Each day I'll do a golden deed By helping those who are in need My life on earth is but a span And so I'll do the best I can Life's even sun is sinking low A f...

Mother first was called to heaven Left our home all alone Dad took sick soon and joined her They're reunited on god's throne A few more tiring days still face ...

A few more years shall roll, a few more seasons shall come Then we shall be with those at rest asleep within the tom Then Oh my Lord prepare my soul for that g...

After traveling through this world of sorrow No one on earth to call my friend I'm on my way back to old Kentucky Where I met and loved but could not win I've ...

In the pale moonlight we quarreled one night Our hearts were young and free I left her there alone at night I thought she was two-timin' me On a lonesome night...

I am a man of constant sorrow I've seen trouble all my days I bid farewell to old Kentucky The place where I was born and raised For six long years I've been i...

Oft' my thoughts drift back to childhood To the time when I was free As I played before the fireside 'Round my darling Mother's knee There's a blessed home up ...

All I ever loved was you You broke a heart that cried for you I've wasted all my tears on you For all I've ever loved was you Go out and find somebody new But ...

I even loved the ground that you walked on But that has been some time ago I could never take you back, no matter how I try For all the love I had is gone You ...

My latest sun is sinking fast, My race is nearly run My strongest trials now are past My triumph is begun O come, angel band come and around me stand O bear me...

Sweetheart I recall the day I first met you I wonder if you remember the same We talked of the love we shared for each other And longed for the day we'd change ...

The wind is blowing 'round the cabin I hate to hear that lonesome sound I'm all alone and so down hearted Since my true love she ain't around I hate to see the...

Are you a stranger to God Carried away with your pride Tell me sinner did you ever step to think Are you afraid to die Are you afraid Are you unsaved Are you a...

Little girl ( little girl ) baby girl She's my darling little precious baby girl Like an angel to me and I know that he Sent from Heaven my little baby girl Sh...

Oh Beautiful Star of Bethlehem Shining afar through shadows dim Giving the light for those who long have gone Guiding the wise men on their way Unto the place w...

In the land of Breathed County was raised a crooked man Made the county dry and the prices high For the bootleg whiskey man His age was barely twenty-one, his f...

Coming down from Tennessee riding on the line Thinking about the girl of mine couldn't keep from crying Honey babe I'm bound to ride Don't you want to go Ridi...

Bright morning stars are rising Bright morning stars are rising Bright morning stars are rising Day is a'breaking in my soul Oh where are our dear fathers Oh w...

I have left the land of bondage with it's earthly treasures I've journeyed to the place where there is love on every hand I've exchanged the land of heartaches ...

Don't go so far away love, try to stay around For losing you would be more than I could bear Though I'm tied to another, I hope someday she'll set me free For I...

Children go where I send Thee (Oh lordy) How will I send thee Oh I'm gonna send thee one by one For one was a little bitty baby born, Children born in Bethlehe...

Do you remember Long time ago Daddy worked a man called Cotton Eyed Joe Daddy worked a man called Cotton Eyed Joe I could have been married long time ago If it...

One morning in Jerusalem about the break of dawn A great trial was in session, they tried our blessed lord They scorned him and they mocked him, they made him c...

I heard about a man one day who wasted not his time away He prayed to God every morning noon and night He cared not for the things of man he trusted one who wou...

The darkest hour is just before dawn The narrow way leads home Lay down your soul at Jesus' feet The darkest hour is just before dawn The sun is slowly sinking...

Sadly we sing and with tremulous breath As we stand by the mystical stream In the valley and by the dark river of death And yet 'tis no more than a dream Only ...

Tonight my heart is beatin' low and my head is bowed You've been seen with my best friend on the other side of town I don't mind this waitin', don't mind this r...

It was on one dark and starless night I heard and saw an awful sight The lighting flashed and the thunder roared All around the drunkard's feet I started home ...

I was born in East Virginia North Carolina I did go There I courted a fair young maiden But her age I did not know Oh her hair was dark and curly And her cheek...

I left my old home to ramble this country My mother and dad said son don't go wrong Remember that God will always watch o'er you And we will be waiting for you ...

Death is an angel sent down from above Sent for the buds and the flowers we love Truly 'tis so, for in heaven's own way Each soul is a flower in the Master's bo...

Troubles and trials often betray those Causing the weary body to stray But we shall walk beside the still water With the good shepherd leading the way Going up...

Well I wish was in London Or some other seaport town Step my foot in a steamboat And sail the ocean round Sailing round the ocean Sailing round the sea I'd thi...

There's coming a time on the great judgement morning When the Savior will welcome you home Will you be prepared for the journey to heaven On the great ship that...

Thinking of you while out for a ramble Down by a cold frosty stream Set down on a bed of hemlocks and primroses And gently I fell into a dream I dreamed I saw ...

Oh lord have mercy on this weary soul of mine May I walk in your light everyday And when I've crossed that deep silent river I'll be happy in that home far away...

Get down boys, go back home Back to the girl you love Treat her right, never wrong How mountain girls can love Riding the night in the high cold winds On the t...

Oh, I am the Man, Thomas, I am the Man Look at these nail scars here in my hands They pierced me in the side, Thomas, I am the Man They made me bear the cross,...

Kiss me mother kiss your darling Lay my head upon your breast Fold your loving arms around me I am weary let me rest Through the years you've always loved me A...

I don't want your rambling letters Don't want your picture in a frame All I want is you in person Won't you let me change your name Mama said you'd come home s...

I hear a choo choo coming It's coming down the track It's taking away my darling Never to bring her back My darling left me this morning She left me feeling so...

Oh how I once longed for your loving Your cheating I couldn't realize But now that I've found out you're stepping I'm through with you baby I've got wise I kno...

It makes no difference where I wander No matter what I say or do I can't outlive this memory of you I cry dear when I think of you Somehow you wouldn't let me ...

No I'm not living I only exist How much longer can I go on like this You broke my heart and tortured my mind I've lost you darling you're long gone this time M...

Now tonight as I write this note to you There's sorrow in my heart I hate to say goodbye my dear But it's better that we part Don't think that I've grown tired...

On Sunday when the church bells start ringin' They're ringin' for you and for me Let's all gather 'round at the alter And pray that our souls may be free I'll ...

It's been a long time since you drifted away Now there's nothin' to live for it seems But darlin' no matter where you are tonight You'll be here with me inmy dr...

When the curtains of night are pinned back by the stars And the beautiful moon sweeps the sky When the dew drops of heaven are kissing the rose It is then that ...

I once had a sweetheart to love me But now she has proven untrue She's found a new love to treasure That's why I'm walking round blue The lies you told me are ...

When we were young and loved each other More than anyone will know Until that day you found a new love Then you said I'd have to go Oh the Road is rough and ro...

Lonesome, lonesome, pining away Now you say it's best to part Even though it breaks my heart I'm lost and I'll never find the way Since you said we must part d...

I never thought I'd need you but now I found I'm wrong Come on back sweet mama back where you belong I've gambled all over town find that I can't win So come on...

I don't blame you for I know you want him That your love for me was never real I could hold you but you'd be unhappy But it's alright if that's the way you feel...

You made me love you, you made me want you And now I need you all the time My heart is sad and I'm so lonely Each night and day you're on my mind You broke me ...

Now darling I've loved I've never done wrong I've been fair to you you know all along Why treat me this way you're breaking my heart I'm lonesome for you we're ...

Oh it's raining, raining, raining here this morning As I sit in jail and hang my head in shame With a smile I try to greet each early dawning But they've given ...

Hallelujah to Jesus who died on the tree To raise up his ladder of mercy for me Press onward climb upward the top is in view There's a crown of bright glory awa...

Oh come and as you tread life's journey Take Jesus as your daily guide Though you may feel pure and saintly Without him walkin by your side But when you come to...

With her old man she came from Tipperary In the pioneering days of '42 Her old man was shot in Tombstone City For the making of his good old mountain dew Oh Com...

Keep a memory of our love dear Never ever let it stray Why betray the heart you've broken I'll find happiness some way When I think about you darling I often h...

Kneel at the cross, Christ will meet you there Come while He waits for you Listen to His voice, leave with Him your cares And begin life anew Kneel at the cros...

Many times I've thought about you Many times I've wondered why That you'd ever go and leave me And this heart you taught to cry Darling wait until I see you Si...

In a church on Sunday morning Sat a man unwelcome there Judged by men and not by Jesus He lifted up his voice in prayer Steer me on the righteous pathway Help ...

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 S...

Come on boys let's go to the fair See the funny sights and the cool night air Grasshopper kissing the old black crow Road hog red do the dose-ee-doe More funny...

Each night I dream of you sweet heart I can't see why we had to part But there's no reason now to stay For I was only in your way Oh how I long to see your fac...

After traveling through this world of sorrow No one on earth to call my friend I'm on my way to old Kentucky Where I met and loved but could not win I've alway...

One night as the stars were all shining Little Benny knelt down by his bed He asked the dear Lord to forgive him For all the bad words he had said Please papa ...

Come little girl let's go get married My love is so great, how can you slight me I'll work for you both late and early At my wedding my little wife you'll be O...

Oh yonder stands little Maggie With a dram glass in her hands She's drinking away her troubles She's a courting some other man Oh how can I ever stand it Just ...

I was strolling one day in a lonely graveyard When a voice from the tomb seemed to say I once lived as you lived walked and talked as you talk But from earth I ...

In the pale moonlight we quarreled one night Our heart's were young and free I left her there and on that night I though she was two-timing me On a lonesome ni...

I sit here alone on the banks of the river The lonesome wind blows the water rolls high I hear a voice calling out there in the darkness I sit here alone too lo...

When we were young we loved each other More than anyone will know But today you found a new love And you said I had to go Oh the road is rough and rocky Since ...

Lost all my money but a two dollar bill Two dollar bill boys, two dollar bill Lost all my money but a two dollar bill I'm on my long journey home Cloudy in the...

Three men on the mountain Up on Calvary And the Man in the middle was Jesus He died for you and me Well the man on the left was a sinnin man Tied to the cross, ...

I am a man of constant sorrow I've seen trouble all my days I bid farewell to old Kentucky The place where I was borned and raised (The place where he was borne...

In a quiet country village stood a maple on the hill Where I sat with my Geneva long ago As the stars were shining brightly we could hear the whippoorwill As we...

Well I wandered way back in the mountains I was searching for fortune and fame I found where the water runs deep from the hills They call it the medicine spring...

Meet me by the moonlight love meet me Meet me by the moonlight alone alone I have a sad story to tell you All down by the moonlight alone I've always loved you...

On a dark stormy night the angels called mother The love that we shred for such a short while She called us around and told us she's leaving Then closing her ey...

We were wed in the hills of ol' Virginia We were happy there together all alone But I strayed away from my darlin Through this dark and stormy night I'm goin ho...

No matter what I say or do you're never satisfied I've tried and tried so many times I'm leavin you now good bye I'm ridin on that midnight train my head's a h...

One night while the moon from heaven was shining My mother was praying for me to come home She asked her dear lord watch o'er me out yonder To send me back home...

As a boy I learned of Jesus With my mother here at home Gathered there around the fireside Mother taught us right from wrong Happy days I still remember With a...

Mothers not dead, she's only a sleeping Just patiently waiting for Jesus to come The birds will be singing while Mother is sleeping They will sing o'er as the g...

Down the road here from me there's an old holler tree Where you lay down a dollar or two Go on round the bend come back again there's a jug full of that good ol...

Sittin' alone in my cold prison cell Watchin the sinkin' sun My trial on earth is over now But my main trial is yet to come My main trial is yet to come oh Lor...

In that dear old village churchyard I can see a mossy ground That is where my mother's sleeping In the cold and silent ground I was young but I remember When t...

The storm clouds rise no light in the sky And my loved ones have gone and left me There's glory divine it's riches are mine He tells me no burdens pass through ...

No answer to my love letter To sooth my achin heart Why did God ever permit True love like ours to part No letter in the mail today No answer from my love Nobo...

That's where my money goes To buy my baby clothes Nobody's business what I do Nobody's business, nobody's business Nobody's business what I do Sliced ham and p...

Out in this cold world alone Wandering about on the street Asking a penny for bread Begging for something to eat I'm nobody's darling on earth Heaven have merc...

Nobody's love is like mine No one so faithful and kind Love that is true as the ocean But nobody's love is like mine They tell me that you've found another And...

Oh death Oh death Won't you spare me over til another year Well what is this that I can't see With ice cold hands taking hold of me Well I am death none can ex...

There's a place dear to me where I'm longing to be With my friends at the old country church There with mother we went, and our Sundays were spent With my frien...

Rattler was a good old dog as blind as he could be But every night at suppertime I believe that dog could see Here Rattler here here Rattler here Call old Ratt...

I'm so lonesome and alone since you left our happy home Now all that's left are these tears upon my face I've turned to drinkin' and prayin' that the lord would...

Oh the nights are lonely here without you All I see is grief and pain For another's love you treasure All my hopes are now in vain For I love you as no other T...

I've a home prepared where the saints abide Over in the glory land And I long to be by my Savior's side Just over in the glory land Just over ( over ) in the gl...