A-rovin' on a winter's night And a-drinkin' good old wine, Thinkin' about that pretty little girl, That broke this heart of mine She is just like a bud of rose,...

Alberta let your hair hang low I saw her first on an april morn' As she walked through the mist in a field of hay Her hair lit the world with its golden glow An...

(break) I asked my love to take a walk Just a little ways with me And as we walked and we would talk All about our weddingday (chorus) Darling say that you'l...

(break) Blue railroad train, I'm goin' down the railroad track It makes me feel so doggone blue to listen to that old smokestack Drivers a-rollin' on, leavin'...

Blues stay away from me Blues why don't you let me be Don't know why A You keep on hounting me Love was never meant for me True love was never meant for me It ...

Way down in Columbus Georgia Lord I wish I was back in Tennessee Way down in that old Columbus Stockade My friends all have turned their back on me Go and leav...

(L Leatherman) She's my curly headed baby She's from sunny Tennessee She's my curly headed baby She's more than all the world to me I have loved her since I m...

Oh, listen today to the story I tell, It's sadned with tear dimmed eyes, Of a dreadful cyclone that came this way, And blew our schoolhouse away Rye Cove, Rye ...

Let it rain, let it pour, Let it rain a whole lot more, 'Cause I got them deep river blues Let the rain drive right on, Let the waves sweep along, 'Cause I got ...

Don't tell me your troubles I got troubles of my own Don' t tell me your troubles Leave me alone Leave me alone Go on home Tell it to a friend I got troubles o...

As I went down in the valley to pray Studyin' about that good old way And who shall wear the stary crown Good Lord, show me the way Oh fathers let's go down Let...

John come home all in a wonder, Rattled at the door just like thunder "Who is that?" Mister Hendley cried, "It is my husband! You must hide!" She held the door ...

Oh, it's going down the road feeling bad Bad luck's all I've ever had Going down the road feeling bad, Lord, Lord And I aint' a-gonna be treated this a-way Got...

My grandfather's clock was too large for the shelf So it stood ninety years on the floor It was taller by half than the old man himself And it weight not a penn...

Well, I wish I was in London, Or some other seaport town I'd put my foot on a steamboat I'd sail the ocean 'round. While sailing 'round the ocean, While sail...

Does your concience ever bother you When somebody calls my name Trie to think of all that I've gone through And hang your head in shame Someone came along and ...

VERSION #1 My time is swiftly rolling on When I must faint and die; My body to the dust return And there fergotten lie Let persecution rage around And Antichri...

I walked down the hill about twelve a clock I sat right down on a great big rock I looked down the water en blessed my soul I seen a great big catfish jumpin' t...

I had a friend named Camble, eat, cheat and steal and gamble And I guess he tried most ever' thing low down He was out tomcattin' one night when he started a g...

The other night when I come in, so drunk I couldn't see I hooked my toe in the old doormat and fell as flat as I could be I had me a little old bottle o' booze...

The way I been treated, some time I wish I was dead; The way I been treated, some time I wish I was dead; [SPOKEN] Lord know 'Cause I ain't got no place To la...

There's a dark and a troubled side of life There's a bright and a sunny side too Though we meet with the darknest of strife The sunny side we also may view Kee...

Oh, yonder stand Little Maggie With her dram glass in her hand She's a-drinkin' away all her troubles And a-courtin' some other man Lord, how can I ever stand ...

Went out last night to take a little round, I met my Little Sadie and I blowed her down I run right home and I went to bed, A forty-four smokeless under my head...

My parents raised me tenderly, They had no child but me My mind being placed on rambling, With them I couldn't agree Just to leave my aged parents And them no m...

Honey, make me down a pallet on your floor Make me down a pallet on your floor Honey, make it down, make it soft and low Then maybe my good gal she won't know ...

Memories of you, dear Fill my heart with pain And I know you'll never Be in my arms again You say that you found another You tell me you love him, too My poor o...

I'm groing tired of the big city lights Tired of the glamour, tired of the size I'm alway dreaming of roaming once more Back to my home on the old river shore ...

I'm groing tired of the big city lights Tired of the glamour, tired of the size I'm alway dreaming of roaming once more Back to my home on the old river shore ...

Moody River, more deadly Than the vainest knife Moody River, your muddy water Took my baby's life Last Saturday evening Came to the old oak tree It stands besi...

There's more pretty girls than one More pretty girls then one Every old town that I rambled around And there's more pretty girls than one Mama talked to me las...

Muskrat, Muskrat, wha makes your head so slick? i've been a-livin' in the water so long, it's a wonder I ain't sick, I ain't sick, I ain't sick Well, Groundhog...

I'm a gonna leave here monday morning Oh, I'm a gonna leave here monday morning Oh, I'm a gonna leave here monday morning Oh, I never expect to see you anymore ...

She bloom for me on a little village In a cabin on the hill We made our vows to love eachother And I know we always will (chorus) She's my Crose of old KenGtu...

For years and years I've rambled I drank my wine and gambled And then one day I thought I'd settle down I met a sweet little lady And she told me she'd be my ba...

I've got the blues, those Nashville blues I've got the blues, those Nashville blues Ain't got no hat, ain't got no shoes The people here they treat me fine The...

Oh, listen to my story, I'll tell you no lies, How John Lewis did murder poor little Omie Wise He told her to meet him at Adams's Springs He promised her money ...

Step up, buddies, and listen to my song I'll sing it to you right, but you may sing it wrong, All about a man named Otto Wood, I can't tell you all, but I wish ...

I've got to tell you I've been rackin' my brain Hopin' to find a way out I've had enough of this continual rain Changes are comin', no doubt (Chorus:) It's be...

No matter what I say or do You're never satisfied I've tried to please you too many times So now I'm leaving you now goodbye Riding on that midnight train Lord...

There is a house down in New Orleans They call the Rising Sun And it's been the ruin of a many poor boy And me, oh God , for one Then fill the glasses to the b...

There is a house down in New Orleans They call the Rising Sun And it's been the ruin of a many poor boy And me, oh God , for one Then fill the glasses to the b...

I ain't gonna work on the railroad I ain't gonna work on the farm I'll lay around the shack till the mail train comes Back I'm rollin' in my sweet baby's arms ...

(chorus) Shady Grove, my little love Shady Grove I say Shady Grove, my little love I'm bound to go away Cheeks as red a a blooming rose And eyes are the prett...

Was in the spring One sunny day My sweetheart left me Lord, she went away And now she's gone And I don't' worry Lord, I'm sitting On top of the world She call...

Was in the spring One sunny day My sweetheart left me Lord, she went away And now she's gone And I dont' worry Lord, I'm sitting On top of the world She calle...

John Henry was a steel drivin' boy But he went down Yes, he went down He went down (break) Take my hammer and give it to the capt'n Boys, tell him I'm gone Yo...

Talk about sufferin' here below And talk about lovin' Jesus Talk about sufferin' here below And let's keep a-followin' Jesus The gospel train is coming; Now, do...

Along about eighteen twenty-five, I left Tennessee very much alive I never would have got through the Arkansas mud If I hadn't been a-ridin' on the Tennessee St...

There it stands by the fire with it's back to the wall That old wooden rocker, so stately and tall With naught to disturb it but dusting of broom And no one to ...

It's a lesson too late for the learnin' Made of sand, made of sand In a wink of an eye my soul is burnin' In your hand, in your hand (chorus) Are you goin' away...

Oh, listen today to the story I tell, It's sadned with tear dimmed eyes, Of a dreadful cyclone that came this way, And blew our schoolhouse away Rye Cove, Rye ...

A miner was leaving his home for his work When he heard his little child scream. He went to the side of the little girl's bed; She said, "Daddy, I've had such ...

I came to the place where the lone pilgrim lay And pensively stood by his tomb, When in a low whisper I heard something say, "How sweetly I sleep here alone Th...

Where was you when the train left town? I's standin' on the corner with my head hung down Hey, the train carried my girl from town, Hey, hey, hey, hey SPOKEN: T...

I'm three times seven and I do as I doggone please There ain't no woman this side of heaven gonna get me on my knees I'm three times seven, gals, and that makes...

Hang your head, Tom Dooley, Hang your head and cry; You killed poor Laurie Foster, And you know you're bound to die You left her by the roadside Where you begge...

Where was you when the train left town? I's standin' on the corner with my head hung down Hey, the train carried my girl from town, Hey, hey, hey, hey SPOKEN: T...

From the great Atlantic ocean to the wide Pacific shore The green old flowing mountains to the south down by the moor She's mighty tall and handsome she's know ...

From the great Atlantic ocean to the wide Pacific shore The green old flowing mountains to the south down by the moor She's mighty tall and handsome she's know ...

I was born one mornin', The rain a-pourin' down, Heard my mammy say to my pappy, "Let's call him John Henry Brown" CHORUS: Walk on, boy; walk on down the road; ...

Till I became a wanted man, I never owned a gun, But now they hunt me like a mountain cat, And I'm always, always, always on the run I killed poor Jed Bryan...

Way downtown just foolin' around Took me to the jail It's oh me and it's oh my No one to go my bail It was late last night when Willie came home I heard him a-...

Oh, where is my sailor boy; Where is my sailor boy? He sleeps at the bottom of the deep blue sea, And he can't come back to me I stand on the beach alone And ga...

I was standing by my window On a cold and cloudy day When I saw that hearse come rolling For to carry my mother away (chorus) Will the circle be unbroken By a...

I'm going to the racetrack to see my pony run If he won some money gonna take my good gals on Yeah, you don't know, you don't know my mind When you see me laugh...