lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

MOONLIGHT AND SKIES

(Jimmie Rodgers - R.E. Hill) «© '33 Peer International, BMI »
Oh come hear my story of heartaches and sighs
I'm a prisoner who's lonely for his moonlight and skies
I have a sweetheart who's waiting for me
Back in old Oklahoma I'm not far from Shawnee
Her lips like the cherries her little heart cries
Daddy please come back to your moonlight and skies
My pal's name was Blacky a lad with true heart
A robbery we'd planned so decided to start
I went to my darling with tears in her eyes
She said daddy don't leave me your moonlight and skies
I laughed at her pleading youth must have it's way
And said I'll be back in a couple of days
[ guitar ] The next scene was fatal with a shot through his heart
Old Blacky died sending love to his sweetheart
Go tell her go tell her I send her my love
I'll meet her in heaven with the angels above
That night I was captured out under the stars
Now I have life to linger behind these iron bars
You'll find me at my window as the day slowly dies
I'm dreaming of my darling and my moonlight and skies
Oh pale moon is shining it's shining so bright
And lovers are strolling by my window tonight
Their laughter so merry brings heartaches and sighs
To a prisoner who's lonely for my moonlight and skies
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2.

YOU AND MY OLD GUITAR

(Jimmie Rodgers - Elsie McWilliams) «© '33 Peer International, BMI »
I could never be lonely I could never be blue
As I go through life if only I'd have my guitar and you
Why should I ever worry why should I feel sad
We travel along in a hurry sharing the good and the bad
Whenever I'm up you're near me giving me happiness
And when I'm down you cheer me nothing is better than this

Here we go just we three oh how happy we will be
I'll hook my ladder to a silver star and climb with you and my old guitar
[ guitar ] Over the land we wander first here and there
But I never stop to ponder if the clouds are dark or fair
In a one horse town or city no matter where we are
I'm happy if I have with me you and my old guitar
We'll travel the roads together leading to lands afar
Singing in all kinds of weather and strumming my old guitar

Here we go just we three...
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3.

DOWN THE OLD ROAD TO HOME

(Jimmie Rodgers - Carey D. Harvey) «© '33 Peer International, BMI »
I'm thinking of you while here all alone
I'm wishing and longing for you and for home
I'd give this whole world if I could only say
I'm climbin' that old hill heading that way
For I'm lonesome and blue for some place to roam
And I wish it could be down that old road to home

With a troubled mind and a heart full of pain
I've searched this whole world for fortune and fame
But I'm longing to be with you once again
So we could go strolling down old mem'ry lane
[ fiddle ] There's a little white house on the top of the hill
Not very far from an old sawmill
And I'd give this world if I could only say
I'm climbing that old hill heading that way
For I'm lonesome and blue for some place to roam
And I wish it could be down that old road to home
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4.

I'M SORRY WE MET

(Jimmie Rodgers - Elsie McWilliams) «© '32 Peer International, BMI »
Though you have refused to see me my dear
You'd rather I'd be all alone
Still I can't forget the kisses we knew
And the days when I called you my own

But you found another and you loved him too
My heart is broken I'm sad and I'm blue
I am sorry we met it's so hard to forget
The days that used to be
[ guitar ] Though you found another...

And though you weren't true I still think of you
And your memory is so dear to me
But you found another...
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5.

TUCK AWAY MY LONESOME BLUES

(Jimmie Rodgers) «© '33 Peer International, BMI »
I'm always blue feeling so blue I wish I had someone I knew
Just to help me tuck away my blues lonesome blues
Won't you be that someone to help me lose the blues

I really need someone to love me someone to kiss
Someone to scold me someone to miss
Won't you be that someone to help me lose the blues
[ guitar ] I really need someone...
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6.

GROUNDHOG ROOTIN' IN MY BACKYARD (BLUE YODEL NO. 10)

(Jimmie Rodgers) «© '33 Peer International, BMI »
Something about you mama that sure gives me the blues
Something about you mama that sure gives me the blues
It ain't your drop stich stockings it ain't your blue buckle shoes

You know pretty mama I'm bound to love you some
You know pretty mama I'm bound to love you some
Cause I've done more for you than anybody ever done
(You know it baby) [ fiddle ] Got me a pretty mama got me a bulldog too
Got me a pretty mama got me a bulldog too
My pretty mama don't love me but my bulldog do
[ trumpet + clarinet ] There's been a groundhog rootin' round my yard at night
There's been a groundhog rootin' round my yard at night
For the way my mama been treatin' me he must be rootin' all right
(Lord he must be rootin' all night)

Well I ain't no cheap man don't try to fool no girls
I ain't no cheap man don't try to fool no girls
It's my regular lovin' that gets me by in this world
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7.

ONE ROSE (THAT'S LEFT IN MY HEART)

(Del Lyon - Lani McIntire) «© '53 Shapiro-Bernstein Co, ASCAP »
You're the one rose that's left in my heart dear
I love you adore you I do
Each night through loveland we wander sweetheart
Telling love stories anew

Then from a blue sky a dark cloud came rolling
Breaking my heart in two
But we vowed not to part I said from the start
You're the one rose that's left in my heart
[ guitar ] Then from a blue sky ...
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8.

ROLL ALONG KENTUCKY MOON

(Bill Halley) «© '32 Southern Music, ASCAP »
Where are you old moon of Kentucky
There's somebody lonesome and blue
We're nothing it seems but mem'ries and dreams
Waiting to whisper to you

Day is done and here am I alone and you know why
Roll along roll along Kentucky moon
Shed a ray of silver light on one I love tonight
Roll along roll along Kentucky moon
You were watching on high when she whispered goodbye
Twas our love dream that ended too soon
But wherever she may be go bring her back to me
Roll along roll along Kentucky moon
[ vibes ] At dawning fond hopes come to cheer me
But twilight brings sorrows and you
The night finds me yearn the world outside burn
Sending this message to you

Day is done and here am I...
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9.

ANY OLD TIME

(Jimmie Rodgers) «© '33 Peer International, BMI »
Any old time you wanna come back home
Draw me a line and say no more you roam
You had your chance to play the game fair
When you left me sweetheart you only left the load I care

Now that you're down I'm going to stick by you
If you will only say your roamin' days are through
Well now you'll find me right here like the day you left me alone
Any old time you wanna come back home
[ trumpet + clarinet ] Any old time you wanna come...
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10.

GAMBLING POLKA DOT BLUES

(Jimmie Rodgers - R.E. Hall) «© '33 Peer International, BMI »
I thought I was a gambler broke every shark in town
Until I met a rounder who called all I put down
We laid the cards on the table he drew an ace high hand
He bet his watch and I called and lost my money like a man

I've got them polka dot blues oh them polka dot blues
Lost my hat and my coat and my straight lace shoes
Sold my watch and went back to lose
The mean old gambling polka dot blues
[ trumpet + clarinet ] Now my gal had plenty so I got twenty then went back and sat down
I got a four but I thought it was more as we dealt the cards around
I set the deck on the table and bet him all I could stand
I turned over a measly four he had another ace high hand

I've got them polka dot blues...
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11.

NEVER NO MO' BLUES

(Jimmie Rodgers - Elsie McWilliams) «© '33 Peer International, BMI »
I'm just as blue as I can be since Susie said goodbye to me
My life is a failure I see
And she won't be mine gal no mo' no mo' no mo'

I'll pack my things in a grip take me a long ocean trip
Out on the great big steamship
She'll never see her daddy no mo' no mo' no mo'

Still I hate to say farewell to my mammy and my sister Nell
Then she'll gonna cry when I tell
That I ain't comin' home no mo' no mo' no mo'
[ trumpet ] I may be sorry someday that I leave here and go away
But they need not ask me to stay
For I'll never change my mind no mo' no mo' no mo'

Now whether I'm right or wrong I'm gonna be gone before long
And then I'll hush this crazy song
And I never will sing no mo' no mo' no mo'
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12.

TRAVELIN' BLUES

(Jimmie Rodgers - Shelly Lee Alley) «© '33 Peer International, BMI »
I had a dream last night I thought my good gal had gone
I woke up this morning she really had done me wrong
I know it's not fair but my good gal has done caught air

Well I'm goin' away leavin' today I'm gonna bring my baby back
If that eight wheel driver don't jump the railroad track
I'll take her from that man bring her home if I can
[ trumpet + clarinet ] It's true my baby's gone I know it won't be long
We'll both be on that train my baby's comin' home again
She's been travelin' around but now she has thrown him down
[ guitar ] I'm goin' away leavin' today...
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