1.

(# 3 country hit)
(# 80 pop hit)

Orange Blossom Special

Ervin T. Rouse

© Universal MCA Music, ASCAP

Looky yonder comin' comin' down that railroad track
Hey looky yonder comin' comin' down that railroad track
It's the Orange Blossom Special bringin' my baby back whooo
[ harmonica ]
Well I'm goin' down to Florida and get some sand in my shoes
Or maybe Califorania and get some sand in my shoes
I'll ride that Orange Blossom Special and lose these New York blues uhhuh
[ sax ]
(Say man when you're goin' back to Florida)
When am I go back to Florida I don't know don't reckon I ever will
(Ain't you worried about gettin' your nourishment in New York)
Ah I don't care if I do die do die do die

Hey talk about a ramblin' she's the fastest train on the line
Talk about a travel she's the fastest train on the line
It's that Orange Blossom Special rollin' down the Seaboard Line uhhuh

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2.

Long Black Veil

Marijohn Wilkin - Danny Dill

© Cedarwood Publishing, BMI

Ten years ago on a cold dark night
Someone was killed neath the town hall lights
There were few at the scene but they all agreed
That the slayer who ran looked a lot like me

She walks these hills in a long black veil
She visits my grave when the night winds wail
Nobody knows nobody sees nobody knows but me
[ harmonica ]
The judge said son what is your alibi
If you were somewhere else then you won't have to die
I spoke not a word though it meant my life
For I'd been in the arms of my best friend's wife

Now the scaffold is high and eternity's near
She stood in the crowd and shed not a tear
But sometimes at night when the cold wind moans
In a long black veil she cries o'er my bones

She walks these hills...
Nobody knows nobody sees nobody knows but me

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3.

(# 4 country hit)
(# 58 pop hit)

It Ain't Me Babe

Bob Dylan

© Special Rider Music, SESAC

Go away from my window leave at your own chosen speed
I'm not the one you want babe I'm not the one you need
You say you're lookin' for someone who's never weak but always strong
To protect you and defend you whether you are right or wrong
Someone to open each and every door but it ain't me babe naw naw naw
It ain't me babe it ain't me you're lookin' for babe
[ harmonica ]
Go lightly from the ledge babe go lightly on the ground
I'm not the one you want babe I'll only let you down
You say you're lookin' for someone who'll promise never to part
Someone to close his eyes for you someone to close his heart
Someone to die for you and more but it ain't me babe naw naw naw
It ain't me babe it ain't me you're lookin' for babe
[ trumpet ]
You say you're looking for someone to pick you up each time you fall
To gather flowers constantly and to come each time you call
And will love you for your life and nothin' more but it ain't me babe naw naw naw
It ain't me babe it ain't me you're lookin' for babe

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4.

Wall

Harlan Howard

© Red River Songs, BMI / Cedarwood Publishing, BMI

There's a lotta strange men in cell Block 10 but the strangest of them all
Was a friend of mine who spent his time starin' at the wall
Starin' at the wall

In his hand was a note that his gal had wrote and it proves that crime don't pay
Was the very same gal he robbed and stole for namin' her weddin' day
For namin' her weddin' day

As he looked at the wall so strong and tall I could hear him softly curse
Nobody at all ever climbed that wall but I'm gonna be the first
I'm gonna be the first

Well the warden came by and said son don't try I'd hate to see you fall
Cause there ain't no doubt they'll carry you out if you ever touch that wall
If you ever touch that wall

Well a year's gone by since he made his try but I can still recall
How hard he tried and the way he died but he never made that wall
He never made that wall

There's never been a man ever shook this can but I know a man who tried
The newspaper called it a jailbreak plan but I know it was suicide
I know it was suicide

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5.

Don't Think Twice It's All Right

Bob Dylan

© Special Rider Music, SESAC

Well it ain't no use to sit and wonder why baby if you don't know by now
And it ain't no use to sit and wonder why baby it'll never do anyhow
When your rooster's a crowin' at the break of dawn
Look out your window and I'll be gone
You're the reason why I'm travelin' on but don't think twice it's all right

And it ain't no use in turnin' on your light babe the light I never know
And it ain't no use in turnin' on your light babe I'm on the dark side of the road
But I wish there was somethin' I could do or say
To try and make you change your mind and stay
We never did too much talkin' anyway but don't think twice it's all right

Well it ain't no use in callin' out my name gal like you never done before
It ain't no use in callin' out my name gal I can't hear you anymore
I'm a thinkin' and a wonderin' walkin' down the road
I once loved a woman a child I'm told
I gave her my heart but she wanted my soul but don't think twice it's all right

So long honey babe where I'm bound I cannot tell
But goodbye's too good a word gal so I just kinda say fare thee well
Now I'm not sayin' that you treated me unkind
You coulda done a lot better but I don't mind
You just kinda wasted my precious time but don't think twice it's all right

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6.

You Wild Colorado

Johnny Cash

© Anne Rachel Music, ASCAP / Song Of Cash Music, ASCAP

Oh you wild raging river like my woman's lips you lure me
Pied piper of the desert roll on to the sea
You're the same at noon or midnight and I follow where you go
But you're planning no returning you wild Colorado

If I had no love of life I'd become part of your flow
But I fear the place you'd take me you wild Colorado

Oh you wild raging river from the fountains of the mountains
You ripple down the valleys growing wide and swift and deep
With what power you cut your canyons how long ago
You're as wayward as my woman you wild Colorado

If I had no love of life...

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7.

Mama You Been On My Mind

Bob Dylan

© Special Rider Music, SESAC

When you wake up in the mornin' baby look inside your mirrow
I won't be next to you you know I won't be near
I'd be curious to know if your reflection is as clear
As the one that I've got on my mind mama you been on my mind
[ harmonica ]
Well perhaps it's the wind and the dark dark night that's coverin'
The crossroads that I'm at
And maybe it's the weather somethin' like that
Byt mama you been on my mind mama you been on my mind
[ sax ]
Well I don't need trouble please don't put me down don't get upset
I am not pleading I won't say I'll forget
And I won't pace the floor bowed down and bent but yet
Mama you been on my mind mama you been on my mind
[ sax ]
Even though my mind is hazy and my thoughts are kinda narrow
Where you been don't bother me or bring me down with sorrow
It don't matter to me where you'll be wakin' up tomorrow
Byt mama you been on my mind mama you been on my mind

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8.

When It's Springtime In Alaska

Tillman Franks

© Cedarwood Publishing, BMI

When it's springtime in Alaska it's forty below
I mushed from Point Barrel through a blizzard of snow
Been out prospectin' for two years or so
Pulled into Fairbanks the city was a boon
So I took a little stroll to the Red Dog Saloon
(Yes he took a little stroll to the Red Dog Saloon)

When I walked through the door the music was clear
The prettiest voice I had heard in two years
The song she kept singin' would make a man's blood run cold
When it's springtime in Alaska it's forty below
(When it's springtime in Alaska it's forty below)

It was red headed Lil that was singin' so sweet
I reached down and took the snowpacks off of my feet
I reached for the gal that was singin' the tune
We did the Eskimo hop all around the saloon
(We did the Eskimo hop all around the saloon)

Where the cariboo crawl and the grizzly bear hug
We did our dance on a Kodiac rug
The song she kept singin' would make a man's blood run cold
When it's springtime in Alaska it's forty below
(When it's springtime in Alaska it's forty below)

I was as innocent as I could be
I didn't know that Lil was big Ed's wife to be
He took out his knife and he gave it a throw
When it's springtime in Alaska I'll be six feet below
(When it's springtime in Alaska he's six feet below)

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9.

All God's Children Ain't Free

Johnny Cash

© Anne Rachel Music, ASCAP / Song Of Cash Music, ASCAP

I'd sing more about more of this land but all God's children ain't free
I'd open up ev'ry door I can cause all God's children ain't free
I met a beaten broken man he shovels dirt but got no land
And he held out his hand to me all God's children ain't free
I'd sing along to a silly song but all God's children ain't free
I'm gonna sing the blues for the men they done wrong
Cause all God's children ain't free
Mister how bout the man you condemn to die
But taking ev'rything that he's livin' by
And reject him from society all God's children ain't free
Naw reject him from society all God's children ain't free
[ harmonica ]
I'd be happy walkin' any street but all God's children ain't free
I'd have a smile for all I meet but all God's children ain't free
I'd whistle down the road but I wouldn't feel right
I'd hear somebody cryin' out at night
From a sharecropper shack or penitentiary all God's children ain't free
From a sharecropper shack or penitentiary all God's children ain't free

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10.

Wildwood Flower

A.P. Carter

© Peer International, BMI

Oh I'll twine with my mingles and waving black hair
With the roses so red and the lilies so fair
And the mirtles so bright with the emerald dew
The pale and the leader and eyes look like blue

I will dance I will sing and my laugh shall be gay
I will charm ev'ry heart in her crown I will sway
When I woke from my dreaming my idols were clay
All portions of love had all blown away

Oh she taught me to love her and promised to love
And to cherish me over all others above
How my heart is now wonderin' no misery can tell
She left me no warnin' no words of farewell

Yes she taught me to love her and called me her flower
That was blooming to cheer her through life's dreary hour
Oh I long to see her and regret the dark hour
She's gone and neglected her pale wildwood flower

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11.

Danny Boy

Fred Weatherly

© Boosey & Hawkes Music, ASCAP

Back about 1918 my father Ray Cash was in the army in France
Along about armistice day he was one of the proud men to stand inspection
By General John J Pershing
Less than a year later my dad was back on a cotton farm in Southwest Arkansas
And you know the way of life didn't change very fast back home
He rode a horse about ten miles every Sunday to see Miss Carrie Rivers
In those days when everyone in the country either rode a horse or wagon or walked
You were probably a stranger if you were five miles away from home or less maybe
Sometimes life was pretty tough so some of the people were tough too
That's why my dad had a Colt 45 stuck in his belt every Sunday
The first thing he always did was to lay his pistol on the mantle
Of the fireplace at grandpa Rivers
When my parents got married my mother Carrie Rivers was sixteen
After that it wasn't long till dady wasn't considered a stranger
So he made friends with most everybody around
Daddy tells about an Irish immigrant on a railroad where he worked
The cotton belt line whonever stopped talkin' about goin' back to Dublin
One of the first stories I ever remember my dad tellin'
Was one that the Irish immigrant told him
And according to that particular source of information
There's this boy named Daniel McKinney workin' in the fields one morning
And across the fields came his sweetheart Rosalee
She came crying with tears in her eyes
Later someone put down into a song some of the things that Rosalee told Daniel
She said Daniel there's a bloody war a ragin'
And I've come to tell you that they're wantin' you to fight
So fight for Ireland but come back to me Daniel I'll be witin'

Oh Danny Boy the pipes the pipes are calling
From glen to glen and down the mountain side
The summer's gone and all the roses falling
It's you it's you must go and I must bide

But come ye back when summer's in the meadow
Or when the valleys hushed and white with snow
I'll be here in sunshine or in shadows
I'll be here oh Danny Boy I miss you so

But if you fall as all the flowers are falling
And if you're dead as dead well you may be
I'll come and find the place where you are lying
And kneel and say and an Ave there for Thee

But come ye back...



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12.

Amen

Jester Hairston

© Bourne Co, ASCAP

(Amen amen amen amen amen)
Little baby (amen) in the manger (amen) king Jesus (amen amen amen)
At the temple (amen) there they found him (amen)
Teachin' the elders (amen amen amen amen)
Poor Lazarus (amen) didn't bear it (amen) up a walkin' (amen amen amen)
Yeah amen amen amen amen amen amen
Lord Jesus (amen) up in heaven (amen) who'll be returnin' (amen amen amen)
Amen amen amen amen amen amen
Shout it children (amen) let me hear you (amen) hallelujah (amen amen amen)
Sing it children (amen) sing amen (amen) amen one more time amen amen amen

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