lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

MY LITTLE OLE HOME DOWN IN NEW ORLEANS

(Jimmie Rodgers) «© '33 Peer International, BMI »
I never knew that the place I grew is the grandest place on earth
Till I roamed around from town to town but now I know what it's worth
Listen while I'll tell you bout the place I mean
It's my little ole home way down in New Orleans

In the sunny south where the black boat flows that's where I long to be
The Dixie land where the white cotton grows is calling now to me
And soon I'll be in the land of my dreams
And that's my little ole home way down in New Orleans
[ fiddle ] I've been east and I've been way out west I've been around most everywhere
Now I'm heading south for a good long rest I'll be glad when I get there
All the wonder things in the world it seems
Are a waiting for me way down in New orleans

In the sunny south...
Yes that's my little ole home way down in New Orleans
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2.

ONE ROSE (THAT'S LEFT IN MY HEART)

(Del Lyon - Lani McIntire) «© '53 Shapiro-Bernstein Co, ASCAP »
So blue so lonesome too but still true
Roses haunt me made me think of you
You're the one rose that's left in my heart dear
I love you adore you I do
Each night through loveland we'd wander sweetheart
Telling love stories anew

Then from the blue sky a dark cloud came rolling
Breaking my heart in two
But we vowed not to part I've said from the start
You're the one rose that's left in my heart
[ steel + fiddle ] Then from the blue sky...
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3.

WAITING FOR A TRAIN

(Jimmie Rodgers) «© '29 Peer International, BMI »
All around the water tank waiting for a train
A thousand miles away from home sleeping in the rain
I walked up to a brakeman give him a line of talk
He says if you've got money I'll see that you don't walk
I haven't got a nickel not one penny can I show
Get off get off you railroad bum and he slammed the boxcar door
[ dobro ] He put me off in Texas a state I dearly love
The wide open spaces all around me the moon and stars up above
Nobody seems to want me nor to lend me a helping hand
I'm on my way from Frisco I'm going back to Dixie Land
For my pocketbook is empty and my heart is full of pain
I'm a thousand miles away from home just waiting for a train
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4.

GAMBLING POLKA DOT BLUES

(Jimmie Rodgers - Roy 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 it 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
[ guitar ] 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...
Yes the mean old gambling polka dot blues
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5.

WHY DID YOU GIVE ME YOUR LOVE

(Jimmie Rodgers) «© '33 Peer International, BMI »
Oh why did you give me your love dear when it lasted only a day
Why did you teach me to love you only to turn me away
You promised that you would be true dear you promised all in vain
But my heart keeps calling for you dear like the flowers call for the rain

You may be sorry some day dear that you have broken my heart
That you have passed me away dear and fooled me from the start
Now this is my last appeal dear I've only a word to say
Why did you give me your love dear when it lasted only a day
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6.

HOBO BILL'S LAST RIDE

(Waldo LaFayette O'Neal) «© '30 Southern Music, ASCAP »
Riding on the eastbound freight train speeding through the night
Hobo Bill the railroad bum was fighting for his life
The sadness of his eyes revealed the torture of his soul
He raised a weak and weary hand to brush away the coal

No warm lights flickered round him no blankets there to fold
Nothing but the howling wind the driving rain so cold
When he heard a whistle blowing in a dreamy kind of way
The hobo seemed contented for he smile there where he lay hey
[ dobro ] Outside the rain was falling on that lonely boxcar door
But the little form of Hobo Bill lay still upon the floor
As the train sped through the darkness and the raging storm outside
No one knew that Hobo Bill was taking his last ride

It was early in the morning when they raised the hobo's head
The smile still lingered on his face but Hobo Bill was dead
There was no mother's longing to soothe his weary soul
For he was just a railroad bum who died out in the cold
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7.

IN THE JAILHOUSE NOW

(Jimmie Rodgers) «© '28 Peer International, BMI »
Well I had a friend named Gambling Bob he used to steal gamble and rob
He thought was the smartest guy in town
But I found out last Monday that Bob got locked up Sunday
They got him in the jailhouse way down town
He's in the jailhouse now he's in the jailhouse now
I told him once or twice to quit playin' cards and a shootin' dice
He's in the jailhouse now
[ fiddle - steel ] Well I went out last Tuesday met a girl named Susie
I told her I was the swellest man around
We started to spend my money and she started to call me honey
We took in every cabarete in town
We're in the jailhouse now we're in the jailhouse now
I've told the judge right to his face we didn't like to see this place
We're in the jailhouse now
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8.

MY BLUE EYED JANE

(Jimmie Rodgers - Lullu Belle White) «© '31 Peer International, BMI »
Now the sweetest girl in the world is my blue eyed Jane
We fell in love like turtle dove when the moon was shining down
I asked her then I asked her when the wedding bells would ring
She said oh dear it seems so clear that this could happen here
You are my little pal and I never knew a sweeter gal
My little blue eyed Jane I love you so
And when the sun goes down and the shadow's creeping over town
Just meet me in the lane my blue eyed Jane
[ fiddle ] Now Jannie dear listen here I've come to say farewell
Now the world is drear without you dear but now I cannot linger here
I'm going away this very day oh please come go with me
I'll be sad and blue I'm wanting you and longing all day through
My blue eyed Jane you'll always be the same sweet thing
I know you'll never change I love you so
And when the sun goes down and the shadow's creeping over town
Then I'll come back again my blue eyed Jane
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9.

PISTOL PACKIN' PAPA

(Jimmie Rodgers - Waldo LaFayette O'Neal) «© '33 Peer International, BMI »
I'm a pistol packin' papa and when I walk down the streets
You can hear those mamas shouting don't turn your gun on me
Now girls I'm just a good guy and I'm going to have my fun
And if you don't want to smell my smoke don't monkey with my gun

Like a hobo when he's hungry like a drunkman when he's full
I'm a pistol packin' papa and I know how to shoot the bull
The whole of men don't hold me and they sure leave me be
I'm a pistol packin' papa and I ramble where I please

Oh well I have that funny feeling that luring rambles call
I swing aboard of some freight train and I shoot my pistol low
Sometimes one shot will do near sometimes it takes four or five
And sometimes I shoot all around before I'm satisfied

When you hear my pistol puffin' you better hide yourself someplace
Cause I ain't made for stoppin' and I come for a shootin' race
My sweetheart understands me she says I'm her big shot
I'm her pistol packin' daddy and I know I got to drop

You can hear my Newsport roadster you can take my Hartford hat
But you can never take from me my silver mounted gut
I'm a pistol packin' papa and I'm going to have my fun
Just follow me and you will hear the barking of my gun
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10.

NOBODY KNOWS BUT ME

(Jimmie Rodgers - Elsie McWilliams) «© '33 Peer International, BMI »
Nobody knows about the jailhouse blues till you get within four walls
And the jailerman turns that big black key that's when your spirit falls
Then you drag yourself up to the bars and while you gaze out at the stars
This is what you say

Why did I stray from the rightous path nobody knows but me
There on the outside you all can laugh I don't need your sympathy
For after I'm paid for the liquor I've sold
Gonna leave this place worth my weight in gold
So why did I stray from the rightous path nobody knows but me
[ dobro ] When you realize that you're all alone sittin' in a two-by-four
That little cell is just a taste of hell if you ain't been there before
Well you're locked up tight but they treat you fair
You get everything that you need in there
That's just why I say

Why did I stray from the rightous path...
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11.

T.B. BLUES

(Jimmie Rodgers) «© '33 Peer International, BMI »
My good gal's trying to make a fool out of me
Yes my gal's trying to make a fool out of me
Trying to make me believe I ain't got that ol' TB

When it rained down sorrow it rained all over me Lord Lord
When it rained down sorrow it rained all over me hey
Cause my body ripples like a train on that old SP
[ guitar ] I got that old TB I can't eat a bite
Got that old TB I can't eat a bite
Got me worried soul I can't even sleep at night

I've been fightin' like a lion looks like I'm goin' to you
I've been fightin' like a lion looks like I'm goin' to you
Cause there ain't nobody ever with the TB blues
[ dobro ] Gee but that graveyard is a lonesome place hey hey
Lord but that graveyard is a lonesome place
They put you on your back put that mud down in your face
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