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KEEP ON THE FIRING LINE
If you're in the battle for the Lord and right Just keep on the firing line If you win the battle, surely you must fight So keep on the firing line
Brother, keep on the firing line
Keep on the firing line
Time is getting short, Jesus coming soon
Brother, keep on the firing line
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
There are many dangers everyone must face If you die fighting, there is no disgrace With the Lord for cowards you will find no place So keep on the firing line
Brother, keep on the firing line
Keep on the firing line
Time is getting short, Jesus coming soon
Brother, keep on the firing line
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
God can only use the soldiers he can trust To keep on the firing line If you wear the crown, bear the cross you must So keep on the firing line
Brother, keep on the firing line
Keep on the firing line
Time is getting short, Jesus coming soon
Brother, keep on the firing line
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
Brother, keep on the firing line
Keep on the firing line
Time is getting short, Jesus coming soon
Brother, keep on the firing line
KEEP ON THE SUNNY SIDE
There's a dark and a troubled side of life
There's a bright and a sunny side, too
Though we meet with the darkness and strife
The sunny side we also may view
Keep on the sunny side, always on the sunny side
Keep on the sunny side of life
It will help us every day, it will brighten all the way
If we'll keep on the sunny side of life
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
The storm and its fury broke today
Crushing hopes that we cherished so dear
Clouds and storm will in time pass away
The sun again will shine bright and clear
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'll keep on the sunny side of life
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
Let us greet with a song of hope each day
Though the moment be cloudy or fair
Let us trust in our savior always
To keep us every one in his care
Keep 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'll keep on the sunny side of life
THE KING'S HIGHWAY
We shall see the desert as a road Walking in the king's highway There'll be singing where salvation goes Walking in the king's highway
There's a highway there and a way
Where sorrows shall flee away
And the light shines bright as the day
Walking in the king's highway
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
There the rain shall fall upon the ground Walking in the king's highway And the springs of water shall be found Walking in the king's highway
There's a highway there and a way
Where sorrows shall flee away
And the light shines bright as the day
Walking in the king's highway
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
There's a highway there and a way
Where sorrows shall flee away
And the light shines bright as the day
Walking in the king's highway
KISSING IS A CRIME
I know a little girl
And I want her for my wife
She's pretty and sweet, a neat little feet
Never been kissed in her life
You can ask for a kiss
She never got a beau
And every time she vows and cries
She'll never do so anymore
Going to be a better girl and never kiss again
Afraid my maw might find out and cause her great pain
You may walk and talk and hold my hand
But kissing is a crime
I'll not kiss you anymore until next time
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
I called at her house one night But I didn't intend to stay She laid her head on my shoulder and said The old folks are away
I kissed her a dozen times Someone came to the door And every time she vows and declares She'll never do so anymore
Going to be a better girl and never kiss again Afraid my maw might find out and cause her great pain You may walk and talk and hold my hand But kissing is a crime I'll not kiss you anymore until next time
KITTY AND I
(Not recorded by the original Carters, this song was cut by Joe and Jeannet, children
of Sara, for County Records back in 1966.) Tomorrow night, I just can't wait Me and Kitty's got a date Kitty alone, Kitty alone Kitty alone and I Promenade and do-si-do Cheek to cheek and toe to toe Kitty alone, Kitty alone Kitty alone and I
You ought to see her clap her hands
When they play old Sally Ann
Kitty alone, Kitty alone
Kitty alone and I
Take your money if you bet
Never miss a single set
Kitty alone, Kitty alone
Kitty alone and I
Dance all night till the break of day
I don't care what the old folks say
Kitty alone, Kitty alone
Kitty alone and I
Promenade and do-si-do
Cheek to cheek and toe to toe
Kitty alone, Kitty alone
Kitty alone and I
If she would only marry me
Think how happy we would be
Kitty alone, Kitty alone
Kitty alone and I
Teach our kids to dance and play
Driving all our blues away
Kitty alone, Kitty alone
Kitty alone and I
Tomorrow night, I just can't wait
Me and Kitty's got a date
Kitty alone, Kitty alone
Kitty alone and I
Promenade and do-si-do
Cheek to cheek and toe to toe
Kitty alone, Kitty alone
Kitty alone and I
KITTY WALTZ
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
Waltz, Kitty, waltz, let everybody waltz Waltz, Kitty, waltz, let everybody waltz Waltz, Kitty, waltz, let everybody waltz The guitars are ringing, come on and waltz
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
The girls are singing, their guitars are ringing
Their steps are so neat, their music so sweet
Waltz, Kitty, waltz, let everybody waltz
The guitars are ringing, come on and waltz
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] Boys, come on and join our band Their guitars are ringing, their music is grand Waltz, Kitty, waltz, let everybody waltz The guitars are ringing, come on and waltz
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
Waltz, Kitty, waltz, let everybody waltz Waltz, Kitty, waltz, let everybody waltz Waltz, Kitty, waltz, let everybody waltz The guitars are ringing, come on and waltz
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
THE LAST LETTER Oh, why do you treat me as if I were only a friend What have I done that makes you so different and cold Sometimes I wonder if you'll be contented again Will you still love me when I am withered and old I cannot offer you diamonds or mansions so fine I cannot offer you clothes that your young body craves But if you'll say that you long to forever be mine Think of the heartaches, the tears and the sorrow you'll save When you are weary and tired of another man's gold Always remember this letter my own Don't try to answer though I've suffered anguish untold If you don't love me I wish you would leave me alone While I am writing this letter I think of the past And all the promises you are breaking so free But to this cold world I'll soon say my farewell at last I will be gone when you get this last letter from me
THE LAST MOVE FOR ME
I've been traveling for Jesus so much of my life Been traveling o'er land and on sea But I'm planning on taking a trip to the sky That will be the last move for me
When I move to the sky up in heaven so high
What a wonderful time that will be
I'm ready to go, washed in Calvary's flow
That will be the last move for me
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
I've seen wonderful sights as I've traveled afar How little, how empty they seem When I make my last move to that city of gold That will be the last move for me
When I move to the sky up in heaven so high
What a wonderful time that will be
I'm ready to go, washed in Calvary's flow
That will be the last move for me
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
Here I'm bothered with packing each time that I move And carry a load in each hand But I'll not need one thing that I've used in this world When I move to that heavenly land
When I move to the sky up in heaven so high
What a wonderful time that will be
I'm ready to go, washed in Calvary's flow
That will be the last move for me
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
Everything that I'll need will be furnished up there Not even my songbooks I'll bring Or the precious old Bible that showed me the way I'll not need when I stand by my king
When I move to the sky up in heaven so high
What a wonderful time that will be
I'm ready to go, washed in Calvary's flow
That will be the last move for me
LAY MY HEAD BENEATH THE ROSE Darling, clasp me to your bosom As you did in days of yore Lay your hand upon my forehead 'Ere I reach the golden shore Life is from me fastly falling Soon I'll be in sweet repose When I'm gone I ask this favor Lay my head beneath the rose [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] Darling, first you said you love me When you gave me hand and heart There were roses on your cheeks, love As we vowed we ne'er would part One more kiss, for I am going Far beyond all earthly woes May your life be like your cheeks, love Covered with the blossomed rose [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] He has crossed the shadowed valley Where the living waters flow Love has answered all his pleading And he sleeps in sweet repose 'Neath a grassy mound he's resting Where the golden sunset glows Love has answered all his pleading And he sleeps in sweet repose
Jack and May Sweethearts
were they
They were engaged to be wed
Many a promise he made her
Many a love word he said
As most lovers do
They quarreled one night
She bid him not come anymore
She gave him his hat
Jack started away
But he lingered to stay at the door
Tie up those broken cords
And lets be lovers again
Darling, you know I love you
To part would give me pain
Let us forget the past
And make up, my pet
Make up and be lovers again.
Years rolled by
Neither were wed
All of Jack's pleadings were vain
One quiet evening poor Jack was found dead
All through life in dismay
Two lives that have been wrecked
But she loves, oh, too late
She goes to his grave every day
She can't tell you why
But it seems to her cry
The wind seems to whisper and say
Tie up those broken cords
And lets be lovers again
Darling, you know I love you
To part would give me pain
Let us forget the past
And make up, my pet
Make up and be lovers again.
LET THE CHURCH ROLL ON
Let the church roll on (My good lord)
Let the church roll on (Oh, my lord)
Turn him out (Turn him out)
And let the church roll on
There's gamblers in the church (My good lord)
And they won't do right (Oh, my lord)
What're you gonna do (Turn them out)
And let the church roll on
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
Let the church roll on (My good lord)
Let the church roll on (Oh, my lord)
Turn him out (Turn him out)
And let the church roll on
There's drunkards in the church (My good lord)
And they won't do right (Oh, my lord)
What're you gonna do (Turn them out)
And let the church roll on
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
Let the church roll on (My good lord)
Let the church roll on (Oh, my lord)
Turn him out (Turn him out)
And let the church roll on
There's members in the church (My good lord)
And they won't do right (Oh, my lord)
what're you gonna do (Take some new ones that could)
And let the church roll on
Let the church roll on (My good lord)
Let the church roll on (Oh, my lord)
Turn him out (Turn him out)
And let the church roll on
LITTLE ANNIE
(When the Springtime Comes Again)
Once more, little Annie, I must leave you We shall part at the end of the lane But promise me, little Annie You will wait for me till springtime comes again
When the sun shines down on the mountain And the wild sheep are wandering all alone When the birds and the bees are a-humming Makes me think that springtime won't be very long
When the springtime comes on the mountain
And the wildflowers scattered o'er the plain
I shall watch for the leaves to return to their trees
And I'll be waiting when the springtime comes again
Yodel-ay-ee, ah-lee-oh-lay-ee
Ah-lee-oh-lay-ee-hee-oh-lay-ee
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
Now springtime is here, little Annie I am on my way back to the lane For you promised me, little Annie You'd be waiting when the springtime comes again
When the springtime comes on the mountain
And the wildflowers scattered o'er the plain
I shall watch for the leaves to return to their trees
And I'll be waiting when the springtime comes again
Yodel-ay-ee, ah-lee-oh-lay-ee
Ah-lee-oh-lay-ee-hee-oh-lay-ee
LITTLE BLACK TRAIN [CHORUS] There's a little black train a-comin', Set your business right There's a little black train a-comin' And it may be here tonight Go tell that ballroom lady All dressed in the worldly pride That death's dark train is comin' Prepare to take a ride God sent to Hezekiah A message from on high You'd better set your house in order For you must surely die He turned to the wall and, weeping We see him hear in tears He got his business fixed all right God spared him fifteen years [CHORUS AND INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] We see that train with engine And one small baggage car Your idle thoughts and wicked deeds Will stop at the judgment bar [CHORUS AND INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] That poor young man in darkness Cares not for the gospel light Till suddenly heard the whistle blow With the little black train in sight "Have mercy on me, Lord Please come and set me right" Before he got his business fixed The train rolled in that night [CHORUS AND INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
My little darling, oh, how I love you
How I love you none can tell
In your heart you love another
Little darling pal of mine
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
Many a night while you lay sleeping
Dreaming of your rambler's life
Lay a poor boy brokenhearted
Listening to the wind outside
My little darling, oh, how I love you
How I love you none can tell
In your heart you love another
Little darling pal of mine
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
Many a day with you I've rambled
Countless hours with you I've spent
Thought I had your heart forever
But I found it only lent
My little darling, oh, how I love you
How I love you none can tell
In your heart you love another
Little darling pal of mine
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
There is just three things I wish for
That's a casket, shroud, and grave
When I'm dead, don't weep for me
Just kiss those lips that you betrayed
My little darling, oh, how I love you
How I love you none can tell
In your heart you love another
Little darling pal of mine
THE LITTLE GIRL
THAT PLAYED UPON MY KNEE
Many years have passed away and gone Since I left my old native home Since I left the scenes of my childhood there Where the dark days seem to roam
I left my aged father there And my mother so dear unto me I left a brother and a sister fair And a little girl that played upon my knee
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
Don't Ginny remember, will she ever forget Those many hours of pleasure to me Does she sigh when she thinks of those many happy hours When a little girl she played upon my knee
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
I am homeward bound with the thrills of joy Of my wandering so far o'er the sea I shall soon see my home, my old native home And the little girl that played upon my knee
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
I am tired of life, I cannot live In this dark world so weary unto me Come bury me low by the one I love so well By the little girl that played upon my knee
LITTLE 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
LITTLE LOG CABIN BY THE SEA
There is a precious volume all fingerworn and old In that little log cabin by the sea It is the old, old Bible, more precious now than gold It's the Bible that my mother gave to me
It's the old precious Bible, blessed Bible
That she read in the cabin by the sea (by the sea)
It's that precious, precious Bible
That blessed, blessed Bible
The Bible that my mother gave to me
How often I have listened to the tempest howl and rage 'Round that little log cabin by the sea My mother read of Jesus, who walked upon the waves How Jesus calmed the stormy Galilee
It's the old precious Bible, blessed Bible
That she read in the cabin by the sea (by the sea)
It's that precious, precious Bible
That blessed, blessed Bible
The Bible that my mother gave to me
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
How often, oh, how often she read the glowing word With the message from the precious word above It told of faithful Daniel, who trusted in the Lord While she led me in the pathway that she trod
It's the old precious Bible, blessed Bible
That she read in the cabin by the sea (by the sea)
It's that precious, precious Bible
That blessed, blessed Bible
The Bible that my mother gave to me
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
There is no other volume so precious as this book It tells me how to live and how to die It tells me of that city, oh, wondrous, wondrous book And that I'll meet my loved ones bye and bye
It's the old precious Bible, blessed Bible
That she read in the cabin by the sea (by the sea)
It's that precious, precious Bible
That blessed, blessed Bible
The Bible that my mother gave to me
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
THE LITTLE LOG HUT IN THE LANE
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
Mama says she don't want me Because I'm getting old Scared that I might freeze to death The weather is so cold
If I live till night I think I will try When the moon goes down tonight I'm going to say goodbye
I'm going from the cotton field
I'm going from the cane
I'm going from that little log hut
That stands down in the lane
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
Now I'm old and feeble And I cannot see my way Mama says I'm old and gray And only in the way
I'm leaving the little log hut The place I love to dwell When the stars shine bright tonight I'm going to bid farewell
I'm going from the cotton field
I'm going from the cane
I'm going from that little log hut
That stands down in the lane
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
I'm going from the cotton field
I'm going from the cane
I'm going from that little log hut
That stands down in the lane
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
LITTLE MOSES
Away by the river so clear, the ladies were winding their way And Pharaoh's little daughter stepped down in the water To bathe in the cool of the day
Before it was dark she opened the ark
And found the sweet infant was there
Before it was dark she opened the ark
And found the sweet infant was there
And away by the river so blue, the infant was lonely and sad She took him in pity and thought him so pretty And it made little Moses so glad
She called him her own, her beautiful son
And sent for a nurse that was near
She called him her own, her beautiful son
And sent for a nurse that was near
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
And away by the river so clear, they carried the beautiful child To his own tender mother, his sister and brother Little Moses looked happy and smiled
His mother so good done all that she could
To rear him and teach him with care
His mother so good done all that she could
To rear him and teach him with care
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
And away by the sea that was red, little Moses, the servant of God While in him confided the sea was divided As upward he lifted his rod
The Jews they could cross while Pharaoh's host
Was drownded in the waters and lost
The Jews they could cross while Pharaoh's host
Was drownded in the waters and lost
And away on the mountain so high, the last one that ever might see While in his victorious, his hope was most glorious He'd soon o'er the Jordan be free
When his labors did cease he parted in peace
And rested in the heavens above
When his labors did cease he parted in peace
And rested in the heavens above
LITTLE POPLAR LOG HOUSE ON THE HILL
Now kind friends I want
to tell you
Of our little country home
It is made of poplar
logs upon the hill
That's where father
died and left us
When we were very
young
But our mother kept
us settled on the hill
CH:
When our days work
on the farm was done
She'd would gather us around
She would have us get down on our little knees
She would pray for God to keep us
Through the night until next day
In our little old poplar log house on the hill
Our father died a good
man
Which we all would like to be
When I get to Heaven
soon his face I'll see
When I'm get through
with my singing
I will bid this world adieu
And my little poplar log house on the hill
LONESOME FOR YOU
Now I know what it means to be lonesome
And I know what it means to be blue
And I know what it means to be lonesome in dreams
When there's someone missing you
'Cause I've tried and I've tried since we've parted
And there is no one know what I gone through
I'd give all that I own just to have you back home
'Cause I'm lonesome, lonesome for you
My best friend left me this morning
As the clock was striking four
And the smiling face of my darling
I may not see no more
Now I know what it means to be worried
To be all lonesome and blue
For the one that I love so dearly
Has turned her back on me
Oh, my mind is full of sorrow
And my hear is filled with pain
And I feel so broken-hearted
Won't you please come back again
'Cause I've tried and I've tried since we've parted
And there is no one know what I gone through
I'd give all that I own just to have you back home
'Cause I'm lonesome, lonesome for you
LONESOME HOMESICK BLUES
I've got the lonesome homesick blues I've got them bad, babe, down in my shoes I love someone there that I might lose That's why I've got these old homesick blues
It makes me homesick to hear your name And hold you, dear, in my arms again I'm a-gonna ride that lonesome train To the one I left in Maces Springs
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
You told me once, dear, you loved me so And it's on my mind everywhere I go I'll soon be knowing if it is so Or has your love for me grown cold
Oh, listen to that old lonesome train It's a-gonna carry me back again To the one that told me their love was true I'll spend the rest of my days with you
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
I've been away, babe, a long long time Now I'm riding down this old railroad line And the one I love there I hope to find To ease this lonesome blue heart of mine
LONESOME PINE SPECIAL
I was walking out this morning With rambling on my mind I am going to catch the special That train called Lonesome Pine
You can hear the whistle blowin' And she's coming down the line That's the train I catch this morning To ease my troubling mind
Well, ah-le-ho, ah-le-ho-lay
Well, ah-le-ho, ah-le-ho-lay
Take me back to Texas
Back to my old home
Oh, I'm weeping like a willow And I'm mourning like a dove There's a girl way out in Texas That I know I really love
Oh, I'm going back to Texas Where the lonesome coyotes whine Where the longhorn cattle are roaming 'Round that cabin home of mine
Well, ah-le-ho, ah-le-ho-lay
Well, ah-le-ho, ah-le-ho-lay
Take me back to Texas
Back to my old home
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
Oh, give me back my rifle Oh, give me back my gun Give me back my home in Texas And my rambling days are done
Well, ah-le-ho, ah-le-ho-lay
Well, ah-le-ho, ah-le-ho-lay
Take me back to Texas
Back to my old home
LONESOME STREET
I was walking at close of the day I stopped at a tavern to pass the time away Someone was singing, a voice low and sweet I found an angel on Lonesome Street
Lonesome Street, Lonesome Street
Where lonely lost lovers they meet
I was lonely, she was sweet
I found an angel on Lonesome Street
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
Friends all tell me, just let her go I wouldn't listen, I wanted her so Whispers and rumors fools would repeat All of my darling on Lonesome Street
Lonesome Street, Lonesome Street
Where lonely lost lovers they meet
I was lonely, she was sweet
I found an angel on Lonesome Street
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
Lost my money, my friends, my home I loved a woman no man ever owned To her I meant nothing, dirt 'neath her feet I'll always be lonely on Lonesome Street
Lonesome Street, Lonesome Street
Where lonely lost lovers they meet
I was lonely, she was sweet
I found an angel on Lonesome Street
LONESOME VALLEY
Everybody's got to walk this lonesome valley We've got to walk it by ourselves There's nobody here can walk it for us We've got to walk it by ourselves
My father's got to walk this lonesome valley He's got to walk it by himself There's nobody here can walk it for him He's got to walk it by himself
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
My mother's got to walk this lonesome valley She's got to walk it by herself There's nobody here can walk it for her She's got to walk it by herself
All sinners got to walk this lonesome valley They've got to walk it by themselves There's nobody here can walk it for them They've got to walk it by themselves
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
Everybody's got to walk this lonesome valley We've got to walk it by ourselves There's nobody here can walk it for us We've got to walk it by ourselves
LONGING FOR OLD VIRGINIA
'Mid the green fields of Virginia, dear, I miss you Where the roses red and white around us grew When I held you in my arms and gently kissed you The robin sang the sweetest song he knew
I'm longing for old Virginia
For old Virginia and you
And I'm hoping the soul within you
Is longing for me, too
To Virginia, just like an eye beam
My heart flames ever true
And I reckon in the spring I'll bring a little rain
To old Virginia and you
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
Though tonight I'm far from you in old Virginia I love you as I did that day in June And when springtime comes again to old Virginia I'll build a little cottage just for two
I'm longing for old Virginia
For old Virginia and you
And I'm hoping the soul within you
Is longing for me, too
To Virginia, just like an eye beam
My heart flames ever true
And I reckon in the spring I'll bring a little rain
To old Virginia and you
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
LOOK HOW THIS WORLD
HAS MADE A CHANGE
We see our friends are weeping with the badges on their door We see their homes in mourning for the loved ones come no more You can say just what you please, death rides on every breeze Look how this world has made a change
Just look how this world has made a change(made a change)
Just look how this world has made a change(made a change)
You can see every day how the people pass away
Look how this world has made a change
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
Our friends are passing over to some far distant shore We seek them and we call them but they answer us no more Their throbbing hearts today tomorrow pass away Look how this world has made a change
Just look how this world has made a change(made a change)
Just look how this world has made a change(made a change)
You can see every day how the people pass away
Look how this world has made a change
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
Dear sinner, o get ready, you must meet your god on high For death is all around you and it will not pass you by Death knocks at every door no matter where you go Look how this world has made a change
Just look how this world has made a change(made a change)
Just look how this world has made a change(made a change)
You can see every day how the people pass away
Look how this world has made a change
LORD, I'M IN YOUR CARE
Oh, Lord, I'm in your care Oh, Lord, I'm in your care Your loving arms around me Evil cannot harm me Oh, Lord, I'm in your care
All day long I'm in your care All day long I'm in your care Your loving arms around me Evil cannot harm me Lord, I'm in your care
When I was sick, I was in your care When I was sick, I was in your care Your loving arms around me Evil cannot harm me Lord, I'm in your care
I'm a friendless child, but I'm in your care I'm a friendless child, but I'm in your care Your loving arms around me Evil cannot harm me Lord, I'm in your care
THE LOVER'S FAREWELL
We have met and we have parted We have spoke our last goodbye You have proved to me falsehearted You may now forever go
You have wrecked the heart I've cherished You have doomed me day by day You are false, but I forgive you To forget you, I cannot stay
For I love you, dear, I love you
More than all this world I know
You have proved to me falsehearted
You may now forever go
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
On the river bank I'll loiter Till I'll see your face once more Then I'll plunge beneath the water And I'll land on some far shore
And among the trees and bushes Where the dark green willow waves In the cold and silent rushes There you'll find my lonely grave
For I love you, dear, I love you
More than all this world I know
You have proved to me falsehearted
You may now forever go
Oh, I wish I was white marble Cold and white on some white shore This poor heart would cease from troubling And I'd feel the pain no more
For I love you, dear, I love you
More than all this world I know
You have proved to me falsehearted
You may now forever go
LOVER'S LANE
I first met you down in lover's lane You were just like an angel With an angel's golden wings We walked along, we sang a song The birds were singing, too It seems like heaven's here on earth Just to be again with you
You're just the girl of my dreams
Though it seems that my dreams never come true
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At night we'd sit out in the old porch swing The stars were shining brightly And softly you would sing You'd sing of happy days gone by It makes me happy, too It'd be like heaven here on earth If I could be with you
You're just the girl of my dreams
Though it seems that my dreams never come true
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I first met you down in lover's lane You were just like an angel My little brown-eyed Jane We walked along, we hummed a song The birds were singing, too It seems like heaven's here on earth Just to be again with you
You're just the girl of my dreams
Though it seems that my dreams never come true
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You're just the girl of my dreams
Though it seems that my dreams never come true
LOVER'S RETURN
And so you have come back to me
And say the old love's growing yet
You've tried through all these weary years
You've tried so vainly to forget
No, no, I cannot take your hand
God never gives us back our youth
The loving heart you slighted then
Was yours, my friend, in perfect truth
Farewell, farewell now we must part
You never meant to do me wrong
God sent this anguish to my heart
To teach me to be brave and strong
No, no, I cannot take your hand
God never gives us back our youth
The loving heart you slighted then
Was yours, my friend, in perfect truth
Farewell, I think I love you yet
As friend to friend, God bless you, dear
And guide you through these weary years
To where the skies are always clear
LULA WALLS
One evening getting dark we first met at the park
A-sittin' by the fountain all alone
I lifted up my hat and then began to chat
She said she'd 'low me to see her at her home
Such a star I've never seen
She's as pretty as a queen
She's as perfect as an angel from above
If she'd only be my wife
I'd live happy all my life
With that aggravating beauty Lula Walls
If she was only mine, I would build a house so fine
And around it so many fences tall
It would make me jealous free that no one else but me
Could gaze upon that beauty Lula Walls
Such a star I've never seen
She's as pretty as a queen
She's as perfect as an angel from above
If she'd only be my wife
I'd live happy all my life
With that aggravating beauty Lula Walls
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One evening getting late I met her at the gate
I asked her if she'd wed me in the fall
She only turned away and nothing would she say
That aggravating beauty Lula Walls
Such a star I've never seen
She's as pretty as a queen
She's as perfect as an angel from above
If she'd only be my wife
I'd live happy all my life
With that aggravating beauty Lula Walls
THE MAPLE ON THE HILL
Near a quiet and country village Stood a maple on the hill There I sat with my Jenny not long ago When the stars were shining brightly We could hear the whippoorwill As we sat beneath the maple on the hill
Don't forget me, little darling
When they've laid me down to die
Just one little wish, darling, that I pray
As you linger there in sadness
You are thinking of the past
Let your teardrops kiss the flowers on my grave
We will sing love songs together When the birds have gone to rest We will listen to the murmur of the rill Will you love me, little darling As you did those starry nights When we sat beneath the maple on the hill
Don't forget me, little darling
When they've laid me down to die
Just one little wish, darling do I pray
As you linger there in sadness
You are thinking of the past
Let your teardrops kiss the flowers on my grave
MARCH WINDS GOIN' TO BLOW MY BLUES ALL AWAY
Sun's gonna shine in my back door some day
Sun's gonna shine in my back door some day
Sun's gonna shine in my back door some day
March wind's goin' to blow my blues all away
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Low down foreman, dirty engineer
Low down foreman, dirty engineer
Low down foreman, dirty engineer
Stole my gal, left me standin' here
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Sun's gonna shine in my back door some day
Sun's gonna shine in my back door some day
Sun's gonna shine in my back door some day
March wind's goin' to blow my blues all away
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My mama told me long years ago
Never to marry no girl that I know
Spend all your money, wear out your clothes
What will become of you, God only knows
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Sun's gonna shine in my back door some day
Sun's gonna shine in my back door some day
Sun's gonna shine in my back door some day
March wind's goin' to blow my blues all away
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MEET ME BY THE MOONLIGHT
(see also: The Prisoner's Song) I'm going to the new jail tomorrow To leave the one that I love To leave my friends and relations And, oh, how lonely, my love Meet me by the moonlight, love, meet me Meet me by the moonlight alone For I have a sad story to tell you To be told by the moonlight alone My parents, how cruel they treat me They drive me away from their door If I live 100 years longer I'll never go back any more Meet me by the moonlight, love, meet me Meet me by the moonlight alone For I have a sad story to tell you To be told by the moonlight alone [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] If I had a ship on the ocean All laden and lined with pure gold Before my darling should suffer I'd have that ship anchored and sold Meet me by the moonlight, love, meet me Meet me by the moonlight alone For I have a sad story to tell you To be told by the moonlight alone If I had the wings of an angel O'er land and sea I'd fly I'd fly to the arms of my darling Then I'd be willing to die Meet me by the moonlight, love, meet me Meet me by the moonlight alone For I have a sad story to tell you To be told by the moonlight alone [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
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You have heard of little Moses in the bulrush
You have heard of fearless David and his sling
You have heard the story told of dreaming Joseph
And of Jonah and the whale you often sing
There are many, many others through the Bible
I should like to meet them all, I do declare
By and by the Lord will surely let us meet them
At that meeting in the air
There is going to be a meeting in the air
In the sweet, sweet bye and bye
I am going to meet you, meet you over there
In that home beyond the sky
Such singing you will hear never heard by mortal ear
'Twill be glorious, I do declare
And God's own son will be the leading one
At the meeting in the air
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Many things will there be missing in that meeting
For the mourner's bench will have no place at all
There will never be a sermon preached to sinners
For the sinners had refused to heed the call
There will be no mourning over wayward loved ones
There will be no lonely nights of pleading prayer
All our burdens and our anguish will be lifted
At that meeting in the air
There is going to be a meeting in the air
In the sweet, sweet bye and bye
I am going to meet you, meet you over there
In that home beyond the sky
Such singing you will hear never heard by mortal ear
'Twill be glorious, I do declare
And God's own son will be the leading one
At the meeting in the air
MIDNIGHT ON THE STORMY DEEP
'Twas midnight on the stormy deep This solitary watch I keep And think of her I left behind And ask if she's still true and kind
Oh, the deep, deep sea may us divide
And I may be another's bride
Although my thoughts will sometimes stray
On thee when thou art far away
I never shall forget the day When I was forced to go away Her little hand in mine she pressed And clasped me to her loving breast
Oh, the deep, deep sea may us divide
And I may be another's bride
Although my thoughts will sometimes stray
On thee when thou art far away
Oh, Willie, don't go back to sea There's other girls as good as me Oh, yes, there's gold and silver high Oh, don't go where the bullets fly
So fare you well, I'd rather make My home upon some icy lake Where the southern sun refused to shine As a trusted love proved false to mine
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'Mid the green fields of Virginia in the vale of Shenandoah There's an ivy covered homestead that I love With its white old fashioned chimney and its simple homelike airs 'Tis the home of my dear parents now above
There's a peaceful cottage there, a happy home so dear
My heart is longing for them day by day
Where I spent life's golden hours in the vale of Shenandoah
'Mid the green fields of Virginia far away
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'Mid the green fields of Virginia stands an old mill by the stream I would wander to that spot to sing and play And how often I would throw a stone into the babbling brook And dream some day it would carry be away
There's a peaceful cottage there, a happy home so dear
My heart is longing for them day by day
Where I spent life's golden hours in the vale of Shenandoah
'Mid the green fields of Virginia far away
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There's a peaceful cottage there, a happy home so dear
My heart is longing for them day by day
Where I spent life's golden hours in the vale of Shenandoah
'Mid the green fields of Virginia far away
MOTHERLESS CHILDREN
Motherless children sees a hard time when their mother is dead Motherless children sees a hard time when their mother is dead They are driven out in the cold, God knows where to go Motherless children sees a hard time when their mother is dead
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Orphan children sees a hard time in this world Orphan children sees a hard time in this world Sister does the best she can, but she really don't understand Orphan children sees a hard time in this world
Brother won't treat you like mother will when your mother is dead Brother won't treat you like mother will when your mother is dead You may ask for a piece of bread, you are told to go to bed Motherless children sees a hard time when their mother is dead
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Orphan children sees a hard time in this world Orphan children sees a hard time in this world Sister does the best she can, but she really don't understand Orphan children sees a hard time in this world
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Friends won't treat you like mother will when your mother is dead Friends won't treat you like mother will when your mother is dead They will tell you what to do, but they'll turn their back on you Motherless children sees a hard time when their mother is dead
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Orphan children sees a hard time in this world Orphan children sees a hard time in this world Sister does the best she can, but she really don't understand Orphan children sees a hard time in this world
THE MOUNTAINS OF TENNESSEE
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Take me back, take me back to my old mountain home Take me back where my heart longs to be Where we played by the brook in the cool, shady nook In the mountains of Tennessee
In my old mountain home where the wild roses bloom Is a spot just like heaven to me Take me back, take me back to my old mountain home In the mountains of Tennessee
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Take me back, take me back to my old mountain home Take me back to my old mother's knee Where the stars shine bright and the birds sing free In the mountains of Tennessee
'Round my old mountain home where I used to roam They're waiting a welcome for me Take me back to my old log cabin home In the mountains of Tennessee
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MY CLINCH MOUNTAIN HOME
Far away on the hills
To a sunny mountainside
Many years ago we parted
My little Ruth and I
From this sunny mountainside
She clung to me and trembled
When I told her we must part
She said "Don't go, my darling
it almost breaks my heart
To think of you so far apart"
Carry me back to old Virginny
Back to my Clinch Mountain home
Carry me back to old Virginny
Back to my Clinch Mountain home
Well, a-le-ho, le-ho-lay-ee
Well, a-le-ho, le-ho-lee
Yeah, lee-oh-lay-ee-hee
Oh, my mountain home
I folded my arms around her
Leaned her head against my breast
I told her I would wed her
When I came back from the west
Back to my Clinch Mountain home
In my hand I hold a picture
Of the old home far away
In the other one my sweetheart
I'm thinking of today
On the sunny mountainside
Carry me back to old Virginny
Back to my Clinch Mountain home
Carry me back to old Virginny
Back to my Clinch Mountain home
Well, a-le-ho, le-ho-lay-ee
Well, a-le-ho, le-ho-lee
Yeah, lee-oh-lay-ee-hee
Oh, my mountain home
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My mother's old and feeble
My father's getting gray
I'm going back to Virginia
And I expect to stay
At my old Clinch Mountain home
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MY HEART'S TONIGHT IN TEXAS In the distant state of Texas by the silver Rio Grande Strolled a couple out one evening was two sweethearts hand in hand Was a rich man's pretty daughter and the lad she loved so dear Though tomorrow they must part for many a year My heart's tonight in Texas though I'm far across the sea The band is playing "Dixie" and there's where I long to be Dad says an earl I'll marry but although here is my hand My heart's tonight in Texas by the silver Rio Grande [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] To Europe she was going to become a lady grand Where her father hopes an earl, of course, she'll wed But she went away next morning and her heart was true to Jack But a letter came one day and this it read My heart's tonight in Texas though I'm far across the sea The band is playing "Dixie" and there's where I long to be Dad says an earl I'll marry but although here is my hand My heart's tonight in Texas by the silver Rio Grande [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] At a stately ball in England stood the Texas lad one night The scenes were splendid and lights were dazzling bright It was there the earl knelt beside her asking her to be his bride But her thoughts were by the silver Rio Grande My heart's tonight in Texas though I'm far across the sea The band is playing "Dixie" and there's where I long to be Dad says an earl I'll marry but although here is my hand My heart's tonight in Texas by the silver Rio Grande
MY HOME'S ACROSS THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS My home's across the Blue Ridge mountains My home's across the Blue Ridge Mountains My home's across the Blue Ridge Mountains For I never expect to see you anymore [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] How can I keep from crying How can I keep from crying How can I keep from crying For I never expect to see you anymore My home's across the Blue Ridge mountains My home's across the Blue Ridge Mountains My home's across the Blue Ridge Mountains For I never expect to see you anymore [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] Oh, how I hate to leave you Oh, how I hate to leave you Oh, how I hate to leave you For I never expect to see you anymore My home's across the Blue Ridge mountains My home's across the Blue Ridge Mountains My home's across the Blue Ridge Mountains For I never expect to see you anymore [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] Good-bye, my little darling Good-bye, my little darling Good-bye, my little darling For I never expect to see you anymore
MY HONEY LOU
When the sun sets in the west, my Honey Lou Then the time I love you best, my Honey Lou Come and look into my eyes When the moon shines in the skies I'll be in paradise, my Honey Lou
Last night I waited long, my Honey Lou
And told the birds my song, my Honey Lou
When the bright and silver moon
Sheds its soft and mellow light
I love you more each night, my Honey Lou
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When the birds have hushed their song, my Honey Lou All the twilight shadows on my Honey Lou My heart forever beats For my Honey gal so sweet I'll lay it at your feet, my Honey Lou
Last night I waited long, my Honey Lou
And told the birds my song, my Honey Lou
When the bright and silver moon
Sheds its soft and mellow light
I love you more each night, my Honey Lou
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Last night I waited long, my Honey Lou
And told the birds my song, my Honey Lou
When the bright and silver moon
Sheds its soft and mellow light
I love you more each night, my Honey Lou
MY LITTLE HOME IN TENNESSEE
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Every night I'm dreaming of a little home Down among the hills of Tennessee And I'm always lonely, longing to return To the place that means the world to me
Just a little shack, roof all turning black
Still it is a palace fair to me
Songbirds always singing 'round my kitchen door
In my little home in Tennessee
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I can see my mother standing by the gate As I drove the old horse up the lane She would never scold me when I'd get in late How I wish I'd never caused her pain
With her tender smile beaming all the while
No one could be so kind to me
Now she's gone to heaven and she'll never return
To my little home in Tennessee
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I can still remember many years ago When my sweetheart wandered by my side Down among the mountains where wildflowers grow There she promised she would be my bride
Then another man won her heart and hand
Then I knew how much she meant to me
I was brokenhearted and I went away
From my little home in Tennessee
MY NATIVE HOME
I'd like to see my native home The lofty trees, the golden sand The rugged hills all crowded 'round My mother's voice how sweet would sound
Sometimes I dream of home and friends My dreams are false, my heart it rends And when I wake I'm all alone My dreams are false, my friends are gone
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I'd like to see my heart's delight Her beauteous face and eyes so bright And how she'd smile as I drew near I'd kiss her with a falling tear
It fills my heart with fondest love To listen to that lonesome dove She mourns as if her mate was gone As if, like me, left all alone
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Nine or ten years have passed and gone And I'm still left here all alone Virginia, o my native home Among your hills I'd love to roam
MY OLD COTTAGE HOME
I am thinking tonight of an old cottage home That stands on the brow of the hill Where in life's early morning I once loved to roam But now all is quiet and still
Oh, my old cottage home, my old cottage home
That stands on the brow of the hill
Where in life's early morning I once loved to roam
But now all is quiet and still
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] Many years have gone by since in prayers there I knelt With dear ones around the old hearth But my mother's sweet prayers in my heart still are felt I'll treasure them all while on earth
Oh, my old cottage home, my old cottage home
That stands on the brow of the hill
Where in life's early morning I once loved to roam
But now all is quiet and still
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One by one they have gone from the old cottage home On earth we shall see them no more But we'll meet them again on that beautiful shore Where parting will come nevermore
Oh, my old cottage home, my old cottage home
That stands on the brow of the hill
Where in life's early morning I once loved to roam
But now all is quiet and still
MY OLD VIRGINIA HOME
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It was on one winter day, from my home I went away
Far away from friends and home I longed to roam
But tonight I'm lone and sad, just a little homesick lad
And I'm longing from my old Virginia home
I'm a lad from old Virginia
Bravely knocking my way back home
To that cabin home in the mountain
Never more let me roam
I'm a lad from old Virginia
And I'm coming, coming home
There I'll settle down forever
In my old Virginia home
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Since I left that little shack, how my mind has wandered back
How mother often prayed for her lad
But from her I went away, and I know I'll dearly pay
So I'm coming back to mother and my dad
I'm a lad from old Virginia
Bravely knocking my way back home
To that cabin home in the mountain
Never more let me roam
I'm a lad from old Virginia
And I'm coming, coming home
There I'll settle down forever
In my old Virginia home
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MY TEXAS GIRL
All my life I've wondered
If what I done was wrong
All I ever cared to do
Was ride my pony on
I never had no heartaches
Was always happy and gay
Until I met a Texas girl
Who stole my heart away
Where the sleepy Rio Grande
Goes slowly to the sea
It was there she promised to be mine
Throughout eternity
But the angels, they grew jealous
Of her beauty and her smile
And came along one stormy night
And stole away my bride
The birds have hushed their singing
Sadness is over the land
The birds miss my darling
By the sleepy Rio Grande
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Her lips was like the Russian wine
Her hair it hung in curls
Her cheeks were like the dawn of day
That breaks upon the world
She's gone and left me lonely
I miss the touch of her hand
Tonight while I am walking
By the sleepy Rio Grande
Where the sleepy Rio Grande
Goes slowly to the sea
It was there she promised to be mine
Throughout eternity
But the angels, they grew jealous
Of her beauty and her smile
And came along one stormy night
And stole away my bride
The birds have hushed their singing
Sadness is over the land
The birds miss my darling
By the sleepy Rio Grande
My Virginia rose is blooming She's waiting now for me In the hills of old Virginia Is where I long to be
She wears a winning smile And her loving eyes are blue She's won my heart forever For she's a girl that's true
Beneath the scarlet maple By the trickling little spring Was where I made the promise And gave to her the ring
Springtime is approaching The birds and doves are here They are singing so sweetly But none can sing like her
It's love that calls you to me My rose that never fades And lose its crimson leaves of love Love that's perfect made
I long to see my darling There in the midst of dew With the sparkling dewdrops all around her She'll be a queen and a view
She's a wild rose in the forest A fairy in a dream My darling's in Virginia Her age is just 16
It's a long long ways from my darling Just a little too far to be My Virginia rose is blooming She's waiting now for me