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TELL ME THAT YOU LOVE ME
We parted by the riverside
The moon looked down on you and me
The stars put on a look of pride
The river murmured to the sea
The dew drops kissed the blushing rose
The mournful winds did sigh
One word broke nature's sweet repose
That sad word was goodbye
Oh, tell me that you love me yet
For, oh, this parting gives me pain
Please tell me that you'll not forget
For we may never meet again
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
We parted by the riverside
Though I have roamed in distant climes
My heart has not forgot its pride
For I have loved you all the time
And I am faithful to you still
As long as you are true
Let fate bring to me what it will
For I love you, only you
Oh, tell me that you love me yet
For, oh, this parting gives me pain
Please tell me that you'll not forget
For we may never meet again
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
Oh, tell me that you love me yet
For, oh, this parting gives me pain
Please tell me that you'll not forget
For we may never meet again
THERE'LL BE JOY, JOY, JOY
There'll be joy, joy, joy Up in my father's house Up in my father's house Up in my father's house There'll be joy, joy, joy Up in my father's house Where there's peace, sweet peace
We will all be happy there Up in my father's house Up in my father's house Up in my father's house We will all be happy there Up in my father's house Where there's peace, sweet peace
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There'll be no drunkards there Up in my father's house Up in my father's house Up in my father's house There'll be no drunkards there Up in my father's house Where there's peace, sweet peace
Don't you want to go up there Up to my father's house Up to my father's house Up to my father's house Don't you want to go up there Up to my father's house Where there's peace, sweet peace
We will all be as one Up in my father's house Up in my father's house We will all be as one Up in my father's house Where there's peace, sweet peace
There'll be joy, joy, joy Up in my father's house Up in my father's house There'll be joy, joy, joy Up in my father's house Where there's peace, wonderful peace
THERE'S NO HIDING PLACE DOWN HERE
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Sister Mary she wears a golden chain Sister Mary she wears a golden chain Sister Mary wears the golden chain There's every link in Jesus' name There's no hiding place down here
There's no hiding place down here
There's no hiding place down here
Well, I run to the rock just to hide my face
And the rocks cried out, no hiding place
There's no hiding place down here
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
I'll pitch my tent on the old campground I'll pitch my tent on the old campground I'll pitch my tent on the old campground I'll give Satan one more round There's no hiding place down here
There's no hiding place down here
There's no hiding place down here
Well, I run to the rock just to hide my face
And the rocks cried out, no hiding place
There's no hiding place down here
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Oh, the Devil wears a hypocrite's shoe The Devil wears a hypocrite's shoe The Devil wears a hypocrite's shoe And if you don't watch out he'll slip it on you There's no hiding place down here
There's no hiding place down here
There's no hiding place down here
Well, I run to the rock just to hide my face
And the rocks cried out, no hiding place
There's no hiding place down here
THERE'S NO ONE LIKE MOTHER TO ME
Sadly I'm thinking tonight Thinking of the sweet by and by Memories of childhood so bright Come back like a dream with a sigh
I've been thinking of friends and of home In that cottage far over the sea No matter wherever I roam There's no one like mother to me
There's no one like mother to me
No matter how poor she may be
I'll go back to that home o'er the sea
There's no one like mother to me
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
When I left that old home o'er the sea I kissed them goodbye at the gate Somebody whispered to me A loving voice asked me to wait
Her blessing she gave with a smile And tears on her cheeks I could see How often that sweet face I've missed There's no one like mother to me
There's no one like mother to me
No matter how poor she may be
I'll go back to that home o'er the sea
There's no one like mother to me
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
There's no one like mother to me
No matter how poor she may be
I'll go back to that home o'er the sea
There's no one like mother to me
THERE'S SOMEONE A-WAITING FOR ME
All the people of today, they are going far away To the mountains, the lakes, or the sea There's a little spot out west that I always loved the best And there's someone a-waiting for me
She'll be happy (She'll be happy)
She'll be free (She'll be free
When she wanders alone with me
It'll be getting quite late
When I meet her at the gate
And there's someone a-waiting for me
Yodel-ay-ee, oh-ah-lee-oh-lay-ee
Ah-lee-oh-lay-ee, oh-ah-lay
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
There's birds in every tree and they sing among the breeze But there's none so happy as me I am going out west and there I'll do my best To build a little home for you and me
She'll be happy (She'll be happy)
She'll be free (She'll be free
When she wanders alone with me
It'll be getting quite late
When I meet her at the gate
And there's someone a-waiting for me
Yodel-ay-ee, oh-ah-lee-oh-lay-ee
Ah-lee-oh-lay-ee, oh-ah-lay
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
Oh, the birds that fly above singing dear songs of love O'er the meadows, the valleys so deep Their voices so sweet that they sing me to sleep For I know my darling will not weep
She'll be happy (She'll be happy)
She'll be free (She'll be free
When she wanders alone with me
It'll be getting quite late
When I meet her at the gate
And there's someone a-waiting for me
Yodel-ay-ee, oh-ah-lee-oh-lay-ee
Ah-lee-oh-lay-ee, oh-ah-lay
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
THEY CALL HER MOTHER
There's a store by the road in the country Among the hills where the evergreens grow In that store by the road there's a woman Who is different from others I know
Now her irony-grey hair's turned to silver And her kind eyes are ever soft and blue Always she has a kind word for others And a smile ever waiting for you
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She's adored for her sunny disposition By the women, the children and men In all the neighboring hills they call her Mother For she's really a mother dear to them
She is cheerful like the birds in the cedars She is modest like the songs that they sing In the hills nearby they call her Mother For she's really a mother true to them
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When the clouds hang low on the mountain And the pines are bent low by the snow Neighbors go to that store by the roadside It's a place that they all love to go
Some go there to play cards at the table Some just sit by the warm, cheering fire And dear Mother with kind disposition Finds a way to make all happy there
She's adored for her sunny disposition By the women, the children and the men In all the neighboring hills they call her Mother For she's really a mother dear to them
THIS IS LIKE HEAVEN TO ME
I find many people who can't understand Why I'm so happy and free I've crossed over Jordan to Canaan's fair land And this is like heaven to me
Oh, this is like heaven to me
Yes, this is like heaven to me
I've crossed over Jordan to Canaan's fair land
And this is like heaven to me
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
I've heard the sweet music, the heavenly chords From gloryland over the sea The soul-thrilling message from Jesus, my Lord And this is like heaven to me
Oh, this is like heaven to me
Yes, this is like heaven to me
The soul-thrilling message from Jesus, my Lord
And this is like heaven to me
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
I'm looking for Jesus in glory to come From gloryland over the sea A cloud of bright angels to carry me home And that will be heaven to me
Oh, that will be heaven to me
Yes, that will be heaven to me
A cloud of bright angels to carry me home
And that will be heaven to me
THE TITANIC The pale moon rose in its glory She's drifting from golden west She told a sad, sad story, Six hundred had gone to rest The watchman was a-dreaming Yes, dreaming a sad, sad dream He dreamed the Titanic was sinking Out on the deep blue sea He rose and called a rich man And told him to come to life And try to save his baby Also his darling wife Cap' Smith must have been drinking Not knowing that he done wrong By trying to win the record He let the Titanic go on The band was out a-playing Yes, playing far out on the sea They spied the Titanic was sinking Played "Nearer My God to Thee" The sad news reached the city The Titanic had gone down There's many poor widows and orphans A-walking all over the town The little children were crying For mama to come to stay Oh, surely they'll invent something To raise the Titanic someday
TWO MORE YEARS AND I'LL BE FREE
Two more years is all and I'll be free And we'll start our lives anew I hold your memory so close to me Two more years and I'll be free
While you are out beneath the moonlit sky I sit and stare at these walls I think of you, sweetheart, and days gone by And I know two more years is all
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] I think of you, sweetheart, and I feel blue And I wonder if you're thinking of me I know there's something to look forward to Two more years and I'll be free I've been in this old jail for 19 years And it seems like 90 to me 24 more months for me to do Two more years and I'll be free
TWO SWEETHEARTS
A crowd of young fellows one night at a ball Were telling of sweethearts they had All seemed jolly except one lad Who seemed downhearted and sad
Come join us, Ned, his comrades then said Surely some girl has loved you Then raising his head, proudly he said I'm in love with two
One has hair of silver-gray
The other one is just like gold
One is young and youthful, too
The other one is aged and old
But dearer than life are they both to me
From neither would I part
One is my mother, God bless her, I love her
The other one is my sweetheart
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
My sweetheart is a poor working girl I'm determined to wed Father said no, 'twill never be so You must marry an heiress instead
Mother was young, she knows how it is When father met her she was poor Ned, don't fret, she'll be your wife yet For he will consent, I am sure
One has hair of silver-gray
The other one is just like gold
One is young and youthful, too
The other one is aged and old
But dearer than life are they both to me
From neither would I part
One is my mother, God bless her, I love her
The other one is my sweetheart
WABASH CANNONBALL
Out from the wide Pacific to the broad Atlantic shore She climbs flowery mountains over hills and by the shore Although she's tall and handsome and known quite well by all She's a regular combination of the Wabash Cannonball
Oh, the eastern states are dandy, so the western people say Chicago, Rock Island, St. Louis by the way To the lakes of Minnesota where the rippling waters fall No changes can be taken on the Wabash Cannonball
Oh, listen to the jingle
The rumble and the roar
As she glides along the woodlands
Over hills and by the shore
She climbs the flowery mountains
Hear the lonesome hobo squall
She glides along the woodlands
The Wabash Cannonball
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
Oh, here's to Daddy Cleton, let his name forever be And long be remembered in the ports of Tennessee For he is a good old rounder till the curtain round him fall He'll be carried back to victory on the Wabash Cannonball
I have rode the I.C. Limited, also the Royal Blue Across the eastern countries on mail car number two I have rode those highball trains from coast to coast that's all But I have found no equal to the Wabash Cannonball
Oh, Listen to the jingle
The rumble and the roar
As she glides along the woodlands
Over hills and by the shore
She climbs the flowery mountains
Hear the merry hobo squall
She glides along the woodlands
The Wabash Cannonball
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
WALKING IN THE KING'S HIGHWAY We shall see the desert as a rose 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 We shall see the glory of the Lord Walking in the King's highway And behold the glory of his word 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] No unclean thing shall pass o'er here Walking in the King's highway Just the ransomed ones without a fear 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
THE WANDERING BOY
Out in the cold world and far away from home Somebody's boy is wandering alone No one to guide him and keep his footsteps right Somebody's boy is homeless tonight
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 How I miss him, there's no tongue can tell
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
Oh, could I see him and fold him to my breast Gladly I'd close my eyes and be at rest There is no other that's left to give me joy Bring back my boy, my wandering boy
Well I remember the parting words he said We'll meet again where no sad tears are shed There'll be no goodbyes in that bright land so fair When, done with life, I'll meet you up there
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
WAVES ON THE SEA Oh, the waves on the sea, how they roll The chilly winds, how they do blow My own true love got drownded in the deep And the ship never got to the shore [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] Oh, the first on the deck was a porter of the ship And a rough-looking fellow was he Says, "I care no more for my wife and my child Than I do for the fish in the sea" Oh, the waves on the sea, how they roll The chilly winds, how they do blow My own true love got drownded in the deep And the ship never got to the shore [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] Well, I left my dear darling a-grieving Well, I left my dear darling a-grieving I left my dear darling grieving after me For I never expect to see her anymore [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] Oh, the waves on the sea, how they roll The chilly winds, how they do blow My own true love got drownded in the deep And the ship never got to the shore
THE WAYWORN TRAVELER
I saw a wayworn traveler, in tattered garments clad And struggling up the mountain, it seemed that he was sad His back was laden heavy, his strength was almost gone Yet shouted as he journeyed, Deliverance will come
Then palms of victory, crowns of Glory
Palms of victory I shall wear
The summer sun was shining, the sweat was on his brow His garments worn and dusty, his steps seemed very slow But he kept pressing onward for he was wending home Still shouting as he journeyed, Deliverance will come
Then palms of victory, crowns of Glory
Palms of victory I shall wear
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
The songsters in the arbor that stood beside the way Attracted his attention, inviting his delay His watchword being Onward, he stopped his ears and ran Still shouting as he journeyed, Deliverance will come
Then palms of victory, crowns of Glory
Palms of victory I shall wear
While gazing on that city just o'er that narrow flood A band of holy angels came from the throne of God They bore him on their pinions before the dashing foam And joined him in his triumph, Deliverance has come
Then palms of victory, crowns of Glory
Palms of victory I shall wear
WE WILL MARCH THROUGH THE STREETS OF THE CITY We will march through the streets of the city With our loved ones (that's) gone before We will sit on the banks of the river Where we'll meet to part no more Jesus sought me when a stranger Wandering from the fold of God He to rescue me from danger And transported by his blood Come, thy fount of every blessing Do now hark to sing God's praise Streams of mercy never ceasing Calls for songs of loudest praise We will march through the streets of the city With our loved ones (that's) gone before We will sit on the banks of the river Where we'll meet to part no more [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] Hark the voice of Jesus calling Who will go and work today Fields are white and harvest is waiting Who will bear the sheaves away Yes, we'll march through the streets of the city With our loved ones gone before We will sit on the banks of the river Where we'll meet to part no more
WE SHALL RISE
In that resurrection morning
When the trump of god shall sound
We shall rise.............we shall rise
(Hallelujah, we shall rise)
Then the saints will come rejoicing
And no tears will e'er be found
We shall rise.............we shall rise
(Hallelujah, we shall rise)
We shall rise (Hallelujah) We shall rise (Amen)
We shall rise (Hallelujah)
In that resurrection morning
When these prison bars are broken
We shall rise.............we shall rise
(Hallelujah, we shall rise)
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
I shall see that blessed savior
Who so freely died for me
We shall rise.............we shall rise
(Hallelujah, we shall rise)
And our fathers and our mothers
And our loved ones we shall see
We shall rise.............we shall rise
(Hallelujah, we shall rise)
We shall rise (Hallelujah) We shall rise (Amen)
We shall rise (Hallelujah)
In that resurrection morning
When these prison bars are broken
We shall rise.............we shall rise
(Hallelujah, we shall rise)
We shall rise (Hallelujah) We shall rise (Amen)
We shall rise (Hallelujah)
In that resurrection morning
When these prison bars are broken
We shall rise.............we shall rise
(Hallelujah, we shall rise)
WEARY PRODIGAL SON
God is calling the prodigal, come without delay Hear, o hear him calling, calling now for thee Patient, loving, and tender life still the father pleas Hear his loving voice calling still (oh, calling still)
Calling now for thee
(Calling now for thee)
Oh, where.........is the prodigal son
(Is the prodigal son, where is the prodigal son)
Calling now for thee
(Calling now for thee)
Oh, where.........is the prodigal son
(Is the prodigal son, where is the prodigal son)
Come there's bread in the house of the father and to spare Hear, o hear him calling, calling now for thee Lo, the table is spread and the feast is waiting there Hear his loving voice calling still (oh, calling still)
Calling now for thee
(Calling now for thee)
Oh, where.........is the prodigal son
(Is the prodigal son, where is the prodigal son)
Calling now for thee
(Calling now for thee)
Oh, where.........is the prodigal son
(Is the prodigal son, where is the prodigal son)
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
Calling now for thee
(Calling now for thee)
Oh, where.........is the prodigal son
(Is the prodigal son, where is the prodigal son)
Calling now for thee
(Calling now for thee)
Oh, where.........is the prodigal son
(Is the prodigal son, where is the prodigal son)
WESTERN HOBO
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
The wild, western hobo Who left his happy home Started upon a western trip All by himself alone
Upon this western trip Going to have lots of fun But upon this western trip This is the song he sung
Ay-oh-lay-ee-oh, oh-lay-ee-ay
Oh-lay-ee, oh-lay-ee, oh-lay-ee
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
I stepped up on a platform Smoking a cheap cigar Waiting to catch a freight train To catch an empty car
I buttoned my coat up closely Walked on down the track I caught the steps of a sleeper car I never did look back
Ay-oh-lay-ee-oh, oh-lay-ee-ay
Oh-lay-ee, oh-lay-ee, oh-lay-ee
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
My pocketbook is empty My heart is filled with pain 10,000 miles away from home Hoboing an old freight train
Ay-oh-lay-ee
Ay-oh-lay-ee
Oh-ah-lay-ee
WHAT WOULD YOU GIVE
IN EXCHANGE FOR YOUR SOUL
Brother afar from the Savior today Risking your soul for the things that decay Oh, if today God should call you away What would you give in exchange for your soul
What would you give (in exchange)
What would you give (in exchange)
What would you give in exchange for your soul
Oh, if today God should call you away
What would you give in exchange for your soul
Mercy is calling, won't you give heed While the dear Savior still tenderly pleads Risk not your soul, it is precious indeed What would you give in exchange for your soul
WHEN I'M GONE
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
You're gonna miss me when I'm gone You're gonna miss me when I'm gone Oh, I know you will miss me when I'm gone You're gonna miss me by my walk You're gonna miss me by my talk Oh, I know you will miss me when I'm gone
When I'm gone (When I'm gone)
When I'm gone (When I'm gone)
Oh, I know you will miss me when I'm gone
When I'm gone (When I'm gone)
When I'm gone (When I'm gone)
Oh, I know you will miss me when I'm gone
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You're gonna miss me by my prayers You're gonna miss me everywhere Oh, I know you will miss me when I'm gone You're gonna miss me by my song You're gonna miss me all day long Oh, I know you will miss me when I'm gone
When I'm gone (When I'm gone)
When I'm gone (When I'm gone)
Oh, I know you will miss me when I'm gone
When I'm gone (When I'm gone)
When I'm gone (When I'm gone)
Oh, I know you will miss me when I'm gone
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
You're gonna miss me by my ways You're gonna miss me everyday Oh, I know you will miss me when I'm gone You're gonna miss me by my song You're gonna miss me all day long Oh, I know you will miss me when I'm gone
When I'm gone (When I'm gone)
When I'm gone (When I'm gone)
Oh, I know you will miss me when I'm gone
When I'm gone (When I'm gone)
When I'm gone (When I'm gone)
Oh, I know you will miss me when I'm gone
WHEN OUR LORD SHALL COME AGAIN
When upon the clouds of heaven Christ shall come to earth again Will the world be glad to see him When our Lord shall come again
There'll be singing (There'll be singing)
There'll be shouting (Shouting, shouting)
There'll be sorrows (There'll be sorrows)
There'll be pain (Unending pain)
There'll be weeping (There'll be weeping)
There'll be praying (There'll be praying)
When our Lord shall come again
Will his coming bring rejoicing Or will it bring tears and pain Will you help his people crown him When our Lord shall come again
There'll be singing (There'll be singing)
There'll be shouting (Shouting, shouting)
There'll be sorrows (There'll be sorrows)
There'll be pain (Unending pain)
There'll be weeping (There'll be weeping)
There'll be praying (There'll be praying)
When our Lord shall come again
Work and pray till Jesus calls you Help to gather in the grain (the golden grain) Then with joy we'll meet the Savior When our Lord shall come again
There'll be singing (There'll be singing)
There'll be shouting (Shouting, shouting)
There'll be sorrows (There'll be sorrows)
There'll be pain (Unending pain)
There'll be weeping (There'll be weeping)
There'll be praying (There'll be praying)
When our Lord shall come again
WHEN SILVER THREADS ARE GOLD AGAIN
Darling, we are growing old And show the silver in our hair Sands of time have stolen all the gold That made your youthful tresses fair
But years can never steal away A love that never can grow old What care we for tresses gray Since love will always keep its gold
Love, I'll tell you with a kiss If heaven gives back the youth we miss Your face will be no fairer then When silver threads are gold again
Darling, I can read today The question in your thoughtful eyes You wonder if I wish for May Beneath this frosty Autumn sky
Love of mine, be sure of this For me, no face could be so fair Than this one that I stoop to kiss Beneath its crown of silver hair
WHEN THE EVENING SUN GOES DOWN
When this evening sun goes down Then in heaven I will be found I will end life's other side When I cross the great divide
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When this evening sun goes down When I wear my starry crown When I'll see a smiling face And rest in amazing grace
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
He will wipe away my tears He will blind me to all my fears Then in joy I'll ever be bound When this evening sun goes down
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
When this evening sun goes down When they lay me 'neath the ground When we'll meet, weep, and mourn Then I'll be in my heavenly home
WHEN THE ROLL IS CALLED UP YONDER
When the trumpet of the lord shall sound and time shall be no more
And the morning breaks eternal, bright and fair
When the saved birds shall gather over on the other shore
And the roll is called up yonder, I'll be there
When the roll..............is called up yon..........der
(When the roll is called up yonder, I'll be there)
When the roll..............is called up yon..........der
(When the roll is called up yonder, I'll be there)
When the roll..............is called up yonder
(When the roll is called up yonder)
When the roll is called up yonder, I'll be there
Let us lay before the master from the dawn till setting sun
Let us talk of all his wondrous love and care
And when all of life is over and our work on earth is done
And the roll is called up yonder, I'll be there
When the roll..............is called up yon..........der
(When the roll is called up yonder, I'll be there)
When the roll..............is called up yon..........der
(When the roll is called up yonder, I'll be there)
When the roll..............is called up yonder
(When the roll is called up yonder)
When the roll is called up yonder, I'll be there
WHEN THE ROSES ARE BLOOMING
Somewhere a heart is breaking Calling me back to you Memories of loved ones awaiting Each happy home and you
Come tell me that you still love me
And that your heart is still true
When the spring roses are blooming
Then I'll come back to you
When the sun is sinking In the golden west And the birds and flowers They have gone to rest
Come tell me that you still love me
And that your heart is still true
When the spring roses are blooming
Then I'll come back to you
WHEN THE ROSES BLOOM IN DIXIELAND
When the roses bloom in Dixieland
I am coming back to you
When the birds are singing music grand
To the sweetest girl I ever knew
I am saving up my money
To buy a little cabin home for two
When the roses bloom in Dixieland
I am coming back to you
I just got a letter from the sunny south From my girl in Tennessee She said she loved me like she used to do And was waiting there for me I answered back her letter Though I am far away When the roses bloom in Dixieland I am coming home to stay
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When the roses bloom in Dixieland
I am coming back to you
When the birds are singing music grand
To the sweetest girl I ever knew
I am saving up my money
To buy a little cabin home for two
When the roses bloom in Dixieland
I am coming back to you
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
When I left my honey at the railroad train I said, honey, wait for me I'm going to make a lot of money up north Then it's me for old Tennessee
When the roses bloom in Dixieland
I am coming back to you
When the birds are singing music grand
To the sweetest girl I ever knew
I am saving up my money
To buy a little cabin home for two
When the roses bloom in Dixieland
I am coming back to you
WHEN THE ROSES COME AGAIN
'Neath the shadow, down the meadow, leaves lying on each side By the river, flowers shiver, fading, dying in their pride Someone straying, long delaying, stands a-parting down the lane I must leave you, someone's saying, till the roses come again
When the roses come again
When the roses come again
I will meet you, I will greet you
When the roses come again
Oh-la-lay-ee, Ah-le-hee, Ah-le-hee
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
As I wander, I will ponder on a happy bye and bye On a summer over yonder with joy to you and I Do not borrow grief or sorrow in the hours that yet remain We shall know a glad tomorrow when the roses come again
When the roses come again
When the roses come again
I will meet you, I will greet you
When the roses come again
Oh-la-lay-ee, Ah-le-hee, Ah-le-hee
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
Sunshine over clover blossom on the meadow wide Summer's fingers sweetly linger everywhere on every side Someone's roaming in the gloaming, happy hearts that feel no pain All their sadness turned to gladness, now the roses come again
When the roses come again
When the roses come again
I will meet you, I will greet you
When the roses come again
Oh-la-lay-ee, Ah-le-hee, Ah-le-hee
WHEN THE SUNSET TURNS THE OCEAN BLUE TO GOLD Oh I sit alone and wonder Of the old home tonight And I picture happy scenes of long ago Where in childhood I have wandered And so often I have played Where the sunset turns the ocean blue to gold Mother's gone from that old mansion, I can call it home no more Still I hold of her a picture at my home And I hope someday to meet her Over on the golden shore Where the sunset turns the ocean blue to gold [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] I am lonely here without her, I can see her face no more My friends have gone and I am growing old But someday we'll be together Where parting comes no more Where the sunset turns the ocean blue to gold Mother's gone from that old mansion, I can call it home no more Still I hold of her a picture at my home And I hope someday to meet her Over on the golden shore Where the sunset turns the ocean blue to gold
WHEN THE WORLD'S ON FIRE
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Oh, my loving mother, when the world's on fire Don't you want God's bosom to be your pillow Tide me over in the Rock of Ages Rock of Ages cleft for me
I'm going to heaven when the world's on fire And I want God's bosom to be my pillow Tide me over in the Rock of Ages Rock of Ages cleft for me
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Oh, my loving brother, when the world's on fire Don't you want God's bosom to be your pillow Tide me over in the Rock of Ages Rock of Ages cleft for me
Oh, my loving sinner, when the world's on fire Don't you want God's bosom to be your pillow Tide me over in the Rock of Ages Rock of Ages cleft for me
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Don't you want to go to heaven when the world's on fire Don't you want God's bosom to be your pillow Tide me over in the Rock of Ages Rock of Ages cleft for me
WHERE SHALL I BE
The judgement day is drawing nigh Where shall I be When God the work of men shall try Where shall I be
When east and west the fire will roll Where shall I be How will it be with my poor soul Where shall I be
Oh, where shall I be
When the first trumpet sounds
Oh, where shall I be
When it sounds so loud
When it sounds so loud as to wake up the dead
Oh, where shall I be when it sounds
When wicked men his wrath shall see Where shall I be And to the rocks and mountains flee Where shall I be
When hills and mountains flee away Where shall I be And all the work of men decay Where shall I be
Oh, where shall I be
When the first trumpet sounds
Oh, where shall I be
When it sounds so loud
When it sounds so loud as to wake up the dead
Oh, where shall I be when it sounds
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When the savior reigns from shore to shore Where shall I be From God's angry presence thrown Where shall I be
Well, I'll be sleeping in my grave
When the first trumpet sounds
I'll be sleeping in my grave
When it sounds so loud
When it sounds so loud as to wake up the dead
I'll be sleeping in my grave when it sounds
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[REPEAT LAST CHORUS]
WHERE THE SILVERY COLORADO WENDS ITS WAY The twilight softly gathered round my home among the hills And all nature soon will settle down to rest While I sit and sadly ponder and my heart with longing fills As I often think of one that I love best We were wedded in the springtime And our hearts, they knew no pain Fair nature seemed to smile on us that day Now she sleeps beneath the lilacs And she'll ne'er come back again Where the silver Colorado wends its way There's a sob on every breeze And a sigh comes from the trees And the mockingbirds, they sing a sadder way For the flowers creep no more 'Round my cheerless cabin door Where the silver Colorado wends its way [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] The silver snow is gleaming on your distant mountainside Where often used to wander Nell and I And the birds are singing gaily in the valley far below Where I long some day to lay me down and die Then our lives were gay and happy in the shadow of the hills My heart beats fonder for her day by day And I feel her presence near me as I sit alone tonight Where the silver Colorado wends its way There's a sob on every breeze And a sigh comes from the trees And the mockingbirds, they sing a sadder way For the flowers creep no more 'Round my cheerless cabin door Where the silver Colorado wends its way
WHERE WE'LL NEVER GROW OLD I have heard of a land, on the faraway strand There's a beautiful home of the soul Built for Jesus on high, there we never shall die 'Tis a land where we'll never grow old Never grow old, (where we'll) never grow old In the land where we'll never grow old Never grow old, (where we'll) never grow old In the land where we'll never grow old [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] In that beautiful home, where we'll nevermore roam We shall be in the sweet bye and bye Happy praise to the king, through eternity sing Is a land where we never shall die Never grow old, (where we'll) never grow old In the land where we'll never grow old Never grow old, (where we'll) never grow old In the land where we'll never grow old [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] When our work here is done, and the life's crown is won And our troubles and trials are o'er All our sorrow will end, and our voices will blend With the loved ones who've gone on before Never grow old, (where we'll) never grow old In the land where we'll never grow old Never grow old, (where we'll) never grow old In the land where we'll never grow old
WHO'S THAT KNOCKING ?
Who's that knocking at my window Knocks so loud and won't come in It is your own true-hearted lover Rise you up and let him in
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Awake, awake, don't wake my mother Our love's a thing she can't endure She's been the ruin of many a lover She'll be the ruin of many more
Awake, awake, don't wake my father For he is on his bed of rest And on his breast he carries a weapon To kill the one that I love best
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I wish I was a little sparrow I'd circle like a turtledove I'd fly away to a lonely valley And settle down in the land of love
WHY DO YOU CRY, LITTLE DARLING Why do you cry, little darling Why are those tears in your eyes Why do you weep little darling Just when I say goodbye It makes me sad and lonely To see you feel so blue What have I done, little darling Have I been untrue to you [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] 'Cause you are called, little darling To fight for your country true There's many a poor girl just like me Weeping for their sweethearts, too I tried so hard to be cheerful But thought of all the long years You might be gone, little darling I could not keep back my tears [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] That's why I cry, little darling Because you're going away Leaving me all broken-hearted To weep for you day after day Every night I'll kneel by my bedside And ask God to guide you each day Back to your sweetheart that's waiting And loves you more than I can say [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] Every night I'll kneel by my bedside And ask God to guide you each day Back to your sweetheart that's waiting And loves you more than I can say
WHY THERE'S A TEAR IN MY EYE
I once loved a beautiful maiden
As fair as the blue skies above
And each night as we wandered together
The moon seemed to smile on our love
We vowed to be true to each other
That nothing could cause us to part
But we never once dreamed that the future
Held only a broken heart
Then there came the night when we parted
We quarreled as all sweethearts do
And I learned what it was to be jealous
When they told me her love was untrue
She told me she had always been faithful
She swore that her love could not die
And then when I did not believe her
She kissed me and told me goodbye
Oh-de-lay-ee-oh, de-lay-ee
Yo-de-lay-ee
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I found I had falsely accused her
And went back to make her my bride
And there in the door stood her mother
She told me my sweetheart had died
I went in and knelt down beside her
And there in the hush of that room
I prayed that my maker would take me
And send my soul down to its doom
So now I have told you the reason
There's always a tear in my eye
Through long weary years I've repented
But I'm longing to lay down and die
I wonder if I'll be forgiven
When I face the master someday
And I wonder if I'll see my sweetheart
On that beautiful shore far away
Oh-de-lay-ee-oh, de-lay-ee
Yo-de-lay-ee
WILD AND RECKLESS HOBO
A wild and reckless hobo Who left his happy home Started upon a western trip All by himself alone
Upon this western trip We're going to have lots of fun But upon this western trip This is the song he sung
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I stepped up on the platform Smoking a cheap cigar Waiting to catch a freight train To catch an empty car
I buttoned my coat up closely Walked off down the track I caught the steps of a sleeper car I never did look back
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They put me off at Danville Got stuck on a Danville girl You bet your life, she's out of sight She wore those Danville curls
She wore her hat on the back of her head Like high-toned people do If the western train pulls through this town I'll bid that girl adieu
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My pocketbook is empty My heart is filled with pain 10,000 miles away from home Hoboing an old freight train
WILDWOOD FLOWER
Oh, I'll twine with my mangels and waving black hair
With the roses so red and the lilies so fair
And the myrtle so bright with the emerald dew
The pale amanita and islip like blue
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I will dance, I will sing, and my heart shall be gay
I will charm every heart, in his crown I will sway
When I woke from my dreaming my idol was clay
All portion of love had all flown away
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Oh, he taught me to love him and promised to love
And to cherish me over all others above
How my heart is now wondering no misery can tell
He's left me no warning, no words of farewell
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Oh, he taught me to love him and called me his flower
That was blooming to cheer him through life's dreary hour
Oh, I long to see him and regret the dark hour
He won and neglected this pale wildwood flower
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WILDWOOD ROSE
Last night while in a dream I was happy in my home I woke to find you rambling My pretty wildwood rose
You are my wildwood rose
My pretty wildwood rose
Why do you keep on rambling
My pretty wildwood rose
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If you could understand Why I love you so This heart would cease from troubling My pretty wildwood rose
You are my wildwood rose
My pretty wildwood rose
Why do you keep on rambling
My pretty wildwood rose
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Years have passed and gone Why do you treat me so I've waited long in sorrow My pretty wildwood rose
You are my wildwood rose
My pretty wildwood rose
Why do you keep on rambling
My pretty wildwood rose
WILL MY MOTHER KNOW ME THERE ?
When I reach my home eternal Reach that city bright and fair When I stand among the angels Will my mother know me there
Yes, I know that she will know me
In those mansions bright and fair
Mother's love can ne'er forget me
And I'm sure she'll know me there
I have changed with the changing seasons I am bent with toil and care When I stand among the angels Will my mother know me there
Yes, I know that she will know me
In those mansions bright and fair
Mother's love can ne'er forget me
And I'm sure she'll know me there
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All for me my mother wrestled When she used to kneel in prayer Do you think she has forgotten Will my mother know me there
Yes, I know that she will know me
In those mansions bright and fair
Mother's love can ne'er forget me
And I'm sure she'll know me there
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Mother's face has been a beacon O'er the sea of deep despair I shall look for her up yonder Will my mother know me there
Yes, I know that she will know me
In those mansions bright and fair
Mother's love can ne'er forget me
And I'm sure she'll know me there
WILL 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
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
WILL THE ROSES BLOOM IN HEAVEN
In a cold and cheerless garret In a room so dim, so lone In a frosty wintry silence There was heard a little moan
And a little child is asking At the break of the day Will the roses bloom in heaven Tell me, mama, tell me, pray
Will the roses bloom in heaven
Are there any gardens there
Any violets and clover
Way up with the angels fair
Will the branches fill with blossoms
And in winter fill with snow
Will the roses bloom in heaven
Tell me, mama, e'er I go
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Now the room grows light and lighter Everything has caught a glow Heaven seems to stretch about her While dream faces come and go
Then she whispered, birds are singing Psalms of melody And I see the roses blooming While the angels beckon me
Then mother whispered In the land so bright and fair Where the roses will be blooming There will be no parting there
Goodbye, my little darling For death is lingering near And on the pale little face There was not one trace of fear
Will the roses bloom in heaven
Are there any gardens there
Any violets and clover
Way up with the angels fair
Will the branches fill with blossoms
And in winter fill with snow
Will the roses bloom in heaven
Tell me, mama, e'er I go
WILL YOU MISS ME
When death shall close these eyelids
And this heart shall cease to beat
And they lay me down to rest
In some flowery bowery tree
Will you miss me (miss me when I'm gone)
Will you miss me (miss me when I'm gone)
Will you miss me (miss me when I'm gone)
Will you miss me when I'm gone
Perhaps you'll plant a flower
On my poor, unworthy grave
Come and sit along beside me
When the roses nod and wave
Will you miss me (miss me when I'm gone)
Will you miss me (miss me when I'm gone)
Will you miss me (miss me when I'm gone)
Will you miss me when I'm gone
One sweet thought my soul shall cherish
When this fleeting life has flown
This sweet thought will cheer when dying
Will you miss me when I'm gone
When these lips shall never more
Plant a kiss upon thy brow
But lie cold and still in death
Will you love me then as now
Will you miss me (miss me when I'm gone)
Will you miss me (miss me when I'm gone)
Will you miss me (miss me when I'm gone)
Will you miss me when I'm gone
THE WINDING STREAM
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O give to me a winding stream
It must not be too wide
Where waving leaves of maple trees
Would meet from either side
The water must be deep enough
To float a small canoe
With no one else but you
Do not disturb
My waking dream
The splendor of
That winding stream
Flower in my canoe
Her eyes they look me through
A maiden fair with golden hair
Looks very much like you
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The sparkling trout beneath the bank
Doth leave his hiding place
Kingfisher from the bough above
So eager to give chase
The spreading branches overhead
The sunrise peeping through
And looking, dear, at you
Do not disturb
My waking dream
The splendor of
That winding stream
Flower in my canoe
Her eyes they look me through
A maiden fair with golden hair
Looks very much like you
THE WONDERFUL CITY I'm waiting, watching and longing That beautiful sight to behold When I shall awake some bright morning In that city with streets of pure gold My savior has gone to prepare it For all who accept his grace And that's why I know I'll be welcome To a home in that wonderful place When I reach my home in that city Shall I find you waiting up there With the saints who have gone on before us To that beautiful home so fair My whole heart is set upon heaven Where my savior's face I shall see And live in the light of his glory Throughout all eternity Oh-de-lay-ee, oh-lay-ee, oh-lay-ee He bids us to work in his vineyards To toil for him early and late What a glorious reward for our labor To enter that beautiful gate When I reach my home in that city Shall I find you waiting up there With the saints who have gone on before us To that beautiful home so fair My whole heart is set upon heaven Where my savior's face I shall see And live in the light of his glory Throughout all eternity Oh-de-lay-ee-hee, oh-lay-ee-hee, oh-lay-ee
WORRIED MAN BLUES
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song
I'm worried now, but I won't be worried long
I went across the river and I lay down to sleep
I went across the river and I lay down to sleep
When I woke up, put the shackles on my feet
29 links of chain around my leg
29 links of chain around my leg
And on each link an initial of my name
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song
I'm worried now, but I won't be worried long
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I asked the judge, what might be my fine
I asked the judge, what might be my fine
21 years on the R.D. Mountain Line
The train I ride, 16 coaches long
The train I ride, 16 coaches long
The girl I love is on that train and gone
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song
I'm worried now, but I won't be worried long
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If anyone should ask you who composed this song
If anyone should ask you who composed this song
Tell 'em 'twas I, and I sing it all day long
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song
I'm worried now, but I won't be worried long
YOU ARE MY FLOWER
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] The grass is just as green The sky is just as blue The day is just as bright The birds are singing, too
You are my flower
That's blooming in the mountain for me
You are my flower
That's blooming there for me
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] The air is just as pure The sunlight just as free And nature seems to say It's all for you and me
You are my flower
That's blooming in the mountain for me
You are my flower
That's blooming there for me
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So wear a happy smile And life will be worthwhile Forget your tears And don't forget to smile
You are my flower
That's blooming in the mountain for me
You are my flower
That's blooming there for me
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When summertime has passed And snow begins to fall Just sing this song And say to one and all
You are my flower
That's blooming in the mountain for me
You are my flower
That's blooming there for me
YOU BETTER LET THAT LIAR ALONE
(Thanks to Paddy Tutty, Saskatoon) Chorus If you don't want to get in trouble If you don't want to get in trouble If you don't want to get in trouble You better let that liar alone Well let me tell you people what a liar will do He's always coming with something new He'll steal your heart with a false pretence Make out like he's your bosom friend When a liar takes the notion to bend the truth He'll lay around his neighbors to get the news And nearly every day when you look out You can see that liar coming to your house He'll tell you such a lie it'll surprise your mind He'll mix a little truth for to make it shine When he finds out you believe what he says Then that liar's gonna have his way. When everything's in perfect peace Here comes that liar with his deceit When he gets his business fixed just right Then that liar's going to cause a fight Bridge He'll make out like he loves you so well Everything you hear he must come and tell Let me tell you sisters if you only knew What a certain somebody says about you. He studies up a lie he'll tell it so smooth You'll think absolutely that it must be true And he'll urge you out for to trace the tale And if you don't mind you'll be put in jail A hypocrite liar both kicks up a fuss They're both very bad but a liar's the worse.
That was the day when you went away
You broke my heart in the month of May
That little ring I gave to you
Will show you, dear, my love was true
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Sweet are the flowers of our friendship
That has bloomed our whole life through
But ne'er forget, though you're far away
They're blooming in my heart today
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] You denied your love, but you proved it so You came to see me when the sun was low You broke my heart, but you were kind When you said "Oh, dear, you could never be mine" Oh, let me tell you what love will do When you love a boy that don't love you It'll break your heart, they'll leave you alone They'll roam the west, so far from home
YOU TIED A LOVE KNOT IN MY HEART You tied a love knot in my heart, dear When you said you'd be my bride Oh, how well I remember As we strolled side by side Leaves were falling all around us Roses withered on the ground You tied a love knot in my heart, dear That can never be unwound [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] The only thing that I have left now Is this little string of down With a little love knot in it That she held tight in her hand As I stood there by your bedside As I look into your eyes You tied a love knot in my heart, dear That can never be untied [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] There's a heart tonight that's lonely There's a heart tonight that's sad For God has took you from me The best pal I ever had She's gone to sing up in heaven God needed her there by his side You tied a love knot in my heart, dear That can never be untied
YOUNG FREDA BOLT Amid the Blue Ridge Mountains there lived a maiden fair Whose life was pure as heaven, whose heart was free from care She dreamed of love and romance with heart so glad and free No bloom within the future young Freda Bolt could see Nearby lived Dearon Harmond, a boy she loved so well And of these two young lovers a story I will tell 'Twas late one Thursday evening, the stars were shining dim That Dearon called his sweetheart to come and go with him [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] He told her on tomorrow that they would surely wed But little was she thinking he'd take her life instead They motored to Bent Mountain, a place so dark and lone And there her form so helpless he placed beneath a stone Away from home and mother that Freda loved so well The bitter pain and anguish no mortal tongue can tell Through tears she pled for mercy, but heeding not her cry Young Harmon left his sweetheart in agony to die [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] We think the God in heaven must surely heard her cry And sent a band of angels to linger very nigh And bear her spirit over to yonder's happy shore Where dying comes, no, never and parting is no more
YOUR MOTHER STILL PRAYS FOR YOU, JACK The night was dark and stormy The wind was howling wild As an aged mother gazed upon A portrait of her child As she gazed on the baby's features That once filled her heart with joy He's now in this wild world roaming That mother's long-lost boy Your mother still prays for you, Jack Your mother still prays for you In a home far over the ocean Your mother still prays for you [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] At last there came a letter It was deeply edged in black From a comrade long forgotten Who still remembered Jack They have lain your dear old mother In a grave so dark and cold And she wants her boy who is roaming To meet her on the streets of gold Your mother still prays for you, Jack Your mother still prays for you In a home far over the ocean Your mother still prays for you [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] His stony heart was broken As he thought of his mother dear And in spite of his comrades' mocking He could not keep back his tears In spite of the great temptation That once filled his heart with tears So he started for heaven that evening As sweet love the people did sing Your mother still prays for you, Jack Your mother still prays for you In a home far over the ocean Your mother still prays for you
YOU'RE GONNA BE SORRY YOU LET ME DOWN
You told me once, dear, I was true and kind You told me then, love, that you were mine But now you tell me that you were blind You like your parties and good times
I'm sorry, darling, 'cause you feel this way Once you told me truthful, to my face You've found another to take my place All dressed in diamonds, pearls and lace
I'm sorry, darling, 'cause you let me down
A truer love now you think you've found
But when I'm laid deep down in the ground
You're gonna be sorry you let me down
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So now I've lost you, but still have faith That you will see the mistake you've made And when you find, dear, that you were wrong You'll ask forgiveness and come back home
I believed you, darling, when you said to me That we'd be happy, we'd be free But now I found, dear, a fault in thee When we were wed, love, I could not see
I'm sorry, darling, 'cause you let me down
A truer love now you think you've found
But when I'm laid deep down in the ground
You're gonna be sorry you let me down
YOU'RE NOTHING MORE TO ME
Tonight we part forever You're nothing more to me The chain that bound us is broken Not a tear I'll shed for thee
Go break the heart of another
Just as you have broken mine
Go tell her that you love her
And call her fondly thine
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Here, take this ring that you gave me Which was so dear to me Go give it to another It's nothing more to me
When you gaze upon the engraving
Will you think one time of me
You've broken my heart forever
Not a tear I'll shed for thee
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Goodnight, goodbye forever You're nothing more to me You've broken my heart forever Not a tear I'll shed for thee
I must say goodbye, my darling
Nevermore to meet again
I will ask of you a promise
Will you meet me up in heaven
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YOU'VE BEEN A FRIEND TO ME
Oh, I'll ne'er forget where e'er I roam
Where ever you may be
If ever I have had a friend
You have been that friend to me
My bark of life was tossing down
The troubled stream of time
When first I saw your smiling face
And youth was in its prime
Oh, I'll ne'er forget where e'er I roam
Where ever you may be
If ever I have had a friend
You have been that friend to me
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Misfortune nursed me as her child
And loved me fondly, too
I would have had a broken heart
Had it not been for you
Oh, I'll ne'er forget where e'er I roam
Where ever you may be
If ever I have had a friend
You have been that friend to me
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Now I look back upon the past
Acrost life's troubled seas
And smile to think of all I've seen
You've been a friend to me
Oh, I'll ne'er forget where e'er I roam
Where ever you may be
If ever I have had a friend
You have been that friend to me
Oh, I'll ne'er forget where e'er I roam
Where ever you may be
If ever I have had a friend
You have been that friend to me
YOU'VE BEEN FOOLING ME, BABY
I don't want you any more, mama
Ain't no use in you hanging around
For I found another mama,
And now I am Chicago bound
You've been fooling me, baby
You've been telling me your lies
When I thought you were an angel
Just sent down from the skies
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Sing those parting blues to me, sweet Nell
When you leave you'll leave me sad
'Cause my daddy's gone and left me
I just wouldn't treat him right
You've been fooling me, baby
You've been telling me your lies
When I thought you were an angel
Just sent down from the skies
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I wouldn't give him much loving
Wouldn't stay home at night
Now I hear the train a-coming
He has gone out of sight
You've been fooling me, baby
You've been telling me your lies
When I thought you were an angel
Just sent down from the skies
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