
Father will do the best he can
Some things your father can't understand
Nobody loves you like your mother can, when your mother's dead
When your mother's dead
When your mother's dead, Lord
Nobody loves you like your mother can, when your mother's dead
When your mother's dead
When your mother's dead, Lord
Nobody loves you like your mother can, when your mother's dead
Sister will do the best she can when your mother's dead
Sister will do the best she can
No way she'll leave you for another man
Nobody loves you like your mother can, when your mother's dead
When your mother's dead
When your mother's dead, Lord
Nobody loves you like your mother can, when your mother's dead
When your mother's dead
When your mother's dead
Nobody wants you
Nobody needs you
Nobody loves you like your mother can, when your mother's dead


Mountain Dew

There's a big hollow tree down the road here from me
Where you lay down a dollar or two
You stroll 'round the bend and you come back again
There's a jug full of good old mountain dew
   They call it that mountain dew
   And them that refuse it are few
   I'll hush up my mug if you fill up my jug
   With that good old mountain dew
My uncle Mort, he's sawed off and short
He measures about four foot two
But he thinks he's a giant when you give him a pint
Of that good old mountain dew
Well, my old aunt June bought some brand new perfume
If had such a sweet smelling pew
But to her surprise when she had it analyzed
It was nothing but good old mountain dew
Well, my brother Bill's got a still on the hill
Where he runs off a gallon or two
The buzzards in the sky get so drunk they can't fly
From smelling that good old mountain dew


Mountain Laurel

   Like the Mountain Laurel in the grove dear
   My love is it's ever green
   Like the Mountain Laurel finds the grove dear
   I'll find you again
Where the mountain breezes blow
There's a place I long to go
You'll be waiting there I know
In the pine and we'll climb
Into the hills we knew in days gone by
When your heart was gay and so was I
And we'll find a love we left behind
Long ago long ago


Mountain Road

There's a little road back in the mountains
That I traveled on when just a kid
Many years ago I was bound to travel
Now I'm sorry for the things I did
I remember how my Mom was weeping
As she held me close whispered son don't go
And Daddy's out stretched hand was trembling
His heart was breaking now I know
After many years I came to see them
My joy to grief turned like a stone
Two graves with words please hurry home son
We're waiting for you by your mountain road


Mountain Rosa Lee

I met the girl named Jole Blon and I know her sister too
I met Ann from Old Cheyenne and I know Sue City Sue
There's sweet Marie from Tennessee and Louisiana Lou
I know them all from A to Z and I met Miss Molly too
But of all the pretty girls I met there's just one girl for me
She lives away back in the hills my Mountain Rosa Lee
Her hair is dark and curly and her eyes are big and blue
Raised on corn and taters and she loves her mountain dew
   Mountain sweet heart
   Mountain Rosa Lee
   Hillbilly baby waiting there for me
   Cheeks are red as roses and lips are meant for me
   Hillbilly baby my Mountain Rosa Lee
There's Texas Red in Texas they say she's out of sight
Pistol Packing Mama full of dynamite
Sadie from Missouri as fine as she can be
But none can satisfy me like my Mountain Rosa Lee
Now you can have your Texas gals and Louisiana Lou
I'll give you Miss Molly and sweet Sue City Sue
I'll give you Ann from Old Cheyenne and Marie from Tennessee
I'm going back to the mountains and Marry Rosa Lee


Mountains Of Tennessee, The

Take me back take me back to my old mountain home
Take me back where my heart longs to be
Where we played by the brook in the cool shady nook
In the mountains of Tennessee
In my old mountain home where the wild roses bloom
Is a spot just like heaven to me
Take me back take me back to my old mountain home
In the mountains of Tennessee
Take me back take me back to my old mountain home
Take me back to my old mothers knee
Where the stars shine bright and the birds are free
In the mountains of Tennessee
Round my old mountain home where I used to roam
Their waiting a welcome for me
Take me back to my old log cabin home
In the mountains of Tennessee


Mr Engineer

I'm gonna catch me a freight train
Lord I'm leaving this lonesome town
The one I loved and gave my heart to
For someone else she turned me down
   Engineer reach up and pull the whistle
   Let me hear that lonesome sound
   For it blends with the feeling that's in me
   The one I loved has turned me down
There's sixteen cars behind each engine
I'll ride the last one till the end of the line
I don't know where I'll go or where I'll wind up
Just anything to ease my worried mind


Muddy Water

Mary grab the baby river's rising
Muddy water's taking back the land
Well this old house it won't take one more beating
Ain't no use to stay and make a stand.
The morning light showed water in the valley
Daddy's grave just went below the line
Things to save you just can't take them with you
The flood will swallow all we leave behind.
   I won't be back to start all over
    'Cause what I felt before is gone
   Mary grab the baby river's rising
   Muddy water's taking back our home.
Now the road is gone there's just one way to leave here.
I'll turn my back on what I've left below
Shifting land and broken farms around me
Muddy water's changing all I know.
It's hard to say just what I'm losing
Ain't never been so all alone
Mary grab the baby river's rising
Muddy water's taking back my home.
Well muddy water's taking back my home.


Mule Skinner Blues

Good morning captain good morning son
Do you need another mule skinner
Out on your new road line
Well I like to work I'm rolling all the time
Lord I like to work boy I'm rolling all the time
I can pop my initials Right on a mule's behind
Well it's hey little water boy bring your water 'round
Lord it's hey little water boy bring your water 'round
And if you don't like your job just set that water bucket down
I work out on the new road from a dollar and a dime a day
Lord I work out on the new road I make a dollar and a dime a day
I've got three women on Saturday night Waiting to draw my pay
Well I'm going to town honey what can I bring you back
Well I'm going to town baby what can I bring you back
Just bring a pint of good rye And a John B.Stetson hat
Lord it's raining here and it's storming on the deep blue sea
Lord it's raining here and it's storming on the deep blue sea
Can't no blonde headed woman make a monkey out for me
If your house catches fire and there ain't no water 'round
If your house catches fire and there ain't no water 'round
Just throw your good gal out the window let your house just burn on down
Well I'm leaving here and I ain't gonna take no clothes
I'm leaving here and I ain't gonna take no clothes
There may be good times in this old town but it's better on down the road


My Aching Heart

In time my aching heart will mend
Through all the sorrow that I'm in
And then I'll see the light sweetheart
For someone new will take your place
   So I'll stand up and be brave
   I'll grieve each minute of the way
   And on the day my tears will dry
   I'll forget I've ever lived this life
I've paid the price for loving you
And lived in dreams that could not be
I never thought it'd end this way
But I will smile again someday


My Better Years

   Now you're back on my doorstep a' crying
   Like I cried through all those lonely years
   But I can't dry your tears it's been too long since love was here
   And I've already gave you my better years
And so the pages of time kept right on turning
They never stopped for us to harvest the years
And old embers of love kept right on dying
For there was no one to drown my tears.
But I've tried not to blame you
and I try not to shame you
All I can do now is wish you well
But if you should need a friend
I'll be there until the end
Just don't ask me to love you again.
   And don't come back to my doorstep a' crying
   Hoping for what's been dead so long
   For the embers have all turned to ashes
   There's nothing here but old memories and this song.
   No don't come back to my doorstep a' crying
   There's nothing here but old memories and this song.


My Brother's Bride

I walk in the garden where often we met
Think of the one I've lost but love yet
The church organ plays for your wedding I learned
My heart is broken the day I returned
Why let me believe that I was the one
Far away I dreamed of you and home
I cherished your letters and pictures inside
Memories sacred helped keep me alive
I face the place where we shared our embrace
How often you promised to be my sweet wife
Emotion chokes me so to see you pass by
And sorrow yes sorrow will mar me for life
When friends gather round them I brush tears aside
I'll try my best my feelings to hide
How lovely she looks as on by me they ride
My false sweetheart is my brothers bride


My Brown Eyed Darlin'

I'll never forget the mornin' you left me
I tried to smile but instead I cried
I couldn't hold my tears no longer
The moment you told me good-bye
   My brown eyed darlin' you know I love you
   I'll always be faithful and true
   Though tonight you're miles away dear
   I want you back dear I'll be true
My darlin' I hope you'd trust me
'Cause I'll be waiting just for you
Night after night upon my bed dear
I try to sleep but I can't for you
I know I can depend on you dear
I hope that soon you'll come back home
I'm hopin' and prayin' for you my darlin'
And the day I'll call you my own
 


My Brown-Eyed Darling

I'll never forget the mornin' you left me
I tried to smile but instead I cried
I couldn't hold my tears no longer
The moment you told me good-bye
   My brown eyed dar-lin' you know I love you
   I'll always be faithful and true
   Though tonight you're miles away dear
   I want you back dear I'll be true
My darlin' I hope you will trust me
'Cause I'll be wait-ing just for you
Night after night upon my pillow
I try to sleep but I can't for you
I know I can depend on you dear
I hope that soon you'll come back home
I'm hopin' and prayin' for you my darlin'
And the day I'll call you my own


My Cabin In Caroline

There's a cabin in the pines in the hills of Caroline
And a blue-eyed girl is waiting there for me
I'll be going back some day and from her I'll never stray
And the cabin in the hills of Caroline
   Oh, the cabin in the shadow of the pines
   And the blue-eyed girl way down in Caroline
   Someday she'll be my wife and we'll live a happy life
   In a cabin in the hills of Caroline
I'm packing my grip for that long long trip
Back to the hills of Caroline
I want to see that blue-eyed girl, she's the sweetest in the world
And the cabin in the hills of Caroline
And when it's late at night, and the moon is shining bright
And the whippoorwill is calling from the hill
Then I'll tell her of my love, greater than the stars above
How I love her now and I know I always will


My Clinch Mountain Home

Far away upon a hill on a sunny mountain side
Many years ago we parted, my own true love and I From the sunny mountain side
Oh she clung to me and trembled, when I told her we must part
And she said don't go my darling I know twill break my heart
When we two are far apart
   Carry me back to old Virginia back to my clinch mountain home
   Carry me back to old Virginia back to my old mountain home
My mother's old and feeble and my father's getting gray
Carry me back to old Virginia for its there I want to stay
Oh I held her in my arms leaned her head upon my breast
And I told her that I'd wed her when I come back from the west
To my old clinch mountain home
In my hand I hold a picture of the old home far away And the picture of my sweetheart
I'm thinking of today
On the sunny mountain side


My Darlin's In Heaven

There's a little cabin that's lonely today
And the love that was sheltered has vanished away
Alone now I sit by the old cabin door
And long for the home that I'll see there no more
I looked at the casket where she lay asleep
But for the one who's gone it's useless to weep
The lips that would smile and kiss me each day
Are now still forever God called her away
My darlin's in heaven she's happy I know
But each hour that passes I miss her so
The roses are fading she tended with care
And my lonely sorrow is so hard to bear
I just can't believe that in the old cabin door
My darlin' will be waiting there no more
The one that I love can't come back to me
But someday in heaven my darlin' I'll see


My Darling You Know That I Love You

   Now darling you know that I love you
   And hope you will love me sometime
   Now darling you know that I trust you
   And I hope you will soon change your mind
I wish we were both here together
While I'm writing the words to this song
But if you could write me a letter
Then it wouldn't seem so very long
Remember when we were together
You said you'd come back some day
I'm saving all my love for you darling
And that's all that I can ever say
If you ever change your mind dear
And feel that you want someone new
Just tell me all about your little secret
Then I won't feel so sad and so blue


My Darling's Last Goodbye

Now I just heard my darlilng's last goodbye
Her precious lips can speak to me no more
The teardrops stain my cheeks although I tried
To remember that we'll meet on heaven's shore
The vows we said as planned today
So she would know no one could take her place
My love so young and fair was called away
And I'm left an empty life to face
I know someday I'll leave this empty life
To join my precious sweetheart up on high
'Til then I'll bear the sorrow and the strife
For I just heard my darling's last goodbye


My Dear Companion

Oh have you seen my dear companion
For he was all this world to me
I hear he's gone to some far country
And that he no longer cares for me
I wish I were a swallow flying
I'd fly to a high and lonesome place
I'd join the wild birds in their crying
Thinking of you and your sweet face
Oh have you seen my dear companion
For he was all the world to me
But now the stars have turned against me
And he cares no more for me
Oh when the dark is on the mountain
And when the world has gone to sleep
I will go down to the cold dark waters
And there I'll lay me down and weep


My Deceitful Heart

   My deceitful heart keeps changing its mind
   Hurting everyone but me
   Each time I fall in love it's soon that I find
   My fickle heart longs to be free
Don't fall love with me let me warn you from the start
I'm so in love with you but I know I'll break your heart
Yes I'll only break your heart
Gee but your wonderful and I'd like to make you mine
But I don't think my love could ever stand the test of time
Could ever stand the test of time


My Dixie Darling

   My Dixie darling
   Listen to this song I sing
   Beneath the silver moon
   With my banjo right in tune
   My heart is ever true
   I love no one but you
   My Dixie darling
   My Dixie queen
Way down below the Mason Dixie's line
Down where the honey suckles are entwined
There's where the southern winds are blowing
There's where the daisies growing
The girls of the north in the gay finery
Whirling around in the society
Singing a song of Dixie darling
Where I long to be
Going down south to have a big time
See my girl in old Caroline
I'll drink my booze and do as I please
For all those girls I long to squeeze
Singing songs of Dixie darlings
There's where I long to be going
Down where the jelly roll growing
With my Dixie queen


My Dixie Home

I hear the special coming and I'll be on the blinds
When she pulls out for Dixie on that Mason Dixon line
Now when I left the old home I was not satisfied
When I kissed my love goodbye, she hung her head and cried
I knew a girl in Dixie, she was my childhood pal
She said if I'd quit bummin, that she would be my gal
At night I think about her, she's always on my mind
And when we played together, she was so good and kind
I've travelled this whole world over on freight trains thataway
I'm heading back to Dixie, and there I'll spend my days
I hear the special coming and I'll be on the blinds
When she pulls out for Dixie on that Mason Dixon line


My Get Up And Go Has Got Up And Went

   How do I know my youth is all spent?
   My get up and go has got up and went
   In spite of it all, I'm able to grin
   When I think of the places my get up has been
Old age is golden, I think I've heard said
But sometimes I wonder as I crawl into bed
My ears in a drawer, my teeth in a cup
My eyes on the table until I wake up
As sleep dims my vision, I say to myself
Is there anything else I should lay on the shelf?
But nations are warring and business is vexed
So I'll stick around to see what happens next
When I was younger, my slippers were red
I could kick up my heels right over my head
When I was older my slippers were blue
But still I could dance the whole night thru
Now I am old, my slippers are black
I huff to the store and I puff my way back
But never you laugh, I don't mind at all
I'd rather be huffing than not puff at all
I get up each morning and dust off my wits
Open the paper and read the obits
If I'm not there, I know I'm not dead
So I eat a good breakfast and go back to bed


My Heart Can't Stop Loving You

The day's are so lonely without you by my side
You told me that you loved me but I guess that you lied
If you could see me here sittin' all alone
You'd think of the love we shared and come back home
Forget that I love you forget that I cried
Leave every memory of me behind
If it's all over please tell me that it's true
But darling my heart can't stop loving you
I waited so long to find a new love
And I know that time will heal my broken heart
But still there's a thing or two I cannot forget
Just like those words of love that said we never would part


My Heart Skips A Beat

   Oh my heart skips a beat when we walk down the street
   I feel a trembling in my knees
   Just to know you're mine until the end of time
   Makes my heart skip a beat
Well I did a double take the day I met you
My heart turned a flip as I stood next to you
And I knew right then I never could forget you
You are my every dream come true
Well you came into my life without a warning
Turned my cloudy skies from gray to blue
You're my sunshine that comes up every morning
You are my every dream come true


My Heart's Tonight In Texas

In the distant state of Texas
By the silver Rio Grande
Strolled a couple out one evening
Was two sweethearts hand in hand
Was a rich man's pretty daughter
And the lad she loved so dear
Though tomorrow they must part for many a year
   My heart's tonight in Texas
   Though I'm far across the sea
   The band is playing Dixie
   And that's where I long to be
   Dad says the earl I'll marry
   But although here is my hand
   My heart's tonight in Texas
   By the silver Rio Grande
To Europe she was going
To become a lady grand
For her father hoped an
Earl of course she'll wed
But she went away next morning
And her heart was true to Jack
A letter came one day and this it read
At a stately ball in England
Stood the Texas lass one night
The scenes were all splendid
And the light were dizzyingly bright
The earl knelt beside her
Asking her to be his bride
But her thoughts were by the silver Rio Grande


My Home Among The Hills

Got a home in the hills of old Virginia I love still
And it stands near the lonesome pines
And I long to go back to the vine covered shack
Where I left that old mother of mine
I can still see her there in that old rocking chair
In my home among the hills
And I seem to hear her say why did you go away
From your home among the hills
The pine trees stand alone near my old Virginia home
And that silver hared mother of mine
I can see her smiling face in that old familiar place
In my home among the hills
I'm leaving here today I'm going back to stay
In my home among the hills
How happy we will be near the lonesome pine trees
In my home among the hills


My Home's Across The Blue Ridge Mountain

   My home's across the Blue Ridge Mountain (3X)
   For I never expect to see you any more
How can I keep from crying (3X)
For I never expect to see you any more
Oh how I hate to leave you (3X)
For I never expect to see you any more
I'll be leaving Monday morning (3X)
For I never expect to see you any more
Rock the baby and feed her candy (3X)
For I never expect to see you any more
Goodbye my little darling (3X)
For I never expect to see you any more


My Home's Across The Blue Ridge Mountains

How can I keep from crying ?
How can I keep from crying ?
How can I keep from crying ?
For I never expect to see you anymore
   My home's across the blue ridge mountains
   My home's across the blue ridge mountains
   My home's across the blue ridge mountains
   And I never expect to see you anymore
Oh how I hate to leave you
Oh how I hate to leave you
Oh how I hate to leave you
For I never expect to see you anymore
So goodbye my little darling
So goodbye my little darling
So goodbye my little darling
I never expect to see you anymore


My Honey Lou

When the sun sets in the west my Honey Lou
Then's the time I love you best my Honey Lou
Come and look into my eyes
When the moon shines in the skies
I'll be in paradise my Honey Lou
   Last night I waited long my Honey Lou
   And told the birds my song my Honey Lou
   When the bright and silver moon
   Sheds its soft and mellow light
   I'll love you more each night my Honey Lou
When the birds have hushed their song my honey Lou
All the twilight shadows on my Honey Lou
My heart forever beats
For my honey gal so sweet
I'll lay it at your feet my Honey Lou


My Last Old Dollar

I wrote to my girl last night
I wrote to my girl last night
I wrote to my girl that I was comin' home
But my last old dollar is done gone
Oh my last old dollar is done gone
Oh my last old dollar is done gone
Now how can a poor boy get back home
When his last old dollar is done gone
I've drank and I've rambled around
I've drank and I've rambled around
Now the time has come when I wanna go home
But my last old dollar is done gone
Now the east bound train is done run
Now the east bound train is done run
Now that train is done run and left me all alone
'Cause my last old dollar is done gone


My Little Honeysuckle Rose

My little honeysuckle rose you know I love you
Even though you're many miles away
You're a sweetheart so divine and I'll always call you mine
And I'm hopin' that we meet again someday
Little honeysuckle rose how I miss you
Darlin' could you ever forget
Oh the day seemed like years and I've shed so many tears
And as I loved you then I love you yet
Among the honeysuckle vines we use to wander
When I was with the girl I loved the best
When you promised to be true I'll remember dear to you
When I pinned a lovely rose upon your breast
Now I'll say my last goodbye my little darlin'
The roses for me dear I know you'll save
After I am dead and gone if that love still linger's on
There's honeysuckle vines upon my grave


My Little Sweetheart Of The Mountain

My little sweetheart of the mountains
With hair as red as anybody's
And her lips as sweet as honey
She shines like the morning stars
Meet me out in the Blue Ridge Mountains
Underneath the lonesome pine
We'll settle down up there forever
Mary Jane won't you be mine
I'm going back to North Carolina
Where the mountain tops are blue
Mary Jane you know I love you
And I'm coming back to you


My Lord Keeps a Record

    My Lord keeps a record of things in the past
    Tells us the story of a life that won't last
    And when I have reached my heavenly home
    My Lord keeps a record of things gone on
I remember when I was so young
All of the evil things I had done
But now I know my life's crown is won
My Lord keeps a record of things gone on
Many years have come and they've gone
I see King Jesus sitting there in his throne
Flying with the Angels to my heavenly home
My Lord keeps a record of things gone on


My Love Lies in the Ground

My love you lie in the cold cold ground
In a grave not one week old
To kiss once more your cold cold lips
I'd give my weight in gold gold
I'd give my weight in gold
I can't see clear to leave your side
I never more will roam
I'll make my bed upon your grave
A pillow from your stone stone
A pillow from your stone
There is no fire can warm me now
No blanket made of down
The warmth I feel is from your soul
A seeping through the ground ground
A seeping through the ground
And I do not want a house of gold
Or a cold dark cave
I'll make my home in the musty soil
That lies around your grave grave
That lies around your grave
Well I can't abide their laughter
It cuts me like a blade
I prefer the night owl call
And the rhythm of my spade spade
The rhythm of my spade
Soon I'll be at your side
Apart we'll never be
And I won't hear those above
That make a fool of me me
That make a fool of me


My Love Lies in the Ground

My love you lie in the cold cold ground
In a grave not one week old
To kiss once more your cold cold lips
I'd give my weight in gold gold
I'd give my weight in gold
I can't see clear to leave your side
I never more will roam
I'll make my bed upon your grave
A pillow from your stone stone
A pillow from your stone
There is no fire can warm me now
No blanket made of down
The warmth I feel is from your soul
A seeping through the ground ground
A seeping through the ground
And I do not want a house of gold
Or a cold dark cave
I'll make my home in the musty soil
That lies around your grave grave
That lies around your grave
Well I can't abide their laughter
It cuts me like a blade
I prefer the night owl call
And the rhythm of my spade spade
The rhythm of my spade
Soon I'll be at your side
Apart we'll never be
And I won't hear those above
That make a fool of me me
That make a fool of me


My Main Trial Is Yet To Come

Sittin' alone in my cold prison cell
Watchin the sinkin' sun
My trial on earth is over now
But my main trial is yet to come
   My main trial is yet to come oh Lord
   I'll die in the morning at dawn
   But after I die in the electric chair
   My main trial is yet to come
Oh mother I'm leavin' you here all alone
I've disgraced your name I know
This trial on earth is for my life
But the main trial will be for my soul
The judge gave me the electric chair
But that don't worry me
It's what the verdict will be on that day
When the main judge's face I see


My Native Home

I'd like to see my native home
The lofty trees, the golden sand
The rugged hills all crowded round
My mother's voice how sweet would sound
Sometimes I dream of home and friends
My dreams are false my heart is rent
And when I wake I'm all alone
My dreams are false my friends are gone
I'd like to see my heart's delight
Her beautiful face and eyes so bright
And how she'd smile as I drew near
I'd kiss her with a falling tear
It fills my heart with fondest love
To listen to that lonesome dove
She mourns as if her mate was gone
As if like me left all alone
Nine or ten years have passed and gone
And I'm still left here all alone
Virginia oh my native home
Among your hills I'd love to roam


My Native Home

I'd like to see my native home
The lofty trees the golden sand
The rugged mountains crowded 'round
My mother's voice how sweet the sound
Sometimes I dream of home and friends
My dreams are false my heart it bends
And when I 'wake I'm all alone
My dreams are false, my friends are gone
It fills my heart with fondest love
To listen to that lonesome dove
She mourns as if her mate was gone
As if like me left all alone
I'd like to see my hearts desire
Her beautiful face and eyes so bright
And how she'd smile when I drew near
I'd kiss her with a fallen tear
A hard 10 years have past and gone
And still I'm left here all alone
Searching on my native home
Among the hills I love to roam


My Old Cottage Home

I am thinking tonight of an old cottage home
That stands on the brow of the hill
Where in life's early morning I once loved to roam
But now all is quiet and still
   Oh my old cottage home my old cottage home
   That stands on the brow of the hill
   Where in life's early morning I once loved to roam
   But now all is quiet and still
Many years have gone by since in prayer there I knelt
With dear ones around the old hearth
But my mother's sweet prayers in my heart still are felt
I'll treasure them awhile on earth
One by one they have gone from the old cottage home
On earth we shall see them no more
But we'll meet them again on that beautiful shore
Where partings will come never more


My Old Kentucky Home

The sun shines bright on my old Kentucky home
'Tis summer, the folks there are gay
The corn top's ripe and the meadow's in bloom
While the birds make music all the day
   So weep no more, my lady
   Oh, weep no more, today
   We'll sing one song for the my old Kentucky home
   For my old Kentucky home far away
The young folks roll on the little cabin floor
All merry, all happy and bright
By 'n by hard times come a-knocking at the door
Then my old Kentucky home good night
They hunt no more for the 'possum and the coon
On meadow, the hill and the shore
They sing no more by the glimmer of the moon
On the bench by that old cabin door
The head must bow and the back will have to bend
Wherever the poor folks may go
A few more days and the trouble will end
In the field where sugar-canes may grow
A few more days for to tote the weary load
No matter, 'twill never be light
A few more days till we totter on the road
Then my old Kentucky home, good night


My Old Log Cabin

I've got an old log cabin by the side of the road
And you're welcome to rest there if you bear a heavy load
There's a picture of Jesus hanging over my door
And I talk to my Savior from my knees on the floor
Many years I have lived here just struggling along
Once the walls shook with laughter they heard many a song
It seen the joys of my family shared my grief since they're gone
Kept me dry from the rain weathered many a storm
I'm just an old feeble man now not much father to go
Soon my savior's gonna call me for He's often told me so
I'll just stay in my cabin till I've lived my life's span
And in my Savior's name I'll do all that I can
It heard me sing Rock of Ages and the Old Rugged Cross
Heard me pray for many people who's soul thought was lost
Seen me welcome many strangers who needed help on their way
Will see the angels come for me when I've lived my last day


My Old Virginia Home

It was on one winter day from my home I went away
Far away from friends and home I longed to roam
But tonight I'm lone and sad just a little homesick lad
And I'm longing for my old Virginia home
   I'm a lad from old Virginia bravely knocking my way back home
   To that cabin home in the mountains never more let me roam
   I'm a lad from old Virginia and I'm coming coming home
   There I'll settle down forever in my old Virginia home
Since I left that little shack how my mind has wandered back
How mother often prayed for her lad
But from her I went astray and I know I've dearly paid
So I'm coming back to mother and my dad


My Own Sweet Time

You'll be hearing stories rumors around town
Of a heart that's broken and slow to come around
Let them tell their stories well even if they're true
No one's going to tell me how to forget about you.
   I'm gonna take my own sweet time
   That's what I'll do
   I'm gonna take my own sweet time
   Getting over you.
Daisies love the sunshine and roses love the dew
People try to tell me Go find someone new
Someday I'll remember to forget we ever met
But until it's over well I'm not through with you yet.


My Rose Of Old Kentucky

She bloomed for me near a little village
In a cabin on the hill
We made our vows we'd love each other
And I know we always will
   She's my rose of old Kentucky
   I watched her bloom as the years roll by
   And to me there'll never be another
   I'll love her 'til the day I die
Oh in dreams I see my darling
In a gingham dress she looks so sweet
Oh I long for old Kentucky
And my darling was more to me
Oh I know you often wonder
So I'll tell you the reason why
She's my rose of old Kentucky
And I know she'll never lie


My Sinful Past

Come listen to my story
It tells of sorrow and pain
My sinful past still haunts me
I've lived my lifetime in vain
The hand reached down to guide me
The smile was sweet to see
I heard a sinner murmur
Oh Lord, have mercy on me
I've lead a life so wicked
I've lost all I ever had
That's why I'm bound for destruction
It's sinful, it's shameful and sad


My Sweet Blue Eyed Darling

   You're my sweet blue-eyed darling
   And my love belongs to you
   All I ask (all I ask) of you my darling (my darling)
   Is love me good (is love me good) and be true
Days come and go and I still love you
And I see your smiling face
Just tell me love, that you need me
And no one's gonna take my place
And today I need an answer
And I want to hear you say
You don't belong to another
And in my arms you're gonna to stay


My Sweet Love Ain't  Around

Listen to the rain a fallin'
Can't you hear that lonesome sound
Oh my poor old heart is breakin'
Cause my sweet love ain't around
I spent the night out lookin' for her
Her friends gave me the run around
I'll go crazy here without her
Cause my sweet love ain't around
Lord I think i'll start to ramble
Got to leave this weary town
This old place is way to lonely
Cause my sweet love ain't around
Babies gone what's there to live for
My whole world has tumbled down
My hopes and dreams have all been shattered
Cause my sweet love ain't around
Hold that train tonight i'm leaving
And don't ask me where i'm bound
I can't stay here any longer
Cause my sweet love ain't around


My Texas Girl

All my life I've wondered if what I done was wrong
All I ever cared to do was ride my pony on
I never had no heartache was always happy and gay
Until I met a Texas girl who stole my heart away
   Where the sleepy Rio Grande goes slowly to the sea
   It was there she promised to be mine throughout eternity
   But the angels they grew jealous of her beauty and her smile
   And came along one stormy night and stole away my bride
   The birds have hushed their singing sadness is over the land
   The birds miss my darling by the sleepy Rio Grande
Her lips were like the Russian wine her hair it hung in curls
Her cheeks were like the dawn of day that breaks upon the world
She's gone and left me lonely I miss the touch of her hand
Tonight while I am walking by the sleepy Rio Grande


My Virginia Rose Is Blooming

My Virginia rose is blooming
She's waiting there for me
In the hills of old Virginia
That's where I long to be
She wears a winning' smile
And her loving eyes are blue
She's won my heart forever
For she's the girl that's true
Beneath the scarlet maple
By the twinkling little spring
That's where I bid her promise
And gave to her the ring
Springtime is approaching'
The birds and doves are here
They are singing so sweetly
But none can sing like her
It's love that calls me to you
My rose that never fades
Or loses its crimson leaves of love
Love that's perfect made
I long to see my darlin'
there in the mist of dew
With the diamond dewdrops all ‘round her
She'll be a queen in the view
She's a wild rose in the forest
A fairy in a dream
My darlings in Virginia
her age is just sixteen
I'm a long, long ways from my darlin'
Just a little too far to be
My Virginia rose is blooming
She's waiting there for me


Nashville Blues

I've got the blues those Nashville blues
I've got the blues those Nashville blues
Ain't got no hat ain't got no shoes
The people here they treat me fine
The people here they treat me fine
They give me beer they give me wine
I've got the blues I've got 'em bad
I've got the blues I've got 'em bad
Somebody stole that girl I had
She's gone she's gone away from me
She's gone she's gone away from me
One thing she left she left me free
I wish I was a turtle dove
I wish I was a turtle dove
I'd fly away to the girl I love
It's hard to tell what a girl will do
It's hard to tell what a girl will do
They'll win your love and leave you blue
I'm going home to Arkansas
I'm going home to Arkansas
Gonna stay right there with ma and pa
If you find me sad please go away
If you find me sad please go away
Come back again some other day


Nellie Kane

As a young man I went riding out on the western plain
In the state of North Dakota I met my Nellie Kane
I met my Nellie Kane
She was living in a lonely cabin with a son by another man
Five years she had waited for him as long as a woman can
As long as a woman can
   I don't know what changed my mind
   'Til then I was the rambling kind
   The kind of love I can't explain
   That I had for Nellie Kane
She hired me on to work that day to help her till the land
In the afternoon we planted seeds in the evening we held hands
In the evening we held hands
Her blue eyes told me everything a man could want to know
It was then I realized that I would never go   
That I would never go
Now many years have gone by and her son has grown up tall
I became a father to him and she became my all
She became my all


Never Again

The stars up in the sky remind me of your eyes
And the way they use to gaze into mine
The moon up above brings back memories of love
I thought was true and so divine
   So never again, oh never no more
   Never again will I knock upon your door
   Never again but these words I can say
   I'll try not to love and stay out of your way
We had the greatest start but deep within your heart
You led me on before I knew the score
You cheated and you lied I stayed right by your side
Until one day simply closed the door


Never Get To Hold You In My Arms Anymore

I used to take you in my arms and hold you close to me
I used to tell you how I cared how happy we could be
Bue someone else has won your heart and knocking at your door
And I never get to hold you in my arms anymore
I tried a million times or more to forget about the past
But it seems to me your memories are the ones that always last
I lie awake and cry for you and sometimes walk the floor
But I never get to hold you in my arms anymore
I'll step aside and give you up although it makes me blue
You'll never know how much it hurts to see him holding you
I'll always care and always love you just as before
But I'll never get to hold you in my arms anymore


Never Let The Devil Get The Upper Hand Of You

My tender parents brought me up
Provided for me well
Twas in the city of Lanson Town
They placed me in a mill
It was there I spied a pretty fair miss
On whom I cast my eye
I asked her if she'd marry me
And she believed a lie
Three weeks ago last Saturday night
Of course it was the day
The devil put it in my mind
To take her life away
I went into her sisters house
At eight o'clock one night
But little did the sister ? think
On her I had my spite
I asked her if she'd take a walk
With me a little ways
That she and I might have a talk
About our wedding day
We walked along until we came
To my little desert place
I grabbed a stick off of the fence
And struck her in the face
I run my fingers through her coal black hair
To cover up my sin
I drug her to the river side
And there I plunged her in
I started back unto my mill
I met my servant John
He asked me why I was so pale
And it so very warm
Come all young men and warning take
Unto your lovers be true
And never let the devil get
The upper hand of you
I met my servant John


New Fool

Sad songs and teardrops will surely mend this broken heart
Time forgets these bitter things I feel
But your days are numbered
you learned your lesson well
When you finally play a heart that plays for real
There's a new fool somewhere waiting
For you old fashioned heart-break love affair
He'll see through your intentions
with each lie that you tell
And the old ways will go out with the new somewhere
Leavin' was so easy
but old hands do make fancy moves
Enough for one fell victim to your game
But someday you'll see
that cold hearts can be broken too
And what goes 'round must come around your way


New Highway

I have been down a lot of roads in my time
I have taken some bad turns in my life
I wanted to stop all my stumbles and falls
But I kept on rolling and kept on going
   Now I'm riding on a new highway
   I got off Heartbreak Boulevard
   Every mile that I've been through
   Each and every avenue
   Has taken me through some rough and rocky days
   Now I'm riding on a new highway
Every crossroad that I've taken goes wrong
It's a good thing that you came along
I knew I was headed down a lonely street
But I kept on trying and kept on driving


New John Henry Blues

John Henry was a little colored boy
You could hold him on the palm of your hand
And his papa cried out this lonesome farewell
Son gonna be a steel drivin' man Lord Lord
Son gonna be a steel drivin' man
John Henry went upon the mountain
Looked down on the other side
Lord the mountain was so tall
John Henry was so small
He laid down his hammer and he cried Lord Lord
He laid down his hammer and he cried
John Henry walked to the top
Had his captain by his side
The last words that John Henry said
Bring me a cool drink of water 'fore I die Lord Lord
Bring a cool drink of water 'fore I die
Talk about John Henry as much as you please
Say and do all that you can
Never was born in these united states
Nonesuch a steel drivin' man Lord Lord
Nonesuch a steel drivin' man
John Henry told his captain
I want to go to bed
Fix me a pallet of straw to lay down
Got money roarin' in my head Lord Lord
Got money roarin' in my head


New Patches

Now and then an old friend tries to help me
by telling me theres someone I should meet
But I don't have the heart to start all over
My heart is laying at anothers feet.
You just don't put new Patches on old garments
I don't want no one else on my mind
I just don't need nobody new to cling too
I still love someone I've known a long, long time
I have built my world around a memory
and he's the only one I'll let in
Everytime I try to love somebody
in my mind I'm loving him again.
You just don't put new patches on old garments
I don't want no one else on my mind
I just don't need nobody new to cling too
I still love someone I've known a long, long time.
I still love someone I've known a long, long time.


New River Train

   I'm ridin' that New River train
   I'm ridin' that New River train
   The same old train that brought me here
   Is gonna carry me home again
Darlin' you can't love one
Darlin' you can't love one
You can't love one and have any fun
Oh darlin' you can't love one
Oh darlin' you can't love two
oh darlin' you can't love two
You can't love two and your little heart be true
Oh darlin' you can't love two
Darlin' you cant love three
Darlin' you cant love three
You can't love three and still be true to me
Oh darlin' you cant love three
Oh darlin' you cant love four
darlin' you cant love four
You can't love four amd love any more
Oh darlin' you cant love four
Darlin' you cant love five
Oh darlin' you cant love five
You can't love five you'll be sorry you're alive
Oh darlin' you cant love five
Oh darlin' you cant love six
Oh darlin' you cant love six
You can't love six six will never mix
Oh darlin' you cant love six
Oh darlin' you cant love seven
Oh darlin' you cant love seven
You can't love seven it might as well be 'leven
Oh darlin' you cant love seven
Oh darlin' you cant love eight
Oh darlin' you cant love eight
You can't love eight for a date they'll show up late
Oh darlin' you cant love eight
Oh darlin' you cant love nine
Oh darlin' you cant love nine
You can't love nine keep them danglin' on a line
Oh darlin' you cant love nine
Oh darlin' you cant love ten
Oh darlin' you cant love ten
You can't love ten when can I see you again
Oh darlin' you cant love ten


New River Train

   I'm riding on that New River Train
   I'm riding on that New River Train
   That same old train that brought me here
   Is gonna carry me away again
Darling you can't love one
Darling you can't love one
You can't love one  and have any fun
Oh darling you can't love one
Darling you can't love two
Darling you can't love two
You can't love two and your little heart be true
Oh darling you can't love  two
Darling you can't love three
Darling you can't love three
You can't love three and still love me
Oh darling you can't love three
Darling you can't love four
Darling you can't love four
You can't love four and love me anymore
Oh darling you can't love four


Night

Night
While everyone is sleeping
Night
These memories have got me weeping
Pretty soon
Daylight will come creeping
Daylight
When I'll be just as lonely
Daylight
And I'll be thinking of you only
Night will come
Once again my past will haunt me
Cry
Every night the same old story
Talkin
To my heart but it ignores me
Night
Just darkness before me
Night
Uh-huh
Night
Huh-huh
Night


Night

Night while everybody's sleeping
Night these memories have got me weepin
Pretty soon daylight will come creepin
Daylight and I'll be just as lonely
Daylight and I'll be thinkin of you only
Night will come once again my past will haunt me
Cry every night the same old story
Talking to my heart but it ignores me
Night just darkness before me
Night
Uh huh
Night


Nine Pound Hammer

This nine pound hammer is a little too heavy
For my size, Buddy for my size
   Roll on buddy, don't you roll so slow
   How can I roll, when the wheels won't roll
I'm going to the mountain, just to see my baby
And I ain't coming back, no I ain't coming back
There ain't one hammer, down in this tunnel
That can ring like mine, that can ring like mine
   Rings like silver, shines like gold
   Rings like silver, shines like gold
This old hammer, it killed John Henry
Ain't gonna kill me, ain't gonna kill me
It's a long way to Harlan, and a long way to Hazard
Just to get a little booze, just to get a little booze
Buddy when I'm log gone, won't you make my tombstone
Out of number nine coal, out of number nine coal


Ninety and Nine

There were ninety and nine that safely lay
In the shelter of the fold
But one was out on the hills away
Far off from the gates of gold
Away on the mountains wild and bare
Away from the tender Shepherd’s care
Away from the tender Shepherd’s care
Lord, Thou hast here Thy ninety and nine
Are they not enough for Thee
But the Shepherd made answer tis this of Mine
Has wandered away from Me
Although the road be rough and steep
I go to the desert to find My sheep
I go to the desert to find My sheep
But all through the mountains thunder-riven
Up from the rocky steep
There arose a glad cry to the gate of heaven
Rejoice I have found My sheep
And the angels echoed around the throne
Rejoice for the Lord brings back His own
Rejoice for the Lord brings back His own
 


Ninety Nine Years (And One Dark Day)

I've been in this prison twenty years or more
I shot my woman with a 44
I'll be right here till my dyin' day
I got 99 years and one dark day
Well the food is bad and the beds are hard
I spend all day breakin' rocks in the yard
Well there ain't no change, gonna stay that way
I got 99 years and one dark day
Ain't no singer that can sing a song
Ain't no one saying that I ain't wrong
His mind's made up, gonna stay that way
I got 99 years and one dark day
I never learned to read, I never learned to write
My whole life's been one big fight
I never heard about the righteous way
I got 99 years and one dark day
I remember a time many years ago
I shot my woman with a 44
I'll be right here till my dyin' day
I got 99 years and one dark day
I got 99 years and one dark day


No Ash Will Burn

I have seen snow that fell in May
And I have seen rain on cloudless days
Somethings are always bound to change
There ain't no ash will burn
Love is a precious thing I'm told
It burns just like West Virginia coal
But when the fire dies down it's cold
There ain't no ash will burn
You say this life is not your lot
Well I can't be something that I'm not
We can't stoke a fire that we ain't got
There ain't no ash will burn
In every life there comes a time
Where there are no more tears to cry
We must leave something dear behind
There ain't no ash will burn
There is one lesson I have learned
There ain't no ash will burn


No Burdens Pass Through

The storm clouds rise no light in the sky
And my loved ones have gone and left me
There's glory divine it's riches are mine
He tells me no burdens pass through
   Oh (what a day) Oh what a day
   When the clouds pass away (the clouds, the clouds pass away)
   And Jesus supreme on his throne
   My tears wiped away (all my tears, my tears wiped away)
   And the night changed to day (and the night, the nights changed to day)
   No burdens are allowed to pass through
There'll be no sorrow in our new home
No funeral train in the sky
No rent to pay no taxes come due
No burden's are allowed to pass through
He never fails me when I'm in need
My soul is weighted with care
He leads me through He helps me to stand
He whispers no burdens pass through


No Depression In Heaven

For fear the hearts of men are failing,
For these are latter days we know
The Great Depression now is spreading,
God's word declared it would be so
   I'm going where there's no depression,
   To the lovely land that's free from care
   I'll leave this world of toil and trouble,
   My home's in Heaven, I'm going there
In that bright land, there'll be no hunger,
No orphan children crying for bread,
No weeping widows, toil or struggle,
No shrouds, no coffins, and no death
This dark hour of midnight nearing
And tribulation time will come
The storms will hurl in midnight fear
And sweep lost millions to their doom


No Doubt About It

I think you're the sweetest thing and I like your talk
I like your curly hair honey and I like your walk
I like the way you hold me I like your eyes of blue
There's no doubt it honey I'm in love with you
    Oh when you hold me my poor heart skips a beat
    Mm when you kiss me it knocks me off my feet
    I like your little stories I like everything you do
    There's no doubt about it I'm crazy over you
I like the way you smile I like your dimpled chin
I like to see you laugh and I like to see you grin
I like the way you hold me I like everything you do
There's no doubt about it honey I'm in love with you


No Hiding Place Down Here

Sister Mary she wears a golden chain
Sister Mary she wears a golden chain
Sister Mary she wears a golden chain
On every link there's Jesus name
There's no hiding place down here
   There's no hiding place down ground
   There's no hiding place down ground
   Well I run to the rocks and I hide my face
   The rocks cried out No hiding place
   There's no hiding place down here
I'll pitch tent on the old camp ground
I'll pitch tent on the old camp ground
I'll pitch tent on the old camp ground
I'll give old Satan old more round
There's no hiding place down here
Oh the devil he wears a hypocrite's shoe
The devil he wears a hypocrite's shoe
The devil wears hypocrite's shoe
If you don't watch he'll slip it on you
There's no hiding place down here


No Hiding Place Down Here

Sister Mary, she wears a golden chain
Sister Mary, she wears a golden chain
Sister Mary, she wears a golden chain
On every link there's Jesus name
There's no hiding place down here
   There's no hiding place down ground
   There's no hiding place down ground
   Well, I run to the rocks and I hide my face
   The rocks cried out, No hiding place
   There's no hiding place down here
I'll pitch tent on the old camp ground
I'll pitch tent on the old camp ground
I'll pitch tent on the old camp ground
I'll give old Satan old more round
There's no hiding place down here
Oh, the devil, he wears a hypocrite's shoe
The devil, he wears a hypocrite's shoe
The devil wears hypocrite's shoe
If you don't watch, he'll slip it on you
There's no hiding place down here


No Letter In The Mail

No answer to my love letter
To sooth my achin heart
Why did God ever permit
True love like ours to part
   No letter in the mail today
   No answer from my love
   Nobody knows what I've been through
   No one but God above
This is what I wrote to her
I know I'm to blame
Let me prove my love for you
Then I'll sign my name
I'm walking down this lonesome road
Travellin while I pine
If there's no letter in the box
I'll leave this world behind


No More The Moon Shines On Lorena

Way down upon the old plantation
Old Massey used to own me as a slave
He had a yeller gal he called Lorena
And we courted where the wild bananas waved
For long years there we courted
And we were as happy as one
And my hard work for did Massey
And the happiness of life had just begun
   No more the moon shines on Lorena
   As we'd sit and watch the coons among the corn
   And the possums laying on the wild bananas
   And the old owl a hootin like a horn
One day I called to see my dear Lorena
I thought she would meet me at the gate
But they took her away to old Virginy
And left me to mourn for her fate
For years I have longed to see her
And the thoughts of her was ever in my head
One day Massey read me a letter
Telling me the Lorena she was dead
But I know that her soul has gone to heaven
And there she is ever free from pain
And to her a brighter crown is given
And no more she will wear the darkie's chain


No More To Be Lonesome

Way down in old Georgia deep down in the pines
I left my sweet children my home and my wife
I rambled all over this country you see
I wound up a loner out on the high seas
    Out on the high waters where the cold wind blows
    I'll always be lonesome for the ones I love most
    But beneath the blue waters my body they'll find
    No more to lonesome for those left behind
She never loved me and pushed me aside
I still long to see her and be by her side
My children are angels and mean all to me
But a dear lovin father she won't let me be


No Mother Or Dad

Now Brother and I are all alone
We have no place to call our home
It will  never be like home no more
Till we meet them on that other shore
   Oh Mother dear and Daddy too
   We wish that we were there with you
   It's not the same since you're away
   We'll see you Mother and Dad some day
Now Mother and Dad was old you know
It hurt us so to see them go
It's not the same since they are gone
Oh Mother and Dad we're so alone
Our little home will tumble down
Since Mother and Dad are not around
What is a home without a friend
I'll can never go back home again


No One

I went to the old home where I once used to roam
And my playmates had every one gone
How sad and how drear no voice could I hear
There was no one to welcome me there
    No one to welcome me home
    No one to welcome me home
    How sad and how drear no voice could I hear
    There was no one to welcome me there
I wnt to the spring that was flowing so free
And there I drank of water so clear
And sadly this voice seemed to whisper to me
There is no one to welcome you here
    No one to welcome me home
    No one to welcome me home
    But when I behold those mansions above
    There'll be someone to welcome me home


No One But My Darlin'

I'll never love no one else but my darlin'
Even though we both had to part
I'll never love no one else but my darlin'
Where ever she goes she'll always have my heart
As most people say absence makes the heart grow cold
But the kind of love we had each other's heart will hold
I'll never love no one else but my darlin'
As we travel down two different lonesome roads
I'll never let no one take your place my darlin'
For you know you meant the world to me
I'll never let no one tale your place my darlin'
For your love won't let my heart be free


No Other's Bride I'll Be

Just one year ago today love
I became your happy bride
Changed a mansion for a cottage
To live by the river side
You told me I'd be happy
But no happiness I see
For tonight I am a widow
In the cottage by the sea
   All alone by the seaside he left me
   And no other's bride I'll be
   For in bridal flowers he begged me
   In the cottage by the sea
From my cottage by the seaside
I can see my mansion home
I can see those hills and valleys
Where with pleasure I have roamed
The last time that I saw him
Oh how happy then were we
But tonight I am a widow
In the cottage by the sea


No Telephone In Heaven

Now I can't wait on baby the smiling merchant said
As stooped and softly toyed with his golden curly head
I want to call up mamma came the answer full and free
Will you telephone and ask her when she's coming back to me
   My child the merchant murmured as he stroked the anxious brow
   No telephone connection where your mother lives at now
   No telephone in heaven and a tear sprang in her eyes
   I thought God had everything with him up in the sky
Tell her that I get so lonesome that I don't know what to do
And pappa cries so much I guess he must be lonesome too
Tell her to come to baby cause at night I get so 'fraid
With no one there to kiss me when the lights begin to fade
All through the day I want her since my dolly's got so sore
With the awful punching brother give it with his little sword
There aint no one to fix it since mamma's gone away
And poor little lonesome dolly's getting thinner every day


Nobody Loves Me

   Nobody loves me nobody cares
   If life is empty and full of tears
   I've longed for true love searched everywhere
   Nobody loves me nobody cares
Searching for true love has been in vain
Through years my heart has suffered with pain
Life's lonesome burden now I must bear
Nobody loves me nobody cares
Nights on my pillow I dream of love
Through space I gaze at the stars above
They seem to whisper from way up there
Nobody loves you nobody cares
A lonesome heart and a troubled mind
In this world now is all I find
I look to heaven for I know there
Someone will love me someone will care


Nobody's Business

That's where my money goes
To buy my baby clothes
Nobody's business what I do
Nobody's business, nobody's business
Nobody's business what I do
Sliced ham and pickled feet
Ham and eggs and sausage meat
Nobody's business what I eat
Nobody's business, nobody's business
Nobody's business what I do
Some day I'll wake up crazy
Kill my wife and save my baby
Nobody's business what I do
Nobody's business, nobody's business
Nobody's business what I do
She rides the limousine
I crank the old machine
Nobody's business what I do
Nobody's business, nobody's business
Nobody's business what I do


Nobody's Darling On Earth

Out in this cold world alone
Wandering about on the street
Asking a penny for bread
Begging for something to eat
   I'm nobody's darling on earth
   Heaven have mercy on me
   For I'm nobody's darling
   Nobody cares for me
When I was but a young lad
Mother was taken from home
Now I have no one to love me
No one to call me their own
While others are sleeping so sound
Or dreaming of silver and gold
I'm out in this cold world alone
Wandering about in the cold
If  I'm fortunate enough
To get to the Heavenly home
I will have some one to love me
Some one to call me their own


Nobody's Love Is Like Mine

   Nobody's love is like mine
   No one's as faithful and kind
   Love that is true as the ocean
   Nobody's love is like mine.
They tell me little darling that you are leaving
That you're going far away
Why did you leave me little darling
I loved you both night and day.
I guess I'll just go on dreaming
Wondering why you left me
Someday little darling you'll be sorry
For the way you treated me.


Not A Word From Home

No not a word no not a word
No not a word from home anyhome
If only I could hear just one little word
From Mother and Daddy my heart would fill with cheer
Each day I take a walk I travel down the trail
Each day the postman tells me no letter in the mail
If only I could hear one little word from home
My heart would be so flattered I never more would roam
The days have turned to weeks the weeks have turned to years
Without one little word from ones I love so dear
The last time Mother wrote they were all okay
But I'm getting worried they're getting old and gray
Each night I say a player and I always say
I'll start home tomorrow I can't live on this way


Now My Flower's Gone Away

I
The only love I ever wanted
I lost so many years ago
The Saviour's called her up to heaven
But I'll see her some sweet day I know
    I've waited so long for you my darling
   You know out love could be so grand
   I've lost the one whose love I cherished
   And now she's with an angel band.
We grew from childhood days together
I knew she'd be mine some sweet day
A lovely flower that was bloomin'
And now my flower's gone away.


Ocean Of Diamonds

Some people drink champagne out under the stars
While others drink wine leaning over a bar
But all that I need dear to make me feel fine
Is to know that your love will forever be mine
   I'd give an ocean of diamonds or a world filled with flowers
   To hold you closely for just a few hours
   Hear you whisper softly that you love me too
   Would change all the dark clouds to bluest of blue
I don't drink their champagne and I don't drink their wine
So if you refuse me my poor heart will pine
I'll be so lonely till the day that I die
And as long as I live dear you'll still hear me cry


Oh Death

   Oh death, oh death
   Won't you spare me over til another year
Well what is this that I can't see With ice cold hands taking hold of me
Well I am death none can excel I'll open the door to heaven or hell
Whoa death someone would pray Could you wait to call me til another day
The children pray the preacher preached Time and mercy is out of your reach
I'll fix your feet til you can't walk I'll lock your jaw til you can't talk
I'll close your eyes so you can't see This very hour come and go with me
In death I come to take the soul Leave the body and leave it cold
To drop the flesh off of the frame  The earth and worms both have a claim
   Oh death, oh death
   Won't you spare me over til another year
My mother came to my bed Place a cold towel upon my head
My head is warm my feet are cold Death is a movin upon my soul
Oh death how you're treatin me You close my eyes so I can't see
Well you're hurtin my body you make me cold You run my life right out of my soul
Oh death please consider my age Please don't take me at this stage
My wealth is all at your command If you'll remove your icy hands
Oh the young the rich or poor All alike to me you know
No wealth no land no silver or gold Nothin satisfies my but your soul
   Oh death,  oh death
   Won't you spare me over til another year
   Won't you spare me over til another year
   Won't you spare me over til another year


Oh Lonesome Me

Everybodys going out and having fun
I'm just a fool for staying home and having none
I cant get over how she set me free
Oh lonesome me
A bad mistake I'm makin by just stayin round
I know that I should have some fun and paint the town
I've thought of everything from a to z
Oh lonesome me
I'll bet she's not like me
Shes out and fancy free
Flirting with the boys with all her charms
But I still love her so
And brother don't you know
I'd welcome her right back here in my arms
There must be some way that I can lose these lonesome blues
Forget about my past and find someone new
I've thought of everything from a to z
Oh lonesome me


Oh Susanna

I come from Alabama
With my banjo on my knee
I'm going to Louisiana
My true love for to see
It rained all night the day I left
The weather it was dry
The sun so hot I froze to death
Susanna don't you cry
    Oh Susanna
    Oh don't you cry for me
    For I come from Alabama
    With my banjo on my knee
I had a dream the other night
When everything was still
I thought I saw Susanna
A-coming down the hill
The buckwheat cake was in her mouth
The tear was In her eye
Says I I'm coming from the south
Susanna don't you cry
    Oh Susanna
    Oh don't you cry for me
    For I come from Alabama
    With my banjo on my knee


Oh Suzanna

I come from Alabama with a banjo on my knee
I'm going to Louisiana my true love for to see
It rained all night the day I left the weather it was dry
Sun so hot I froze to death Suzanna don't you cry
   Oh, Suzanna  don't you cry for me
   I come from Alabama with a banjo on my knee
I had a dream the other night when everything was still
I dreamt I saw Suzanna way up on the hill
Buckwheat cakes was in her mouth, the tears was in her eyes
Said I'm a comin from the south Suzanna don't you cry
I'm headed down to New Orleans and there I'll look around
And if I do not find Suzanna I'll fall upon the ground
And if I do not find her then I'll surely die
And when I'm dead and buried, Suzanna don't you cry


Oh Take Me Back

Woke up this morning and I could not keep from crying
Woke up this morning and I could not keep from crying
My good gal left me with a troubling mind
Oh just look where that evening sun has gone
Oh just look where that evening sun has gone
Gone down behind the mountain and it wont be back till dawn
Oh hand me that long distance phone
Oh hand me that long distance phone
Gonna talk to my honey all night long
Oh take me back and try me one more time
Oh take me back and try me one more time
And if I don't do then send me down the line


Old Bill Jones

Old Bill Jones was a son of a gun
When he got a drink or two
He'd hug the boys and kiss the girls.
He'd kiss their babies too
He lived on a trail that was easy to foller
Way down yonder in Moonshine Holler
He loved his fiddle and he loved his fun
And he loved his mountain dew
Old Bill Jones was  a son of a gun
When he got a drink or two
They had a big meetin on the Cumberland Crag
And the people gathered in
The preacher preached till his tongue couldn't wag
But he couldn't stop their sin'
When old Bill came to give his greetin'
They all got happy and had a big meetin'
Well old Bill run for sheriff
Against the Prohibition men.
He swore he'd drink the country dry
If the folks would put him in.
I t almost tickled the Wets to death
When the Drys got drunk on old Bill's breath.
Old Bill went a-courtin'
And his girl got mad and said
Bill Jones, I would not marry you
If all the rest were dead!
He slipped some whiskey in her coffee cup
And she was Mrs. Jones when she woke up.
Liner note says--
I knew this old Bill Jones since I was a boy
and if anything
this song I
wrote
about him is an understatement.  He was the kind of man who would do anything
for his friends--and anything to his enemies--and was only afraid of two
things
the rattlesnake and the wild hog.  Soon after I met him
he traded his saddle
mule for a Model T and became a "son-of-a-gun on wheels."  His wild days
over
he married
settled down
and raised a family.  He studied at night school
and
became a lawyer
then a wise
respected judge.  He was to give many a
suspended
sentence to young cutups--fellows like he used to be.


Old Bill Miner

Way down in old Kentucky boys on one winter’s morn
In eighteen forty-seven Old Bill Miner was born
But nothing ever suited Bill at least that’s what they say
And at the age of thirteen years one night he ran away
 
From ranch to California ranch he did his life enjoy
When asked his occupation there he would reply cowboy
With a rocky mountain highway man Bill LeRoy some say
They robbed until LeRoy was hung and old Bill got away
 
In Turkey and in London ‘twas there he could be free
A desert raider a slave trader he soon became you see
Running guns in Rio and South Americae
Then robbing trains in the diamond fields of old North Africae
 
    Hands up boys hold them steady the usual command
    From old Bill Miner the gentleman bandit a six gun in his hand
    Robbing trains all his life he would often say
    Ain’t no jail that can hold me I’ll surely get away
    Oh I’ll surely get away
 
Back home in California he robbed the Sonora state
San Quentin prison and twenty years brought him the middle age
And they let him out for being good in nineteen hundred one
The twentieth century was young he bought himself a gun
 
Upon that mainline CPR he stopped the fast mail train
Got a life in New Westminster Bin in the ol' Victoria rain
But Bill was good to his word and knew what he was about
Thirty-five feet of tunnel in nineteen seven he dug out
 
 
Head wide so? for Georgia in a manner grand and slow
He robbed the southern rail express his hair was white as snow
Caught by W.A. Minster that persistent Pinkerton man
Tell me now just who you are was his gruff command
 
I am G.W.Edwards a-standing in the mud
George Anderson William Miner or maybe old Bill Mud
Bill broke out of the Georgia bin in the swampy waist-deep water
They hunted him down with dogs and guns for three miles and a quarter
 
And way down south in Milledgeville no hope for a pardon
Old Bill tended to the flowers in the penitentiary garden
But sometimes old memories are all that we can keep
And two years later to the day old Bill died in his sleep


Old Black Choo Choo

I'm just an old black choo-choo
On a rusty railroad track
They put me in the choo-choo graveyard
And they're never gonna bring me back
They're pulling my cars with a diesel
And the diesel sure looks proud
But he'll never make the sound of a choo-choo
When he blows his whistle loud
    There's many-many little children
    Can never thrill to my choo-choo sound
    If they don't put me back upon the railroad
    I'll never keep on chuggin' around
    So me fa fa fa so la mi so so fa
    So me fa fa fa so la mi so
    So me fa fa fa so la la
    So me fa fa fa so la
My coat was black and shiny
On the day of my trial run
I'll never forget how they eyed me
As I glistened in the sun
I'll be the diesel's helper
If they'll only set me free
I'll blow my whistle at the crossing
Make the diesel proud of me
Well, the black smoke rose in the distance
As the diesel roared  on by
But the coalburner kept on a-chuggin'
As he went on down the line
There's a new day coming tomorrow
When you won't hear the whistle scream
You'll just hear the roar of the diesel
Like the foghorn out at sea


Old Black Joe

Gone are the days when my heart was young and gay
Gone from this earth to the cotton fields away
Gone from the earth to a better land I know
I hear their gentle voices calling, Old Black Joe
    I'm coming, I'm coming, for my head is bending low
    I hear their gentle voices calling, old black Joe
Why do I weep, when my heart should feel no pain
Why do I sigh when my friends come not again
Grieving for forms now departed long ago
I hear their gentle voices calling, Old Black Joe
Where are the hearts once so happy and so free
The children so dear that I held upon my knee
Gone to the shore where my soul has longed to go
I hear their gentle voices calling, Old Black Joe


Old Black Mountain Saturday Night

On old Black Mountain, on Saturday night
Mountain boys are doin' alright
From an old fruit jar they get on the jag
and a hootin' up a tune called the Black Mountain Rag
Hey, over there's a pretty little widder
Bet you five bucks that I'm a-gonna git 'er
Gonna swing her round the corner and her feet won't lag
When you're hootin' up a tune called the Black Mountain Rag
When the caller tips in the middle of the floor
Y'all join hands and circle four
A-la-main left and a-la-main right
Swing your honey and you hold her tight
All join hands and circle the wheel
The more you dance then the better you feel
Swing your honey and her feet won't lag
When you're hootin' up a tune called the Black Mountain Rag
With a homemade fiddle and a shoestring bow
And a little bit of rythm of an old banjo
Give the fiddle a dram, and let it get right
Black Mountain is a rockin' on Saturday night
Hey, over there's a pretty little widder
Well I bet you five bucks that I'm a-gonna git 'er
Gonna swing her round the corner and her feet won't lag
When you're hootin' up a tune called the Black Mountain Rag


Old Country Church

There's a place dear to me where I'm longing to be
With my friends at the old country church
There with mother we went, and our Sundays were spent
With my friends at the old country church
   Precious years precious years, sweet memory
   Oh what joy they bring to me
   How I long once more to be
   With my friends at the old country church
As a small country boy, how my heart beat with joy
As I knelt at the old country church
There with Jesus above in his wonderful love
Saved my soul at the old country church
How I wish that today all the people would pray
As they did at the old country church
If they'd only confess, Jesus surely would bless
As he did at the old country church


Old Crossroads, The

Oh my brother take this warning
Don't let ol Satan take your hand
You'll be lost in sin forever
You'll never reach the promised land
   The old crossroads now is waiting
   Which one are you going to take
   One leads down to destruction
   The other to the pearly gate
One road leads up to heaven
The other goes down below
Jesus our savior will protect you
He'll guide you through the old crossroads
Soon your life will be over
You'll have to face the old crossroads
Will you be ready then my brother
To shun the one down below


Old Dan Tucker

Now old Dan Tucker's fine old man
Washed his face in a fryin' pan
Combed his head with a wagon wheel
And died with a toothache in his heel
Get out of the way old Dan Tucker
Get out of the way old Dan Tucker
Get out of the way old Dan Tucker
You're too late to get your supper
Now old Dan Tucker is come to town
Riding a billy goat  leading a hound
Hound dog bark and the billy goat jump
Landed Dan Tucker on top of the stump
Now old Dan Tucker he got drunk
Fell in the fire and kicked up a chunk
Red hot coal got in his shoe
And oh my lawd how the ashes flew
Now old Dan Tucker is come to town
Swinging the ladies round and round
First to the right and then to the left
Then to the girl that he loves best
* Refrain
The Deserick Sisters; The National Barn Dance


Old Devil's Dream

Young devils find love most every night
They lie with their dreams and their arms til daylight
They use love like whiskey, their cares to dissolve
To charm them and warm them but, not to involve
I was a young devil sturdy and proud
I used to laugh often, I used to laugh loud
I laughed when you told me goodbye that last time
I didn't know how you'd linger on this old devil's mind
   Old devils dream, all alone it seems
   Old devils dream all alone
   When their devilment is done
   Their wildest races run
   Old devils dream all alone
Young devils find even they must grow old
Love that was always so warm has grown cold
Their sweet things have vanished and sweet dreams have flown
Sleep when it comes finds them sleeping alone


Old Home Place

It's been ten long years since I left my home
In the hollow where I was born
Where the cool fall nights make the wood smoke rise
And the foxhunter blows his horn
I fell in love with a girl from the town
I thought that she would be true
I ran away to Charlottesville
And worked in a sawmill or two
   What have they done to the old home place
   Why did they tear it down
   And why did I leave the plow in the field
   And look for a job in the town
Well my girl she ran off with somebody else
The taverns took all my pay
And here I stand where the old home stood
Before they took it away
Now the geese they fly south and the cold wind blows
As I stand here and hang my head
I've lost my love I've lost my home
And now I wish that I was dead


Old Home Place Of Mine

There's a place in old Kentucky where I'm longing to be
Where the bluegrass is growing so fine
Where the dogwoods are in bloom in the mountains so high
Around that old home place of mine
Oh the bluegrass is growing in the valley
And the birds are singing in the trees
That's where I want to go when I leave this world below
It's home sweet home to me
Oh the good time I had playin' as a lad
They often enter my mind
Oh how long my heart did grive that day I had to leave
That dear old home place of mine
I remember Dad and Mom sitting there all alone
That day I left them behind
Oh how my heart does yearn for the day when I'll return
Back to that old home place of mine


Old Joe Clark

Wished I had a dime
Wished I had a pretty girl
To kiss and call her mine
   Fare thee well old joe clark
   Fare thee well I say
   Fare the well old joe clark
   I'm a goin' away
I will not marry an old maid
I'll tell you the reason why
Her neck is so long and stringy
I'm afraid she'll never die
I asked my girl to marry me
And what do you think she said
Time enough to marry you
When all the rest are dead
Old joe clark did take sick
And what do you think ailed him
He drank a churn of buttermilk
And then his stomach failed him
Old joe clark did get drunk
And not a word could he utter
He fell down on the supper table
And stove his nose in the butter


Old Kentucky Hillside

There's an old oak tree near the top of the hill
And an old stone chimney close beside
All that's left to mark the years Of the toil sweat and tears
That we shed on this old kentucky hillside
Goin back in memory to the top of the hill
I hear the wind a blowin through the oak tree with a sigh
I see the children as the play i hear mom and dad pray
Giving thanks to that old Kentucky hillside
    That old kentucky hillside farm
    Where mommy and daddy now lie
    The only crop we ever raised daddy said before he died
    Was the children raised on this old kentucky hillside
At last I return to the top of the hill
And tears of happiness filled my eyes
Here my children will be raised and God forever praised
I'd give everything for this old Kentucky hillside


Old Love Letters

Today I burned your old love letters
I burned 'em gently one by one
And as I'd light the flame I'd read it
For I could see what you had done
    The first you wrote me was the sweetest
    The last one broke my heart in two
    And as I'd light the flame I'd read it
    For I can say I still love you
And as I burned your old love letters
It brought back memories from the past
It told about you and your new love
A love I knew could never last
 


Old Man and his Fiddle

High on the mountain above the timberline
There lies an old man With a look of death in his eyes
In his one room cabin beside a rocking chair
Lies a hand made fiddle he made with loving care
His hands are weak and trembling his bow is worn and frayed
He thinks of lonesome ballads he's not strong enough to play
The old man is now in heaven but his fiddle stayed behind
To play a strange and lonesome melody hear it crying through the pines
In his one room cabin beside a rocking chair
Lies a hand made fiddle he made with loving care


Old Man At The Mill

   Same old man sitting at the mill
   The mill turns around of its own free will
   Hand in the hopper and the other in the sack
   Ladies step forward and the gents fall back
Down sat an owl and he said all quiet
Lonesome day and a lonesome night
Thought I heard a pretty girl say
Court all night and you sleep next day
Well then, said the raven as she flew
If I was a young one I'd get two
One for to fetch and the other to sew
I'd have a string for my bow, bow, bow
My old man's in Kalamazoo
He don't give no "yes, I do"
First to the left and then to the right
This old mill grinds day and night


Old Man Below

If you want to get married I'll tell you where to go
Go to the old man that lives down below
The old folks is gone and the girls all at home
They want to get married with their heads not combed
Children the children are crying for bread
Goin build on a fire just as high as your head
Then you rake in the ashes for to lie in the dough
And the name that you give 'em is dough boy dough
They called me in to supper and I thought I'd go eat
I went to the table for to carve on the meat
I had an old old knife and I had not a fork
I sawed about an hour and I never made a mark
I sawed another hour and I got 'im in my plate
And the girl said young man I think you better wait
Young man young man you better run
For the old man's a comin with his double barrel gun
The old man a grinnin as he come a walkin in
Patches on his britches and whiskers on his chin
He had an old hat that he wore the year around
But he had neither hat nor the brim nor the crown
I stood right there just as brave as a bear
And I wiggled my finger in the old man's hair
He says young man I think you're the best
Pull you up a chair boy and sit down and rest
If you want to get married I'll tell you where to go
Go to the old man that lives down below
The old folks is gone and the girls all at home
They want to get married with their heads not combed


Old Memories Mean Nothing To Me

   Old memories mean nothing to me
   They've all gone away from me now
   I'm alone in the night it's plain to see
   And old memories mean nothing to me
It's the day that I'm thinkin' of
I've forgotten yesterday's love
So if you don't love me now set me free
For old memories mean nothing to me
Time has a way of passing by
Over the ruts of our lives it will fly
And if you don't love me now I can see
And old memories mean nothing to me
I know we once had a fine love
Over others you towered above
But I'm not the playful kind you can see
And old memories mean nothing to me
Del McCoury; Blue Side Of Town


Old Old House

There's an old, old house that once was a mansion
On a hill overlooking the town
But time has left a wreckage where once there was beauty
And soon the old house will tumble down
   But when the leaves start to fall in autumn
   And the raindrops drip from the trees
   There's an old old man who walks in the garden
   And his head is bowed in memories
They say he built the mansion for the love of a woman
They planned to be married in the fall
But her love for him faded in the last days of summer
And the house stands empty after all


Old Old House

There's an old old house that once was a mansion
On a hill overlooking the town
But time made a wreckage where once there was beauty
And soon the old house had tumbled down.
   But when the leaves start to fall in autumn
    And the leaves start to drip from the trees
   There's an old old man who walks through the garden
   And his head is bowed in memory.
Well they say he built that mansion for the love of a woman
And they planned to be married in the fall
But her love faded with the last rose of summer
And the house stood empty after all.


Old Railroad Track

when I walked out one morning
Had the wind blowin at my back
As I couldn't find  no lonesome old road
so I found me an old railroad track
    As I walked down to that old railroad track
    To carry my blues away
    It was say no goodbyes start walkin those ties
    A rambler til my dyin' day
When I woke up that mornin'
It was I was slippin through the cracks
And the only thing to keep me from goin' insane
Was my feet on that old railroad track


Old Rattler

Rattler was a good old dog as blind as he could be
But every night at suppertime I believe that dog could see
   Here Rattler here  here Rattler here
   Call old Rattler from the barn here Rattler here
Rattler breaked the other night I thought he treed a coon
When I come to find him he's barkin' at the moon
Rattler was a friendly dog even though he was blind
He wouldn't hurt a living thing he was so very kind
One night I saw a big fat coon climb into a tree
I called Ol' Rattler right away to fetch him down for me
But Rattler wouldn't fetch for me because he liked that coon
I saw them walking paw in paw later by the light of the moon
Grandpa had a muley cow muley since she was born
It took a jaybird forty years to fly from horn to horn
Now old Rattler's dead and gone like all the good dogs do
Don't put on the dog yourself or you'll be going there too


Old River

Old river you're wide, you're deep and your cold
You make a lonesome old sound as onward you roll
‘Neath the crest of your waves I know I could sleep
And forget all the sorrows you brought to me
Many's the time and many's the night
We sat there talkin', makin' things right
You've heard all our vows, you've heard all our plans
Oh river I know that you'll understand
The dawn is breakin' on sea and on land
As I write my farewell upon your sand
Your wings will embrace me, my body you'll claim
Oh river oh river you're calling my name
Oh the ways of love is often times cold
Like the hearts of lovers, when love grows cold
River oh river your depths dark and deep
In a watery grave forever I'll sleep


Old Swinging Bridge

My old scrapbook is hidden away
I kept in memory of you
This old scrapbook is just a bouquet
Of things that we used to do
   Memories haunt me each night in my dreams
   It seems I can still see you there
   Your loving arms held out to me
   And smiling so sweet and so fair
Don't you remember the hours we spent
Swinging on the old swinging bridge
From June to December together we went
Swinging on the old swinging bridge
We built a dream across the old mill stream
And though the years have gone by
I'll still keep remembering here in my heart
And wonder if you wonder why


Old Train

Old train I can hear your whistle blow
But I won't be jumping on again
Old train I've been everywhere you go
And I know what lies beyond each bend.
   Old train each time you pass you're older than the last
   And it seems I'm too old for running
   I hear your rusty wheels grate against the rails
   They cry with every mile and I think I'll stay awhile.
Old train I grow weary from the miles
And I'll miss the freedom that was mine
Old train just to think about those times
I'll smile when you're high-balling by.


Old Village Churchyard

In that dear old village churchyard
I can see a mossy ground
That is where my mother's sleeping
In the cold and silent ground
I was young but I remember
When the night my mother died
There I saw her spirit fading
When she called me to her side
Saying Darlin I must leave you
Angels voices guide you home
Pray that we may meet in heaven
When your mother's dead and gone
Oft I wander to the churchyard
Flowers to plant with tender care
On the grave of my dear mother
Darkness finds me weeping there
Looking at the stars above me
Waitin for an early dawn
There by mother I'll be buried
And no more be left alone


Ole Slew Foot

High on a mountain, tell me what do you see
Bear tracks bear tracks looking back at me
Better get your rifles before its too late
The bear's got a little pig and he's headed for the gate
   He's big around the middle and broad across the rump
   Running ninety miles an hour, taking thirty feet a jump
   Ain't never been caught, he ain't never been treed
   And some folks say he looks a lot like me
Saved up my money and bought me some bees
Started making honey way up in the trees
Cut down the trees but the honey's all gone
Old slew foot has done made himself at home
Winter's coming on and it's forty below
River's froze over, so where can he go
I'll chase him up the gully and run him in the well
Shoot him in the bottom just to listen to him yell


Omie Wise

I'll tell you a story about omie wise
How she was deluded by john lewis' lies
He told her to meet him by adam's spring
He'd bring her some money and other fine things
He brought her no money nor no other fine things
But get up behind me omie to squire ellis we'll go
She got up behind him so carefully they did go
They rode till they came where deep waters did flow
John lewis he concluded to tell her his mind
John lewis he concluded to leave her behind
Take pity on my infant and spare me my life
And I will go distracted and never be your wife
He kicked her and choked her and turned her around
He threw her in deep water where he knew she would drown
John lewis He remounted rode back to adam's farm
Inquiring after omie but she was not at home
John lewis was taken prisoner and locked up in jail
Locked up in jail there to remain for a while
John lewis he stayed there for about six months or more
Then he broke jail Into the army he did go


On A Hill Lone And Gray

On a hill lone and gray
In a land far away
In a country beyond the blue sea
Where beneath that far sky
Went a man for to die
For the world and for you and for me
   Oh it bows down my heart
   And the tear drops do start
   When in memory that gray hill I see
   It was there on its side
   Jesus suffered yes he died
   To redeem a poor sinner like me
Oft I hear the dull blow
Of the hammer swung low
They are nailing my lord to the tree
With the cross he upraised
While the multitude gazed
He ascended that hill lone and gray
   Oh it bows down my heart
   And the tear drops do start
   When in memory that gray hill I see
   It was there on its side
   Jesus suffered yes he died
   To redeem a poor sinner like me
   
   Shout aloud to them I'm told
   Let the glad tidings roll
   From the land to the end of the sea
   Where beneath that far sky
   Went a man for to die
   For the world and for you and for me


On And On

Traveling down this long lonesome highway
I'm so lonesome I could cry
With memories of how we once loved each other
And now you are saying good-bye
   On and on I'll follow my darling
   And I wonder where she can be
   On and on I'll follow my darling
   I wonder if she ever thinks of me
I've cried I've cried for you little darling
It breaks my heart to hear you name
My friends they all so loved you my darling
And they think that I'm to blame
I had to follow you little darling
I can't sleep when the sun goes down
Cause by your side is my destination
The road is clear and there's where I'm bound


On My Mind

I can't sleep and I can't eat all I do is sit and cry
And listen for your footsteps at my door
I keep asking myself why that you ever said goodbye
And I guess I've cried a million tears or more
   On my mind on my mind
   You're always in my heart and on my mind
   Once I thought my love would die darling here's what I find
   You're always in my heart and on my mind
Seems I miss you most of all when the twilight shadows fall
What a fool I was to ever let you go
If longing for you now could only bring you back somehow
You'd be here in these loving arms I know


On My Way Back To The Old Home

Back in the days of my childhood
In the evening when everything was still
I used to sit and listen to the fox hounds
With my dad in the old Kentucky hills
   I'm on my way back to the old home,
   That road winds on up the hill
   But there's no light in the window,
   That shined long ago where I lived
Soon my childhood days were over
I had to leave my old home
For my mom and dad were called to heaven
I was left in this world all alone
High in the hills of old Kentucky
Stands the fondest part of my memory
I'm on my way back to the old home
That light in the window I long to see


On My Way To Canaan's Land

I'm on my way to Canaan's land
I'm on my way to Canaan's land
I'm on my way to Canaan's land
I'm on my way (praise God) I'm on my way
If father wont go it wont hinder me
If father wont go it wont hinder me
If father wont go it wont hinder me
I'm on my way (praise God) I'm on my way
If mother wont go it wont hinder me
If sister wont go it wont hinder me
Oh be baptized in Jesus name
I'm on my way to Canaan's land


On The Old Kentucky Shore

I walked out to the graveyard
Down by the Church of God
I looked upon the one I love
That would soon be covered with sod
   Up along the Ohio River
   Over on the old Kentucky shore
   Once dwelled a fair young maiden
   Now there's a crepe upon her door
The angels took my darling
God needed the one I loved
I reached the old Kentucky shore today
I'll make my plans and meet her up above
The last words that my darling said
Was tell the one I love goodbye
I would like to see him before I go
But I'll meet him in the sky


On The Sea Of Galilee

Am I a soldier of the cross
A follower of the lamb
And shall I fear to own His cause
Or blush to speak His name
   On the sea (the sea the sea)
   Of Galilee (of Galilee)
   My Jesus is walking on the sea
   On the sea (the sea the sea)
   Of Galilee (of Galilee)
   My Jesus is walking on the sea
Must I be carried to the sky
On flowery beds of ease
While others false do win the prize
And sail through bloody seas
There shall I take my weary soul
In seas of heavenly rest
And not a wave of trouble roll
Across my peaceful breast


Once More

Once more to be with you,dear
Just for tonight to hold you tight
Once more I'd give a fortune
If I could see you once more
   Forget the past, this hurt can't last
   Oh I don't want it to keep us apart
   Your love I'll crave  I'll be your slave
   If you'll just give me all of your heart


One Day I Will

I have never have seen the face of my savior
But serving him has been such a thrill
I never have seen the gates to the city
But one day one day I will
Since the day I first met him he has been all to me
And my life with joy he has filled
And i'm longing for the day when my eyes shall behold him
But one day one day I will
   One day I'm gonna walk on the streets of pure gold
   And they'll tell me the half that's never yet been told
   I'll be united with my loved ones on Zion's holy hill
   But one day one day I will
I have never have seen the face of my savior
But serving him has been such a thrill
I never have seen the gates to the city
But one day one day I will


One I Love Is Gone, The

I don’t know I don’t know where I’ll go or what I’ll do
It makes no difference what I’ll do without you
Oh I love you my darling but I’ll try and let you be
Goodbye, it’s the last you’ll hear of me
   Well I found a bluebird high on a mountain side
   And the bluebird would sing it’s little song
   So I’ll sigh, I’ll cry, I’ll even want to die
   For the one I love is gone


One Little Word

The dream of love is over
Today we said goodbye
We parted not in anger
Though tears came in her eyes
Twas just as fate decreed dear
That we must never wed
Yet in her heart she loved me
She married wealth instead
   One little word could change my future life
   One little word could have made her my wife
   Too late too late now my fondest hopes are dead
   One little word that word was never said
In school days we had been sweethearts
She was her father's pride
Her folks lived in a mansion
Our cottage by its side
Though years have brought their changes
The same old love still holds
She wed to please her parents
A man of wealth and gold


One More Dollar

A long time ago I left my home
For a job in the fruit trees
I missed those hills with the windy pines
For their song seemed to suit me
I sent my wages to my home
Said we'd soon be together
For the next good crop  would pay my way
I'll be coming home forever
   One more dime to show for my day
   One more dollar and I'm on my way
   When I reach those hills boys I'll never roam
   One more dollar and I'm going home
No work said the boss at the bunk house door
There's a freeze on the branches
When the dice came out at the bar downtown
I rolled and I took my chances
A long time ago I left my home
Just a boy passing twenty
Could you spare a coin and a Christian prayer
For my luck has turned against me


One Morning in May

One morning one morning in May
I spied a young couple a making their way
One was a maiden so bright and so fair
The other was a soldier and a brave volunteer
Good morning good morning good morning to thee
Oh where are you going my pretty lady
I am a going to the banks of the sea
To see the waters gliding herar the nightingales sing
Oh they hadn't been a standing but a minute or two
One out of his napsack a fiddle he drew
And the tune he was playing made the valleys all ring
Oh see the waters gliding hear the nightingales sing
Pretty lady pretty lady it's time to give oar
Oh no pretty soldier please play one tune more
For I'd rather hear your fiddle and the touch of one string
Than to see that waters gliding hear the nightingales sing
Pretty soldier pretty soldier will you marry me
Oh no pretty lady that never can be
I have a wife in old London and children twa three
Two wives in the army too many for me
Well I'll go back to London and I'll stay there one year
And often I'll think of you my little dear
And when I return it will be in the spring
To the waters gliding hear the nightingales sing


One Short Year

Well it’s all over town how you been runnin’ round
You stay out every night till two or three
If you leave me here to cry good lord I don’t know why
You ever made those sacred vows with me
   Can’t you understand my dear I thought I made it clear
   I never thought it would end in one short year
Well I try to understand why you love another man
I try to understand but I don’t
We had a life all planned you took another stand
Now I beg you to come back but you won’t
Just a year ago today you vowed you would stay
You’re empty words still torture my mind
Our love was meant to last you put it in the past
Do you think about the love you left behind


One Track Mind

They say I got a one track mind and I'll admit it's true
So many women on my mind I got no time for you
There's a different sweetie every night I'm a workin' overtime
Can't concentrate on nothin' else I got a one track mind
   One track mind all the time
   Don't like you chasin' after me I'm a leavin' you behind
   Yonder lies a greener grass so don't expect me back
   They say I've got a one track mind and I'm on the right track
Well I'm not hard to satisfy but you gotta treat me right
I just want a different girl each day and three or four each night
Don't make me lose my temper I don't want to be unkind
Don't think that you can tie me down I got a one track mind
I think it's time to call an end to our little episode
I been tied down a bit too long it's time to hit the road
A rollin' stone won't rest alone that's what I always find
Don't blame me don't blame yourself blame that one track mind


Only A Matter Of Time

There's no use in denying the tears you've been crying
Tell me have you made up your mind?
It seems all I can do is bring trouble to you
It was only a matter of time.
   Now that you're leaving me darling
   How slowly the hours pass me by
   Thought I could love you forever
   But it was only a matter of time.
Had I known from the start I'd only break your heart
Well darling I would have set you free
But a love that is wrong can only last so long
Before it fades to memory.


Only Girl I Ever Cared About, The

There's a town not far from here
Lived a maiden sweet and fair
And a lad that loved her better than his life
He was pleading every way
Just to have her name the day
That he might claim her for his little wife
When on the streets they meet
A question he'd repeat
She would laugh and turn her little face away
Till he saw with grief and pain
That his pleadings were in vain
In a jealous rage she softly heard him say
   You are the only girl I ever cared about
   You are the one I love and cannot live without
   Won't you brighten up my life
   Come and be my little wife
   You are the only girl I ever cared about
She never seen his face no more
Till one day he passed her door
Another girl was walking by his side
They seemed so bright and gay
As they strolled along the way
In a jealous rage she turned away and cried,
He has gone beyond recall
And I love him after all!
When she met the couple on the street next day
He called on her to wait
Introduced his cousin, Kate
Now she's happy ‘cause she softly heard him say


Only the Leading Role Will Do

I have always held a second place
In a heart that I loved so dear
Waiting oh so long just to see a trace
Or a tiny sign that you care
   They say that time will heal a broken heart
   And I prayed that you'd love me too
   But I just can't play that second part
   Only the leading role will do
You had another love before I came along
How she hurt you I just don't know
I can't fill the shoes of your other love
So for God's sake let me go
No I just can't let play that second part
Lord knows I've tried not to let it show
Either love me now take me in your heart
Or for God's sake let me go


Only Way Home

I've been driftin' I've been stealin'
I've been lonesome I've been talkin'
To myself and I ain't got much to say
I'm tired of stories and I've heard them anyway
All those people slippin' by me
Got a place that they call home
I've got nothing but my longin'
And these hands to call my own
How far am I from where I began yesterday ?
How much father do I have to roam ?
I guess I'm weary of travelin'
And drinking my pay but I'm scared of the only way home


Only Way To Say Goodbye, The

I'm so lonesome and alone since you left our happy home
Now all that's left are these tears upon my face
I've turned to drinkin' and prayin' that the lord would hear me sayin
take me away from this sad and lonely place
   I've got no plans for tomorrow
   I'm so ashamed and filled with sorrow
   I should have told you that I loved you everyday
   The only way to say goodbye is with these tears that fill my eyes
   I hear you call me as they fall upon your grave
If I could only be set free from your haunting memory
But still I find that I'm a prisoner of your love
There's nothing left for me to do but in this pain of losin' you
So I am down upon the ground I've had enough
Not knowin where to turn from here
My heart still yearns for you my dear
I can't take this awful pain I'm goin through
I'll take this gun in tremblin hand and hope the lord will understand
There's just no way that I could stay here without you


Orphan Girl

I am an orphan on God's highway
But I'll share my troubles if you go my way
I have no mother no father
No sister no brother
I am an orphan girl
I have had friendships pure and golden
But the ties of kinship I have not known them
I know no mother no father
No sister no brother
I am an orphan girl
But when He calls me I will be able
To meet my family at God's table
I'll meet my mother my father
My sister my brother
No more orphan girl
Blessed Savior make me willing
And walk beside me until I'm with them
Be my mother my father
My sister my brother
I am an orphan girl


Our Darlin's Gone

God he sent a loving angel
And he called our darlin home
For he needed another flower
To live around the shinin throne
But we know that he is happy
Since he left this world below
for he saw his home in heaven
Just before he had to go
Now he left our home so lonely
Loneliness no one could know
But we ask God to watch o'er us
And give us comfort to our soul
He's at rest in a lonely mountain
In a deep and a narrow grave
And we thank our loving Savior
For the comfort that he gave
Now we're here so sad and lonely
In the wicked world alone
Just a widow and poor orphan
In our little mountain home


Our Darling's Gone

God He sent a loving angel
And he called our darling home
For he needed another flower
To bloom around the shining throne
But we know that he is happy
Since he left this world below
For he saw his home in heaven
Just before he had to go
He has left our home so lonely
Loneliness you could not know
But we ask that he watch o'er us
And give comfort to our soul
He's at rest on a lonely mountain
In a deep and narrow gave
And we thank our loving savior
For the comfort that he gave
Now we're here so sad and lonely
In this wicked world alone
Just a window and poor orphans
In our little mountain home


Our Last Goodbye

Oh the nights are lonely here without you
All I see is grief and pain
For another's love you treasure
All my hopes are now in vain
   For I love you as no other
   Though you've gone far away
   Will you ever think my darling
   Of our last goodbye today
I often dream of you my darling
You looked so sweet and smiled at me
And though another's arms may hold you
Those two blue eyes I long to see
Now if you ever need me darling
Don't forget to drop a line
My heart will be with you my darling
Won't you think of me sometime


Out In The Cold World

Out in the cold world and far away home
Some mother's boy is wandering all alone
With no one to guide him or keep his footsteps right
Some mother's boy is homeless tonight
   Bring back to me my wandering boy
   For there is no other who's bound to give me joy
   Tell him that his mother with faded cheeks and hair
   Is at the old home awaiting him there
Out in the hallway, there stands a vacant chair
An old pair of shoes that he used to wear
Empty is the cradle he used to love so well
Oh, how I miss him no tongue can tell
Well I remember those parting words he said
We'll meet up yonder where tears are never shed
In that land of sunshine away from toil and care
When life is over, I'll meet you up there


Out on the Ocean

I am sailing out on the ocean
Many miles from home on sea
And I wonder little darlin
If you ever think of me
I am just on old true lover
Roaming through this world alone
And I have no one to love me
Through this life I'll always own
I was once carefree and happy
When I won my sweetheart's hand
And now my life is empty
Since she's wed another man
Do you remember little darlin
Just how much I cared for you
And you told me that you loved me
But you proved to be untrue
I am travelling far away dear
Many miles from this old place
And I know I'll never forget you
Your sweet smiles and happy face
I can hear my mother calling
I can see my father pray
If I'd listened to my father
I would be at home today


Over In The Glory Land

I've a home prepared where the saints abide
Over in the glory land
And I long to be by my Savior's side
Just over in the glory land
   Just over ( over ) in the glory land
   I'll join ( yes join ) the happy angel band
   Just over in the glory land
   Just over ( over ) in the glory land
   There with  ( yes with ) the mighty host I'll stand
   Just over in the glory land
I am on my way to those mansions fair
Just over in the glory land
There to sing God's praises and his glory share
Just over in the glory land
What a joyful thought that my Lord I'll see
Just over in the glory land
And with kindred saved there forever be
Just over in the glory land
With the blood washed throng I will shout and sing
Just over in the glory land
Glad hosannas to Christ
the Lord and King
Just over in the glory land


Over In The Gloryland

I've a home prepared where the saints abide
Over in the glory land
I long to be by my Saviors side
Over in the glory land
   Just over in the glory land
   I'll join (yes join) the happy angels band
   Over in the glory land
   Just over in the glory land
   There with (yes with) the mighty host I'll stand
   Over in the glory land
I'm on my way to those mansions fair
Over in the glory land
There to sing Gods praise and his glory share
Over in the glory land
What a joyful thought that my Lord Ill see
Over in the glory land
And the kindred say there forever I'll be
Over in the glory land


Over The Garden Wall

My love stood under a walnut tree
Over the garden wall
She whispered and said she'd be true to me
Over the garden wall
She had beautiful eyes and beautiful hair
She wasn't very tall so she stood on a chair
Many is the time I kissed her there
Over the garden wall
Over the garden wall
The sweetest girl of all
There never was yet such eyes of jet
And you can bet I'll never forget
The night our lips in kisses met
Over the garden wall
There's always a will there's always a way
Over the garden wall
There's always a night as well as a day
Over the garden wall
We hadn't much money, but weddings were cheap
So while the old feller was snoring asleep
With her lad and her ladder she managed to creep
Over the garden wall


Over the Sunset Hill

Over the sunset hill you have gone
You've fought life's battles and victory won
You've toiled an suffered through lonely years
You've shared our sorrow, our joys and tears
    Over the sunset hill you have gone
    Leavin fond memories to linger on
    Our lovin master called your name
    The chariots swung low and the angels came
You've carried your cross and won your crown
You've bore life's burden without a frown
You've laughed and smiled though feeble and weak
You've asked one and all the savior to seek


Over Yonder in the Graveyard

Over yonder in the graveyard
Where the wild wild flowers grow
Oh there they laid my own true lover
She's gone from me forever more
Fairer than the sweetest flowers
Restless as a wildest wind
Born with love deep as the ocean
This is the girl that I did win
I left her there back in the mountains
To see the world riches to gain
When I returned no earthly treasure
Could ease this heart so full of pain
There so high upon that mountain
Beneath that little mound of clay
Oh the girl that I'd returned to marry
So still among the flowers did lay
I'll go away and I will wander
Lay aside my earthly gains
And I'll not end as a man with riches
Undone in sorry I'll remain


Pain In My Heart

When I first I met you, right from the start
You knew that I loved you, from the pain in my heart
So look in my eyes and see that it's true
And say that you love me, please don't make me blue
   With a pain in my heart and blues on my mind
   I'll always love you but can you be mine
   Can you be mine with another man's name
   You know that I love you and I'm not to blame
Say that you love me and you will be mine
With a pain in your heart and blues on your mind
Please say that you love me and don't say goodbye
You know that I love you, for you I would die


Pale Horse And His Rider, The

   Listen poor sinner you're drifting away
   From the dear Savior who's pleading today
   What will you do if the Savior was nigh
   When the pale horse and his rider go by
The time is not long when the Savior will come
Then you'll be judged by the deeds you have done
On judgment day you'll weep and you'll cry
When the pale horse and his rider go by
Soften your heart and turn from all sin
For Jesus is waiting to welcome you in
There's coming a time you'll wish He was nigh
When the pale horse and his rider go by
Won't you redeem your poor wicked soul
You can't pay your way with silver and gold
If you're not saved you'll be lost in the night
When the pale horse and his rider go by


Paradise

When I was a child my family would travel
Down to Western Kentucky where my parents were born
And there's a backwards old town that's often remembered
So many times that my memories are worn.
   And daddy won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County
   Down by the Green River where Paradise lay
   Well I'm sorry my son but you're too late in asking
   Mister Peabody's coal train has hauled it away
Well sometimes we'd travel right down the Green River
To the abandoned old prison down by Adrie Hill
Where the air smelled like snakes and we'd shoot with our pistols
But empty pop bottles was all we would kill.
Then the coal company came with the world's largest shovel
And they tortured the timber and stripped all the land
Well they dug for their coal till the land was forsaken
Then they wrote it all down as the progress of man.
When I die let my ashes float down the Green River
Let my soul roll on up to the Rochester dam
I'll be halfway to Heaven with Paradise waiting
Just five miles away from wherever I am.


Pardon Me

   PARDON ME BUT I THINK YOU’RE THE ONE LOVE
   THAT I'VE BEEN WAITING ON FOR SO LONG
   PARDON ME COULD WE WALK IN THE MOONLIGHT
   JUST TO SIT THERE AND FIND RIGHT OR WRONG
WELL I'VE MET A LOT OF BOYS IN MY LIFETIME
BUT I'VE NEVER HAD A ROMANCE WITH NONE
I'M JUST WAITING FOR SOMEONE REAL SPECIAL
PARDON ME BUT I THINK YOU’RE THE ONE
PARDON ME BUT SOME NICE THINGS HAVE HAPPENED
FROM THE MOMENT YOU WALKED IN THE DOOR
IT JUST SEEMS THAT MY DREAMS HAVE ALL COME TRUE DEAR
AND I'VE NEVER HAD THIS FEELING BEFORE
I BELIEVE I COULD SEARCH THIS WORLD OVER
AND NEVER FIND ONE SWEETER THAN YOU
I JUST HOPE THAT YOU'RE READY AND WILLING
JUST TO MAKE MY EVERY DREAM COME TRUE


Pass Me Not

Pass me not oh gentle savior
Hear my humble cry
While on others Thou art calling
Do not pass me by
   Savior Savior
   Hear my humble cry
   While on others Thou art calling
   Do not pass me by
Let me at the throne of mercy
Find a sweet relief
Kneeling there in deep contrition
Help my unbelief


Paul And Silas

Paul and Silas bound in jail all night long (3X)
Saying who shall deliver for me
Paul and Silas prayed to God all night long (3X)
Saying who shall deliver for me
That old jailor locked the jail all night long (3X)
Saying who shall deliver for me
That old jail it reeled and rocked all night long (3X)
Saying who shall deliver for me
Hebrew children in the burning fire all night long (3X)
Saying who shall deliver for me


Peg and Awl

In eighteen hundred one peg and awl
In eighteen hundred one
Peggin' shoes was all I done
I'm gonna lay me down my awl my peg and awl
In eighteen hundred two peg and awl
In eighteen hundred two
Peggin' shoes is all I'd do
I'm gonna lay me down my awl my peg and awl
In eighteen hundred three peg and awl
In eighteen hundred three
Peggin shows was all you'd see
I'm gonna lay me down my awl my peg and awl
They've invented a new machine peg and awl
They've invented a new machine
I peg one shoe it pegs fifteen
I'm gonna lay me down my awl my peg and awl
In eighteen hundred four peg and awl
In eighteen hundred four
Peggin' shoes I'll do no more
I'm gonna lay me down my awl my peg and awl


Petals in my Pocket

These petals that I got here in my pocket
Or the words I said while waiting here alone
Each brought me different pictures of our future
Back and forth in love two lives here alone
    Please tell me flower that she loves me
    Don't say she never will be mine
    These games we play won't last forever
    And neither will the love I thought was Mine
The flower that I picked was full dear
Then one by one it's beauty disappeared
What's left now is a bud that's soon forgotten
Standing all alone in the meadow there


Pick Me Up On Your Way Down

You were mine for just a while now you're puttin' on the style
You never once looked back at your home across the track
You're the gossip of the town but my heart can still be found
Where you tossed it on the ground pick me up on your way down
   Pick me up on your way down when you're blue and all alone
   When their glamor starts to bore you come on back where you belong
   You may be their pride and joy But they'll find another toy
    And they'll take away your crown pick me up on your way down
They have changed your attitude made you haughty and so rude
Your new friends can take the blame underneath you're still the same
When you find these things are true I'll be waiting here for you
As you tumble to the ground pick me up on your way down


Picture On The Wall

There's an old and faded picture on the wall
That has been a hanging there for many years
It's a picture my mother
For I know there is no other
That can take the place of mother on the wall
   On the wall (on the wall) on the wall (on the wall)
   How I love that dear old picture on the wall
   Time is swiftly passing by
   And I bow my head and cry
   Cause I know I'll see my mother after all
Yes the children all have gathered all have gone
And I have a little family of my own
And I know I love them well
More than any tongue can tell
But I'll hold that dear old picture on the wall
Since I lost that dear old mother years ago
There is none to which with troubles I can go
As my guitar makes its chords
I am praying to the Lord
Let me hold that dear old picture on the wall


Pig In A Pen

   I got a pig at home in a pen corn to feed 'im on
   All I need is a pretty little girl to feed 'im when I'm gone.
Goin' on the mountain to sow a little cane
Raise a barrel of Sorghum sweet lil'  Liza Jane.
Black cloud's a-risin' surest sign of rain
Get the old grey bonnet on Little Liza Jane.
Yonder comes that gal of mine how you think I know
Can tell by that Gingham gown hangin' down so low.
Bake them biscuits baby bake 'em good n' brown
When you get them biscuits baked we're Alabamy bound.
When she sees me comin' she wrings her hands and cries
Yonder comes the sweetest boy  that ever lived or died.
Now when she sees me leavin'she wrings her hands and cries
Yonder goes the meanest boy that ever lived or died.


Pig In A Pen

   I got a pig at home in a pen
   Corn to feed him on
   All I need's a pretty little girl
   To feed I'm when I'm gone
Going up on a mountain
To sow a little cane
Raise a barrel of sorghum
Sweet little Liza Jane
Black clouds arising
Sure sign of rain
Put that old gray bonnet
On little Liza Jane
Yonder comes that gal of mine
How do you think I know
Know her by that gingham gown
Hanging down so low
Bake them biscuits baby
Bake em good and brown
When you get them biscuits baked
We're Alabama bound


Pins And Needles

I know not where on earth to find you
I know not how or when to start
I only know I'm here without you
And there's pins and needles in my heart
The days and nights are growing longer
Since first you said that we must part
But now I know I can't forget you
With pins and needles in my heart
I always see your face before me
Your smile is heaven's work of art
But now you're smiling at another
And there's pins and needles in my heart
Someday somewhere I know I'll find you
And love will make the teardrops start
And then you'll know how long I've waited
With these pins and needles in my heart


Plant Some Flowers

   Plant some flowers by my graveside
   Just a little bunch of them
   Makes no difference what they are, dear
   Since your hand has planted them
Darlin', when you pass the graveside
You see my name there on a slab
Won't you stop a little while dear
For I would be lonesome there
You will do this won't you darlin'
You will do this last request
You will do this won't you darlin'
When they lay me down to rest


Please Don't Wake Me

    Please don't wake me tonight while I'm sleepin
    For I might have the same dream again
    Let me own the whole world for just a moment
    While I hold you in my arms once again
Last night I had a dream about you darlin
Happy tears filled my eyes when I held you
When I awoke and realized I was dreamin
Happy tears that filled my eyes had turned to blue
I know that's the only way I can hold you
I realize that you belong to someone new
Let me dream and think that you are still mine dear
For you know that I've always worshiped you


Please Remember That I Love You

Please remember that I love you
And I hope you'll not forget
Each hour each day our love grows stronger
Since the day that we first met
Nothing now can separate us
Nothing but the end of time
Please remember that I love you
Don't forget that you're all mine
When I'm holding you so close dear
Lips so sweet brush close to mine
Time stands still my world is brighter
By a love that's so sublime
Please remember that I love you
That no one can take away
All the vows we made together
Are locked in my heart to stay


Please Search Your Heart

Please search your heart and maybe you'll find
A reason to stay  I'm begging this time
I know I was wrong but darlin' I've paid
Please search your heart before it's too late.
   When you left me I said that I'd never be blue
   That I wouldn't cry if you found someone new
   But this is my plea, give me one more try
   Please search your heart, don't tell me goodbye.
Please search your heart, don't tell me goodbye
Please search your heart, don't tell me goodbye


Poison Lies

   Oh leave me or say that you want me
   And the stories that they told all lie down
   For somehow I can't make my heart believe them
   They're only poison lies going 'round
It tough now that you're livin' reckless
Goin' places dear and doin' things that's wrong
Runnin' 'round with the crowd you once hated
Just to spite one that's loved you so long
Yeah at times we've tired of each other
Our love didn't seem to be the same
Then you thought I had gone found another
So you left me and I took the blame


Poison Love

   For your poison love has stained the life blood in my heart and soul dear
   And I know my life will never be the same
   For my pleading has all been in vain for you and you alone dear
   And you know that you are guilty of the same
Into each life a love is born for one and one alone dear
The love I chose was surely not for me
For your poison love has stained the life blood in my heart and soul dear
And I know our love was never meant to be
But still my heart cries out for you and you alone my darling
It makes me never ever let you go
But my pleading has all been in vain for you and you alone dear
And my better judgment tells me to say no


Police

Police come I didn’t want to go this morning (2x)
Police come I didn’t want to go
Shot him in the head with my 44 this morning
Roll your dice and have your fun this morning (2X)
Roll your dice and have your fun
Run like the devil when the police come this morning
There's old John laying on a log this morning (2x)
There's old John laying on a log
Finger on the trigger and his eye on a hog, this morning
Down went the trigger and bang went the gun this morning (2x)
Down went the trigger and bang went the gun
Wish I had a wagon I'd be haulin him home this morning
Know a little secret I ain’t gonna tell is morning (2x)
Know a little secret I ain’t gonna tell
Wanna go to heaven but I'm goin down there this morning
There's old John sittin on a plow this morning (2x)
There's old John sittin on a plow
Tryin' to get a woman but don't know how this morning
Tryin' to get a woman but don't know how this morning (2x)
Tryin' to get a woman but don't know how
Tryin' to get a woman but I only got a sow this morning
Police come I didn’t want to go this morning (2x)
Police come I didn’t want to go
Shot him in the head with my 44 this morning


Polly Vaughn

Now come all ye hunters who follow the gun
Beware of your shooting at the setting of the sun
For Polly's own true love he shot in the dark
But oh and alas Polly Vaughn was his mark.
   For she'd her apron wrapped about her and he took her for a swan
   Oh and alas it was she Polly Vaughn
He ran up beside her and saw that it was she
Cried "Polly oh Polly have I killed thee"
He lifted up her head and saw that she was dead
And a fountain of tears for his true love he shed.
In the middle of the night Polly Vaughn did appear
Cried "Jimmy oh Jimmy you must have no fear;
Just tell them you were hunting when your trial day has come
And you won't be convicted for what you have done."
In the middle of the trial Polly Vaughn did appear
Crying "Uncle oh Uncle Jimmy Randall must go clear"
The lawyers and the judges stood around in a row
In the middle Polly Vaughn like some fountian of snow
For she'd her apron wrapped about her and they took her for a swan
Oh and alas it was she Polly Vaughn
Oh and alas it was she Polly Vaughn


Poor Little Orphaned Boy

My mother died when I was young
My sisters they were sad
They lay there hands upon my head
And ought me how to pray
   So now my mother she's gone to rest
   In the land of purist joy
   And I wonder if she thinks of me
   Her poor little orphan boy
When I was only two years old
I never shall forget
A parting kiss she gave to me
I sometimes feel it yet
When I was sick and every hour
She watched me as I lay
And with her kind and gentle hand
She soothed me tenderly
So now I press this world alone
Her love with me shall stay
And from the throne above the skies
Her smiles shall rest on me


Poor Monroe

Just because he's lazy sits around with the blues
They run Monroe off without his shoes
He always was lazy and he never liked to work
But now his feet they are bare as he runs through the dirt
If my family should ever do me that way
Id put my shoes on and go far away
But if they didn't give me time they say I had to go
Then my feet would be bare I'd be just like Monroe
   Well i guess they told him
   They didn't need him there
   And if he was out of the way
   They would draw welfare
   That's whats messing up the country and making it so tough
   While monroe's living it down
   His family's living it up


Poor Old Dirt Farmer

Now the poor old dirt farmer he's lost all his corn
And now where's the money to pay off his loan
The loan that he signed to pay off his corn to pay off his loan
Now the poor old dirt farmer he lives all alone
His wife and kids left him and took all he owned
And on the next round they took all they found that wasn't nailed down
Now the poor old dirt farmer how bad he does feel
He upset his tractor got caught in the wheel
And now his head is the shape of a tread and he still isn't dead
Now the poor old dirt farmer it's dry as a bone
ANd the biggest thing growin' is a ten pound stone
And when its gets round he'll roll it on down to the tax man in town
Now the poor old dirt farmer he's lost all his corn
And now where's the money to pay off his loan
The loan that he signed to pay off his corn to pay off his loan
to pay off his corn to pay off his loan...


Poor Orphan Child, The

I hear a low faint voice of death call full and mamma's dead
And it comes from the poor orphan child that must be clothed and fed
And it calls from the poor orphan child that must be clothed and fed
And it calls from the poor orphan child that must be clothed and fed
Savior lead them by the hand (Gently lead them by the hand)
Savior lead them by the hand (Gently lead them by the hand)
Savior lead them by the hand
Till they all reach that glittering strand
They call from mended children mouths (?) poor little boys and girls
Who once had loved their loving hands to smooth their golden curls
Who wanted mothers loving hands to smooth their golden curls
Who wanted mothers loving hands to smooth their golden curls
But now we see those wandering curls hang gallop round their brow
They say to us my pappa's dead and I've no mother now
They say to us my pappa's dead and I've no mother now
They say to us my pappa's dead and I've no mother now
Oh savior every orphan breath wherever they may roam
Bless every hand that leaves them aid and bless the orphan home
Bless every hand that leaves them aid and bless the orphan home
Bless every hand that leaves them aid and bless the orphan home


Poor Rebel Soldier

I'm a poor rebel soldier a long way from home
Ain't had me no loving since the day I've been gone
Can't find me no woman in this Yankee land
There's a place in old Dixie I know where I can
Since I left old Georgia a long time ago
We run Grant's big army in the land where it snows
The cold wind is blowing and freezing the rain
But there's hot blood still running through these rebel veins
The call of the wild keeps howling to me
From the mountains down yonder in old Tennessee
Got a woman who's waiting in old Knoxville town
When night falls I'm going to be Tennessee bound
I'm a poor rebel soldier and I'm going home
Cause I don't call it living when I'm living alone
Come morning they'll look but me they won't find
I'm going to be south of that old Dixie line


Prayer Bells Of Heaven

While we are living in this world of care
Many the burdens that we have to bear
But there's a prayer bell at the Lord's right hand
Give it a ring and He will understand
   Prayer bells of heaven oh how sweetly they ring
   Bearing a message unto Jesus our king
   When you are burdened down with sorrows and care
   Ring on and on for God will answer your prayer
Three Hebrew children to the fire were thrown
Because a worldly king they would not own
Jesus delivered and the king then saw
Prayer bells of heaven beat a man made law
When Paul and Silas were thrown into jail
They didn't worry who would go their bail
But on the prayer bells they began to ring
Off fell the stocks and they begin to sing
Into the garden Jesus went to pray
Until His sweat became as blood they say
Ringing the prayer bells there in agony
Bringing salvation that we might be free


Precious Jewel

Way back in the hills when a boy I once wandered
Way deep in the grave lies the gal that I love
She was called from this earth a jewel for heaven
More precious than diamonds more precious than gold
   A jewel here on earth a jewel in heaven
   She'll brighten the kingdom around God's great throne
   May the angels have peace God bless her in heaven
   They've broken my heart and they've left me to roam
When a girl of sixteen we courted each other
She promised someday to become my sweet wife
I bought her the ring to wear on her finger
But the angels they called her in heaven one night
   This world has left its wealth its trials and troubles
   The earth holds her treasures of diamonds and gold
   But they can't hold the soul of one precious jewel
   She's resting in peace in the heavenly fold


Precious Memories

As I travel down life's pathway
Knowing not what the years may hold
As I ponder hopes grow fonder
Precious memories flood my soul
   Precious Memories how they linger
   How they ever flood my soul
   In the stillness of the midnight
   Precious sacred scenes unfold
Precious father loving mother
Fly across the lonely years
And old home scenes from my childhood
In fond memory appear


Pretending

Pretending that I'm always happy
Pretending that I'm always gay when my heart
Inside of me is slowly dying
Every second every minute of the day
Pretending that I do not love you
Pretending I am glad you're gone
When I know that you have gone away forever
And the pain within my heart goes on and on
Pretending that I'll soon forget you
Pretending now is all I do
For I know that you have gone away forever
The game is over I know I've lost you


Pretending I Don't Care

    My days are so lonely my nights are so blue
    Though my heart is broken it belongs to you
    Of misery and sorrow well I've had my share
    Like you I'm pretending that I don't care
You pretend to be happy gay and care-free
But I know that sometimes you still think of me
Just being without you I can't hardly bear
And like you I'm pretending that I don't care
I prayed for the power to forget and forgive
That you ever hurt me the way that you did
Oh I shouldn't want you but the feeling's still there
And like you I'm pretending that I don't care


Prettiest Flowers

I know there is a land of beautiful flowers
Where we’ll meet again when life is over
Where we’ll while away the endless hours
On heaven’s bright eternal shore
    The prettiest beds of flowers will be blooming
    By the prettiest treats our eyes will ever behold
    Where the beautiful tree of life for us is waiting
    By the prettiest mansion made with purest gold
I want to meet you by that beautiful river
On that eternal morning in the sky
Where we’ll live in peace through endless ages
Where we’ll never say goodbye
    The prettiest robes and crowns we’ll all be wearing
    In the city four square beyond this world of strife
    And the prettiest songs of the angels will be singing
    On the beautiful morning by the river of life
 


Pretty Little Miss

Pretty little miss out in the garden
Strange young man came riding by
Down at the gate he did address her
Saying pretty little miss won't you marry me
Oh no my love is on the ocean
Seven years out on the sea
And if he sails seven years longer
No man on earth can marry me
Perhaps your loved one he is drowned
Perhaps he's in some battle land
Perhaps he stole some girl and married
You'll never see your love again
If he is drowned I hope he's happy
Or if he's in some battle land
Or if he stole some girl and married
I'll love the girl that married him
He pulled his hand out of his pockets
His fingers being keen and small
This is the ring you placed upon here
Down by his feet she did fall
He picked her up in arms so tender
Kisses he gave her one two three
This is your little single soldier
Returning home to marry thee


Pretty Polly

Oh Polly, Pretty Polly, would you take me unkind
Polly, Pretty Polly, would you take me unkind
Let me set beside you and tell you my mind
Well my mind is to marry and never to part
My mind is to marry and never to part
The first time I saw you it wounded my heart
Oh Polly Pretty Polly come go along with me
Polly Pretty Polly come go along with me
Before we get married some pleasures to see
Oh he led her over mountains and valleys so deep
He led her over hills and valleys so deep
Pretty Polly mistrusted and then began to weep
Oh Willie, Little Willie, I'm afraid to of your ways
Willie, Little Willie, I'm afraid of your ways
The way you've been rambling you'll lead me astray
Oh Polly, Pretty Polly, your guess is about right
Polly, Pretty Polly, your guess is about right
I dug on your grave the biggest part of last night
Oh she knelt down before him a pleading for her life
She knelt down before him a pleading for her life
Let me be a single girl if I can't be your wife
Oh Polly, Pretty Polly that never can be
Polly, Pretty Polly that never can be
Your past recitation's been trouble to me
Oh went down to the jailhouse and what did he say
He went down to the jailhouse and what did he say
I've killed Pretty Polly and trying to get away


Pretty Saro

When I first came to this country in 1849
I saw many fair lovers but I did not see mine
I viewed the world 'round me saw I was quite alone
And me a poor stranger and a long way from home
Oh my true love she don't want me and it's this I understand
She wants a freeholder and I have no land
But I could maintain her on silver and gold
And all of the other things that my love's house could hold
Oh I wish I was a little dove, had wings and could fly
Straight to my love's bosom this night I'd draw nigh
And in her little small arms all night I would lay
And think of pretty Saro till the dawning of day
It's fair thee well to old mother and fare thee well to father too
I'm going for to ramble this wide world all through
And when I get weary I'll sit down and cry
And think of my Saro pretty Saro my bride


Prisoner's Dream

Last night as I lay sleeping I dreamed a dream so fair
I dreamed about my darling the rose was in her hair
I dreamed I left this prison started in life a new
She told me that she loved me told me her love was dear
It was only a dream just a prisoner's dream
As I lay on my cold prison bed
My dreams of you can never come true dear girl
I wish that I were dead
I dreamed she called me darling kissed me and held me tight
I dreamed that we were married dreamed of a starry night
I dreamed about our children playing around my knee
They loved me called me daddy they thought the world of me
I dreamed a dream so lovely heaven on earth it seemed
My wife and little children came to me in that dream
They threw their arms around me I was their pride and joy
My little wife she loved me I was her darling boy


Prisoner's Farewell

Sweetheart a prisoner's last letter
I had to send to you today
But when you read these words of sorrow
My soul will then have passed away
For at the dawn of day tomorrow
I then will pay for my mistake
God gave me courage for this message
I've realized my sin too late
   A letter dear and from a prisoner
   Don't shed a tear when I am gone
   I've troubled you too much already
   I hate to leave you all alone
As if in dreams I see you smiling
Your pretty eyes are like a song
You warned my darling now I'm pining
You knew that I was doing wrong
Outside the shadows now are fading
They circle me complete my life
I'll soon be gone and when I'm dying
I'll think of you and pay the price
I hear the guard outside my window
And on his rounds he seems so slow
It seems he's trying me to comfort
It seems he hates to see me go
Please take this message to my mother
And give her all my love and cheer
This final message now I'm writing
To one I'll always love so dear


Prisoner's Song

Oh I wish I had someone to love me
Someone to call me their own
I wish I had someone to live with
I’m tired of living alone.
   So meet me tonite love oh meet me
   Meet me out in the moonlight alone
   For I have a sad story to tell you
   Must be told in the moonlight alone.
I have a great ship on the ocean
All mounted in silver and gold
And before my little darling would suffer
That ship would be anchored and sold
I’ll be carried to the new jail tomorrow
Leaving my poor sweetheart alone
With these cold prison bars all around me
And my head on a pillow of stone
If I had the wings of an angel
Over these prison walls I would fly
I would fly to the arms of my darlin
And there I’d be willing to die


Prisoner's Song, The

Oh I wish I had someone to love me
Someone to call me her own
Oh I wish I had someone to live with
For I'm tired of living alone
   Oh please meet me tonight in the moonlight
   Please meet me tonight all alone
   For I have a sad story to tell you
   It's a story that's never been told
I'll be carried to the new jail tomorrow
Leaving my poor darling alone
With the cold prison bars all around me
And my head on a pillow of stone
Now I have a grand ship on the ocean
All mounted with silver and gold
And before my poor darling would suffer
Oh that ship would be anchored and sold
Now if I had wings like an angel
Over these prison walls I would fly
And I'd fly to the arms of my poor darling
And there I'd be willing to die


Queen Anne's Lace

With every golden curl in place she's as fine as Queen Anne's lace
And know one could ever fault the way she looks tonight
The man standing by her side shows her off with such eager pride
Seems since I saw her last she's done all right
She could never place me in her mind for me the years have not been kind
She'd never see the boy she knew in the man I've grown to be
From her station and her place she'd never recognize my face
I have fallen like a wind blown leaf from her memory
   For she's traded all her pain for bright lights and chilled champayne
   And I'm sure her new found friends all think they know just where she's been
   Yes they think they know here well all the stories I could tell
   She's as fine as Queen Anne's lace but I knew her when
Now it's hard to believe I know but she once loved me long ago
And I 'spose I should be hurtin' just to see her once again
Oh but now she's grown so proud I wouldn't want her anyhow
She's as fine as Queen Anne's lace but I knew her when
Del McCoury; Blue Side OF Town


Radio Boogie

Well I got me a hat and old guitar
And I made a down payment on a second hand car
I got me a job on the radio
Now I'm saving up money for a fiddle and a bow
   Do the radio boogie
   All over the dial
   With a solid kick and a red hot lick
   And some Tennessee style
Well early in the mountain when the sun comes up
I pull the cork from the jug and I take a little sup
If the sun keeps a-shining I'll plow the corn
If it stars to rain I'll just grind it in the barn
Well I call my gal on the telephone
What you doing honey are you all alone
Come on over about an hour or so
And we'll both do the boogie by the radio
Yes I got a job in a hillbilly band
I got brand new clothes I got money to spend
And everbody asks me where we play
The radio boogie's all they can say


Railroading On The Great Divide

Nineteen and sixteen I started to roam,
Out in the West, no money, no home
I went drifting along with the tide,
I landed on the Great Divide
Railroading on the Great Divide,
Nothing around me but Rockies and sky
There you'll find me as years go by
Railroading on the Great Divide
A skinny old-timer from old Cheyenne
Railroading Wyoming, the best in the land
The long steel rail, that short cross-tie,
I laid across the Great Divide
Railroading on the Great Divide,
Nothing around me but Rockies and sky
There you'll find me as years go by
Railroading on the Great Divide
As I look down across the breeze,
Number Three coming, the fastest on wheels
They roll on by, she glides with pride
And rolls across the Great Divide
Railroading on the Great Divide,
Nothing around me but Rockies and sky
There you'll find me as years go by
Railroading on the Great Divide
A P CARTER: Sara, isn't that one you wrote yourself?
SARA CARTER BAYES: Yes, that's one of my own


Rain

I was born one rainy morn
Just before my mama died
Five years daddy left me
The rain was falling down outside
   Rain oh rain leave me alone
   You're icy fingers chill my bones
   Seems trouble always comes around
   Each time the rain starts falling down
It seems the years pass by so quickly
I grew up fast I grew apart
Next thing I knew the rain was falling
Out across the prison yard
Now when I die make me this promise
To bury me in the darkest cave
So I may know while I am resting
No rain will fall upon my grave


Rain And Snow

Well I married me a wife, she gave me trouble all my life
Left me out in the cold rain and snow
Rain and snow…………
She left me out in the cold rain and snow
She came down the stairs holding back her long yellow hair
And her cheeks were as red as a rose
As a rose………………..
And her cheeks were as red as a rose
Well I’ve done all that I can do to try to get along with you
And I ain’t gonna be treated this old way
This old way……………
Now I ain’t gonna be treated this old way
We’ll she came in to the room where she met her final doom
And I ain’t gonna be treated this old way
This old way………………
Now I ain’t gonna be treated this old way
She left me out in the cold rain and snow


Rain Rain Rain

   Rain rain rain
   I can feel the clouds of heartache moving in
   Rain rain rain
   You've got leaving on your mind again.
Your love for me is like the changing weather
With just enough sun to keep me hanging on
And foolish me keeps hoping it'll get better
But clouds roll in and once more you are gone.
Rainbows that appear are just illusions
That man has looked for since the days of old
And like the rainbow your love's always moving
But I keep looking for that pot of gold.


Rambler's Blues

When I first heard the sound of the river going down
knew I had to travel like the waters from my home
To see what I could see go beyond my boundaries
And look into the heart of the life I chose for me.
   On and on oh why must I ramble
   Following dreams out before me in the night
   On and on the highway's a gamble
   Better think of home again before it's out of sight.
When I left to see the world my one and only girl
Decided that this passion is a fearful thing to fight
I tried to prove her wrong I said I won't be long
Please take the love I give you but I knew that she was right.
She never asks the wherefores but sometimes just the whys
That her love alone can hold me from the current deep inside
I hope and pray that she'll be there each time that I come home
The strength her love still gives me is the thing that lets me roam.


Ramblin Away

   Made up my mind my darlin
   Made up my mind today
   I'm feeling this way and there's no use to stay
   Honey I'm ramblin away
Made up my mind and I'm leavin
Goin away to stay
I've decided it's best and you know all the rest
Honey I'm ramblin away
Once I believed sincerely
That you'd be mine someday
But I do all I do for me and for you
Honey I'm ramblin away
All I had hoped for honey
Was just to hear you say
That to me you'd be true but now I'm so blue
Honey I'm ramblin away


Ramblin Boy

He was a pal and a friend always
We rambled round in the hard ol' days
He never cared if I had no dough
We rambled round in the rain and snow
   So here's to you  my ramblin' boy
   May all your rambles bring you joy
   So here's to you  my ramblin' boy
   May all your rambles bring you joy
In Tulsa town we chanced to stray
We thought we'd try to work one day
The boss says he had room for one
Says my old pal We'd rather bum
Late one night in a jungle camp
The weather was cold and it was damp
He got the chills and he got them bad
They took the only friend I ever had
He left me here to ramble on
My ramblin' pal is dead and gone
If when we die we go somewhere
I'll bet you a dollar he's ramblin' there


Ramblin Man

I can settle down and be doin' just fine
Til I  hear an old freight rollin' down the line
Then I hurry straight home and pack
And if I didn't go I believe I'd blow my stack
I love you baby but you gotta understand
When the Lord made me He made a ramblin' man
Some folks might say that I'm no good
That I wouldn't settle down if I could
But when that open road starts to callin' me
There's somethin' o'er the hill that I gotta see
Sometimes it's hard but you gotta understand
When the Lord made me He made a ramblin' man
I love to see the towns a-passin' by
And to ride these rails 'neath God's blue sky
Let me travel this land from the mountains to the sea
'Cause that's the life I believe He meant for me
And when I'm gone and at my grave you stand
Just say God called home your ramblin' man
 


Rambling Boy

I was raised but a rambling boy
Too many a city I did enjoy
And there I married me a pretty little wife
And I loved her dearer than I love my life
She was pretty both neat and gay
She caused me rob the road highway
I robbed it yes I do declare
I made myself ten thousand there
Plenty dry goods for to carry me through
My pistol swore like money too
My forty four she never failed
My true love come for to go my bale
My mother said she has no home
My sister said she's all alone
My wife she's left with sad despair
With a broken heart and a baby there
Now when I die don't bury me at all
Just place me away in alcohol
My forty four lay by my feet
Please tell them I am just asleep


Rambling Letters

   I don't want your rambling letters
   Don't want your picture in a frame
   All I want is you in person
   Won't you let me change your name
Mama said you'd come home soon
Papa warned me not to wait
Sister thinks that you still love me
Hurry home right away
I'm so tired of long distance kisses
Love by mail is all so cold
I just want you in my arms dear
Then our love just can't grow old


Rank Strangers

I wandered again to my home in the mountain
Where in youths early dawn I was happy and free
I looked for my friends but I never could find them
I found they were all rank strangers to me
   Everybody I met  seemed to be a rank stranger
   No mother no dad not a friend I could see
   They knew not my name and I knew not their faces
   I found they were all rank strangers to me
They've moved all away said the voice of a stranger
To a beautiful home by the bright crystal sea
Some beautiful day I'll meet them in heaven
Where no one will be a stranger to me


Rebel Soldier

In a dreary Yankee prison
Where a Rebel soldier lay
By his side there stood a preacher
Ere his soul should pass away
And he faintly whispered Parson
As he clutched him by the hand
Oh parson tell me quickly
Will my soul pass through the southland
Will my soul pass through the southland
To my old Virginia Grand
Will I see the hills of Georgia
And the green fields of Alabam'
Will I see that little church house
Where I placed my heart in hand
Oh parson tell me quickly
Will my soul pass through the southland
Was for lovin' dear ol' Dixie
In this dreary cell I lie
Was for lovin' dear ol' Dixie
In this northern state I'll die
Will you see my little daughter
Will you make her understand
Oh parson tell me quickly
Will my soul pass through the southland


Reckless Motorman

Yonder stands the reckless motorman
Who says his age is twenty one
Standing by his mainline motor
Saying folks what have I done
Is it true I've killed my brakemen
Is it true that he is dying
Oh I tried to stop my motor
But I could not stop in time
See the cars stacked up on him
See him raise his weary head
See his sister standing by him
Crying brother are you dead
Sister sister I am dying
Soon I'll be on yonder shore
Soon I'll have a home in heaven
There'll be no braking anymore
Go and tell my youngest brother
Take these words true and end ?
To never start the day a braking
For his life is sure to end
Go tell my father who is weighman
What he weighs to weigh it fair
There'll be no scales up in heaven
For that meeting in the air


Red Clay Halo

The girls all dance with the boys from the city
But they don't care to dance with me
Well it ain't my fault that the fields are muddy
And the red clay stains my feet
Well its under my nails and its under my collar
And it shows on my Sunday clothes
Though I do my best with soap and water
That damned old dirt won't go
   But when I pass through the pearly gates
   Will my gown be gold instead
   Or just a red clay robe with red clay wings
   And a red clay halo for my head
It's mud in the spring and it's dust in the summer
When it rolls in crimson tide
‘Til the trees and leaves and the cows are the color
Of the dirt on the mountainside
Now Jordan's banks are red and muddy
And the rolling water is wide
But I got no boat, so I'll be good and muddy
When I get to the other side
   I'll take the red clay robe and the red clay wings
   And the red clay halo for my head


Red Rocking Chair

Ain't got no use
For your red rocking chair
I ain't got no sugar baby now
I ain't got no honey baby now
Who'll rock the cradle
Who'll sing this song
Who'll rock cradle when I'm gone
Who'll rock cradle when I'm gone
It's I'll rock the cradle
I'll sing this song
It's I'll rock the cradle when you're gone
It's I'll rock the cradle when you're gone
It's all I can do
It's all I can say
Gonna send you to your momma next payday
Gonna send you to your momma next payday
It's all I can do
It's all I can  say
I can't get along this a way
I can't get along this a way


Red Rubber Ball

I should have known you've bid me farewell
There's lesson to be learned from this
And I learned it very well
Always running never caring
That's the life you live
Stolen minutes of your time
Were all you had to give
   And I guess it's gonna be all right
   Yes the worst is over now
   The morning sun is shining
   Like a red rubber ball
   I guess it's gonna be all right
   Yes the worst is over now
   The morning sun is shining
   Like a red rubber ball
Now you never cared for the secrets I could find
To you I'm just an ornament
Something for your mind
This roller coaster ride we took
Is nearly at an end
I bought my ticket with my tears
That's all I'm gonna spend
* Refrain


Red Sails In The Sunset

Red sails in the sunset way out on the sea
Oh carry my loved one home safely to me
He sailed at the dawning all day I've been blue
Red sails in the sunset I'm trusting in you
Swift wings you must borrow make straight for the shore
We marry tomorrow and he goes sailing no more
Red sails in the sunset way out on the sea
Oh carry my loved one home safely to me


Remember I Feel Lonesome Too

   Wherever I go in this world little darlin
   You'll be in my mind only you
   I'll never forget you as long as I'm livin
   Remember I feel lonesome too
   I know I'm to blame for the way that we're parting
   But honey I love only you
   So give me a chance just to prove I'll do better
   Remember I feel lonesome too
I hope you will read the remarks in this letter
Please take time to read what I say
I've tried and I've tried just to see you my darlin
I can't so I'm goin away


Remember Me

The sweetest songs belong to lovers in the gloaming
The sweetest days were the days that used to be
The saddest words I ever heard were words of parting
When you said Sweetheart remember me
Remember me when the candle lights are gleaming
Remember me at the close of a long long day
It would be so sweet when all alone I'm dreaming
Just to know you still remember me
You told me once that you were mine alone forever
And I was yours 'til the end of eternity
But all those vows are broken now and we will never
Be the same except in memory
A brighter face may take my place when we're apart dear
A sweeter smile and a love more bold and free
But in the end fair weather friends may break your heart dear
If they do sweetheart remember me


Remember The Cross

Do you think of the cross on which Jesus died
Of the blood he shed for you
Are you prepared to meet him in that land of love
By his word are you going to abide
   Remember the cross on which Jesus died
   Follow in his footsteps each day
   He shed his blood for you and he shed his blood for me
   Never cast that cross aside
Never let other people lead you astray
Teach his words to them if you can
They must think of that cross on which Jesus died
And get ready to meet him someday
When Jesus comes down from heaven above
And you haven't thought of that cross
He'll cast you aside in the twinkling of an eye
And you won't see his blessed home of love


Remembering

Remembering me dear when your love meant everything
When the memory of your kiss remains with me
I thought we'd be so happy dear there together through the years
Now I'm left here all alone
remember me
Remember me the day we met
and wondering
If you ever really loved and cared for me
In our future you and me left it all in memory
But I relived oe'r and oe'r remember me
If the world could only know the many things
That have made my aching heart look longingly
In the days spent happily when alone just you and me
Such a lovely past I see
remember me
Remembering the words you said and didn't mean
I believed with all my heart you wanted me
I guess my thoughts were right of schemes for you found someone new it seems
I hope some day I find you here
remembering


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Reunion In Heaven

So often down here we'll have a reunion
Our loved ones and friends will be gathered around
Some faces are missed. They have gone home to heaven
They will be there with Jesus 'til the trumpet shall sound
What a wonderful time we'll have up in Glory
With our blessed Redeemer forever we'll see
And a crown he will give on that great judgment morning
What a happy reunion in Heaven will be
No crepes on the doors in that beautiful city
No sorrow or pain never more ever there
But a body we'll have in the Saviour's own likeness
And a mansion Jesus said he'd go to prepare
I am longing to sit by the banks of the river
There's rest for the ones by the evergreen trees
I am longing to look in the face of my Saviour
And my loved ones who have gone they are waiting for me


Riding On That Midnight Train

No matter what I say or do
You're never satisfied
I've tried I've tried so many times
So I'm leaving you now goodbye
   I'm riding on that midnight train
   My head is hanging low
   Them awful blues will follow me
   Wherever I may go
Why on earth was I ever born
I'll never understand
To fall in love with a woman like you
In love with another man


Riley And Spencer

Raleigh and Spencer are burning down
No there ain't no liquor in town
No there ain't no liquor in town
Whatcha gonna do to wet them lips
When the whole darn town runs dry
When the whole darn town runs dry
I been all around this whole wide world
I been down to Memphis Tennessee
Yes I been down to Memphis Tennessee
I played cards with the kings and queens
I shot dice with old Jesse James
I shot dice with old Jesse James
I can eat more chicken than any one gal can fry
I can tell more low-down lies
I can tell more low-down lies
I can tell more lies than there're stars in the sky
And I ain't going to heaven when I die
No I ain't going to heaven when I die
I'd trade my shoes for one bottle of booze
I'd drink it I'd lay down and die
Yes I'd drink it I'd lay down and die
You can stomp down all the flowers that'll grow round my grave
But they'll rise and bloom again
Yes they'll rise and bloom again


River Of Death

Oh the river of death lies just before me
Can I find a place that I can cross
Or will I be in sin forever
Oh Lord don't let my soul be lost
   Oh I wanna walk with Christ my savior
   For he's the one that'll guide me on
   All through my life I've been a sinner
   Now I'm right with God so I'm travelling home
Oh I can hear my savior calling
To me his voice sounds sweet and low
For me I hear my loved ones cheering
Oh, praise the Lord I'm ready to go
My life down here will soon be over
And this old world holds nothing for me
He saved my soul and He made me happy
That beautiful land I'm going to see


River Of Jordan

To the River Of Jordan our Savior went one day
And we read that John The Baptist met Him there
And when John baptized Jesus in Jordan's rushing waters
The mighty power of God filled the air
   I'm on my way to the River Of Jordan
   Gonna wade right in to the rushing waters
   I'm going down to the River Of Jordan
   And let the cool waters cleanse my soul
King Naaman was stricken with dreaded leprosy
And he sent for the man of God to pray
But Elisha said to Naaman "go dip yourself in Jordan"
And let the cool waters wash your spots away
   So he went right down to the River Of Jordan
   He waded right in  the rushing waters
   He dipped himself in the River Of Jordan
   And the cool waters made him whole
Oh the River Of Jordan is many miles away
And this mighty river I may never see
But I'll find myself an alter in an old fashioned church
And my River Of Jordan that will be


Roane County Prison

In the beautiful hills in the mists of Roane County
There's where I have roamed for many long years
There's where my heart's been tendin most ever
There's where the first step of misfortune I made
It's about thirty years when I courted and married
Armanda Gilbraith I'd soon call my wife
My brother he stabbed me for some unknown reason
Just three month's later I'd taken Tom's life
I was  captured and tried in the village of Kingston
Not a man in that county would speak one kind word
When the jury came in with the verdict next mornin'
A lifetime in prison was the words that I heard
When the train pulled out poor Mother stood weepin'
And sister she sat all alone with a sigh
And the last words I heard was "Willy God bless you"
Was "Willy God bless you God bless you goodbye"
In the scorching hot sand of the foundry I'm workin'
Toiling and working my poor life away
They'll measure my grave on the banks of old Cumberland
Just as soon as I finish the rest of my days
Poort Martha was grave, but Corey was better
There's better and worse, although you may see
Boys when you write home from this prison in Nashville
Place one of my songs in your letter for me


Rock About My Saro Jane

I've got a wife and five little children
Believe I'll make a trip on the big Macmillan
Oh  Saro Jane
   Oh there's nothing to do but to set down and sing
   And rock about my Saro Jane
   Oh rock about my Saro Jane
   Oh rock about my Saro Jane
   Oh there's nothing to do but to set down and sing
   And rock about my Saro Jane
Boiler busted and the whistle done blowed
The head captain done fell overboard
Oh Saro Jane
Engine gave a crack and the whistle gave a squall
The engineer gone ti the hole in the wall
Oh Saro Jane
Yankees built boats for to shoot them rebels
My musket's loaded and I'm gonna hold her level
Oh Saro Jane


Rock Hearts

Why did you break my heart and throw it down
Why did you spread the news all over town
Why did you make me your laughing stock
Because you've got a heart of rock
   Rock hearts will break believe it my dear
   And yours will break in two I fear
   And when it does dear don't run to me
   For it will be too late you see
You didn't break my heart by running round
Another new love you have not found
You only handed me back a lock
You had around your heart of rock


Rock Salt And Nails

On the banks of the river where the willows hang down
And the wild birds all warble with a low moaning sound
Down in the hollow where the waters run cold
It was there I first listened to the lies that you told
Now I lie on my bed and I see your sweet face
The past I remember time cannot erase
The letter you wrote me it was written in shame
And I know that your conscience still echo's my name
Now the nights are so long, Lord sorrow runs deep
And nothing is worse than a night without sleep
I'll walk out alone and look at the sky
Too empty to sing, too lonesome to cry
If the ladies were blackbirds and the ladies were thrushes
I'd lie there for hours in the chilly cold marshes
If the ladies were squirrel's with high bushy tails
I'd fill up my shotgun with rock salt and nails


Rocky Island

Apples in the summer time
Peaches in the fall
If I don't get the girl I love
Won't have none at all
Going to Rocky Island
Going when I'm gone
See my Candy darling
Ho honey ho
Get up on the mountain
Sow a little cane
Make a barrel of sorghum
Sweetin' ole Liza Jane
Black clouds a risin'
Sure sign of rain
Get your old gray bonnet
See little Liza Jane


Rocky Road Blues

   Now the road is rocky, but it won't be rocky long
   Now the road is rocky, but it won't be rocky long
   Another man has got my woman and gone
I've got those blues, I'm wearing out the soles of my shoes
I've got those blues, I'm wearing out the soles of my shoes
My gal went away and left me she left me with the dog gone blues
You'll never miss your water til the well runs dry
You'll never miss your water til the well runs dry
You'll never miss your woman until she says goodbye
I wish to the Lord you'd bring my woman back home
I wish to the Lord you'd bring my woman back home
I'm not so lonesome, just don't want to be alone


Rocky Top

I wish that I was on old Rocky Top
Down in the Tennessee hills
Ain't no smoggy smoke on Rocky Top
Ain't no telephone bills
Once I had a girl on Rocky Top
Half bear the other half cat
Wild as a mink but sweet as soda pop
I still dream about that
   Rocky Top you'll always be
   Home sweet home to me
   Good old Rocky Top
   Rocky Top Tennessee Rocky Top Tennessee
Once two strangers climbed old Rocky Top
Looking for a moonshine still
Strangers ain't come down from Rocky Top
Reckon they never will
Corn won't grow at all on Rocky Top
Dirt's too rocky by far
That's why all the folks on Rocky Top
Get their corn from a jar
I've had years of cramped up city life
Trapped like a duck in a pen
All I know is it's a pity life
Can't be simple again


Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms

   Roll in my sweet baby's arms
   Roll in my sweet baby's arms
   Lay around the shack 'til the mail comes back
   And I'll roll in my sweet baby's arms
I ain't gonna work on the railroad
I ain't gonna work on the farm
Lay down the shack 'til the mail train comes back
And I'll roll in my sweet baby's arms
Now where were you last Friday night
While I was lying in jail
Walking the streets with another man
Wouldn't even go my bail
I know you parents don't like me
They drove me away from your door
If I had my life to live over
I'd never go there any more


Roll On Buddy

   Roll on, buddy, roll on
   Roll on, buddy, roll on
   Wouldn't roll so slow
   If you knew what I know
   So roll on, buddy, roll on
I'm going to that east pay road
I'm going to that east pay road
I'm going to that east, I'm going to the west
I'm going to the one that I love best
My home in down in Tennessee
My home in down in Tennessee
In sunny Tennessee, that's where I want to be
Way down in sunny Tennessee
I've got a good woman just the same
I've got a good woman just the same
Got a woman just the same, and I'm gonna change her name
I've got a good woman just the same


Room In Heaven For Me

Beyond the sea where faiths of glorious beam
Where things abide that I have never seen
The soul's sweet home desperate never more
Will there be room for me on that bright shore
   There's room (room for you and me) yes room (room for you and me)
   There's room (room for me) for all (room enough for all)
   There's room (yes there's room for me) for all (room enough for all)
   There's room (room enough in heaven) for me
That wondrous city far beyond confine
Where all is joy and peace so pure divine
In visions I in varying streaks can see
And wonder if there's room in heaven for me
I long to soar away and be at rest
And there to lean upon my savior's breast
Oh wont that be a glorious victory
To find that there is room in heaven for me


Room Over Mine

We pass in the hallway almost everyday
Though I've never really met him we don't have too much to say
Though I feel that I know him for every night about this time
When he's a walkin and a talkin in the room over mine
   He may be thinking of things that might have been
   Or of his family and how he's missing them
   Oh it's hard to know what's going on in a troubled man's mind
   But I can hear him walking and talking in the room over mine
Well its plain to see he's had a troubled mind
By the lines across his face
And the sadness that dims his eyes search for a better place
Well I know just how he really feels every night about this time
When he's a walking and a talking I'll be in that room of mine


Rose of Alabama

Away from Mississippi's vale
With my ol' hat there for a sail
I crossed upon a cotton bale
To Rose of Alabama
I landed on the far sand bank
I sat upon the hollow plank
And there I made the banjo twank
For Rose of Alabama
    Oh brown Rosie
    Rose of Alabama
    Sweet tobacco posey
    Is my Rose of Alabama
    Sweet tobacco posey
    Is my Rose of Alabama
I says to her sit as you please
Across my leg she took her ease
It's good to go upon the knees
Said Rose of Alabama
The river rose the cricket sang
The lightnin' bug did flash his wing
Then like a rope my arms I fling
Round Rose of Alabama
We hugged so long I cannot tell
My Rosie seemed to like it well
My banjo in the river fell
Oh Rose of Alabama
Like alligator after prey
I dives in but it float away
And all the while it seem to say
Oh Rose of Alabama
Now every day come rain or shower
I hunt my banjo for an hour
And meet my sweet tobacco flower
Oh Rose of Alabama
Oh fare thee well you belles of Spain
And fare thee well to Liza Jane
Your charms will all be put t