Lyrics

・All the Good Times
・Angel Band
・Are You Washed in the Blood
・Ballad of Jed Clampett
・Bank of Ohio
・Beautiful Blue Eyes

・Beautiful Bouquet
・Blue Moon of Kentucky
・Blue Ridge Cabin Home
・Blue Ridge Mountain Blues
・Blue Virginia Blues
・Bringing Mary Home
・Bury Me beneath the Willow
・Come Back Darling
・Cryin' My Heart Out over You
・Dim Light, Thick Smoke
・Darling Corey
・Don't Let Your Deal Go Down
・Down Where The River Bends
・Foggy Mountain Top
・Footprints in The Snow
・Fox on the Run
・Hallelujah I'm Ready to Go
・Hard Times Come Again No More
・Homestead on the Farm
・Gonna Settle Down
・I Know What It Means to Be Lonesome
・I Saw the Light
・I Still Miss Someone
・I Will See You the Other Side of Jordan
・I Wonder Where You Are Tonight
・If I Should Wander Back Tonight
・I'll Go Stepping Too
・I'll Never Love Another
・I'll Never Shed Another Tear
・I'm Waiting for You to Call Me Darling
・Is It Too Late Now?
・It Takes a Worried Man
・Kentucky Waltz
・Keep on Sunny Side
・John Henry
・Little Annie
・Little Cabin Home
・Lonesome Road Blues
・Long Black Veil
・Love Grown Cold
・Mattie Groves
・Milk Cow Blues
・Mother's Only Sleeping
・Mountain Dew
・Mr. Bojangles
・Mule Skinner Blues
・My Old Kentucky Home
・Nashville Blues
・Nine Pound Hammer
・Ninety Nine Years
・Oh Suzanna
・Old Black Joe
・Old Country Church
・Old Home Place
・Old Old House
・On My Mind
・Pain in My Heart
・Peach Picking Time in Georgia
・Rabbit in the Log
・Rainbow of My Dreams
・Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms
・Salty Dog
・Send Me Your Address from Heaven
・Shackles And Chains
・Shady Groves
・She's No Angel
・Some Old Day
・Sweetheart You Done Me Wrong
・Teardrops in My Eyes
・Thinking about You
・This World Is Not My Home
・Til The End of the World Rolls Round
・Wabash Cannonball
・Waiting for a Train
・We'll Meet Again Sweetheart
・Why Don't You Tell Me So
・Wildwood Flower
・Your Love Is Like a Flower
・You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere

All the good times

I wish to the lord I'd never been born
Or died when I was young
And never seen your sparklin' blue eyes
Or heard your liyn' 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 weep no more

Oh don't you see that turtle dove
That flyin' from pine to pine
She's mourning for her own true love
Just like I mourn for mine

   * Refrain

Don't you see that lonesome train
A'Gwyin' around the bend?
It's talking away my own true love
Never to return again

   * Refrain

Come back,come back my own true love
And stay a while with me
If ever I've had a friend in this world
You've been a friend to me

   * Refrain




Angel band

My latest sun is sinking fast
My race is nearly run
My strongest trials now are passed
My triumph has begun


    Oh come angel band
    Come and around me stand
    Oh bear me away on your snow wild wings
    To my immortal home
    Oh bear me away on your snow wild wings
    To my immortal home


Oh,bear my longing heart to him
Who bled and died for me
Whose blood now cleanses from all sins
And gives me victory

  * Refrain


I've almost reached my heavenly home
My spirit loudly sings
The holy ones,behold they come
I hear the noise of wings

  * Refrain



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 fully 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 savior'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


  * Refrain

Lay aside the garments that are stained with sin
And be washed in the blood of the lamb
There's fountain flowing for the soul unclean
Oh be washed in the blood of the lamb

  * Refrain



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?)

Author:  Paul Henning
Version:  Flatt and Scruggs


Bank of Ohio

I asked my love to take a walk
Just to walk a little way
As we walk, oh may we talk
All about our wedding day

Only say that you'll be mine
And our home will happy be
Down beside where the waters flow
On the banks of the Ohio.

I took her by her lily-white hand
And dragged her down to the river bank
There I pushed her in to drown
I watched her as she floated down

I was coming home 'tween twelve and one
Thinkng of what I had done
I murdered the only girl I love
Because she would not marry me
The very next morn about half four
The sherriff's men knocked at my door
Now, young man, come now and go
Down to the banks of the Ohio.



Beautiful blue eyes

Beautiful beautiful blue eyes
    Beautiful beautiful blue eyes
    Beautiful beautiful blue eyes
    I'll never love brown eyes again

Darling my darling I love you
I love you with holl in my heart
Tomorrow we might have been married
But drinking has kept us apart

  * Refrain


Down through the barroom you staggered
You fell down the bar at the door
The words is the last that you uttered
I'll never get drunk anymore


  * Refrain

The nights were lonely without you
It's just not since you to gone
In drink your arms there are about me
It's so hurt to preach each gone

  * Refrain
  
  
  

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



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

Author:  Bill Monroe
Version:  Bill Monroe
Discography:  Not Available



Blue Ridge Cabin Home

There's a well beaten path on this old mountain side
Where I wondered when I was a lad
There I wondered alone to the place I call home
In those blue ridge hills far away

   Oh,I love those hills of old Virginia
    From those blue ridge hills I did roam
    When I die won't you bury me on the mountain
    Far away in my blue ridge mountain home

Now my thoughts wonder back to the ramshackle shack
In those blue ridge hills far away
Where My mother and dad are laid there to rest
They are sleeping in peace togather there

  * Refrain

I return to that old cabin home with a sigh
I've been longing for days gone by
When I die won't you bury me on this old mountain side
Make my resting place upon the hills so high

  * Refrain


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 got the blue ridge mountain blues, and I sat right here to say,
"my grip is packed to travel, (and I’m) back to ramble,
To my blue ridge far away."

(Inst)
I’m gonna stay right by my pa, I’m gonna do right by my ma,
I’ll hang around the cabin door, no work or worry anymore.

I got the blue ridge mountain blues, gonna see my old dog Trey,
Gonna hunt the possum where the corn-top bloss’m,
In my blue ridge far away.

(Inst)
I see a haze of snowy white, I see a window with light,
I seem to hear them both sigh, "where is my wandering boy tonight?
"
I got the blue ridge mountain blues, and I stay right here to say,
"every day I’m countin’ ’til I climb that mountain,
In my blue ridge far away."
I've got the blue ridge mountain blues, gonna see my old dog Trey
gonna hunt the possum where the corn-top bloss’m
In my blue ridge far away


Blue Virginia Blues

Have you ever been to Richmond in November
When the cold Virginia rain is comin' down
Friend, I'm here to tell you it's no pleasure
If you're all alone and a stranger to the 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
That made a perfect love wreck out of me

Chorus:
Blue Virginia blues
There ain't no blue like blue Virginia blues
There's no girls in the whole wide world
Can break your heart like Virginia girls
There ain't no blue like blue Virginia blues

She called me up in St Paul, Minnesota
Said I need you in Richmond right away
Take the bus and I'll meet you at the station
Bring some clothes, I might want you to stay
My bus pulled in the station late this evening
There ain't a soul around this place but me
She must have changed her mind or she's forgotten
And her name ain't in the phone directory

Chorus

I wish I had the money for a taxi
A warm and cosy place to lay me down
Instead of standing all alone in Richmond
While the cold Virginia rain is coming down

Chorus

Author: Gobel and Drumm 
Version: Larry Sparks 


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

Version: Country Gentlemen 


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



Come back darling

Tonight as you sit by my wondow
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 darling
    I miss you each day and each night
    Oh come back to me little darling
    Don't leave me alone all my life

I know I can never be happy
No matter whatever I do
I know its harsh and lonely without you
Oh won't you come back and be true

  * Refrain

Oh, what will I do without you
My life is so lonely and blue
No matter what happens my darling
I just can't forget loving you

  * Refrain



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.



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

Version: Flatt and Scruggs 


Dim Light, Thick Smoke

Dim light,thick smoke and loud loud music
    In the only kind of life you'll ever understand
    Dim light, thick smoke and loud loud music
    You'll never make a wife to a home body man

A home and little children means nothing to you
A house filled with love and a husband that's true
You'd rather take a drink with the first guy you meet
And the only home you know in the club down the street

  * Refrain

A drink and a listen to a honky tonk band
In the only kind of life you'll ever understand
Go on and have your fun you'll think you played it smart
I'm sorry for you and your honky tonk heart

  * Refrain



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



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

Author:  Ralph Stanley
Version:  Ralph Stanley



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

Version:  Monroe Brothers




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


Version: 
 Bill Monroe 


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

Author:  T Hazzard
Version:  Country Gentlemen



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

  (Chorus)
  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



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



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

Author:  Stephen Foster
Version:  Jody Stecher and Kate Brislin



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





I'm waiting for you to call me darling

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

    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 there years

Oh maybe I've took too much for granted
To think you could ever love me
please oh, please don't try to fool me
All you cause is misery

  * Refrain



I Know What It Mean to Be Lonesome

Well, I know what it means to be lonesome
    And I know what it means to be blue
    Well, I know what it means to be lonesome in dreams
    When there is someone there with 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

  * Refrain

Well I've cried and I've cried since we parted
No one knows what I've been though
You know I'd give all I own just to have you back home
I'm lonesome, lonesome for you
  * Refrain




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 still miss someone

At my door the leaves are falling
A cold night wind will come
Sweethearts walk by together
And I still miss someone


＊Oh 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 wonder if she's sorry
For leaving what we begun
There's someone for me somewhere
And I still miss someone


＊Refrain

When all the love was there




I Will See You on the Other Side of Jordan


I have walked I the pathway for my lord and savour
Now the winter of my life is nearly'ore 
I hear angel wings hummin' in the distance
They will fly Me to that Bright eternal shore

I will see you on the other side of Jordan
I am layin' down the cross I've carried here
Keep your hand in the hand of our redeemer
And we will meet aagin I know up there

It is time to say farewell for death is creeping
Oh, do not mourn'nor shed your tear for meet
I am sailing to a home up there supernal
And the face of my dear savour I shall see


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




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 smilling 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 buddy flowers lend their fragrance in the springtime
I recall the reses trining round your door
Fancy then I homeward stay
I seem to hear you say
That you love me as you did in days of yore

  * Refrain

Last night I dreamed that you and I were back togather
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

  * Refrain




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 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

Version:  Flatt and Scruggs



I'll never she'd another tear

I used to sit up all 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
Oh,I'll never she'd another tear

  I'll never she'd 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 feeling
  So I'llnever she'd another tear

With a broken heart 
I'll never forget the vows you made together
The many times you told me not to fear
But now you've forgotten and 
you've left me here forever
Oh, I'll never she'd another tear
  * Refrain

Now you should have told me 
that you were only fooling
Then I'd never have learned to love you so
Then I wouldn't have all these heartches my darling
Darling the day I see you go

  * Refrain



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.

Author:  Lester Flatt
Version:  Flatt and Scruggs



It takes a worried man to

It takes a worried man to sing a worried song
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song
I'm worried now, but I won't be worried long 

I went across the river and I lay down to sleep
Went across the river and I lay down to sleep
Went across the river and I lay down to sleep
When I woke up, put the shackles on my feet 

It takes a worried man to sing a worried song
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song
I'm worried now, but I won't be worried long 

Twenty-nine links of chain around my leg
Twenty-nine links of chain around my leg
Twenty-nine links of chain around my leg
And on each link was the initial of my name

It takes a worried man to sing a worried song
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song
I'm worried now, but I won't be worried long

I asked the judge, what might be my fine
I asked the judge, what might be my fine
I asked the judge, what might be my fine
Twenty-one years on the Rocky Mountain Line 

It takes a worried man to sing a worried song
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song
I'm worried now, but I won't be worried long 

The train that I ride, is sixteen coaches long
The train that I ride, is sixteen coaches long
The train that I ride, is sixteen coaches long
The girl I love is on that train and gone

It takes a worried man to sing a worried song
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song
I'm worried now, but I won't be worried long


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

Version:  Bill Monroe



Keep on sunny side

There's a dark and a trouble side of life
There's a bright and a sunny side too
Though you meet with the darkness and strife
The sunny side may also find you

    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 the 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
Clouds and storms will in time pass away
The sun again will shine bright and clear

  * Refrain

Let us green with a song of hope each day
Though the moment be cloudy or fair
Let us trust in our Savior away
Who keepeth every one in his care

  * Refrain


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

Version:  Bill Monroe



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 Cabin Home on the Hill

Tonight I'm alone without you my dear
It seems I've a longing for you still
All I have to do 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 listen to the rain beat on our window pain
    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

  * Refrain

Now when you have come to the end of the way
And find there's no more happiness for you
Just let your thoughts turn back once more if you will
To our little cabin home on the hill

  * Refrain



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

Down in the jailhouse on my knees
Down in the jailhouse on my knees
Down in the jailhouse on my knees,Great God
And I ain't a-gonna be treated this a-way

  * Refrain

They feed me on corn bread and beens
They feed me on corn bread and beens
They feed me on corn bread and beens, O lord
And I ain't a-gonna be treated this a-way

  * Refrain

I ain't got no shoes on my feet
I ain't got no shoes on my feet
I ain't got no shoes on my feet, Lord God
And I ain't a-gonna be treated this a-way

  * Refrain

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

  * Refrain

I'm going where the climate suits my clothes
I'm going where the climate suits my clothes
I'm going where the climate suits my clothes, O lord
And I ain't a-gonna be treated this a-way

  * Refrain

I'm goin' if I never get back
I'm goin' if I never get back
I'm goin' if I never get back, LOrd God
And I ain't a-gonna be treated this a-way

  * Refrain



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

Version:  Seldom Scene



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



Mattie Groves

A holiday, a holiday,
The first one of the year
Lord Arlen's wife came into church
The gospel for to hear.

And when the meeting it was done
She cast her eyes about
And there she saw little Mattie Groves,
Walking in the park.

Come home with me
Little Mattie Groves,
Come home with me tonight
Come home with me
Little Mattie Groves
And sleep with me tonight.

Oh I can't come home,
I won't come home
And sleep with you tonight
By the rings on your fingers
I can tell you are Lord Arlen's wife.

'Tis true I am Lord Arlen's wife,
Lord Arlen's not at home 
He is out to the far corn fields,
Bringing the yearlings home.

And the sundt who was standing by
And hearing what was said
He saw Lord Arlen, he would know,
Before the sun would set.

And in his hurry to carry the news,
He filled his breast and ran 
And when he came to the broad mill stream
He took off his shoes and swam

Little Mattie Groves, he lay down
And took a little sleep
When he awoke Lord Arlen,
Was standing at his feet

Saying how do you like my feather bed
And how do you like my sheets
And how do you like my lady,
Who lies in your arms asleep.

Oh well I like your feather bed
And well I like your sheets
But better I like your lady maid
Who lies in my arms asleep.

Well Get Up! Get Up! Lord Arlen cried,
Get up as quick as you can
It'll never be said in fair England
I slew a naked man!

Oh I won't get up, I won't get up,
I can't get up for my life
For you have two long beaten swords
And I have but a pocket knife.

Well it's true I have two beaten swords,
They cost me deep in the purse
But you will have the better of them
And I will have the worst.

And you will strike the very first blow
And strike it like a man
I will strike the very next blow
And I'll kill you if I can.

So Mattie struck the very first blow
And he hurt Lord Arlen sore
Lord Arlen struck the very next blow
And Mattie struck no more.

And then Lord Arlen he took his wife,
He sat her on his knee
Saying who do you like the best of us,
Mattie Groves or me.

And then spoke up his own dear wife
Never heard to speak so free 
I'd rather kiss one dead Mattie's lips
Than you and your finery.

Lord Arlen he jumped up
And loudly he did bawl
He stuck his wife right through the heart
And pinned her against the wall.

A grave, a grave, Lord Arlen cried,
To put these lovers in
But bury my lady at the top
For she was of noble kin. 




Milk Cow Blues

Well I woke up this mornin'
Looked outdoors
I can tell my milk cow
I can tell by the way she lows
If you see my milk cow
Please drive her on home
Cuz I ain't had no milk and butter
Since That cow been gone

Well you gotta treat me right honey
Day by Day
Get out your little prayer book 
Get down upon your knees and pray
Cuz you're going to need me
You're gonna need my help someday
Lord you're going to be sorry
You treated me this way
Ooh now take it away boys

Sail on, Sail on, Sail on milk cow, Sail on
Sail on, Sail on, Sail on milk cow, Sail on
You're gonna keep right on to sailing
Till you lose your happy home

Well good evening
Don't that sun look good going down
I said well good evening
Don't that sun look good going down
Don't that ol' army cot look lonely
When your lover ain't no place around

Well I tried everything baby
To get along with you
Now I'm gonna tell you
What I'm gonna do
I'm gonna stop my cryin'
Gonna leave you alone
And if you don't think I'm leavin big momma
Just count the days I'm gone
You ain't gonna see me
You ain't gonna see my sweet face no more

Lord you gonna be wondering honey
Where in this world I've gone
Milk cow blues




Mother's Only Sleeping

Well, I left my old home back in the mountains
For mother and father had both passed away
We followed our mother up to the graveyard
For mother wews called to Heaven that day

    Mother's 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're her as the grave sinks a-way

Oh, how we miss her round the old home place
Everything seems so lonesome since she went away
Mother is sleeping way back in the mountains
Yes, Mother is sleeping way back in the hills

  * Refrain




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



Mr. Bojangles

I knew a man, Bojangles and he danced for you 
In worn out shoes 
Silver hair, a ragged shirt and baggy pants 
The old soft shoe 

He jumped so high 
He jumped so high 
Then he'd lightly touch down 

I met him in a cell in New Orleans, I was 
Down and out 
He looked to me to be the eyes of age 
As he spoke right out 

He talked of life 
He talked of life 
He laughed, clicked his heels and stepped 

He said his name, Bojangles and he danced a lick 
Across the cell 
He grabbed his pants, a better stance 
Oh, he jumped so high 
Then he clicked his heels 

He let go a laugh 
He let go a laugh 
Pushed back his clothes all around 

Mr. Bojangles 
Mr. Bojangles 
Mr. Bojangles 
Dance 

He danced for those in minstrel shows and county fairs 
Throughout the south 
He spoke with tears of fifteen years how his dog and him 
Traveled about 
The dog up and died 
He up and died 
After twenty years he still grieves 

He said I dance now at every chance in honky tonks 
For drinks and tips 
But most the time I spend behind these county bars 
He said, "I drinks a bit." 

He shook his head 
And as he shook his head 
I heard someone ask him please 
Please 

Mr. Bojangles 
Mr. Bojangles 
Mr. Bojangles 
Dance 





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

Author:  na
Version:  Bill Monroe



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

Author:  Stephen Foster
Version:  Vern Williams and Ray Park



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

Version:  Delmore Brothers



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

Version: Doc Watson 


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

Version: 
 Hot Rize 


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

Author:  Stephen Foster
Version:  Vern Williams



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

Version:  Vern Williams



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

Version:  Stanley Brothers




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

Version:  Dillards




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

Version:  Bill Monroe




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

Version:  Flatt and Scruggs



Pain in my heart

Now 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



  * Refrain


Peach Picking Time In Georgia

When it’s peach picking time in Georgia,
Apple picking time in Tennessee
Cotton picking time in Mississippi, Ev’rybody picks on me
And when it’s round uptown in Texas, The cowboys make whoopee
Then down in ol’ Alabama, Is gal picking time to me
Yodeleehee, yodeleehee, yodeleehee

There’s Bluegrass down in Kentucky,
Virginia’s where they do the swing
Carolina, now I’m coming, To you to spend the spring
Arkansas, I hear you calling, I know I’ll see you soon
That’s when I’ll do a little picking, Underneath the old Arkie moon

Now when hard times overtake you, I hope they don't get me,
For I've got a sweetie waiting, for me down in Tennessee,
I know I'm going to see her, I hope it won't be long,
There's where we'll pick a little cabin, and call it our mountain home

When all the pickers have picked the cotton, I’ll pick a wedding ring
And will go to town and pick a little gal, For wedding in the spring
I hope the preacher knows his business, I know he can for me
Peach picking time in Georgia, Is gal pickin’ time to me

version: Jimmy Rogers


Polka on the Banjo

There's a sweet young Miss,
I love to kiss, 
but listen close and hear me.
She's not my only love, 
I have another love,
and she'll just have to share me.
But she’s five foot tall, 
high heel and all, 
she already knows.
She had some competition, 
in a composition, 
known as polka on an old banjo.

  Polka on a banjo, make that five string hot.
  Polka on a banjo, give it all you've got.
  Polka on a banjo, watch them fingers go.
  Of all the songs I guess, the one that I love best,
  Is the polka on an old banjo.

And when they start the band, 
she takes me by the hand, 
and I begin to swing her.
She knows I never miss, 
a chance to steal a kiss, 
or dance the polka with her.
I don't speak a word ,
once I have heard, the one thing I love so.
She's caught in the middle, 
she played the second fiddle, 
to a polka on an old banjo.

Version:  Flatt and Scruggs




Rabbit in the Log

There's a rabbit in the log and I ain't got no dog
How will I get him I know ( I know )
I'll get me a briar and I'll twist it in his hair
That's how I'll get him I know

I know ( I know ) I know ( yes I know )
That's how I'll get him I know
I'll get me a briar and I'll twist it in his hair
That's how I'll get him I know

I'll build me a fire and I'll roast that old hare
Roll him in the flames to make him brown
And I'll feast here tonight while the moon's shining bright
Just find me a place to lie down

To lie down, to lie down
Find me a place to lie down
I'll feast here tonight while the moon's shining bright
Just find me a place to lie down

I'm going down the track with a chicken on my back
The soles on my shoes nearly gone
Just a little ways ahead there's an old framer's shed
That's where I'll rest my weary bones

Weart bones, weary bones
That's where I'll rest my weary bones
Just a little ways ahead there's an old farmer's shed
That's where I'll rest my weary bones




Rainbow of My Dreams

Refrain:
  Now, you are the Rainbow in my dream, dear
  I think of you both night and day
  Now, you are the Rainbow in my dream, dear
  I'm lonesome when you're far away

The cloud of sky's and colors are foul
The golden raindrop from above
The stars are brighten up (in) the night
Bring memories of the one I love

Refrain: and Inst

When the cloud disadvantages in the space
This dream will slowly disappear
In my life, no one can take your place
Without you I'd be so lonely dear

Refrain:


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 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 come back
And roll in my sweet baby's srms

  * Refrain

Now where were you last Friday's night
While I was lying in jail
Walking the street another man
Would even go my bail

  * Refrain

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

  * Refrain



Salty Dog

Standing on the corner with the lowdown blues
A great big hole in the bottom of my shoes
Honey let me be your salty dog

   Let me be your salty dog
   Or I won't be your man at all
   Honey let me be your salty dog

Look it here Sal, I know you
Run down stocking and a wore out shoe
Honey let me be your salty dog

Down in the wildwood sitting on a log
Finger on the trigger and an eye on the hog
Honey let me be your salty dog

Pulled the trigger and the gun set go
The shot fell over in Mexico
Honey let me be your salty dog

Author:  Morris Brothers
Version:  Flatt and Scruggs
Discography:  Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs and the 

Foggy Mountain Boys Complete Mercury Sessions



Send Me Your Address From Heaven

A boy was writing his sweetheart
 who lived in the valley below
Saying "Your last love letter
 came more than three weeks ago"
He didn't received an answer
 He rode down to her house that day
And found she'd been taken to Heaven
 And these are the words that he said


Send me your address from Heaven
 So I can write you up there
Tell me that you still love me
 Tell me that you still care
Mail it on the golden street corner
  As you did on Earth here below
Send me your address from Heaven
  So I can write you up there



Shackles And Chains

On a long lonesome journey I'm going
Oh darling please don't you cry
In these shackles and chains they will take me
To a prison to stay 'til I die

   And at night through the bars I will gaze at the stars
   And dream of your kisses in vain
   A piece of stone I will use for my pillow
   While I'm sleeping in shackles and chains

Put your arms through the bars once my darling
Let me kiss those sweet lips I love best
For in heartache you're my consolation
In sorrow my haven of rest

Version: Jimmy Martin 



Shady Grove

(chorus)

Shady Grove, my little love
Shady Grove I say
Shady Grove, my little love
I'm bound to go away

Cheeks as red a a blooming rose
And eyes are the prettiest brown
She's the darling of my heart
Sweetest girl in towm

(chorus)
(break)

I wish I had a big fine horse
And corn to feed him on
And Shady Grove to stay at home
And feed him while I'm gone

(chorus)
(break)

Went to see my Shady Grove
She was standing in the door
Her shoes and stockin's in her hand
And her little bare feet on the floor

(chorus)
(break)

When I was a little boy
I wanted a Barlow knife
And now I want little Shady Grove
To say she'll be my wife

(chorus)
(break)

A kiss form pretty little Shady Grove
Is sweet as brandy wine
And ther ain't no girl in this old world
Thats's prettier than mine

(chorus)



She's no Angel

You see her there at the bar cross the room
She looks like an angel with her paint and perfume
You'd like to meet her your conscience says no
Obey your conscience turn around and go

   She's no Angel, no Angel, her wings are not real
   She'll ruin your life if your heart she can steal
   She'll tell you tales to bring tears to your eyes
   But don't you believe them for they're only lies

You think of only she could be your own
You'd be more contented than a king on his throne
You'd better not trust her it's wrong of you do
She's broken many hearts and she'll break yours too

  * Refrain




Some Old Day

I've been workin' out in the rain
Tied to the dirty old ball and chain
Oh dear mother I'll come home some old day
Some sweet day the'll turn me loose
From this dirty old calaboose
Oh dear mother I'll come home some old day

   Some old day
   You'll wait for me and pray
   Oh dear mother i'll come home some old day
   Some sweet day the'll turn me loose
   From this dirty old calaboose
   Oh dear mother I'll come home some old day

Oh dear mother I've hurt you so
I've been cruel to you I know
Oh dear mother I'll come home some old day
Tell my brother My sister and dad
Tell the dear friends that I've had
Oh dear mother I'll come home some old day




Sweetheart You Done Me Wrong

You told me that your love was true
Sweetheart, I thought the world of you
But now you left me all alone
I have no one to call my own

  Now sweetheart, you've done me wrong
  You have left me all alone
  Maybe there will come a time
  Sweetheart, when you will change your mind

(Fiddle)
I never shall forget the day
When you said you were going away
I couldn't believe that it was true
After all the love I had for you
* Refrain & (Mandolin)
This road is rough and rocky too
As I travel on, dear, without you
But I'm still praying for the time
Sweetheart when you will change your mind
* Refrain



Teardrops In My Eyes

These heartaches now are on my way
What makes you want to be that way
You cheated on me and you lied
Now, You put teardrops in my eyes

(Repeat)
I found out what they say is true
I hope someday that you'll be blue
And then you'll wonder why I cry
With these teardrops in my eyes

(Repeat)
I heard the rumors all around
That someday you'd let me down
I turn my head when gossip flies
Cause it puts teardrops in my eyes
(Repeat)
I never thought you'd let me down
But now at last I understand
You wrecked our life and broke our vows
You'll have to pay for it somehow

version: The Grascals


Thinking About You

Now as I sigh the hours away
I think of love of yesterday
Now I know she's gone away
She's in heaven so they say

   Will the angels tell her for me
   That my love will never die
   Someday I'll walk along beside her
   On that golden way up there

Now all my life I lived so gaily
Until she had to go away
Then she left me oh so lonely
She lies at rest beneath the clay

Each night I think about you dear
I wonder if you'll hold me then
When I meet you up in heaven
We'll have life eternal there

Version:  Bill Monroe



This World Is Not My Home

This world is not my home I'm just-a-passing through
My pleasure and my hopes are placed beyond the blue
Many friends and kindred have gone on before
And I can't 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 will I do
Angels beckon me to heaven's open door
And I can't feel at home in this world amymore

Over in gloryland there'll be no dying there
The saints all shouting victory and singing everywhere
I hear the voice of them that's gone on before
And I can't feel at home in this world anymore

He's expecting me that's one thing 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 can't feel at home in this world anymore



Til The End Of The World Rolls Round

Til the end of the world rolls 'round I'll keep on loving you
   As long as the sun goes up and comes down
   And the big blue sky goes down to the ground
   As long as the world goes round and round I'll keep on loving you

I tried to sail the sea of life I rowed my boat alone
Your love meant nothing to me dear my heart was made of stone
To a harbor filled with loneliness my little boat was moored
And on the day I first met you I fell right overboard

Whenever you're around me dear my heart just won't stand still
And when it comes to kissing you I'll never get my fill
They said I'd never settle down that I would always roam
That I could never be the type for a loving wife and home

So now I know the way I felt was only selfish pride
I thought my heart was fireproof but you burned your way inside
So tell me what I've got to do and tell me how it stands
The cards are on the table dear my life is in your hands



Wabash Cannonball

From the great Atlantic Ocean to the wide Pacific shore
From the green ol' Smoky Mountains to the south lands by the shore
She's mighty tall and handsome and she's known quite well by all
She's the regular combination of the Wabash Cannonball

Listen to the jingle, the rumble and the roar
As she glides along the woodland through the hills and by the shore
Hear the mighty rush of the engine, hear the lonesome hobos call
You're traveling through the jungles on the Wabash Cannonball

Our eastern states are dandy, so the people always say
From New York to St Louis with Chicago by the way
From the hills of Minnesota where the rippling waters fall
No changes can be taken on the Wabash Cannonball

Now here's to Daddy Claxton, may his name forever stand
And always be remembered through the courts throughout the land
His earthly race is over, now the curtains round him fall
We'll carry him home to victory on the Wabash Cannonball


Waiting for a Train

All Around the Water Tank
Waiting For a Train
A thousand Miles Away From Home
Sleeping in the Rain
I walked Up to a brakeman
To Give Him A Line of Talk
He says "If you've got Money
I'll see that you don't walk"
I haven't got a nickel
Not a penny can I show
He said Get off you Railroad Bum
And he slammed the box car door

(yodel)

He put me off in Texas
A place I surely love
Wide open spaces 'round me
The Moon and Stars above
Nobody seems to want me
or Lend me a helping Hand
I'm On my Way from Frisco
Goin back to Dixieland
My pocket book is empty
And my heart is filled with pain
I'm a thousand Miles away from home
Just Waiting for a train

(yodel)

version: Jimmie Rodgers


We'll Meet Again Sweetheart

The time has come to say goodbye
I'm asking you to please don't cry
The time to me won't be so long
To know you're happy back at home

   Someday we'll meet again sweetheart
   We'll meet and never more to part
   Someday we'll meet again sweetheart
   Don't cry, so please don't break my heart

So goodbye now, don't be blue
Try to be happy and be true
And remember what I say
Sweetheart we'll meet again someday

Oh sweetheart I'm leaving now
Yes I'll soon be on my way
Each night upon my knees I pray
Sweetheart we'll meet again someday

Author:  Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs
Version:  Flatt and Scruggs



Why don't you tell me so

I can tell from the look in your eye
That you still care for me
But somehow you just won't admit
That's why I'm so lony you see


    Now if you have made up your mind
    And if you still want me to know
    Why do you keep me in doubt
    Why don't you tell me so


Each night there are tears on my pillow
They're all because of you I know
Dear I can't go on this away
Why don't you tell me so

 * Refrain


Now there'll come a time little darling
When you will want me I know
But dear it will then be too late
For you to tell me so

 * Refrain




Wildwood Flower

Oh, I'll twine with my mingles and waving black hair
With the roses so red and the lilies so fair
And the myrtle so bright with the emerald hue
The pale and the leader and eyes look like blue

Oh I'll dance, I will sing and my laugh shall be gay
I will charm every heart, in his crown I will sway
When I woke from my dreaming, my idol was clay
All portion of love had all flown away

Oh he taught me to love him and promised to love
And to cherish me over all others above
How my heart is now wond'ring no mis'ry can tell
He's left me no warning, no words of farewell

Oh, he taught me to love him and called me his flower
That was blooming to cheer him through life's dreary hour
Oh, I long to see him and regret the dark hour
He's gone and neglected this pale wildwood flower

Author:  A.P. Carter
Version:  Carter Family




You ain’t goin’ nowhere

Clouds so swift
Rain won’t lift
Gate won’t close
Railings froze
Get your mind off wintertime
You ain’t goin’ nowhere
Whoo-ee! Ride me high
Tomorrow’s the day
My bride’s gonna come
Oh, oh, are we gonna fly
Down in the easy chair!

I don’t care
How many letters they sent
Morning came and morning went
Pick up your money
And pack up your tent
You ain’t goin’ nowhere
Whoo-ee! Ride me high
Tomorrow’s the day
My bride’s gonna come
Oh, oh, are we gonna fly
Down in the easy chair!

Buy me a flute
And a gun that shoots
Tailgates and substitutes
Strap yourself
To the tree with roots
You ain’t goin’ nowhere
Whoo-ee! Ride me high
Tomorrow’s the day
My bride’s gonna come
Oh, oh, are we gonna fly
Down in the easy chair!

Genghis Khan
He could not keep
All his kings
Supplied with sleep
We’ll climb that hill no matter how steep
When we get up to it
Whoo-ee! Ride me high
Tomorrow’s the day
My bride’s gonna come
Oh, oh, are we gonna fly
Down in the easy chair!

version: Bob Dylan


Your Love Is Like A Flower

It was long, long ago in the moonlight
We were sitting on the banks of the stream
When you whispered so sweetly, I love you
As the waters murmured a tune

   Oh they tell me your love is like a flower
   In the springtime blossoms so fair
   In the fall then they wither away dear
   And they tell me that's the way of your love

I remember the night, little darling
We were talking of days gone by
When you told me you always would love me
That for me your love would never die

It was spring when you whispered these words dear
The flowers were all blooming so fair
But today as the snow falls around us
I can see that your love is not there



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