lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

CRAWDAD SONG

(Traditional)
« © '50 Writer Share, PD »
You get a line and I'll get a pole honey
You get line and I'll get a pole baby
You get a line and I'll get a pole
We'll go down to the crawdad hole
Honey baby mine

Yonder comes a man with a sack on his back honey
Yonder comes a man with a sack on his back baby
Yonder comes a man with a sack on his back
He's got more crawdads than he could pack
Oh honey baby mine

Well the man fell down and he broke his sack honey
Yeah the man fell down and he broke his sack baby
The man fell down and he broke his sack
You oughta see the crawdad backin' back
Oh honey baby mine

Well now get up Cindy you've slept too late honey
Get up Cindy you've slept too late baby
Get up Cindy you've slept too late
The crawdad man done passed your gate
Honey honey honey baby mine

Well I heard the duck say to the drake honey
Yeah I heard the duck say to the drake baby
Well I heard the duck say to the drake
Well now there ain't no crawdads in this lake
Oh honey sugar baby mine
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2.

ROCK ISLAND LINE

(Traditional)
« © '57 Hollis Music, BMI »
Now this here's the story of the Rock Island Line
The Rock Island Line she run down into New Orleans
And just outside of New Orleans they got a big tollgate
And all the trains that come through have to pay the man some money
Course if you got certain things on board
You don't have to pay the man nothin'
Just now we see a train comin' down the track
And the driver he shout down to the man and he say
I got sheep I got horses I got cows I got pigs I got all livestock
I got all livestock I got all livestock
And the man he say well you all right you go on through
So the train pick a little bit of speed a little bit of steam
When the driver thinks he's safely on out of sight
He yelled back down the line to the man and say
I fooled you I fooled you I got pig iron I got pig iron I got all pig iron
Now I tell you where I'm goin' boy
Down the Rock Island Line she's a mighty good road
Rock Island Line she's the road to ride
Oh the Rock Island Line is a mighty good road
Well if you want to ride you got to ride it
Like you finally get your ticket at the station on the Rock Island Line
I may be right I may be wrong you know you're gonna miss me when I 'm gone
Down the Rock Island Line she's a mighty good road
Rock Island Line she's the road to ride
Oh the Rock Island Line is a mighty good road
Well if you want to ride you got to ride it
Like you finally get your ticket at the station on the Rock Island Line
A B C W X Y Z cat's on the cover but he don't' see me

Down the Rock Island Line she's a mighty good road
Rock Island Line she's the road to ride
Oh the Rock Island Line is a mighty good road
Well if you want to ride you got to ride it
Like you finally get your ticket at the station on the Rock Island Line
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3.

DON'T FENCE ME IN

(Cole Porter)
« © '44 WB Music, ASCAP »
Oh give me land lots of land under starry skies above
Don't fence me in
Let me ride through the wide open country that I love
Don't fence me in
Let me be by myself in the evenin' breeze
Listen to the murmur of the cottonwood trees
Send me out forever but I ask you please
Don't fence me in

Just turn me loose let me straddle my ole saddle
Underneath the western skies
On my cayuse let me wander over yonder
Till I see the mountains rise
I wanna ride to the ridge where the west commences
Gaze at the moon till I lose my senses
Can't look at hobbles and I can't stand fences
Don't fence me in
[ guitar ] Don't fence me in don't fence me in

Just turn me loose...
Don't fence me in
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4.

BIG ROCK CANDY MOUNTAIN

(Dave Fisher)
« © '55 Unart Catalog, BMI »
On a summer day in the month of May a burly bum came hikin'
Down a shady lane through the sugar cane he was lookin' for his likin'
As he roamed along he sang a song of the land of milk and honey
Where a bum can stay for many a day and he won't need any money

Oh the buzzin' of the bees in the cigarette trees near the soda water fountain
At the lemonade springs where the bluebird sings on the big rock candy mountain

There's a lake of gin we can both jump in and the handouts grow on bushes
In the new-mown hay we can sleep all day and the bars all have free lunches
Where the mail train stops and there ain't no cops and the folks are tender-hearted
Where you never change your socks and you never throw rocks and your hair is never parted

Oh the buzzin' of the bees...

Oh a farmer and his son they were on the run to the hay field they were boundin'
Said the bum to the son why don't you come to the big rock candy mountain
So the very next day they hiked away the mile posts they kept countin'
But they never arrived at the lemonade tide on the big rock candy mountain

Oh the buzzin' of the bees...
On the big rock candy mountain
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5.

ROVING GAMBLER

(Dean Manuel - Bobby Dyson)
« © '50 Tuckahoe Music, BMI »
I am a rovin' gambler I've gambled all around
Wherever I meet with a deck of cards I lay my money down
I lay my money down lay my money down

I gambled down in Washington I've gambled over in Spain
And I'm goin' down to Georgia to gamble my last game

Hadn't been in Washington for many more day than three
When I fell in love with a pretty little girl and she fell in love with me
Fell in love with me fell in love with me

She took me in her parlor she cooled me with her fan
She whispered low in her mother's ears I love that gamblin' man

Daughter oh dear daughter how could you treat me so
To leave your dear ol' mother and with the gambler go
With the gambler go with the gambler go

She wouldn't marry a railroad man I'll tell you the reason why
I've never seen a railroad man that wouldn't tell his wife a lie

She wouldn't marry a farmer he's always in the rain
The man she wants to marry wears a great big gold watch chain
Great big gold watch chain a great big gold watch chain

See the train a comin' she's comin' round the curve
A whistlin' and a blowin' and a strainin' ev'ry nerve

She said oh dear morther I'll tell you if I can
If you ever see me comin' back I'll be with the gamblin' man
With the gamblin' man with the gamblin' man

Well I am a rovin' gambler I've gambled all around
Wherever I meet with a deck of cards I lay my money down
I lay my money down I lay my money down
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6.

MOLLY DARLING

(Eddy Arnold)
« © '47 Unichappell Music, BMI »
Won't you tell me Molly darlin' that you love none else but me
For I love you Molly darlin' you are all the world to me

Oh tell darling that you love me put your little hand in mine
Take my heart sweet Molly darlin' say that you will give me thine

Molly fairest sweetest dearest look up darling tell me this
Do you love me Molly darling let your answer be a kiss
[ guitar ] Molly fairest sweetest dearest...
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7.

YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS

(Don George)
« © '33 Full Keel Music, ASCAP »
There's a yellow rose in Texas I'm goin' there to see
No other fella knows her nobody only me
She cried so when I left her it'd like to broke her heart
And if we ever meet again we never more shall part

Where the Rio Grande is flowing where stars are shining bright
We walk along the river on a quiet summer night
She said if you remember we parted long ago
You promised you'd come back again and never leave me so

She's the sweetest rose of color a fellow ever knew
Her eyes are bright as diamonds they sparkle like the dew
You may talk about your dearest maids and sing of Resalie
But the Yellow Rose of Texas beats the bells of Tennessee

Oh I'm goin' back to find her my heart is full of woe
We'll sing the songs together we sang so long ago
I'll pick the guitar gaily and sing the songs of yore
The Yellow Rose of Texas she'll be mine for evermore

She's the sweetest rose of color...

To the Yellow Rose in Texas I'm goin' there yesiree
No other fellow knows her nobody else but me
I'll pick the guitar gaily and sing the songs of yore
The Yellow Rose of Texas she'll be mine for evermore
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8.

LIL' LIZA JANE

(Traditional)
« © '59 Anne Rachel Music, ASCAP »
I got a gal and you got none lil' Liza Jane
I got a gal that call me hon lil' Liza Jane
Oh lil' Liza lil' Liza Jane oh lil' Liza lil' Liza Jane

Come my love and live with me lil' Liza Jane
I will take good care of thee lil' Liza Jane
Gonna throw my dice away lil' Liza Jane
When you name that happy day lil' Liza Jane
Oh lil' Liza lil' Liza Jane oh lil' Liza lil' Liza Jane

Liza Jane done come to me lil' Liza Jane
Both as happy as we can be lil' Liza Jane
Ev'ry mornin' when I wakes lil' Liza Jane
Smell the ham and the buckwheat cakes lil' Liza Jane
Oh lil' Liza lil' Liza Jane oh lil' Liza lil' Liza Jane

House and lawn in Baltimore lil' Liza Jane
Lots of chilren round the door lil' Liza Jane
Never more from you I'll roam lil' Liza Jane
Bestest place is home sweet home lil' Liza Jane
Oh lil' Liza lil' Liza Jane oh lil' Liza lil' Liza Jane
Oh lil' Liza lil' Liza Jane oh lil' Liza lil' Liza Jane
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9.

CARELESS LOVE

(Spencer Williams - Bill Handy - Martha Koening - Charles Grean)
« © '50 Handy Bros Music, ASCAP / Alley Music, BMI »
Oh love oh love oh careless love
It's love oh love oh careless love
Oh love oh love oh careless love
You can see what love has done for me

I cried last night the night before
I cried last night and the night before
I cried last night and the night before
I'm gonna cry tonight and cry no more
[ guitar ] Oh it's gone and broke this heart of mine
Oh it's gone and broke this heart of mine
Yes it's gone and broke this heart of mine
It will break that heart of yours sometime

Oh love oh love oh careless love...
Oh what careless love has done for me
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10.

BUFFALO GAL

(Cool White)
« © '35 Writer Share, PD »
As I was a walkin' down the street down the street down the street
A pretty girl I chanced to meet under the silvery moon

Buffalo gal won't you come out tonight come out tonight come out tonight
Buffalo gal won't you come out tonight and dance by the light of the moon
[ fiddle ] I asked her if she'd stop and talk stop and talk stop and talk
Her feet covered up the whole sidewalk she was fair to view

Buffalo gal won't you come out tonight...
[ fiddle ] I asked her if she'd be my wife be my wife be my wife
Then I'd be happy all my life if she'd marry me

Buffalo gal won't you come out tonight...

Dance by the light of the moon dance by the light of the moon

Oh Buffalo gal won't you come out tonight...
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11.

SAN ANTONIO ROSE

(Bob Wills)
« © '40 Bourne Co, ASCAP »
Deep within my heart lies a melody a song of ole San Antone
Where in dreams I live with a memory beneath the stars all alone

It was there I found beside the Alamo enchantment strange as the blue up above
That moonlit pass that only she would know still hears my broken song of love

Moon in all your splendor know only my heart
Call back my Rose Rose of San Antone
Lips so sweet and tender like petals falling apart
Speak once again of my love my own
Broken song empty words I know still live in my heart all alone
For that moonlit pass by the Alamo and Rose my Rose of San Antone
[ accordeon ] It was there I found beside the Alamo...
Now moon in all your splendor
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12.

LITTLE BROWN JUG

(R.A. Eastburn)
« © '34 Writer Share, PD »
My wife and I lived all alone in a little brown hut we called our own
She loves gin and I love rum tell you what don't we have fun

Ha ha ha you and me little brown jug don't I love thee
Ha ha ha you and me little brown jug don't I love thee

Tis you that makes my friends my foe tis you that makes me wear ole clothes
Well here you are so near my nose so tip her up and down she goes

Ha ha ha you and me...
[ fiddle ] When I go toiling on my farm a little brown jug underneath my arm
Sit her beneath some shady tree a little brown jug don't I love thee

Ha ha ha you and me...

I'm here in the shade of a tree
A little brown jug in the shade of me
I raised 'er up and gave a pull
Little brown jug was about half full

The rose is red my nose is too the violet's blue and so are you
And I guess before I stop I'd better take another drop
When I die don't bury me at all
Just pickle my bones in alcohol
Put a bottle of booze at my head and feet
And then I know that I will keep
Ha ha ha ha ha ha
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