lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

DETROIT CITY

(Mel Tillis - Danny Dill)
« © '63 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
Last night I went to sleep in Detroit City
And I dreamed about the cottonfields back home
I dreamed about my mother dear ol' papa sister and brother
And I dreamed about the girl who's waited for so long

I wanna go home I wanna go home oh Lord I wanna go home
[ guitar ] Homefolks think I'm big in Detroit City
From the letters that I write they think I'm fine
By day I make the cars by night I make the bars
If only they could read between the lines

You know I rode a freight train north to Detroit City
And after so many years well I find that I've just wasted my life here all alone
I believe I'm gonna put my foolish pride on a Southbound freight and I'm gonna ride
That's what I'm gonna do and I'm gonna go back to that girl who loves me
And who's waited so long

I wanna go home I wanna go home oh Lord I wanna go home
[ guitar ] I wanna go home I wanna go home
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2.

COLUMBUS STOCKADE BLUES

(Jimmie Davis - Eva Sargent)
« © '59 Peer International, BMI »
Way down in Columbus G-e-o-r-g-i-a
Wanna be back in Tennessee
Way down in Columbus Stockade
All of my friends have turned their backs on me

Go and leave me if you wish to
And never let me cross your mind
In your heart you love another
Well leave me little darlin' I don't mind
[ guitar ] Last night as I lay sleepin'
I dreamed that you were in my arms
Then I found I was mistaken
I was peepin' through the bars

So go on and leave me if you wish to...

Go on and leave me little darlin' I don't mind
Why don't youleave me little darlin' I don't mind
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3.

KANSAS CITY

(Jerry Leiber - Mike Stoller)
« © '60 Jerry Leiber Music, ASCAP / Mike Stoller Music, ASCAP »
I'm goin' to Kansas City Kansas City here I come
I'm goin' to Kansas City Kansas City here I come
They got some crazy little women and I'm a gonna get me one

Gonna stand on the corner of 12th Street and Vine
(Kansas City here I come)
I'll be standin' on the corner of 12th and Vine
(Kansas City here I come)
With my Kansas City baby and a bottle of Kansas City wine
(Kansas City here I come)

(I might take a train I might take a plane)
But if I have to walk I'm gonna get there just the same

I'm goin' to Kansas City Kansas City here I come
(Kansas City here I come)
They got some crazy little women and I'm a gonna get me one
(Kansas City here I come)
[ steel ] I'll be standin' on the corner of 12th and Vine...
I'm goin' to Kansas City Kansas City here I come...
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4.

EL PASO

(Marty Robbins)
« © '59 Mariposa Music, BMI / Unichappell Music, BMI »
Out in the west Texas town of El Paso
I fell in love with a Mexican girl
Night time would find me in Rosa's Cantina
The music would play and Felina would whirl

One night a wild young cowboy came in
Wild as the west Texas wind
Dancin' and darin' a drink he was sharing
With wicked Felina the girl that I love

So in anger I challenged his right for the love of this maiden
Down went his hand for the gun that he wore
My challenege was answered in less than a heartbeat
The handsome young stranger lay dead on the floor

Just for a moment I stood there in silence
shocked by the foul evil deed I had done
Many thoughts race through my mind as I stood there
I had but one chance and that was to run

I saddled up and away I did go
Riding alone in the dark
Maybe tomorrow a bullet may find me
Tonight nothin's worse than this pain in my heart

And at last here I am on the hill overlooking El Paso
I can see Rosa's Cantina below
My love is strong and it pushes me onward
Down off the hill to Felina I go

Off to my right I see five mounted cowboys
Off to my left ride a dozen or more
Shouting and shooting I can't let them catch me
I have to make it to Rosa's back door

I see the white puff of smoke from the rifle
I feel the bullet go deep in my chest
From out of nowhere Felina has found me
Kissing my cheek as she kneels by my side
Cradled by two loving arms that I'll die for
One little kiss and Felina goodbye
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5.

ABILENE

(John D. Loudermilk)
« © '63 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Abilene Abilene
Prettiest town I've ever seen
Women there don't treat you mean
In Abilene my Abilene

I sit alone most ev'ry night
Watch those trains pull out of sight
Don't I wish they were carryin' me
Back to Abilene my Abilene

Abilene Abilene...
[ guitar ] Crowded city ain't nothin' free
Not a thing in this ole town for me
Wish to the Lord that I could be
In Abilene my Abilene

Abilene Abilene...
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6.

BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS

(Jimmie Driftwood)
« © '57 Warden Music, BMI »
In eighteen-fourteen we took a little trip
Along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississipp'
We took a little bacon and we took a little beans
We caught the bloody British in the town of New Orleans

We fired our guns and the British kept a comin'
There wasn't nare as many as there was a while ago
We fired once more and they began to runnin'
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico

We looked down the river and we see the British come
There must've been a hundred of 'em beatin' on the drums
They stepped so high and they made their bugles ring
We stood beside our cotton bails and didn't say a thing

We fired our guns and the British kept a comin'...

Ol' Hickory said we could take 'em by surprise
If we didn't fire our muskets till we looked 'em in the eyes
We held our fire till we seed their faces well
Then we opened up our guns and really gave 'em well

We fired our guns and the British kept a comin'...

Yeah they ran through the briars and they ran through the brambles
And they ran through the bushes where a rabbit couldn't go
They ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch 'em
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico)

We fired our cannon till the barrel melted down
So we grabbed an alligator and we fought another round
We filled his head with cannonballs powdered his behind
And when we touched the powder off the 'gator lost his mind

We fired our guns and the British kept a comin'...
Yeah they ran through the briars and they ran through the brambles...

We fired our guns and the British kept a comin'
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
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7.

TEXARKANA BABY

(Fred Rose - Cottonseed Clark)
« © '48 Milene Music, ASCAP »
She's my Texarkana baby do I love her Lawdy Law
Her pappy came from Texas her maw from Arkansas
I'm twisted round her finger like a little piece of string
And yet I'm satisfied because she's such a precious thing
If she hauled off and slapped me I wouldn't feel the sting
She's my Texarkana baby

She's my Texarkana baby do I love her Lawdy Law
Her pappy came from Texas her maw from Arkansas
She's pretty as a picture and you ought to hear her name
It's sweet as sarghum syrup and good ol' blue ribbon cane
She gives me lots of sugar and she never spills a grain
She's my Texarkana baby

She's my Texarkana baby do I love her Lawdy Law
Her pappy came from Texas her maw from Arkansas
One night I went to callin' on a pretty little maid
I must admit to you I was a little bit afraid
To offer her a diamond ring with one installment paid
She's my Texarkana baby

She's my Texarkana baby do I love her Lawdy Law
Her pappy came from Texas her maw from Arkansas
I wanted to get married but she said we ought to wait
Because she's busy breakin' hearts in almost ev'ry state
I guess we'll put it off until she's broken six or eight
She's my Texarkana baby

She's my Texarkana baby do I love her Lawdy Law
Her pappy came from Texas her maw from Arkansas
She's got two eyes that twinkle like a good ol' country star
She's got the perfect figure it'll stop you where you are
And every time I look at her I think of my guitar
She's my Texarkana baby
She's my Texarkana baby she's my Texarkana baby
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8.

ST. LOUIS BLUES

(W.C. Handy - Luther Henderson)
« © '14 Doctor Brass Music, BMI »
I hate to see that evenin' sun go down
I hate to see that evenin' sun go down
Cause my baby she done left this town

I'm feelin' tomorrow like I feel today
I'm feelin' tomorrow like I feel today
I'm gonna pack my grip and make my getaway

St Louis woman with her diamond rings
Pull that man around (by the apron strings)
Twarnt for powder and for that store bought hair
Well that gal I love she wouldn't have gone nowhere (nowhere)

I got the St Louis Blues just blue as I can be
That gal got a heart like a rock cast in the sea
Or else she wouldn't have gone so far from me
Or else she wouldn't have gone so far from me
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9.

DOWN IN THE VALLEY (BIRMINGHAM JAIL)

(Traditional)
« © '49 Unart Catalog, BMI »
Write me a letter send it by mail
Send it in care of the Birmingham jail
Birmingham jail love Brimingham jail
Send it in care of the Birmingham jail

Roses love sunshine violets love dew
Angels in heaven know I love you
Know I love you dear know I love you
Angels in heaven know I love you

Down in the valley valley so low
Late in the evening hear that train blow
Hear that train blow love hear that train blow
Late in the evening hear that train blow
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10.

I LEFT MY HEART IN SAN FRANCISCO

(Douglas Cross - George Cory)
« © '63 Colgems Music, ASCAP »
I left my heart in San Francisco
High on a hill it calls to me
To be where little cable cars climb halfway to the stars
The morning fog may chill the air I don't care

My love waits there in San Francisco
Above the blue and windy sea
When I come home to you San Francisco
Your golden sun will shine for me
[ guitar ] Above the blue and windy sea
When I come home to you San Francisco
Your golden sun will shine for me
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11.

CHATTANOOGA SHOESHINE BOY

(Harry Stone - Jack Stapp)
« © '50 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Have you ever passed the corner of 4th and Grand
Where a little ball of rhythm has a shoeshine stand
People gather round and they clap their hands
He's a great big bungle of joy
(He pops a boogie woogie rag) the Chattanooga shoeshine boy

He charges you a nickel just to shine one shoe
He makes the oldest kind of leather look like new
You feel as though you wanna dance when he gets through
He's a great big bungle of joy
(He pops a boogie woogie rag) the Chattanooga shoeshine boy

Well it's a wonder that that rag don't tear
The way he makes it pop
You ought to see him fan the air
With his hoppity hippity hoppity hippity hop

He opens up for business when the clock strikes nine
He likes to get 'em early when they're feelin' fine
Ev'rybody gets a little rise and shine
From this great big bungle of joy
(He pops a boogie woogie rag) the Chattanooga shoeshine boy
[ steel ] Well it's a wonder that that rag don't tear...
He opens up for business when the clock strikes nine...
(He pops a boogie woogie rag) the Chattanooga shoeshine boy
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12.

WATERLOO

(John D. Loudermilk - Marijohn Wilkin)
« © '59 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
Waterloo Waterloo
Where will you meet your Waterloo
Every puppy has its day ev'rybody has to pay
Ev'rybody has to meet his Waterloo

Now ol' Adam was the first in history
With an apple he was tempted and deceived
Just for spite the devil made him take a bite
And that's where ol' Adam met his Waterloo

Waterloo Waterloo...
[ guitar ] Little General Napoleon of France
Tried to conquer all the world but lost his chance
He met defeat that's known as Bonaparte's reterat
And that's where Napoleon met his Waterloo

Waterloo Waterloo...
Waterloo Waterloo...
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