Though the brambles took the cabin i was born in And the briers reclaim the fields i used to plow There's a yearning in my heart to be going To that forty acre ...

I talked with a stranger so sad and forlorn His garments were sack cloth all tattered and torn He told me a story of sorrow and woe His heart went to heaven at ...

Well the man who preached the funeral said it really was a simple way to die Well he laied down to rest one afternoon and never opened up his eyes They hired me...

Come and listen to my story bout a man named Jed Poor mountaineer barely kept his family fed Then one day he was shooting at some food And up through the ground...

Can't you hear the ripple on my big spike hammer Lord it's bustin' my side I've done all I can do to keep that woman Still she's not satisfied Hey hey Delta Ma...

Oh long is the night I have travelled the way was so bitter and cold I long for the day when my shepard will say The black sheep returned to the fold Forever m...

Blame me if you want to I'll just keep on keep on keep on loving you Lie to me find someone new but I'll just keep on keep on keep on loving you I met you not ...

Ridin' the Bluegrass Express ridin' the Bluegrass Express This train soon be gone and I'm going home On the Bluegrass Express She'll cross the river at Newport...

Bluegrass music's really gone to town Bluegrass music's really hit the ground From New York to Bakersfield Calgary and Jacksonville Bluegrass music's really gon...

When I was a little bitty baby my mama would rock me in the cradle In them old cottonfields back home When I was a little bitty baby my mama would rock me in th...

Oh the cuckoo she's a pretty bird she warbles as she flies But I never give her water till the forth day of July It is often that I wonder why women love men A...

Like the weather your heart changes with each season Springtime summer fall and winter too Though I know I'll never understand the reason I still wonder why eac...

I've traveled o'er this country wide a seeking fortune fair I've been down the two coast lines I've traveled everywhere From Portland East and Portland West and...

As I look at the letters that you wrote to me It's you that I am thinking of As I read the lines that to me were so sweet I remember our faded love I miss you ...

Come all ye fair and tender ladies Take warning how you court young men They're like a star on a summer morning They first appear and then they're gone They'll...

Here she comes look at her roll there she goes eatin' that coal Watch her fly look at her sail let her by by by the fireball mail [ mandolin ] Let her go look...

Some folks like the summertime when they can walk about Strollin' through the meadow green it's pleasant there's no doubt Give me the wintertime when the snow i...

Give this message to your heart read my letter one more time Don't let me tear our world apart please don't read between the lines Give this message to your hea...

My boss thinks that I'm his tool and I guess that he is right Uses me like this shovel in my hand But if the shovel wasn't strong it wouldn't hold a load of dir...

Hey hey hey Bartender come to set me up another round Hey hey hey Bartender got a lotta troubles I must drown Well did you guess it's love it's love it's love ...

Oh I know what it means to be lonesome I know what it means to be blue And I know what it means to be lonesome in dreams When there is someone there with you O...

I love you only for what you are You may have been a queen or a fallen star I love you only though you may be The poorest girl on earth you're still an angel fo...

The first strange town I was ever in the county was hanging a man Nobody cared if he lived or died and I just didn't understand So I washed my face in the morn...

Your letter came this very day and it wiped all my dreams away I read it o'er a thousand times it's left me with a worried mind I wonder why you said goodbye a...

I may be a little bit tired tonight but I'll be alright tomorrow Be alright tomorrow be alright tomorrow be alright tomorrow I may be a little bit tired tonight...

Same old places same old faces I'm even tired of this air I'm breathin' So I'm leavin' in the mornin' Before the sun can get too high I won't waste time wavin' ...

Little girl little girl what have I done that makes you treat me so You've caused me to weep you've caused ne to mourn You've caused me to leave my home In the...

It's not your kiss so much I miss It's not your touch I miss so much That makes me cry the whole night long It's just the idea that you're gone It's just the i...

Kentucky you are the dearest land outside of heaven to me Kentucky your laurels your redbud trees When i die i want to rest upon some peaceful mountains so high...

You ain't the kind of woman I wanted But you're the kind of woman I got The very first thing in the morning is get up The last thing I hear every night is shut...

I met a little girl in Knoxville the town we all know well And every Sunday evening out in her home I'd dwell We went to take an evening walk about a mile from ...

Let's say goodbye like we said hello in a friendly kind of way There's something wrong your love is gone I've no reason now to stay We live and love we meet and...

My baby said she loved me but she's gone again I've never been so lonely yet I don't remember when Lonely lonely me lonely lonely me [ banjo ] Somegow I've go...

They carried my girl to the burning ground They carried my girl to the burning ground They carried my girl to the burning ground I watched her as they laid her ...

It's a lonesome feeling when you're traveling Down a lonesome road down a lonesome road Nobody cares a thing about me it's a heavy load it's a heavy load I fel...

Oh the sun's gonna shine in my life once more Love's gonna live here again Things're gonna be the way they were before Love's gonna live here again Love's gonn...

You say tomorrow you're going it's so hard for me to believe I'm making plans for the heartaches cause you're making plans to leave The tears for me will be fa...

Like a bird that's lost his mate in flight I'm alone and oh so blue tonight Like a piece of driftwood on the sea may you never be alone like me I gave up my fri...

Memories memories mem'ries of the one that i'd let go Memories memories mem'ries of the one i still love so My arms can't hold a mem'ry there's nothing there t...

Though someone stole you away from me i'll hold your love in my memory Though miles between us can keep us apart your picture is locked in my heart Memories ne...

You're waltzing with me looking over my shoulder That gleam in your eyes tells me I'm losing you You're waltzing with me but your heart's with another You'll ha...

Take that night train to Memphis take that night train to Memphis And when you arrive at the station I'll be right there to meet you I'll be right there to gree...

I'm just one kiss away from loneliness I'm walking you home for the last time I hope before we get there that you will change your mind It hurts to know I've l...

One tear won't make a heart break one tear won't make a heart ache If the tear I shed today is all I'll have to pay One tear is all I've cried for you I though...

The pathway of teardrops will show you the way If you ever wanna come back to me You know dear that I cried both night and day Since you told me you'd never be ...

Wish that I was on ol' Rocky Top Down in the Tennessee hills Ain't no smoggy smoke on Rocky Top Ain't no telephone bills Once I had a girl on Rocky Top Half bea...

Roll muddy river roll on muddy river roll on I've got a notion you'll go to the ocean alone I've got a baby in Tennessee who's long been awaitin' for little ole...

Ruby Ruby honey are you mad at your man [ banjo ] I sit here in the shade I shovel with the spade I'm diggin' in the ground's cold mine Oh Ruby Ruby honey are y...

Standin' on the corner with the lowdown blues Great big hole in the bottom of my shoes Honey let me be your Salty Dog Let me be your Salty Dog or I won't be yo...

Send me the pillow that you dream on don't you know that I still care for you Send me the pillow that you dream on so darling I can dream on it too Each night w...

Someone before me still turns you inside out When we're together he's all you talk about You're always wanting me to do the things he used to do Someone before ...

I got a girl in the Sourwood Mountain hi ho didle oh day She won't come and I won't caught her hi ho didle oh day Hey old man I want your daughter hi ho didle o...

Stand beside me behind me so loneliness can't find me I need your love to make it from now on Stand before me and with me so sorrow's hand can't touch me Withou...

Sweet thing I'm writing this letter to you your name will be blotted with tears Please read it and answer and tell me it's true your love will remain through th...

I'll never love another it's true Other lips don't kiss me like you do Other arms don't thrill me like you do Just one more chance to be with you Let's be swee...

Take this hammer carry it to the captain Take this hammer carry it to the captain Take this hammer carry it to the captain Tell him I'm gone tell him I'm gone ...

My lips will say goodbye to you tomorrow I'll walk away pretend I'll feel no sorrow But when you're out of sight I know I'll cry For this heart of mine can neve...

Today I started loving you again I'm right back where I've really always been I got over you just long enough to let my heartache mend Then today I started lovi...

Up this hill and down up this hill again Up this hill and down up this hill again It's a mighty mighty long road what ain't got no end Well it's five o'clock i...

You left me and you went away you said that you'd be back in just a day You've broken your promise and you left me here alone I don't know why you did dear but ...

Up in North Carolina way back in the hills Lived my old pappy and he had him a still He brewed white lightning till the sun went down He fill him a jug and he p...

We came to big city from our little country town And every step she takes with you is down But you're as cold and heartless as your chilling winds that blow Bef...

I live in a world of unwanted nothing seems right everything's unfair I live in a world of unwanted no one knows me no one seems to care A world of unwanted whe...

It takes a worried man to sing a worried song It takes a worried man to sing a worried song It takes a worried man to sing a worried song I'm worried now but I ...

I love you all the summer through I thought I found my dream in you For me you were the one But that was yeasterday and yesterday's gone We walked together han...

You'll never know how much you'll miss The one that you love till she's gone you'll never know You'll never know how much you'll be Left all alone till she's go...