Old people here they just don't care I never saw the beat
That road ahead is mighty long but it's Dixiland for me [ fiddle ]
I'm going back to my old home in the mountains far away
Where the wild red roses smell so sweet and the rippling waters play
Old people here they just don't care... [ banjo ]
This city life is not for me I'm going where the neighbors speak
That road ahead is mighty long but it's Dixiland for me
Old people here they just don't care...
That road ahead is mighty long but it's Dixiland for me
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Forget (forget) the past (the past) this hurt can't last
So I don't want it to keep us apart
Your love (your love) I crave (I crave) I'll be I'll be your slave
If you'll just give me all of your heart [ dobro ]
Once more to be with you dear...
Forget (forget) the past (the past)...
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I'd jump the Mississippi deep and wide if you was a waitin' on the other side
Honey just to hug and hold you tight
I'd jump across and never get wet right there by your side I'd set
Yes indeed everything would be alright [ fiddle ]
If you would come back home to me make me happy like I used to be
I'd start and meet you halfway
I'd leave here and never look back I'd run a mile in a minute flat
To get to you before the end of day
I'd jump the Mississippi deep and wide... [ dobro ]
I'd jump the Mississippi deep and wide...
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And you were holding me kissing me like you used to do
My heart went crazy when you whispered I love you
Yes you were standing there sweet as you could be
Like you had never said goodbye to me
For just a little while my loneliness was gone
Cause I dreamed my baby came home [ dobro ]
I went to sleep last night lonely and blue...
And you were holding me...
Yes you were standing there...
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I ain't gonna work on the railroad and I ain't gonna work on the farm
I'll lay around the shack till the mail train comes back
And I'm rollin' in my sweet baby's arms
Rollin' in my sweet baby's arms... [ fiddle ]
Mama's a beauty operator sister can wheel and can spin
Dad owns an interest in an old cotton gin just watch that old cotton roll in
Rollin' in my sweet baby's arms... [ banjo - dobro ]
Well where were you last Saturday night while I was laying in jail
Walkin' the streets with another man you wouldn't even go my bail
It was on the moonlight night the stars were shining bright
It whispered from on high your love has said goodbye
Blue moon of Kentucky keep on shining
Shine on the one that's gone and said goodbye [ fiddle ]
I said the blue moon of Kentucky keep on shining...
Well it was on the moonlight night... [ banjo ]
Well it was on the moonlight night...
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I'd rather be in a deep dark grave
And know that my poor soul was saved
Than to live in this world in a house of gold
And deny my God and doom my soul [ fiddle ]
What good is gold and silver too
If your heart's not pure and true
Sinner hear me when I say
Fall down on your knees and pray
Here the labor is so hard and the workers are so tired
And their weary hearts are yearning for a rest
And they find they're getting anxious to be in that happy land
Where they'll reseive such peace and happiness
Wait a little longer please Jesus... [ dobro - fiddle ]
We look into the skies and tears will fill our eyes
And our weary hearts grow heavier with each day
We cry oh Lord please come come and take your children home
But then we look around us and we say
I've got an angel on one shoulder the devil on the other
I'm in between oh tell me what to do
One tells me let you go the other tells me no
I only know I can't get over you [ dobro - fiddle ]
You've got me spinning like a top don't let this spinning ever stop
Just tell me that your love for me is true
My heartaches disappear when you say I love you dear
I only know I can't get over you
I've got an angel on one shoulder... [ banjo - fiddle ]
I've got an angel on one shoulder...
I only know I can't get over you
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I'll meet you in heaven some wonderful day
When the dark stormy clouds of life roll away
When your life here is over in this world of sin
I'll be there to meet you and welcome you in [ fiddle - dobro ]
When the cold hand of death comes and takes you away
Be ready to meet Jesus be ready today
Don't put it off as time passes on
Be ready to meet Jesus we'll welcome you home
