lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

HELLO STRANGER

(A.P. Carter) « © '33 Peer International, BMI »
Now hello stranger put your loving hands in mine
Hello stranger put your loving hands in mine
You are a stranger but you're a pal of mine
Now get up rounder let a working man lay down
Get up rounder let a working man lay down
You are a rounder but you are out in town
[ fiddle ] Every time I ride that six and four street car
Every time I ride that six and four street car
I can see my baby peeping through the bars
She bowed her head she waved both hands at me
She bowed her head she waved both hands at me
I'm prison bound I'm longing to be free
[ mandolin ] Oh I'll see you when your troubles are like mine
I'll see you when your troubles are like mine
Oh I'll see you when you haven't got a dime
Oh weeping like a willow mournin' like a dove
Weeping like a willow mournin' like a dove
As a girl of country that I really love
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2.

AMBER TRESSES TIED WITH BLUE

(A.P. Carter) « © '64 Peer International, BMI »
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3.

GOOD THINGS (OUTWEIGHT THE BAD)

(Billy Graves - Jake Lambert) « © '64 Scruggs Music, BMI »
I've been sittin' here thinkin' back over my life
All of the good things the trouble and strife
Well my share of heartache yes so many I've had
But I still think the good things outweight the bad

Well I broke my babies at night when they cry
I've seen the teardrops turning to smiles
And askin' if real life all the bad luck I've had
And I know all the good things outweight the bad

Well I never have britches no money to spare
Just a sharecropper's wages is my only fare
Yes makin' my livin' just working the land
But I still think the good things outweight the bad

Well I broke my babies...
[ banjo ] Yes I outwork the catton in the heat of the day
And then pay the landlord nearly all that I may
Well I've seen how water take all that I had
But I still think the good things outweight the bad

Well I broke my babies...
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4.

BUMMIN' ON OLD FREIGHT TRAIN

(Lester Flatt - Earl Scruggs) « © '64 Peer International, BMI »
I was a wild and reckless hobo left my girl and home
Started out on a western trip all by myself alone

My pocketbook was empty my heart was filled with pain
Thousand miles away from home just a bummin' an old freight train
Just a bummin' an old freight train oh Lord bummin' an old freight train
Thousand miles away from home just a bummin' an old freight train

I was standing on the platform smoking a cheap cigar
Waiting for an old feeight train to catch an empty car

My pocketbook was empty...

I pulled my cab down over my eyes I walked up to the track
I caught disturb of a sleeping car and never did look back

My pocketbook was empty...
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5.

I'M WALKING WITH HIM

(Lester Flatt - Earl Scruggs - Jake Tullock) « © '64 Peer International, BMI »
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6.

TRAIN THAT CARRIED MY BABY FROM TOWN

(Doc Watson) « © '63 Peer International, BMI »
Now where was you when the train left town
Standin' on the corner with my head bowed down
Hey the train that carried her from town hey hey hey
I wish to the Lord that train would wreck
Kill the engineer break the fireman's head
Hey the train that carried her from town hey hey hey
[ fiddle ] Her rasher's on the table coffee's gettin' cold
Some dirty rounder's done stole my Jelly Roll
Hey the train that carried her from town hey hey hey
I call my girl somebody bring her back
She's got her hand in my money sack
Hey the train that carried her from town hey hey hey
[ dobro ] Ashes to ashes and this dust to dust
Show me the woman that a man can trust
Hey the train that carried her from town hey hey hey
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7.

MY WANDERING BOY

(Lester Flatt - Earl Scruggs) « © '64 Peer International, BMI »
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8.

GEORGIA BUCK

(Lester Flatt - Earl Scruggs) « © '64 Peer International, BMI »
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9.

FATHER'S TABLE GRACE

(Otho Jones - Homer Swell) « © '61 Unichappell Music, BMI »
As we sit at our table our family heads bowed low
My thoughts return to childhood and the finest man I know
He doesn't speak good English he's just a simple man
But when he's talkin' to the Lord even a little child can understand
I was young and reckless the thought still comes to me
When I told my dad I felt I was old enough to leave
He sat there at the table and I looked him on his face
And he never spoke another word till he said the table grace
He said our graceous heavenly father we all gathered here today
To give the things for blessings so humble we pray
My oldest son is leaving but I'm sure he knows what's best
But just in case would you stand by and help him stand the test
Lord he's awful neglectful about church on Sunday morn
And if he gets with a wrong crowd would you let him hold your arm
And if he flies too high would you clip his wings
But don't let him fall too hard I'm sure you can hand the things
I've tried my best from day to day to teach him right from wrong
And he's grown to be a fine young man and he always blessed our home
We pray dear Lord for guidance that he won't build upon the sand
But I won't worry half as much if I know he's in your hands
And oh yes Lord it won't be long till I'll be coming home
Don't make me wait too long
We pray dear Lord for guidance please cleance us from our sins
So we can all be together in heaven in Jesus name amen
The table was silent as tears went down my face
And from that day on I base my life on father's table grace
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10.

WHEN PAPA PLAYED THE DOBRO

(Johnny Cash) « © '60 House Of Cash, BMI »
My papa was a hobo when they delivered me
We didn't have a doctor cause he couldn't pay the fee
But when the goin' got too bad to ease his misery
Now papa played the dobro this way and he'd go
[ dobro ] When company would come around he kept the dobro hid
He knew he couldn't play the way the other players did
But the guitar's resonator was a gallon bucket lid
But papa played the dobro this way and he'd go
[ dobro ] Well now that papa's gone away it's hanging by the flue
The top of it is busted and the strings are rusty too
It will never sound the way it did when it was new
When papa played the dobro this way and he'd go
[ dobro ] And he'd go pam pam
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11.

PLEASE DON'T WAKE ME

(Lester Flatt - Earl Scruggs) « © '64 Scruggs Music, BMI »
Please don't wake me tonight while I'm sleeping
For I might have the same dream again
Let me --- for just a moment while I hold you in my arms once again
[ dobro ] Last night I had a dream about you darlin'
Happy tears filled my eyes as I have you
When I awoke and realized I was dreaming
Happy tears that filled my eyes had changed to blue

Please don't wake me...
[ dobro ] I know that's the only way that I can hold you
I realized that you belong to someone new
Let me dream and think that you are still mine dear
For you know that I have always worshipped you

Please don't wake me...
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12.

FADED RED RIBBON

(Dennis O. Bassham) « © '64 Scruggs Music, BMI »
A lock of your hair and a faded red ribbon is all I have left to remind me of you
A lock of your hair and a faded red ribbon is all I have left of a love we once knew

Is all I have left of a love we once knew
I know I mistreated you and you went away
You found somebody new and now I must pay
Listen here boys if you have a sweetheart
Show her you love her and make her your wife
For the lock of her hair and a faded red ribbon
Will make you unhappy for the rest of your life
Will make you unhappy for the rest of your life
[ dobro ] A lock of your hair...
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