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H I J
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AMBER TRESSES
Far away in sunny mountains
Where the merry sunbeams play
There I wander through 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 with blue
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
Fate decreed that we be parted
Ere the leaves of autumn fell
When two hearts are separated
That had loved each other well
She was all I had to cherish
Ever loving kind and true
Now I see in every vision
Amber tresses tied with blue
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
She was dearer than the dearest
Ever loving kind and true
And she wore beneath her bonnet
Amber tresses tied with blue
ANCHORED IN LOVE
I found a sweet haven of sunshine at last
In Jesus abiding above
His dear arms around me are lovingly cast
And sweetly he tells his love
The tem----------pest is o'er
(The dangerous tempest forever is o'er)
I'm safe----------evermore
(My anchor is holding, I'm safe evermore)
What gladness, what rapture is mine
(What gladness, what rapture is mine)
The dan--------------ger is past
(The waters are peaceful, the danger is past)
I'm an-----------chored at last
(My spirit is happy, I'm anchored at last)
I'm anchored in love divine
(I'm anchored in love divine)
He saw me endangered and lovingly came
To pilot my stormy doomed soul
Sweet peace he has spoken and bless his sweet name
The billows no longer roll
The tem----------pest is o'er
(The dangerous tempest forever is o'er)
I'm safe----------evermore
(My anchor is holding, I'm safe evermore)
What gladness, what rapture is mine
(What gladness, what rapture is mine)
The dan--------------ger is past
(The waters are peaceful, the danger is past)
I'm an-----------chored at last
(My spirit is happy, I'm anchored at last)
I'm anchored in love divine
(I'm anchored in love divine)
His love shall enfold 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
[CHORUS]
ANGEL BAND
My latest sun is sinking fast
My race is nearly run
My strongest trials now are past
My triumph is begun
O come, angel band
Come and around me stand
O bear me away on your snowy wings
To my immortal home
O bear me away on your snowy wings
To my immortal home
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
O bear my longing heart to him
Who bled and died for me
Where blood now cleanses from all sin
And gives me victory
O come, angel band
Come and around me stand
O bear me away on your snowy wings
To my immortal home
O bear me away on your snowy wings
To my immortal home
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
I've almost gained my heavenly home
My spirit loudly sings
The Holy one before me comes
I hear the noise of wings
O come, angel band
Come and around me stand
O bear me away on your snowy wings
To my immortal home
O bear me away on your snowy wings
To my immortal home
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 he 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
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
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'd left me to repine
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
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
God, shall I ever get forgiveness
For the deeds that I have done
And meet up yonder her sweet charming
For I know she bids me come
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
ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT
Are you lonesome tonight, do you miss me, I say
Are you sorry we drifted apart
Does your memory cling to that bright summer day
When I kissed you and called you sweetheart
Like a 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
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
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
Are you lonesome tonight, do you miss me, I say
Are you sorry we drifted apart
Does your memory cling to that bright summer day
When I kissed you and called you sweetheart
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
I have counted the days, I have counted the nights
I've counted the months and the years
I have counted on you since we've drifted apart
Tell me, darling, are you lonesome tonight
Are you lonesome tonight, do you miss me, I say
Are you sorry we drifted apart
Does your memory cling to that bright summer day
When I kissed you and called you sweetheart
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ARE YOU TIRED OF ME, MY DARLING
Are you tired of me, my darling
Did you mean those words you said
That has made me yours forever
Since 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
Do you ever rue the springtime
Since we first each other met
Since we spoke in warm affection
Words my heart can ne'er forget
Tell me, could you live life over
Would you make it otherwise
Are you tired of me, my darling
Answer only with your eyes
Do you think the bloom departed
From these cheeks you once thought fair
Do you think I've grown cold-hearted
With the passing of the years
Tell me, could you live life over
Would you make it otherwise
Are you tired of me, my darling
Answer only with your eyes
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AWAY OUT ON THE OLD SAINT SABBATH
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
Away out on the old Saint Sabbath
Lay down to take my rest
My knapsack for my pillow
And my gun across my chest
Please don't bury me on the lone pa-rairie
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 Nell and me
Please don't bury me on the lone pa-rairie
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
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
My mother she lies sleeping
Beneath the churchyard sod
Her body lies there moldering
And her spirit has gone to God
Please don't bury me on the lone pa-rairie
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
Way up on Bear Creek, watching the sun go down (2x)
It makes me feel like I'm on my last go-round.
The water on Bear Creek it tastes like cherry wine (2x)
You can take one drink, you're drinking it all the time.
If you stay on Bear Creek, you'll get like Jesse James (2x)
You'll take two old pistols and hold up that Bear Creek Train.
I'm going high, high up on some lonesome hill (2x)
Look down on Bear Creek where my good gal used to live.
There's a beautiful home far over the sea
There are mansions of bliss for you and for me
Oh the beautiful home so wonderously fair
That savior for me has gone to prepare.
[CHORUS:]
There's a beautiful hom (beautiful home)
Far over the sea (far over the sea)
There's a beautiful home (for you and for me)
Its glittering towers (glittering towers)
The sun outshine (the sun outshine)
That beautiful home (that beautiful home)
Someday shall be mine.
In that beautiful home a crown I shall wear
With the glorified throng their glories to share
But the joys of that home can never be known
Till the Savior we see upon his white throne.
[repeat chorus]
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BEAUTIFUL BROWN EYES
Beautiful, beautiful brown eyes
Beautiful, beautiful brown eyes
Beautiful, beautiful brown eyes
I'll never love blue eyes again
Willie, my darling, I love you
Love you with all of my heart
We could have been married
But liquor has kept us apart
Beautiful, beautiful brown eyes
Beautiful, beautiful brown eyes
Beautiful, beautiful brown eyes
I'll never love blue eyes again
BEAUTIFUL ISLE O'ER THE SEA
I will not be your sweetheart
I'll tell you the reason why
My mama always told me
To pass a drunkard by
Beautiful isle o'er the sea, o'er the sea
Beautiful isle o'er the sea, o'er the sea
Beautiful isle o'er the sea, o'er the sea
There's someone waiting for me
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
Some say there's pleasure in courting
What pleasure is it to me
For the boy I love so dearly
Has turned his back on me
Beautiful isle o'er the sea, o'er the sea
Beautiful isle o'er the sea, o'er the sea
Beautiful isle o'er the sea, o'er the sea
There's someone waiting for me
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
Now, young man, I will tell you
If you want my heart, my hand
You'd better quit your drinking
And be a sober man
Beautiful isle o'er the sea, o'er the sea
Beautiful isle o'er the sea, o'er the sea
Beautiful isle o'er the sea, o'er the sea
There's someone waiting for me
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
Go prove yourself, be faithful
Go prove yourself, be true
And sometime in the future
Perhaps I'll marry you
Beautiful isle o'er the sea, o'er the sea
Beautiful isle o'er the sea, o'er the sea
Beautiful isle o'er the sea, o'er the sea
There's someone waiting for me
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
BEHIND THOSE STONE WALLS Was in St. Louis City where I first saw the light Brought up by honest parents in the pathway of right I was left an orphan at the age of ten years On mother's grave I've shed many tears I'd scarcely reached manhood when I left my old home With some other fellows through the west we did roam Seeking employment though scarcely could find We seemed so poor, and the people unkind [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] Was in New York City where we first met our fate We were arrested while roaming the street The charges were burglary, the theft it was small But they said it would place us behind the stone wall We were marched next morning to the courthouse for trial My pal was downhearted, though I gave him a smile We pleaded for mercy but was shown none at all They gave us twenty years behind the stone wall [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] 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 hall We'd learn to be a convict behind the stone wall While lying at 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 wall [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] Come all you young fellows and listen to me When you lose at life's pleasure you've lost liberty I've tasted life's pleasure, it's bitterer than gall It'll lead to a cell behind the stone wall
THE
BIRDS WERE SINGING OF YOU
Last night the pale moon was shining
Last night when all was still
I was wandering alone in sadness
Out among the woodland hills
I heard the birds a-singing
Out among the trees and hills
And all the birds, my darling
Were singing, were singing of you
Were singing, were singing of you (my love)
Were singing, were singing of you
And all the birds, my darling
Were singing, were singing of you
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
I think of you in the daytime
I dream of you by night
I wake and wish you was here, love
And tears are blinding my sight
The flowers that slumber so sweetly
The stars are above the blue
Oh, heaven itself, my darling
Is thinking, is thinking of you
Is thinking, is thinking of you (my love)
Is thinking, is thinking of you
Oh, heaven itself, my darling
Is thinking, is thinking of you
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
I opened my windows so gently
Looked out on the dreaming dew
And all the world, my darling
Was sighing, was sighing for you
Was sighing, sighing for you (my love)
Was sighing, sighing for you
And all the world, my darling
Was sighing, was sighing for you
Black Jack David came riding through
the woods
And he sang so loud and gaily
Made the hills around him ring
And he charmed the heart of a lady. (2x)
"How old are you my pretty little
miss
How old are you my honey?"
She answered him with a silly little smile
"I'll be sixteen next Sunday". (2x)
"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." (2x)
She pulled off her high-heeled shoes
They were made of Spanish leather
She put on those low-heeled shoes
And they both rode off together. (2x)
"Last night I lay on a warm feather
bed
Beside my husband and baby
Tonight I lay on the cold, cold ground
By the side of Black Jack David." (2x)
I was known as Blackie's Gunman
The best of gunmen in the land
I could shoot the ace of diamonds
With a draw from either hand
With the dice I had no equal
Some of them are with us now
Most of them are sadly sleepin'
'Neath the weeping willow bough
Many a cowboy's camp I 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 tough can tell
But I know I'll never meet her
Oh, 'twas hard to say farewell.
Her eyes were like the deep blue
water
And her hair was golden curls
And her cheeks were crimson velevt
And her teeth were snow white pearls
Together we lived in a cottage
And our lives it was a dream
And the angels they watched o're us
Made our lives one happy dream.
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
Oh, Bonnie, you've done me wrong
Oh, Bonnie, you've done me wrong
You've done me wrong and now I'm gone
Oh, Bonnie, you've done me wrong
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
I stayed in the country too long
I stayed in the country too long
The only wrong that I have done
I stayed in the country too long
Come and go with me to the train
Come and go with me to the train
Come and go with me and see me get on
Goodbye, my little Bonnie, I'm gone
BRING BACK MY BLUE-EYED BOY TO ME
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
'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 a boy that don't love me
Or must I act the childish part
And love that boy that broke my heart
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
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
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
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
Oh, 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
Bring back my blue-eyed boy to me
Bring back my blue-eyed boy to me
That I may ever happy be
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
Out in the cold world and far away
form home
Somebody's boy is wandering alone
No one to guide him and keep his footsteps right
Somebody's boy is homeless tonight.
[CHORUS:] Bring back my boy, my wandering
boy
Far, far away, wherever he may be
Tell him his mother with faded cheeks and hair
At their old home is waiting him there.
Out in the hallway there stands a
vacant chair
Yonder's the shoes my darling used to wear
Empty the cradle, the one that's loved so well
Oh how I miss him there's no toung can tell.
[CHORUS]
Oh could I see him and fold him to
my breast
Gladly I'd close my eyes anmd be at rest
There is no other that's left to give me joy
Bring back my boy, my wandering boy.
[CHORUS]
THE 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
THE THE BROKEN HEARTED LOVER
Would you let her part us, darling
Could you truly turn away
Would it make your heart ache, darling
Not to see me night or day
I've been dreaming of you, darling
Dreaming of your eyes so blue
Take me back, for love I'm dying
For I love none else but you
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
Many a day with you I've rambled
Down by the shades of the deep blue sea
There you told me that you loved me
That you loved none else but me
I am dreaming of you, darling
Dreaming of your eyes so blue
Take me back, for love I'm dying
For I love none else but you
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
I will give you back your letters
And your picture I love so well
How it makes my heart ache, darling
Oh, 'tis hard to say farewell
I been dreaming of you, darling
Dreaming of your eyes so blue
Take me back, for love I'm dying
For I love none else but you
One stormy day me and my buddy
Started on a roundup ride
The wind and dust blew hard around us
My buddy strayed far from my side.
[CHORUS] 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're forget the smile he gave me
Then the poor boy fell asleep.
I took him up in my saddle
And carried him home across the plain
My mother nursed him every moment
To try to make him well again.
[CHORUS]
I 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 my buddy's gone and left
me
And it's so hard to struggle on
So hard to believe that he has left me
I can't realize that he has gone.
[CHORUS]
BURY ME BENEATH THE WILLOW
My heart is sad and I'm in sorrow
For the only one I love
When will I see him, no, no, never
Till I meet him in heaven above
Then bury me beneath the willow
Beneath the weeping willow tree
Where he may know where I am sleeping
And perhaps he will weep for me
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
He told me that he dearly loved me
How could I believe him untrue
Until an angel softly whispered
He has proven untrue to you
Then bury me beneath the willow
Beneath the weeping willow tree
Where he may know where I am sleeping
And perhaps he will weep for me
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
Tomorrow was their wedding day
But, alas, oh, where can he be
He's gone, he's gone to wed another
And he no longer cares for me
Then bury me beneath the willow
Beneath the weeping willow tree
Where he may know where I am sleeping
And perhaps he will weep for me
BURY ME UNDER THE WEEPING WILLOW (II)
My heart is sad and I'm in sorrow
For the only one I love
When shall I see him, oh, no, never
Till I meet him in heaven above
Oh, bury me under the weeping willow
Yes, under the weeping willow tree
So he may know where I am sleeping
And perhaps he will weep for me
They told me that he did not love me
I could not believe it was true
Until an angel softly whispered
He has proven untrue to you
Oh, bury me under the weeping willow
Yes, under the weeping willow tree
So he may know where I am sleeping
And perhaps he will weep for me
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
Tomorrow was our wedding day
But, Lord, oh, where is he
He's gone to seek him another bride
And he cares no more for me
Oh, bury me under the weeping willow
Yes, under the weeping willow tree
So he may know where I am sleeping
And perhaps he will weep for me
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
Oh, bury me under the violets blue
To prove my love to him
Tell him that I would die to save him
For his love I never could win
Oh, bury me under the weeping willow
Yes, under the weeping willow tree
So he may know where I am sleeping
And perhaps he will weep for me
BY THE TOUCH OF HER HAND [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] There are days so dark that I seek in vain For the face of my own true love But the darkness hides, she is there to guide By the light of the moon above Oh the lonesome pine, oh the lonsome pine Where I met that sweetheart of mine With her hand in mine, and our hearts entwined As we stroll through the lonesome pine [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] Bright stars above, two sweethearts in love As we sing to the cooing doves She has brought me back to that mountain shack By the touch of her hand in love Oh the lonesome pine, oh the lonsome pine Where I met that sweetheart of mine With her hand in mine, and our hearts entwined As we stroll through the lonesome pine [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
Oh, listen to the train Coming down the line Trying to make up for all of her lost time From Buffalo to Washington
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
You can wash my jumper Starch my overalls Catch a train they call the Cannonball From Buffalo to Washington
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
Yonder comes a train Comin' down the track To carry me away, but it ain't gonna carry me back My honey babe, my blue-eyed babe
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
My baby's left me, She even took my shoes Enough to give me the doggone weary blues She's gone, she's solid gone
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
I'm going up north I'm going up north this fall If my luck don't change I won't be back at all My honey babe, I'm leaving you
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
CAN THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN
I was standing by my window On one cold and cloudy day And I saw the hearse come rolling For to carry my mother away
Can the circle be unbroken
Bye and bye, Lord, bye and bye
There's a better home a-waiting
In the sky, Lord, in the sky
Oh, I told the undertaker Undertaker, please drive slow For this body you are hauling How I hate to see her go
Can the circle be unbroken
Bye and bye, Lord, bye and bye
There's a better home a-waiting
In the sky, Lord, in the sky
Lord, I followed close beside her Tried to hold up and be brave But I could not hide my sorrow When they laid her in the grave
Can the circle be unbroken
Bye and bye, Lord, bye and bye
There's a better home a-waiting
In the sky, Lord, in the sky
Went back home Lord, My home was lonely
Since my mother she had gone
All my brothers, sisters crying
What a home so sad and lone
Can the
circle be unbroken
Bye and bye, Lord,
bye and bye
There's a better home a-waiting
In the sky, Lord, in the sky
CAN'T FEEL AT HOME IN THIS WORLD ANYMORE
This world is not my home, I'm just passing through
My treasures and my hopes are all beyond the blue
Where many many friends and kindred have gone on before
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 them that I have heard 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 would I do
Angels beckon me to heaven's open door
And I can't feel at home in this world anymore
Heaven'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
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 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 would I do
Angels beckon me to heaven's open door
And I can't feel at home in this world anymore
CARTERS' BLUES (CARTER'S BLUES)
As I woke up one morning fair
To view the fields and take the air
For to view the fields and the meadows around
I thought I heard some mournful sound
I thought I heard my true love say
"Oh, do turn and come this way"
Yodel-ay-ee, oh-lay-ee, ay-oh-lay-ee
You love some other, 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
Yodel-ay-ee, oh-lay-ee, ay-oh-lay-ee
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
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
Yodel-ay-ee, oh-lay-ee, ay-oh-lay-ee
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
So fare you well, my charming little love
Oh, meet me in that land above
And when we meet there in that land
We'll take no more this parting hand
Yodel-ay-ee, oh-lay-ee, ay-oh-lay-ee
CHARLIE AND NELLIE
Dear Nellie, since I left the city I find I've changed my mind I hope you won't think me untruthful Or d&127; 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 picture Also my letters and books I close 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
Here is your ring, dear Charlie Don't give it to her, I pray Unless you tell her 'twas once mine I bore it one year today
CHEWING GUM
Mama sent me to the spring She told me not to stay I fell in love with a pretty little girl Could not get away
Chawin' chewin' gum, chewin' chawin' gum
Chawin' chewin' gum, chewin' chawin' gum
First she give me peaches Then she give me pears Then she give me fifty cents Kissed me on the stairs
[CHORUS AND INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
Mama don't 'low me to whistle Papa don't 'low me to sing They don't want me to marry I'll marry just the same
[CHORUS AND INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
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
[CHORUS AND INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
I wouldn't have a doctor I'll tell you the reason why He rides all over the country Makes the people die
[CHORUS AND INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
I wouldn't have a farmer I'll tell you the reason why Because he has so plenty to eat Specially pumpkin pie
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I took my girl to church last night How do you reckon she done She walked right up to the preacher's face And chewed her chewing gum
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CHURCH IN THE WILDWOOD
There's a church in the valley in the wildwood No lovelier place in the dell No spot is so dear to my childhood As the little brown church in the dell
[bass] Oh, come, come, come, come
[all] Come to the church in the wildwood
Oh, come to the church in the dell
No spot is so dear to my childhood
As the little brown church in the dell
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How sweet on a clear sabbath morning To listen to the clear ringing bells Its gongs so sweetly are calling Oh, come to the church in the dell
[bass] Oh, come, come, come, come
[all] Come to the church in the wildwood
Oh, come to the church in the dell
No spot is so dear to my childhood
As the little brown church in the dell
There, close by the side of the loved one 'Neath the tree where the wildflowers bloom She sleeps, sweet love sleeps 'neath the willow Disturb not her rest in the tomb
[bass] Oh, come, come, come, come
[all] Come to the church in the wildwood
Oh, come to the church in the dell
No spot is so dear to my childhood
As the little brown church in the dell
[bass] Oh, come, come, come, come
[all] Come to the church in the wildwood
Oh, come to the church in the dell
No spot is so dear to my childhood
As the little brown church in the dell
CLIMBING ZION'S HILL
Oh, the heaven bells are ringing and I'm a-going home I'm a-going home, yes, I'm a-going home Oh, the heaven bells are ringing and I'm a-going home Climbing up Zion's hill
I'm climbing, I'm climbing
Climbing up Zion's hill
I'm climbing, I'm climbing
Climbing up Zion's hill
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If you don't, my mother, you'll be too late You'll be too late, you'll be too late If you don't, my mother, you'll be too late Climbing up Zion's hill
I'm climbing, I'm climbing
Climbing up Zion's hill
I'm climbing, I'm climbing
Climbing up Zion's hill
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If you don't, my father, you'll be too late You'll be too late, you'll be too late If you don't, my father, you'll be too late Climbing up Zion's hill
I'm climbing, I'm climbing
Climbing up Zion's hill
I'm climbing, I'm climbing
Climbing up Zion's hill
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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
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Blues and more blues It's a coal black blues Blues and more blues It's a coal black blues Got coal in my hair Got coal in my shoes
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These blues are soul blue They are the coal black blues These blues are soul blue They are the coal black blues For my place will cave in And my life I will lose
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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
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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
COME BACK TO ME
Come back to me in my dreaming Come back to me once more Come with the love light gleaming As in the days of yore
And 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
Somewhere a heart is breaking Calling me back to you Memories of loved ones awaiting 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 roses are blooming Then I'll come back to you
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
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He joined a band of cowboys And tried to forget her name But out on the lonely pa-rairie She waits for him the same
One night when work was finished Just at the close of day Someone said, sing a song, Jack We'll drive those cares away
When Jack began his singing His mind did wander back For he sang of a maiden Who waited for her Jack
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When he reached the prairie He found a new-made mound His friends they sadly told him They 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 pa-rairie 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 starlit plain And thought of his home so dear
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He thought of his mother he loved so well And the slumber of sleep was buried Not a sound to be heard but those of the night As he sang a wild song to his herd
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The cattle are lying so quiet and still On the carpet that mantles the west While the golden links from the sky at night Brings peace to the cowboy's breast
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Still he thinks of his mother in a faraway land And his thoughts by memory was stirred And he sees himself to the old home again As he sings a wild song to his herd
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He's far from the din of the city noise Where the links of folly do shine He's far from the brawls of the dives of sin And the flow of the sparkling wine
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He's in the great west with its mantle of green Where his neighbors say never a word A land of mirages, mountains and plains Where the cowboy sings low to his herd
THE 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 his kindness was denied So he called his comrades to him And told his story 'ere he died
When Cuba 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 soldier's promised bride
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'Tis the same old story, comrades Love weeps when duty is done When Cuba 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
When Cuba 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 soldier's promised bride
THE CURTAINS OF NIGHT
When the curtains of night are pinned back with a star And the beautiful moon climbs the sky And the dewdrops of heaven are kissing the rose It is then that my memory flies
As upon the wings of some beautiful dove In haste with the message it bears To bring a kiss of affection and say I'll remember you, love, in my prayers
Go wherever you will, over land, over sea
I will 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
I have loved you too fondly to ever forget The words you have spoken to me With a kiss of affection still warm on my lips When you told me how true you would be
Go wherever you will, over land, over sea
I will 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
As the heavenly angels are guarding the good As God has ordained them to do In answer to prayers I have offered for you I know there is one watching you
Go wherever you will, over land, over sea
I will 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
And may its bright spirit go with you through life To guide you up heaven's bright stairs To meet with the one who has loved you so true And remembered to love in her prayers
THE CYCLONE OF RYE COVE
Oh, listen today and a story I'll tell In sadness and tear-dimmed eyes Of a dreadful cyclone that came this way And blew our schoolhouse away
Rye Cove (Rye Cove) Rye Cove (Rye Cove)
The place of my childhood and home
Where in life's early morn I once loved to roam
But now it's so silent and lone
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When the cyclone appeared it darkened the air Yes, the lightning flashed over the sky The children all cried, don't take us away And spare us to go back home
Rye Cove (Rye Cove) Rye Cove (Rye Cove)
The place of my childhood and home
Where in life's early morn I once loved to roam
But now it's so silent and lone
There were mothers so dear and fathers the same That came to this horrible scene Searching and crying each found their own child Dying on a pillow of stone
Rye Cove (Rye Cove) Rye Cove (Rye Cove)
The place of my childhood and home
Where in life's early morn I once loved to roam
But now it's so silent and lone
Oh, give us a home far beyond the blue sky Where storms and cyclones are unknown There by life's strand we'll clasp this glad hand With children in a heavenly home
Rye Cove (Rye Cove) Rye Cove (Rye Cove)
The place of my childhood and home
Where in life's early morn I once loved to roam
But now it's so silent and lone