THIS YOUNG LAND
(RCA Victor LSP-2860)
June/1964
Produced by Chet Atkins
Jim Ed & Maxine & Bonnie Brown - vocal
Jerry Kennedy, Jerry Reed - guitar
Ray Edenton, Velma Smith - rh.guitar
Henry Strzelecki - bass
Kenneth Buttrey - drums
Floyd Cramer, Hargus Pig Robbins - piano
Vocals:
Anita Kerr, Priscilla Hubbard, Louis Nunley, Bill Wright
Recorded:
Apr 7-8/1960, RCA Victor Studio, Nashville (9)
Jul 19-20/1960, RCA Victor Studio, Nashville (11)
Jan 10/1963, RCA Victor Studio, Nashville (6)
Jan 15/1964, RCA Victor Studio, Nashville (4,8)
Feb 6-7/1964, RCA Victor Studio, Nashville (1,2,3,5,7,10,12)
1.
YOUNG LAND
(Jerry Fuller)
« © '63 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Have you heard there's a place called the Young Land
Where a kiss is worth more than pure gold
Lovers walk hand in hand in search of this land
Where true love will never grow old
Ask me how do I know of the Young Land
Well now I've had a love of my own
But she left me one day now I can't find my way
So I'll search for the Young Land alone
Lovers will seek so fine that the Young Land's a state of mine
Take a word from the wise and be careful to be sure and love all you can
With the love you can share you will find everywhere
Everywhere in the world is a Young Land Young Land Young Land
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2.
GRASS IS RED
(Don Christopher - Ted Cooper)
« © '64 Painted Desert Music, BMI »
The grass is red the grass is red red with the blood that was shed
Shed by men who now are dead fighting the grass is red
The ground is a bed a bed for soldiers to lay their heads
Heads that should have been used for peace istead of fighting fighting
Time and people go on but our fathers and brothers are gone
And until children are taught the meaning of the word friends
The grass will be red again and again and again
The grass was made green the air was made clean
And land land was born to live in peace
But somewhere the grass is red
The grass is red the grass is red...
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3.
BLOWIN' IN THE WIND
(Bob Dylan)
« © '63 Special Rider Music, SESAC »
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a man
How many seas must a white dove sail before she sleeps in the sand
How many times must a cannonball fly before they're forever banned
The answer my friend is blowing in the wind the answer is blowing in the wind
How many years can a mountain exist before it is washed to the sea
How many years can some people exist before they're allowed to be free
How many times must a man turn his head pretend he just doesn't see
The answer my friend is blowing in the wind the answer is blowing in the wind
[ guitar ]
How many times must a man look up before he can see the sky
How many ears must one man have before he can hear people cry
How many deaths will it take till he knows that too many people have died
The answer my friend is blowing in the wind the answer is blowing in the wind
The answer is blowing in the wind
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4.
PIROGUE
(Jerry Fuller)
« © '64 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Pirogue gonna take me home tonight
Pirogue gonna take me home tonight
So winding river wind to the life I left behind
Pirogue gonna take me home tonight
The war is over and mama and the baby's all right
The war is over and mama and the baby's all right
Soon I'll rest my aching feet kiss my woman's lips so sweet
Pirogue gonna take me home tonight
The yellow pirogue's no longer there but war will come again wait and see
And even if I had to return this land forever will be free
Pirogue gonna take me home tonight...
Pirogue gonna take me home tonight
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5.
CIRCUIT RIDIN' PREACHER
(Tim Spencer)
« © '60 Writer Share, PD »
Rock of ages cleft for me let me hide myself in Thee
The circuit ridin' preacher used to ride across the land
With a rife on his saddle and a Bible in his hand
He told the praire people all about the promised land
As he went ridin' sailin' down the lane
Leaning leaning leaning on the ever lasting arms
The circuit ridin' preacher travelled thru the mire and mud
Told about the firey furnace and of Noah and the flood
He preached the way to heaven was by water and the blood
As he went riding singing down the lane
There is power power wonder working power in the precious blood of the lamb
His rifle may be rusted as it hangs upon the wall
And his Bible old and dusty may be never read at all
But until the resurrection when we hear the trumpet call his truth is marching on
Glory glory hallelujah glory glory hallelujah
Glory glory hallelujah glory glory hallelujah
Glory glory hallelujah glory glory hallelujah
His truth is marching on
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6.
THEY CALL THE WIND MARIA
(Alan J. Lerner - Frederick Loewe)
« © '58 Chappell & Co, ASCAP »
A way out here they've got a name for wind and rain and fire
The rain is Jack the fire is Joe and they call the wind Maria
Maria flows the stars around since the clouds are flying
Maria makes the mountains sound like cold wind out there dying
Maria Maria they call the wind Maria
Before I knew Maria's name heard her wails and whining
I had a girl and she had me and the sun was always shining
And then one day I left my girl left her far behind me
Now I'm so lost so doggone lost not even death can find me
Maria Maria they call the wind Maria
Out here they've got a name for rain and wind and fire only
But when you're lost and all alone there ain't no name for lonely
Now I'm a lost and lonely man without a star to guide me
Maria blowed her love to me I need her here beside me
Maria Maria they call the wind Maria
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7.
HALF BREED
(John D. Loudermilk)
« © '59 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
Your pappy was a trader and your mammy was an Indian maid boy
Your pappy was a trader and your mammy was an Indian maid boy
We know all about it and we don't want a half breed around boy
Before sundown better be out of town boy
Half breed their hot on your trail boy half breed but you better not run
Half breed you'd better get a gun boy better get a gun and stand
You better get a gun and stand
[ guitar ]
A man is a man just as long as he can stand and think straight
A man is a man as long as he can stand and pray boy
So don't let em dog you no don't let 'em down don't you let 'em boy
You're a human being and you're just as good as them boy
Half breed their hot on your trail boy...
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8.
ANNA
(Fred Burch)
« © '57 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
This old house is falling down
The boards are rotten up from the ground
Anna Anna I wanna see my Anna
The bacon's cold the gravy's steamed to eat my cooking is a sin
Anna Anna how I miss my Anna
My old hound dog house have torn
He seems to know we won't see Anna again
The cottonfields are white as snow I miss my love I wanna go
To see Anna I wanna see my Anna
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9.
WAYWARD WIND
(Herb Newman - Stan Lebowski)
« © '55 PolyGram Int, ASCAP »
The wayward wind is a restless wind
A restless wind that yearns to wonder
And he was born the next of kin
The next of kin to the wayward wind
In a lonely shack by a railroad track
He spent his younger days
And I guess the sound of the outward bound
Made him a slave to his wandering ways
And the wayward wind is a restless wind...
Oh she met him there in the border town
He vowed they'd never part
Though he tried his best to settle down
She's now alone with a broken heart
And the wayward wind is a restless wind...
The next of kin to the wayward wind
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10.
GUN THE GOLD AND THE GIRL
(Harlan Howard - Buddy Mize)
« © '64 Vidor Publications, BMI »
I had to have the gun to get the gold
And I had to have the gold to get the girl
She wanted things I couldn't buy I knew I'd lose her love
She was everything in life that I've been dreaming of
And desperation one dark night began my life a crime
I knew where someone captured a gun now the gun was mine
I had to have the gun...
I robbed and stole I even killed to win her for my own
I found her in another's arms one night when I came home
I drew my gun they tried to run but never made the door
By their side I threw the gun I'd never lead no more
I wouldn't need the gun to get the gold
I wouldn't need the gold to get the girl
Now very soon I'll meet my doom the scuffle's just outside
When I found her in his arms that's when I really died
Time draws near I hear the footsteps comin' down the hall
And as I die the reason why will haunt me most of all
I had to have the gun...
I had to have the gun...
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11.
THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND
(Woody Guthrie)
« © '40 Ludlow Music, BMI »
This land is your land this land is mine land
From California to the New York Islands
Through the redwood forrest to the gulf stream waters
I said this land belongs to you and me
As I went roaming that ribbon of highway
I saw above me there in the skyway
I saw below me a golden valley
I said this land belongs to you and me
This land is your land...
I roamed and rambled I followed my footsteps
Crossed the golden sands of your diamond desert
And all around me a voice kept saying
It said this land belongs to you and me
This land is your land...
I said this land belongs to you and me
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12.
MISTER AND MISSISSIPPI
(Irving Gordon)
« © '51 Bourne Co, ASCAP »
I can't recall my mother I don't remember dad
Mister and Mississippi was all I ever had
Oh I was born to wander I was born to roam
And Mister and Mississippi made me feel at home
Oh I was born to wander I was born to roam
And Mister and Mississippi made me feel at home
My cradle was the river my school a river boat
My teacher was a gambler the slickest one afloat
My teacher was a gambler the slickest one afloat
He taught me not to gamble on a petticoat
Oh I was born to wander...
Oh Betty Mae I love you I love you Betty Mae
I love you like a barefoot boy loves a summer day
The way a wandering gypsy loves the changing scenes
Just like the restless river loves old New Orleans
Oh I was born to wander...
I'd love a tiny village a quite country town
A house a little garden with kiddies running round
I'd be a faithful husband I'd be a trusting friend
Until I heard that steamboat coming round the bend
Oh I was born to wander...
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