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DARK AND STORMY WEATHER
Dark and stormy weather
It still inclines to rain
The clouds hang over Center*
My love's gone away on a train
We met, loved, and parted I thought the world of you You left me brokenhearted To me you proved untrue
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
I'm leaving old Virginia There's nothing here for me I know you love another In my grave I'd rather be
Dark and stormy weather
It still inclines to rain
The clouds hang over Center*
My love's gone away on a train
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
You told me that you loved me I believed just what you said But now you love another I wish that I were dead
Dark and stormy weather
It still inclines to rain
The clouds hang over Center*
My love's gone away on a train
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* - Center, Virginia
DARK HAIRED TRUE LOVER
I once had a dark haired true lover She was all the world to me She promised herself to another Now don't you think it was me I was young when I wrote my first letter I blotted the lines with tears But now I am old, I know better We've parted for many long years
Take back every word you have spoken Let it be as though we've never met For tonight I'm a poor boy heartbroken I'll forgive but I'll never forget Oh, Ruth, Oh, Ruth, how I love you You just seemed to me like a bird Although you went back on your promise Although you went back on your word Take back every word you have spoken Let it be as though we've never met For tonight I'm a poor boy heartbroken I'll forgive but I'll never forget We parted in the month of September Some say we parted for life But I hope some day or another I'll call you my sweet darling wife Take back every word you have spoken Let it be as though we've never met For tonight I'm a poor boy heartbroken I'll forgive but I'll never forget
I wish I had someone to love me Someone to call me their own I'm out in this wide world a-wandering I'm tired of living alone
DARLING DAISIES
When first I met my darling Daisy, Down by the garden wall I was walking along the street so shady I was going for a twilight call
I'd love to sing and dance among the roses
Down by the garden wall
It's there I'd like to meet my Daisy
When I make a twilight call
She was sleeping in a bed of roses
Dreaming of the bye and bye
While the little birds around were a-singing
Up above the branches so high
I'd love to sing and dance among the roses Down by the garden wall It's there I'd like to meet my Daisy When I make a twilight call
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
If you want to see a bright-eyed beauty Bright as the stars that shine Just come and go with me some evening To see that pretty girl of mine
I'd love to sing and dance among the roses
Down by the garden wall
It's there I'd like to meet my Daisy
When I make a twilight call
DARLING LITTLE JOE
What will the birds do, mother, in the spring The little brown birds around the door Will they fly from the trees and tap at my window Asking why Joe wanders out no more
What will the kitten do, mother, all alone Will it stop from its frolics for a day Will it lie on its rug by the side of my bed As it did before I went away
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
Keep Tige, dearest mother, my poor little dog For I know that he'll mourn for me, too Keep him when old and useless he grows Sleeping all the long summer through
Show him my coat, mother, so he'll not forget Little master who will then be dead Speak to him kindly and often of Joe And pat him on his shaggy head
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
What will Thomas the old gardener say When you ask him for a flower for me Will he give you a rose he has tended with care The first, fairest bloom of the tree
And you, dearest mother, will miss me for a while Though in heaven I'll larger grow Any kind angel will tell you at the gate When you ask for your darling, Little Joe
DARLING NELLIE ACROSS THE SEA
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
Oh, the night was dark and stormy When this message came to me It was from my darling Nellie Who is far across the sea
Oh, dear Jack, I know I'm dying I've no friends, no parents nigh But remember, dearest Jackie There's a home for us on high
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
Oh, dear mother, I must leave you I must go across the sea I must find my darling Nellie Who so dearly cared for me
I was wandering through the graveyard When I found where Nellie laid It was there my heart was broken It was there I knelt and prayed
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
Now I'm left alone in sadness On the field of flowery Spain And the girl I love is sleeping In the cold and silent grave
Lay me where Nellie's sleeping Close beside her let me lie Where the blooming flowers are creeping There, oh, lay me when I die
DEATH IS ONLY A DREAM
Sadly we sing and with tremulous breath That we stand at the mystical stream Through the valley inside the dark river of death And yet it's no more than a dream
Only a dream, only a dream
Of glory beyond the dark stream
How peaceful the slumber, how happy the waking
For death is only a dream
Prepare me, my savior, prepare me, I pray
To cross o'er this terrible dark stream
O lead me and guide me and be near my side
It'll be nothing more than a dream
Only a dream, only a dream
Of glory beyond the dark stream
How peaceful the slumber, how happy the waking
For death is only a dream
DIAMONDS IN THE ROUGH
While walking out one evening
Not knowing where to go
Just to pass the time away
Before we held our show
I heard the Bethel Nation stand
Singing with all their might
I give my heart to Jesus
And left the show that night
The day will soon be over and digging will be done
And no more gems be gathered, so let us all press on
When Jesus comes to claim us and says it is enough
The diamonds will be shining, no longer in the rough
One day, my precious comrade
You, too, were lost in sin
And others sought your rescue
And Jesus took you in
And when you're tired and tempted
And scoffers can rebuff
Don't turn away in anger
This diamond in the rough
The day will soon be over and digging will be done And no more gems be gathered, so let us all press on When Jesus comes to claim us and says it is enough The diamonds will be shining, no longer in the rough
While reading through the Bible
Some wondrous sights I see
I read of Peter, James, and John
On the Sea of Galilee
And Jesus when he found them
He bound them very tough
And they were precious diamonds
He gathered in the rough
The day will soon be over and digging will be done
And no more gems be gathered, so let us all press on
When Jesus comes to claim us and says it is enough
The diamonds will be shining, no longer in the rough
A DISTANT LAND TO ROAM I remember very well On one dark and dreary day Just as I was leaving home For a distant land to roam
Mother said (mother said)
My dear boy (my dear boy)
I hope to see you next year again
Fare you well (fare you well)
Fare you well (fare you well)
So I left my dear old home
For a distant land to roam
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
Now I've wandered far away From my home I've gone astray Now I'm coming, coming home Never more from thee to roam
Mother said (mother said)
My dear boy (my dear boy)
I hope to see you next year again
Fare you well (fare you well)
Fare you well (fare you well)
So I left my dear old home
For a distant land to roam
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
And these words she said to me As she took me by the hand If on earth we meet no more May we meet at God's right hand
Mother said (mother said)
My dear boy (my dear boy)
I hope to see you next year again
Fare you well (fare you well)
Fare you well (fare you well)
So I left my dear old home
For a distant land to roam
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
DIXIE DARLING
Way down below the Mason-Dixon line
There's where the honeysuckle are entwined
There's where the southern winds are blowin'
There's where the daisies' growin'
Girls up north in their gay finery
Whirling around in their soft satee
Singing the song of my dixie darling
Where I long to be
My dixie darlin'
Listen to the song I sing
Beneath the silv'ry moon
With my banjo right in tune
My heart's forever true
I love no one but you
My dixie darling
My dixie queen
Goin' down south, gonna have a good time
See my girl down in old Caroline
Drink my booze and do as I please
For all the girls I long to squeeze
Singing the song of my dixie darling
That's where I Long to be going
That's where the jellyroll's rolling
With my dixie queen
My dixie darlin'
Listen to the song I sing
Beneath the silv'ry moon
With my banjo right in tune
My heart's forever true
I love no one but you
My dixie darling
My dixie queen
DON'T FORGET ME, LITTLE DARLING Don't forget me, little darling When from me you're far away But remember, little darling We will meet again someday Darling, I have come to tell you Though this message breaks my heart At the dawning of the morning We'll be many miles apart [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] Take this little bunch of roses That you gave me long ago Many a time I've kissed them, darling These I'll never kiss no more Who is going to love you, darling Who will fold you to their breast Who will talk the future over While I roam the desert west [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] You may meet with many changes Driving down life's river stream But remember, little darling You are always in my dream You may meet with brighter faces Some may say that I'm not true But remember, little darling None can love you as I do [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] At my window sad and lonely Often do I think of you And I wonder, oh I wonder If you ever think of me
DON'T FORGET THIS SONG
My home's in old Virginia
Among the lovely hills
The memory of my birthplace
Lies in my bosom still
I did not like my fireside I did not like my home I have a mind for rambling So far away from home
It was on one moonlight evening The stars were shining bright And with an ugly dagger I made the spirits fly
To friends I bid adieu To parents I bid farewell I landed in Chicago In the very midst of hell
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
While I was in the sober it struck me As plain as you can see I'm doomed, I'm ruined forever Throughout eternity
I courted a fair young lady Her name I will not tell Oh, why should I disgrace her When I am doomed for hell
But now I'm upon my scaffold My time's not very long You may forget the singer But don't forget this song
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
THE DYING MOTHER
On a cold winters eve as the snow flakes were falling
In a low humble cottage an poor mother lay
And although wrecked with pain she lay there contented
With her savior her friend and peace with Him made
We will all meet again on that great judgment morning
The book will be opened the roll will be called
Oh how sad it will be if forever were parted
While some rise to glory and others stand to fall
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
Oh that mother of yours has gone oe'r the river
And you promised you'd meet her while knelt by her bed
As the death sweat rolled off and fell down on her pillow
Over memories she'll live although she is dead
You remember the kiss and the last words she uttered
Oh the arms that embraced you are with you no more
As we stand by the grave tears drops fall on her passage
And we vow there to meet her on that happy shore
Back to top
THE DYING SOLDIER France's sun was slowly sinking o'er the hilltops far away The land was in its beauty where the dying soldier lay Tears were streaming down his face as he slowly raised his head And these were the dying words he said
Oh, carry me back to old Tennessee
Let this be my last repose
Lay my feet beneath the lilacs
Lay my head beneath the rose
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
Take this message to my mother for I know she's old and gray At home I know she's waiting, looking for her boy some day Oh, dear mother, I pulled through for my country and for you And I'm dying for the red, white, and blue
Oh, carry me back to old Tennessee
Let this be my last repose
Lay my feet beneath the lilacs
Lay my head beneath the rose
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
O'er the hills of Tennessee where the wild winds wander free The little girl waiting there for me Tell her that the rose she gave me will be placed upon my grave In memory of her soldier brave
Oh, carry me back to old Tennessee
Let this be my last repose
Lay my feet beneath the lilacs
Lay my head beneath the rose
EAST VIRGINIA BLUES #1
I was born in East Virginia
To North Carolina I did go
There I spied a fair young lady
And her age I did not know
Her hair was dark in color
Her cheeks were rosy red
Upon her breast she wore white lilies
Where I longed to lay my head
Oh, at my heart you are my darlin'
At my door you're welcome in
At my gate I'll always meet you
For you're the girl I tried to win
I'd rather be in some dark holler
Where the sun refuse to shine
Than for you to be another man's darlin'
And to know you'll never be mine
EAST VIRGINIA BLUES #2
My sweetheart has gone and left me And my little sisters, too And I'm left alone in sadness Lord, I don't know what to do
All this world has turned against me Nothing but trouble do I see There will be no more pleasure In this whole wide world for me
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
Oh, I am just from East Virginia With a heart so brave and true And I learned to love a maiden With eyes of heavenly blue
That same day I packed my suitcase And I started to go away But she met me at the station Saying, darling, won't you stay
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
Oh, I am dying, Captain, dying Won't you take these words for me Take them over to the jailhouse Let this whole wide world go free
ENGINE 143
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
Along came the FFV, the swiftest on the line Running o'er the C&O road just 20 minutes behind Running into Seville headquarters on the line Receiving their strict orders from the station just behind
Running into Hampton, the engineer was there George Allen was his name, with curling golden hair His fireman, Jack Dixon, was standing by his side Awaiting for strict orders while in the cab to ride
Georgie's mother came to him with a bucket on her arm Saying, my darling son, be careful how you run For many a man has lost his life in trying to make lost time And if you run your engine right you'll get there just on time
Mother, I know your advice is good and later I'll take heed I think my engine is all right, I'm sure that she will speed O'er this road I need to go at the rate of a cannonball And when I blow for the stockyard gate I'm sure they'll hear my call
Up the road she darted, against the rocks she crashed Upside-down the engine turned, poor Georgie's breast it smashed His head was against the firebox door, the flames were rolling high I'm glad I was born for an engineer, on the C&O road to die
The doctor said to Georgie, my darling boy, be still Your life may yet be saved if it is God's blessed will Oh, no, said Georgie, that will not do, I want to die so free I want to die for the engine I love, one hundred and forty-three
The doctor said to Georgie, your life cannot be saved Murdered upon the railroad and laid in a lonesome grave His face was covered up with blood, his eyes you could not see And the very last words poor Georgie said was nearer, my God, to Thee
THE EVENING BELLS ARE RINGING
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
Moonlight shining over Dixie To my heart will ever bring Dreams of snowy fields of cotton Everywhere the darkies sing
In the evening by the moonlight
In dear old Tennessee
And the evening bells were ringing
Across the hills so tenderly
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
Moonlight makes me sigh for you, dear Makes me long to hold your hand I know I'm missing hugs and kisses Far away from Dixieland
In the evening by the moonlight
In dear old Tennessee
And the evening bells were ringing
Across the hills so tenderly
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
My darling, come, for I am waiting Come, let me hold you very near We'll build a bower among the flowers Down in Dixieland
In the evening by the moonlight
In dear old Tennessee
And the evening bells were ringing
Across the hills so tenderly
My brave boy sleeps in his faded coat of blue
In a lonely grave unknown lies the heart that beat so true.
He sank faint and hungry among the Spanish brave
And they laid him sad and lonely in a nameless grave.
CHORUS: No more the bugle calls the weary one.
Rest, noble spirit in their graves unknown
For we'll find you and know you among the good and true
Where a robe of white is given for a faded coat of blue.
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
He cried "Give me water and just a little crumb
And my mother she will bless you through all the years to come
And tell my sweet sister, so gentle, good and true.
That I'll meet her up in heaven in my faded coat of blue".
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
No dear one was nigh him
to close his mild blue eyes
No gentle voice was by him to give him sweet replies
No stone marks the lonely sod of my lad so brave and true
In a lowly grave he's sleeping in his faded coat of blue
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
The flowers I saw in the wildwood Have since dropped their beautiful leaves And the many dear friends of my childhood Have slumbered for years in their graves
But the bloom of the flowers I remember Though their smiles I may nevermore see For the cold, chilly winds of December Stole my flowers' companions from me
'Tis no wonder that I'm brokenhearted
And stricken with sorrows should be
For we have met, we have loved, we have parted
My flowers' companions and me
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
How dark looks this world and how dreary When we part from the ones that we love There is rest for the faint and the weary And friends meet with loved ones above
For in heaven I can but remember When from earth my soul shall be freed That no cold, chilly winds of December Shall steal my companions from me
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
'Tis no wonder that I'm brokenhearted
And stricken with sorrows should be
For we have met, we have loved, we have parted
My flowers' companions and me
FAREWELL, NELLIE
Farewell, Nellie, farewell, darling Soon with strangers I must roam Don't forget the one that loves you Far away from friends and home
Fly across the ocean, birdie
Fly across the deep, blue sea
Take this message to my darling
She'll be glad to hear from me
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
You have told me that you love me But you have unproved true So I'll go and court some other That will love more than you
Fly across the ocean, birdie
Fly across the deep, blue sea
Take this message to my darling
She'll be glad to hear from me
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
When the whippoorwills are singing Across the dark and lonely sea When you're thinking of 10,000 Will you sometimes think of me
Fly across the ocean, birdie
Fly across the deep, blue sea
Take this message to my darling
She'll be glad to hear from me
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
How my heart is filled with sorrow And my eyes are filled with tears So I'll not forget you, darling If I live 10,000 years
THE FATE OF DEWEY LEE 'Twas on one Saturday evening about the hour of ten In a little mining town where trouble did begin Everybody there were drinking, there were whisky everywhere Dewey Lee got to thinking he had no business there [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] He was so tall and handsome, his heart so true and brave Joe Jenkins pulled his pistol and sent him to his grave He took the life of Dewey when life had just begin And Dewey went to heaven while Joe went to the pen [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] He took the life of Dewey because, he would not tell We know he murdered Dewey, for here his pistol fell His mother sits now weeping, she weeps and mourns all day She prays to meet her boy in a better world some day [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] So hearken to my story and what I have to say Get right with your maker, we'll meet him again some day But first to Stand up, boy, and listen to your crime They sent him down to Richmond to serve out his time [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] Young men, all take warning, for this you must have guilt Don't take the life of anyone for life you cannot give You may possess great riches like many beneath the sod But money won't hire a lawyer when you stand before your God
FIFTY MILES OF ELBOW ROOM
1200 miles its length and breadth
The foursquare city stands
Its gemset walls of jasper shine
Not made by human hands
100 miles its gates are wide
Abundant entrance there
With fifty miles of elbow room
On either side to spare
When the gates swing wide on the other side
Just beyond the sunset sea
There'll be room to spare as we enter there
Room for you and room for me
For the gates are wide on the other side
Where the flowers ever bloom
On the right hand, on the left hand
Fifty miles of elbow room
Sometimes I'm cramped and crowded here
And long for elbow room
I want to reach for altitude
Where the fairest flowers bloom
It won't be long before I pass
Into that city fair
With fifty miles of elbow room
On either side to spare
When the gates swing wide on the other side
Just beyond the sunset sea
There'll be room to spare as we enter there
Room for you and room for me
For the gates are wide on the other side
Where the flowers ever bloom
On the right hand, on the left hand
Fifty miles of elbow room
FOGGY MOUNTAIN TOP
If I was on some foggy mountain top
I'd sail away to the west
I'd sail around this whole wide world
To the girl I love the best
If I had listened what mama says
I would not have been here today
A-lying around this old jail house
A-weeping my sweet life away
Yeah, oh-lay-ee-oh, lee-oh-la-ee-ay
Lee-oh-lay-ee, lay-ee, oh-lay-ee
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
Oh, if you see that girl of mine
There's something you must tell her
She need not be foolin' no time away
To court some other feller
Oh, she's caused me to weep, she's caused me to mourn
She caused me to leave my home
For the lonesome pine and the good old times
I'm on my way back home
Yeah, oh-lay-ee-oh, lee-oh-la-ee-ay
Lee-oh-lay-ee, lay-ee, oh-lay-ee
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
Oh, when you go a-courtin'
I'll tell you how to do
Pull off that long-tailed roustabout
Put on your navy blue
Yeah, oh-lay-ee-oh, lee-oh-la-ee-ay
Lee-oh-lay-ee, lay-ee, oh-lay-ee
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
FOND AFFECTION
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
Once I loved your fond affection All my hopes on you was spent Till a dark eyed girl persuaded And you cared no more for me
Go on and leave me if you wish to
Never let me cross your mind
In your heart you love another
Never on earth will call you mine
Yodel-ay-ee-oh, lay-ee-ay, oh-lay-ee
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
When I'm dead and in my coffin And my pale face toward the sun Will you come and sit beside me And think of what you have done
Go on and leave me if you wish to
Never let me cross your mind
In your heart you love another
Never on earth will call you mine
Yodel-ay-ee-oh, lay-ee-ay, oh-lay-ee
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
When I'm dead and in my coffin And the shroud around me bound Will you come and scatter roses Upon your lover's mound
Go on and leave me if you wish to
Never let me cross your mind
In your heart you love another
Never on earth will call you mine
Yodel-ay-ee-oh, lay-ee-ay, oh-lay-ee
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
FORSAKEN LOVE
They stood in the moonlight nearby the gate Goodbye, my darling, I know you'll wait She ceased weeping and smiled through tears Saying, I've been true, love, through these long years
For on tomorrow at the break of day He was to journey far far away He held her closer, his promised bride And to her questions these words replied
I've loved you always, yes, I've been true
My heart shall never be, love, but for you
Oh, darling, believe me, far over the sea
Through life or death, still faithful I'll be
One year passed by, he's coming home His pilgrimage over, no longer to roam And smiling, he thinks of her shining eye Shining with welcome, a glad surprise
A dainty letter he takes from his breast To which his extended lips were pressed And reading once more by the warming light The words he had spoken to her that night
I've loved you always, yes, I've been true
My heart shall never be, love, but for you
Oh, darling, believe me, far over the sea
Through life or death, still faithful I'll be
Once more he seeks the old garden gate But he arrives, alas, alas, it's too late The wedding is over, the knot is tied He finds his darling another's bride
And later they found him there on the grass A pistol nearby, still holding fast A crop of letters that explained the deed And in the pale moonlight these words did read
I've loved you always, yes, I've been true
My heart shall never be, love, but for you
Oh, darling, believe me, far over the sea
Through life or death, still faithful I'll be
FUNNY WHEN YOU FEEL THAT WAY
I can't forget how queer I felt Since first I fell in love I had a most sincere attack From squeezing a lady's glove
Her lovely hand was in it As we waltzed around so gay I thought myself in paradise It's funny when you feel that way
It's funny when you feel that way
It's funny when you feel that way
I thought myself in paradise
It's funny when you feel that way
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
Again we met one afternoon As we were all alone I plucked up nerve to ask If she would someday be my own
She blushed and said, we'll ask papa And ask him if I may I danced a canter 'round the room It's funny when you feel that way
It's funny when you feel that way
It's funny when you feel that way
I danced a canter 'round the room
It's funny when you feel that way
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
The old boy said that we might wed And so he crowned my bliss And I shall be a double man In about a month from this
It seemed to me somehow the time Would never pass away I long to hear those wedding bells It's funny when you feel that way
It's funny when you feel that way
It's funny when you feel that way
I long to hear those wedding bells
It's funny when you feel that way
GATHERING FLOWERS FROM THE HILLSIDE Chorus: I've been gathering flowers form the hillside To wreath around your brow But you've kept me waiting so long dear The flowers have all withered down [guitar break] I know that you have seen troubles But never hang down your head Your love for me is like a flower Your love for me is dead [chorus] It was on one bright June morning The roses were in bloom I shot and killed my darling And what will be my doom? [chorus] [guitar break] Those eyes cannot see these roses Those hands cannot hold them you know And these lips that still cannot kiss me Have gone form me forevermore [chorus]
GIRL ON THE GREENBRIAR SHORE Was in the year of '92 In the merry month of June I left my mother and a home so dear For the girl I loved on the greenbriar shore [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] My mother dear, she came to me And said, "Oh, son, don't go Don't leave your mother and a home so dear To trust a girl on the greenbriar shore" [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] But I was young and reckless, too And I craved a reckless life I left my mother with a broken heart And I choosed that girl to be my wife [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] Her hair was dark and curly, too And her loving eyes were blue Her cheeks were like the red red rose The girl I loved on the greenbriar shore [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] The years rolled on and the months rolled by She left me all alone Now I remember what mother said "Never trust a girl on the greenbriar shore"
My
sweetheart was a shy little miss
And one I fondly adore
And when you ask her for a kiss
She'll give you just one and no more.
She'll give you just
one and no more
She'll give you just one and no more
And when you ask her for a kiss
She'll give you just one and no more
Her dad was a feeling old man
He always had a feeling for me
I can tell you when this feeling began
When his daughter I first went to see.
I was bidding my sweetheart
goodnight
In the ususal manner you know
When a voice from the house said "Sic him touse,
And give him one more as he goes!"
"And give him one more as he
goes
And give him one more as he goes
When a voice from the house said "Sic him Towse,
And give him one more as he goes!"
It was over the garden wall
In a manner I'll tell you not slow
He exclaimed with a swear as his foot smote the air
"And I'll give him one more as he goes!"
"I'll give him one more as he
goes
I'll give him one more as he goes"
He exclaimed with a swear as his foot smote the air,
"I'll give him one more as he goes!"
GIVE ME THE ROSES WHILE I LIVE
Wonderful things of folks are said
When they have passed away
Roses adorn their narrow bed
Over the sleeping clay
Give me the roses while I live
Trying to cheer me on
Useless are flowers that you give
After the soul is gone
Let us not wait to do good deeds
Till they have passed away
Now is the time to sow good seeds
While here on earth we stay
Give me the roses while I live
Trying to cheer me on
Useless are flowers that you give
After the soul is gone
Kind words are useless when folks lie
Cold in a narrow bed
Don't wait till death to speak kind words
Now should the words be said
Give me the roses while I live
Trying to cheer me on
Useless are flowers that you give
After the soul is gone
Give me the roses while I live
Don't wait until I die
To spread the roses over my grave
To see as you pass it by
Give me the roses while I live
Trying to cheer me on
Useless are flowers that you give
After the soul is gone
GIVE ME YOUR LOVE AND I'LL GIVE YOU MINE
Just at the close of a bright summer day Just as the twilight had faded away Soft on the breeze like the coo of a dove Someone was singing an old song of love
Tell me you love me and say you'll be true
I love nobody in this world but you
Your heart and my heart in love will entwine
Give me your love and I'll give you mine
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Come along with me to the quiet shady nook Where flowers bloom at the side of a brook Nature is sleeping, the birds are at rest I'll place a wild rose on your beautiful breast
Tell me you love me and say you'll be true
I love nobody in this world but you
Your heart and my heart in love will entwine
Give me your love and I'll give you mine
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I've something to ask you while you're by my side A question of love, of groom and of bride And if you refuse me, my heart it will pine Give me your love and I'll give you mine
Tell me you love me and say you'll be true
I love nobody in this world but you
Your heart and my heart in love will entwine
Give me your love and I'll give you mine
GLORY TO THE LAMB Oh glory, oh glory, oh glory to the Lamb Hallelujah, I am saved and I'm so glad I am Oh glory, oh glory, oh glory to the Lamb Hallelujah, I am saved and I'm so glad I am [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] On Monday I am happy, on Tuesday full of joy Wednesday I've got the faith the Devil can't destroy On Thursday and Friday, walking in the light Saturday I've got the victory and Sunday's always bright Oh glory, oh glory, oh glory to the Lamb Hallelujah, I am saved and I'm so glad I am Oh glory, oh glory, oh glory to the Lamb Hallelujah, I am saved and I'm so glad I am [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] I fell in love with Jesus and he fell in love with me That's the very reason I've got the victory I'm happy when it's raining, I'm happy when it shines I'm happy now with Jesus, I'm happy all the time Oh glory, oh glory, oh glory to the Lamb Hallelujah, I am saved and I'm so glad I am Oh glory, oh glory, oh glory to the Lamb Hallelujah, I am saved and I'm so glad I am [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] Oh glory, oh glory, oh glory to the Lamb Hallelujah, I am saved and I'm so glad I am Oh glory, oh glory, oh glory to the Lamb Hallelujah, I am saved and I'm so glad I am Back to top
GOD GAVE NOAH THE RAINBOW SIGN
I've got a home in that rock Don't you see (don't you see) I've got a home in that rock Don't you see I've got a home in that rock Just beyond the mountaintop Tide me over, Rock of Ages, cleft for me
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God gave Noah the rainbow sign Don't you see (don't you see) God gave Noah the rainbow sign Don't you see God gave Noah the rainbow sign No more water, but the fire next time Tide me over, Rock of Ages, cleft for me
Old Lazarus, poor as I Don't you see (don't you see) Old Lazarus, poor as I Don't you see Old Lazarus, poor as I When he died he had a home on high Tide me over, Rock of Ages, cleft for me
East and West the fire will roll Hide thou me (hide thou me) East and West the fire will roll Hide thou me East and West the fire will roll How will it be with my poor soul Tide me over, Rock of Ages, cleft for me
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When this world's all on fire Hide thou me (hide thou me) When this world's all on fire Hide thou me When this world's all on fire Let thy bosom be my pillow Tide me over, Rock of Ages, cleft for me
GOLD WATCH AND CHAIN
Darling, how can I stay here without you I have nothing to cheer my poor heart This old world would seem sad, love, without you Tell me now that we're never to part
Oh, I'll pawn you my gold watch and chain, love
And I'll pawn you my gold diamond ring
I will pawn you this heart in my bosom
Only say that you love me again
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Take back all the gifts you have given But a ring and a lock of your hair And a card with your picture upon it It's a face that is false, but it's fair
Oh, I'll pawn you my gold watch and chain, love
And I'll pawn you my gold diamond ring
I will pawn you this heart in my bosom
Only say that you love me again
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Tell me why that you do not love me Tell me why that your smile is not bright Tell me why you have grown so coldhearted Is there no kiss for me, love, tonight
Oh, I'll pawn you my gold watch and chain, love
And I'll pawn you my gold diamond ring
I will pawn you this heart in my bosom
Only say that you love me again
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Oh, I'll pawn you my gold watch and chain, love
And I'll pawn you my gold diamond ring
I will pawn you this heart in my bosom
Only say that you love me again
GOODBYE THEME
The hour has come, we part today Goodbye (goodbye) goodbye (goodbye) With trembling lips we sadly say Goodbye (goodbye) goodbye (goodbye)
Oh, some of us here shall meet no more Goodbye (goodbye) goodbye (goodbye) But let's all meet where partings are o'er Goodbye (goodbye) goodbye (goodbye)
GOODBYE TO THE PLAINS
Goodbye to the pals of the prairie Goodbye to the pals of the plains Goodbye to the dash and the danger Goodbye to the heartaches and pains
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Goodbye to my faithful old pony Take care of him, boys, when I go I'm riding away on life's roundup Away to where the sun sinks low
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Goodbye to the whoop-rushing cattle Goodbye to the clanking of spurs Goodbye to the laugh and the chatter Goodbye to the wildlife and steers
Goodbye to the dawning's first blushes That fair in the east faintly glow I'm riding away on life's roundup Away to where the sun sinks low
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Goodbye to the girls and the boys Goodbye to all of my friends Goodbye to the dear girl, my sweetheart For I know this is my end
For the pale rider comes with his summons And I'm willing and ready to go For I'm riding away on life's roundup Away to where the sun sinks low
GOSPEL SHIP I'm going to take a trip in that old gospel ship I'm going far beyond the sky I'm gonna shout and sing till the heavens ring When I bid this world good-bye [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] I have good news to bring and that is why I sing All my joys with you I'll share I'm going to take a trip in that old gospel ship And go sailing through the air I'm going to take a trip in that old gospel ship I'm going far beyond the sky I'm gonna shout and sing till the heavens ring When I bid this world good-bye [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] I can scarcely wait, I know I won't be late I'll spend my time in prayer And when the ship comes in I'll leave this world of sin And go sailing through the air I'm going to take a trip in that old gospel ship I'm going far beyond the sky I'm gonna shout and sing till the heavens ring When I bid this world good-bye [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] If you are ashamed of me you ought not to be Yes, you'd better have a care If too much fault you find you'll sure be left behind While I'm sailing through the air I'm going to take a trip in that old gospel ship I'm going far beyond the sky I'm gonna shout and sing till the heavens ring When I bid this world good-bye Back to top
There's a little grave on the green hillside That lies to the morning sun And the wayworn feet often wander there When the cares of the day are done
We sometimes sit in the twilight fall And talk of a far off land And I sometimes feel in the twilight there The touch of a vanished hand
Grave on the green hillside
Grave on the green hillside
In the years to come we will calmly sleep
In a grave on the green hillside
And this land is full of these little graves In the valleys, plains, and hills There's an angel, too, for each little grave An angel sufficient, Bill
I know not how, but I sometimes think That they lead us with gentle hands And a whisper falls on a willing ear From the shore of a far off land
Grave on the green hillside
Grave on the green hillside
In the years to come we will calmly sleep
In a grave on the green hillside
And these little graves are but wayside marks That point to a far off land And they speak to the soul of a better day Of a day that's near at hand
Though we first must walk through this darksome veil Yet Christ will be our guide We will reach the shore of a far off land Through a grave on a green hillside
Grave on the green hillside
Grave on the green hillside
In the years to come we will calmly sleep
In a grave on the green hillside