lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

SOUTHBOUND

(Doc Watson) « © '60 Peer International, BMI »
Now I've been here a month or more stocked in this ol' city
People who have to call it home they were ones I pitty
Lord I'm homesick blues're only songs I ever sing and pick
I get out and walk the streets like the blisters on my feet I'm southbound
[ banjo - dobro ] Now I'm all right too late at night I'm sittin' by my window
I count sheep but I can't sleep but listen to the train though I began to fine
When I hear that great big engine rollin' down the line
I'm goin' back to spend some time where I can't fall when I ain't got a dime
I'm southbound
[ ac.guitar - harmonica ] Southbound she's burnin' the ground and I don't mean maybe
Sure I'm glad I caught this train I wanna see my baby
Lord I'm lonesome I long to see those hills where I come from
Listen that engine's lonesome roar takin' me back home once more I'm southbound
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2.

EAST BOUND TRAIN

(Lester Flatt - Earl Scruggs) « © '62 Scruggs Music, BMI »
The east bound train was crowded one cold December day
The conductor shouted pitty in his old time fashioned way
A little girl in sadness her hair as bright as gold
She said I have no ticket and then her story told
My father he's in prison he's lost his sight they say
I'm going for his pardon this cold December day
[ ac.guitar ] My mother's daily sowing to try to earn her bread
My poor dear old blind papa's in prison almost dead
The conductor could not answer he could not make reply
While taking his blowing wiping the teardrops from his eyes
He said God bless you little one just stay right where you are
You'll never need a ticket while I am on this far
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3.

ROUST-A-BOUT

(Buck Graves - Jake Lambert) « © '67 Scruggs Music, BMI »
The fog is rollin' down the river dark clouds hangin' mighty low
Well it's a long long way from ol' St Louis to the Gulf of Mexico

Well I make my home on the Mississippi I'm roust-a-bout on the Seabord line
We hit the deck on a Monday morning but we make the ducks on a Saturday night
[ dobro ] Well I had me a girl way down in Vickburg I used to stop everytime I passed
Till she made off with a riverboat gambler with a new silk suit and a little mustache

Well I make my home...
[ harmonica ] Now when I die I've got one favor don't lay me down in the cold cold ground
Just take me out to the middle of the river and roll me over and point me south

Well I make my home...
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4.

BRINGIN' IN THE GEORGIA MAIL

(Fred Rose) « © '63 Milene Music, ASCAP »
See that engine puffin' boy she's making time
That old train's blowin' off the rail rail rail
Headin' for the mountain that she's got to climb
Bringin' in the Georgia mail
[ dobro - banjo ] Ninety miles an hour and she's gaining speed
Listen to the whistle moan and wail wail wail
Has she got the power I'll say yes indeed
Bringin' in the Georgia mail
[ harmonica ] Seein' drivers travel watch her spin the track
Ought to put that engineer in jail jail jail
Has she got her rollin' watch her ball the jack Bringin' in the Georgia mail
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5.

HEAR THE WHISTLE BLOW A HUNDRED MILES

(Lester Flatt - Earl Scruggs) « © '67 Peer International, BMI »
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6.

I'M GONNA RIDE THAT STEAMBOAT

(Tom T. Hall) « © '67 Newkeys Music, BMI / Unichappell Music, BMI »
Now this is a story about the young man from Natchez Mississippi
Whose father took a steamboat called the Delta Queen to New Orleans
And got killed in a poker game
The young man thought about it for awhile and then decided on revenge
And he said I'm gonna ride that steamboat

That steamboat took my daddy to New Orleans he got killed in a poker game downtown
Steamboat took my daddy to New Orleans some poky cajun gambler shot him down
Daddy rode that steamboat didn't take me along
And I've been sittin' there thinking all day long
And I'm a gonna ride that steamboat take my gun along
I'll get the man that done my daddy wrong

Steamboat took my daddy to New Orleans daddy was pretty good with a deck of cards
He said that he'd get rich in New Ortleans
Cause the game's too good and the cash is pourin' high
But you can win no money when the deck of cards you stack
And the steamboat never brought my daddy back
And I'm a gonna ride...
[ banjo ] Steamboat took my daddy to New Orleans I know he wanted that money for us kids
Steamboat took my daddy to New Orleans now mama won't forgive the things he did
Daddy rode that steamboat never took mom along
And she's been sittin' there crying all day long
And I'm a gonna ride...
I'll get that man who's done my daddy wrong
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7.

ATLANTIC COASTAL LINE

(Mel Tillis - Fred Burch) « © '65 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
Now everybody calls me Bo I got no money but all my row
Some folks say I'm just a no good kind
I can ride for miles in an old boxcar smoke cigarettes butts and used cigars
Ridin' the Atlantic Coastal Line
Hear that lonesome whistle whine spell that part from the Georgia pine
See that great big moon above hobo's life is a life I love
Ridin' the Atlantic Coastal Line ridin' the Atlantic Coastal Line
[ ac.guitar ] Well I had me a woman in Albany but a rowdy way's made a wreck of me
I had to get away before I lost my mind
But as long as this rattler takes me around ain't one woman gonna tie me down
Ridin' the Atlantic Coastal Line
Hear that lonesome whistle whine Alabam and Caroline
Florida Georgia and Tennessee hobo's life is a life for me
Ridin' the Atlantic Coastal Line ridin' the Atlantic Coastal Line
Now make my coffee in a can this ol' boy ain't worried man
The morning sun greets me with a shine
I go south where the trade winds blows I go north where there ain't no snow
Ridin' the Atlantic Coastal Line
Hear that lonesome...
Ridin' the Atlantic Coastal Line ridin' the Atlantic Coastal Line
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8.

TRAIN NO. 1262

(Doc Watson) « © '67 Peer International, BMI »
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9.

ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL

(Ervin T. Rouse) « © '57 MCA Music, ASCAP »
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10.

STARLIGHT ON THE RAILS

(Bruce Phillips) « © '67 Scruggs Music, BMI »
I can hear the whistle blowin' I am lonesome as can be
Tonight the rain is saftly fallin' and it's fallin' just for me
Looking back along the road I travel the miles could tell a million tales
Each year is like some rolling freight train cold as starlight on the rails
[ harmonica ] A man who lives out on the highway he's like a flock that can't tell time
A man who spends his life just rambling is like a song without a rhyme
I think about my home and family my house and all the things that mean
The black smoke trailin' out behind me is like a string of broken dreams
Looking back along....
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11.

GOING ACROSS THE SEA

(Lester Flatt - Earl Scruggs) « © '67 Scruggs Music, BMI »
The ship is a waiting the waves're rolling high
Goin' across the sea love for the water rise for the water rise for the water ride
[ fiddle - harmonica ] I hate to leave you darling won't you come along with me
I've got rambling on my mind I'm goin' across the sea
Goin' across the sea goin' across the sea
[ fiddle - banjo ] I'm goin' across the sea to stay forever more
I left my little darling standing in the door standing in the door standing in the door
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