Bill Monroe

Each day I'll do (each day I'll do) A golden deed (a golden deed) By helping those (by helping those) Who are in need (who are in need) My life on earth (my life on earth) Is but a span (is but a span) And so I'll do (and so I'll do the best I can) Life's ev...

A star fell from heaven right into my arms A brighter star I know I've never seen Then I found out that it was only you with all your charms Who came into my life to fill a dream A fallen star is what you are The twinkle in your eyes came from the sky you mus...

I hear a voice calling, it must be our Lord [it must be, it must be our lord] It's coming from heaven on high I hear a voice calling, I've gained the reward [I've gained, I've gained the reward] For the land where we never shall die The Saviour has paid a...

When we were young and we thought we loved each other But you didn't love me I guess For you've gone and you've found another Everything to you is regret This morning along about daybreak You quarreled at me the whole night through I know it's not too late fo...

My heart is sad my soul is weary While sailing oe'r life's rugged plain The clouds are dark the day is dreary It seems all earthly help is vain Angels rock me to sleep in the cradle of love Bear me over the deep to heaven above When the shadows shall fall and...

I was a stranger passing through your town I was a stranger passing through your town Well I asked you a favor good gal you turned me down You may see me out a walking walking down that railroad track You may see me out a walking walking down that railroad tra...

Are you lost in sin, my brother Can you hear God calling you His voice is coming down from Heaven And His word is kind and true. Oh please (oh please) listen won't you, brother God is calling you today He'll come (He'll come) for you so unexpected So now's t...

Did you ever wonder about the riddle What kind of spirit lives in a fiddle Well, it's old Satan, right there a waiting Or are you tuned with the angel band Well, you back up and push Back up and push Back up and push Back off of sin and let Glory in You can't...

Come and listen to my story 'bout a man named Jed Poor mountaineer, barely kept his family fed Then one day he was shootin' at some food And up through the ground came a bubbling crude (Oil, that is, Texas tea, black gold) First thing you know, old Jed's a mi...

I asked my love to take a walk Just a little way away While we walk along we'll talk Talk about our wedding day (R) Only say that you'll be mine And in our home we'll happy be Down beside where the waters flow Down on the banks of the Ohio I drew my knife ac...

Now I taught the weeping willow how to cry, And I showed the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky. And the tears that I cried for that woman are gonna flood you Big River. Then I'm gonna sit right here until I die. I met her accidentally in St. Paul (M...

Blue moon of Kentucky keep on shining Shine on the one that's gone and proved and true Blue moon of Kentucky keep on shining Shine on the one that's gone and left me blue It was on one moonlight night The stars shining bright And they whispered from on high "...

Blue night I got you on my mind Blue night I can't keep from crying You met someone that was new You quit someone that you knew was true Blue night I got you on my mind Blue night blue as I can be I don't know what'll become of me Where we used to walk I walk...

When I was young in my prime I left my home in Caroline Now all I do is sit and pine For all the folks I left behind I've got those blue ridge mountain blues And I stand right theere to say My grip is packed to travel And I'm scratching gravel For that blue ri...

I can hear the voice of the boatman comin' And I'll be ready when he calls my name So happy I'll be on my way to Heaven I hear the angels freely say Oh, the boat of love down at the harbor It's waitin' there for you and me I have no fear, Christ is the captai...

Every word on my mind, Bonny is your goodbye Black, black, black, black is the day No sun is shining in my world Bonny, since you went away Sad, sad, sad, sad is my heart All my laughter's turned to tears Bonny, since you've been apart Every pretty flower ha...

You're bound to fall for the bugle call You're gonna brag 'bout the bugle call rag Thin or fat, young or old, shake their shoulders bold You're bound to fall for the bugle call You're gonna brag 'bout the bugle call rag Hold me baby, let's syncopate to that b...

I'm only a dreamer of romance My love dreams can never come true I'll just pretend that I'm happy And smile thru these tears dear at you I dreamed of a cabin of love dear Where all of our dreams would come true But another has taken my cabin And left me so lo...

Working all day And the sun don't shine Trying to get by And I'm just killin' time I feel the rain Fall the whole night through Far away from you California Blue CHORUS California Blue Dreaming all alone Nothing else to do California Blue Everyday I pray I'll...

The days are long the nights are lonely Since you left me all alone I worried so my little darling I worried so since you've been gone Sweetheart of mine can't you hear me calling A million times that I love you best I mistreated you, darling, I'm sorry Come...

Love oh love careless love Love oh love careless love Love oh love oh careless love See what careless love has done Once I wore my apron low Once I wore my apron low Once I wore my apron low I couldn't keep you from my door What oh what will mama say What oh...

Moon moon I can see you smilin' low You made me think of a sweetheart A little girl that I loved so After I've wondered the whole night through Wonderin' if you think of me While I'm on my lonesome thinkin' of someone I'm thinkin' only of you My Carolina suns...

We were waltzin' together to a dreamy melody When they called out "Change partners" And you waltzed away from me Now my arms feel so empty as I gaze around the floor And I'll keep on changing partners Till I hold you once more Though we danced for one moment...

Don't go so far away love, try to settle down For losing you would be more than I could bear Tho' I'm tied to another, I hope someday she'll set me free For I don't want a cheap love affair I knew we loved each other the night that we first met It just happen...

Snowflakes falling my old home is calling Tall pines are humming Christmas time is coming. Can't you hear them bells ringin' ringin' joy to all here them singin' Let it snow and I'll be going back to my country home Christmas times a' coming Christmas times...

You've gone so far away, my darling Each time I think of you I cry I press your picture to my bosom Then I feel that you're close by Years have passed you've not returned dear Now they say that you have died But your soul will live forever Now I know you'll b...

Way down in Columbus, Georgia Want to be back in Tennessee Way down in Columbus Stockade Friends all turned their backs on me Go and leave me if you wish to Never let it cross your mind If in your heart you love another Leave me little darling, I don't mind...

Come go with me to yonder valley Where we once stood beneath the tree Where we once planned our life together I can't forget come go with me Come let us live some moments over Then maybe you won't want to leave I love you then and will forever I can't forget...

When I was a little bitty baby My mama would rock me in my cradle In those old cotton fields back home When I was a little bitty baby My mama would rock me in my cradle In those old cotton fields back home Oh, when those cotton ball get rotten You can't pick...

I got a gal at the head of the creek Goin up t' see her 'bout the middle of the week Kiss her on the mouth, just as sweet as any wine Wraps herself around me like a sweet potatoe vine Goin' up t' Cripple Creek, goin' on the run Goin' up t' Cripple Creek t' ha...

Cry cry darling That's what I'll do If you should leave me with the blues Cry cry darling That's all I do cause you're the one that's in my heart For me there'll be no moonlight If ever we should part Cry cry darling, that's all I do Cause you're the one that...

Crying holy unto the Lord Crying holy unto the Lord Oh, if I could I surely would Stand on the rock where Moses stood Sinners, run and hide your face Sinners, run and hide your face Go and run into the rocks and hide your face The rocks got no hiding place C...

Oh Danny Boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling. From glen to glen and down the mountain side. The summer's gone, and all the roses falling. It's you, It's you, must go, and I must bide. But come ye back when summer's in the meadow. Or when the valley's hushed...

Dark as the night and blue as the day I'm lonesome, my darling, since you went away Sometimes I wonder, what made you strangely Dark as the night and blue as the day Blue as the sky, there is blues in my heart It's dark outside since we've been apart Oh, tell...

I went downtown thought I had a dime Got home this morning didn't have a dime Lordy Lordy Lordy got the dog house blues No use talkin' I got the dog house blues. Come home this morning about half past eight She said honey you're out too late Lordy Lordy Lordy...

You have no doubt in your mind There's a heaven up above And you mean to change before the end But you hold onto treasures you possessed here on earth Feasting your soul on sin Don't put off 'til tomorrow what you can do today For tomorrow may be too late Sin...

In the shadow of the pines Lives a girl and I know that she is mine Life's worth livin' any time Down in Caroline. It's no matter where I roam she'll be waitin' there I know And I'll find that gal of mine down in Caroline She is waiting there for me Soon he...

Down in the willow garden where me and my love did meet There we sat a-courting my love fell off to sleep I had a bottle of burgundy wine which my true love did not know And there I poisoned that dear little girl down by the banks below I drew my saber throug...

Out on the perilous deep Where dangers silently creep And storms so violently sweep You're drifting to far from the shore Drifting too far from the shore (from the shore) Drifting too far from the shore (peaceful shore) Come to Jesus today, let him show you t...

Hey, the dusty Miller, And his dusty coat, He will win a shilling, Or he win a groat Dusty was the coat, Dusty was the colour, Dusty was the kiss That I gat frae the Miller. Hey the dusty Miller, And his dusty sack; Leeze me on the calling Fills the dusty pec...

Farther along we'll know more about it Farther along we'll understand why Cheer up my brother live in the sunshine We'll understand it all by and by Tempted and tried will oft make you wonder Why it should be thus all the day long While there are others livin...

Those pretty wild flowers I love them so well The flowers know secrets that I'll never tell I go out to pick a bouquet of all And bring them all in before the leaves start to fall When the leaves start to fall and the flowers have died If only little darling...

If I had listened t'what Mama said, I would not have been here today; Wishing for things I'll never have, And weeping my sweet life away. If I was on some foggy mountain top, I'd sail away to the West I'd sail all around this old wide world To the one I love...

Your love is colder than a foggy river Rollin on a heart of stone You left me stranded on this foggy river Cold and helpless and alone I knew someday that you would turn me down I got worries on my mind Yes I'm doomed to sail this foggy river Till I leave my...

Now some folks like the summertime when the they can walk about Strolling through the meadow green it's pleasant, there no doubt But give me the wintertime when the snow is on the ground For I found her when the snow was on the ground I traced her little foot...

h why did you leave me in this lonesome place With four walls around me and a memory of your face Why can't I be happy why can't I forget With four walls around me I wish we'd never met With four walls around me it gets so lonesome dear Dreaming of you darlin...

I was born in the south land Twenty some odd years ago I ran away for the first time When I was three years old I'm a free born man My home is on my back I know every inch of highway Every foot of backroad Every mile of railroad track Well I got this old gui...

Hey......my brother...(can't you hear me say) Hey......my brother...(you better get down on your knees and pray) (1st voice) Get down... (2nd voice) Get down... (3rd voice) Get down... (4th voice) Get down...Get down on your knees and pray. Get down..get do...

One night while out for a ramble The hour was just about nine I met a young maiden in Frisco On the corner of Geary and Pine On her face there was beauty of nature And her eyes just seemed to expand Her hair was so rich and so brilliant Entwined in a blue vel...

I've been looking around There's a whole new world I see And so many things that I can do With your strength in me Now I ask you to hear As I sing of brighter days For I need to have you very near Come and find the way Give me the wings Of an eagle I will s...

Verse 1 I'm in the way, the bright and shining way, I'm in the gloryland way; Telling the world that Jesus saves today, Yes I'm in the gloryland way. I'm in the glory land way I'm in the gloryland way. Chorus I'm in the glory-land way, I'm in the glory-land w...

I'm going home (I'm going home) for my reward (for my reward) away up there (away up there) To see my Lord (To see my lord) He promised me (He promised me) In the by and by (in the by and by) A precious home (a precious home) up in the sky. I'm gonna live rig...

Along about round-up time in Texas, way out West I lost a friend and a pal, boys, I laid him down to rest I weeped and moaned over his grave, to me boys it was sad But I knew down beneath that mound lay the best pal I ever had My best pal was my old paint hor...

Hallelujah (I'm ready) I'm ready (Hallelujah) I can hear the voices singing soft and low Hallelujah (I'm ready) I'm ready (Hallelujah) Hallelujah I'm ready to go In the darkness of night not a star was in site On a highway that leads down below But Jesus came...

I want to thank Jesus for the way that I feel I'm so full of religion I just can't be still I want to sing it and shout it and let the people know That I'm saved by his mercy and I'm ready to go (That's why I'm Happy) Yes I'm happy happy on my way (Rejoicing...

There's coming a time on the great judgment morning When the Savior will welcome you home Will you be prepared for the journey to Heaven On the great ship that carries God's chosen ones home Oh the water's so deep (oh the water's so deep) On the river of Jor...

There's a rabbit in the log and I ain't got my dog How will I get him I know I'll get me a briar and twist it in his hair That way I'll get him I know I know (yes I know) I know (I surely know) That's how I'll get him I know I'll get me a briar and twist in h...

I once had a darling wife kind, true and sweet Life was so bright and gay everything complete But I fell for another who led my life astray So I'll live in sorrow till my dying day Down the highway of sorrow I'm traveling alone I've lost all my true friends I...

You left me, my darling to travel alone My heart is so lonely and blue When friends ask about you why you're not around How will I explain about you How will I explain about you They know I've been faithful and true So when they start asking why you're not ar...

Oh you said that you loved me that your heart would be true But now you've gone and left me, I'm so blue I believed in you darling that your heart would be true But now you've gone and left me, I'm so blue Our vows have been broken, you have proven untrue Ano...

While walkin' one day in the country I saw a gatherin' crowd And as my footsteps drew me closer I could smell the sweet fragrance of flowers It look like a family reunion Had my eyes not counted the tears And an old man sat by a graveside I haven't seen Mary...

Our little girl taken sick one evening As she walked home from school And in her death bed soon bring her It made us so sad and so blue Then she called me close to her bedside And whispered these words soft and low, "Tell Mommy to come to me quickly, I want t...

The day's are so lonely the night are so long Our home is a prison since you are gone And I'll always wonder why our love didn't last With no hope for tomorrow I'll live in the past A door that won't knock a phone that don't ring The postman goes by and he do...

I'm begging to you and I want to go with you You're breaking my heart as you say goodbye I hope and I pray we'll soon be together My heart is so full it's hard not to cry What will I do when the leaves start falling The far distant hill will make me feel blue...

A policeman's whistle gayly, a smile upon his face As he walked along the old familiar beat He saw a little bay crying and thought his heart would break Standing bare foot in the middle of the street I was left on the street with no shoes upon my feet When I...

I wish I knew how it would feel to be free I wish I could break all the chains holding me I wish I could say all the things that I should say Say 'em loud, say 'em clear For the whole round world to hear. I wish I could share all the love that's in my heart R...

Eight weeks ago, the night we parted It's so hard to realize we're through When we kissed, you said you'll always love me Now I wonder if you feel the way I do It's just strange to stand the sweetest love Dear, that two people ever knew You told me that I nee...

Tonight I'm sad, my heart is weary, Wond'ring if I'm wrong or right, To think about you, though you left me, I wonder where you are tonight. The rain is cold and slowly falling, Upon my window pane tonight, And though your love grows even colder I wonder wher...

On Sunday, when the church bells start ringin' They're ringin' for you and for me Let's all kneel down at the altar And pray that our souls might be free. I'll meet you in church Sunday morning And we'll all kneel down and pray We'll pray to our Lord up in he...

I'll meet you in the morning by the bright riverside When all sorrow has drifted away I'll be standin' at the portals when the gates open wide At the close of life's long weary day I'll meet you in the morning with a 'How do you do?' And we'll sit down b...

The lonesome sigh of a train going by Makes me want to stop and cry I recall the day it took you away I'm blue I'm lonesome too When I hear that whistle blow I want to pack my suitcase and go The lonesome sound of a train going by Makes me want to stop and cr...

I'm going down this lonesome road To see my fate or victory God must help us there to win I'm coming back but I don't know when I hate to leave my mother dear My father who is old and gray But my true love I know you'll wait For me to come back to me to sta...

I'm going back to old Kentucky There to see my Linda Lou I'm going back to old Kentucky Where the skies are always blue When my left old Kentucky Linda kissed me and she cried I told her that I would not linger I'd be back by and by Linda Lou is she...

Back in the days of my childhood In the evening when everything was still I used to sit and listen to the foxhounds With my dad in the old Kentucky hills I'm on my way back to the old home The road winds on up the hill But there's no light in the window That...

I wish I was in the Southland sitting in a chair With one arm around my old guitar And the other one around my dear I'm rolling on (I'm rolling on) I'm rolling on (I'm rolling on) I'm rolling on through life just rolling on Sitting in the moonlight blue as b...

Hear that lonesome whippoorwill He sounds too blue to fly The midnight train is whining low I'm so lonesome I could cry I've never seen a night so long When time goes crawling by The moon just went behind the clouds To hide its face and cry Did you ever see...

I'm waiting at the gate looking for my ride Soon to take me to my home on high Angel bands a coming From the other side I don't want to be late I'm waiting at the gate I can hear the thunder the time's at hand Joybells are ringing in the promised land Jesus i...

I'm beggin' to you and I want to go with you You're breakin' my heart as you say goodbye I hope and I pray we'll soon be together My heart is so full it's hard not to cry What will I do when the leaves start fallin' The far distant hill will make me feel blue...

I'm a working on building I'm a working on building I'm a working on building For my Lord, for my Lord It's a holy ghost building It's a holy ghost building It's a holy ghost building For my Lord, for my Lord If I was a gambler, I tell you what I'd do I'd qu...

High on that lonesome road to heaven's blessed abode For many years I was burdened with care So often lightening flashed and raging billows dashed My sorrow then was so heavy to bear But since my Jesus came I praise his holy name He sheds the light of his won...

The longest train I ever saw Went down that Georgia line The engine passed at six o'clock And the cab passed by at nine In the pines, in the pines Where the sun never shines And we shiver when the cold wind blows Who who hoo hoo hoo, who who hoo hoo hoo I as...

Is the blue moon still shinin' Does it shine for you like it shines for me Will the blue moon bring us back together Or will it leave us with a sad memory Do we think of each other when the moon is blue Do you need me as I need you Will you ever come back and...

Makes no diff'rence now what kind of life fate hands me; I'll get along without you now, that's plain to see. I don't care what happens next, for I'll get by somehow. I don't worry 'cause it makes no diff'rence now. It was just a year ago when I first met you...

It's mighty dark for me to travel For my sweetheart she is gone The road is rough and filled with gravel But I must journey on and on To me she was a little angel Sent down to me from God above And on the day that I first met her Then I told her of my love M...

As I travel through this pilgrim land There is a friend who walks with me Leads me safely through the sinking sand It is the Christ at Calvary. This would be my prayer dear Lord each day To help me do the best I can For I need Thy light to guide me day and ni...

I sell the morning paper, sir, my name is Jimmy Brown Everybody knows that I'm the newsboy of the town You can hear me yelling, „Morning Star”, as I run along the street I've got no hat upon my head, no shoes upon my feet I sell the morning paper, sir, m...

John Hardy was a desperate little man, He carried two guns ev'ry day. He shot down a man on that West Virginia line, You oughta seen John Hardy gettin' away... You oughta seen John Hardy gettin' away... John Hardy stood in that old baroom, So drunk that he co...

John Henry was a little colored boy You could hold him on the palm of your hand And his papa cried out this lonesome farewell Son gonna be a steel drivin' man, Lord, Lord Gonna be a steel drivin' man John Henry went upon the mountain Looked down on the other...

Please don't write me letters I can't read them Please don't stay forever Just a season Say you'll be there waiting (say you're waiting) Say you need me When you call out my name I can feel it Carried on by the sea Through the night When you look to the stars...

I once was lost in sin but Jesus took me in And then a little light from heaven filled my soul It bathed my heart in love and wrote my name above And just a little talk with Jesus made me whole Now let us have a little talk with Jesus Let us tell Him all abou...

ill Monroe:Just Over In The Gloryland Lyrics 1,809,337PAGES ON THIS WIKI EditTalk0 StarIconGreenLangIcon Just Over In The Gloryland This song is by Bill Monroe and appears on the album Cryin' Holy Unto The Lord (1991). I've a home prepared, where the saints...

We were waltzing that night in Kentucky 'Neath the beautiful harvest moon And I was the boy who was lucky But it all ended too soon As I sit here alone in the moonlight I can see your smiling face And I long once more for your embrace In that beautiful Kentu...

Let me rest at the end of my journey I'm weary, tired, and old Let me rest at the end of my journey Heaven is my home and my goal Old paint is tired, his feet are all sore We'll ride the range no more Let me rest at the end of my journey Heaven is my home and...

I want to do what's right so I need's God's light Shining down on me so I can see I must learn His ways so I'll never stray Let the light shine down on me Let the light shine down Let the light shine down Let the light shine down so I can see There's a lesson...

Jack and May sweethearts were they They were engaged to be wed Many a promise he made her Many a love word he said As most lovers do they quarreled one night She bid him not come any more She gave him his hat Jack started away But he lingered to say at the do...

I can't answer her letter For she left me no address You should know my little darling You left my poor heart in distress I got a letter from my darling She said she hated to go It broke my heart the words she wrote me She closed by saying I love you so She...

Life is like a mountain railway, With an engineer that’s brave; We must make the run successful, From the cradle to the grave; Watch the curves, the fills, the tunnels; Never falter, never fail; Keep your hands upon the throttle, And your eyes upon the rail. R...

In the state of West Virginia among the peaceful rolling hills I met a mountain maid with eyes of blue Golden hair so soft and curly and her lips were like the dew She was the queen of West Virginia and her hame was Linda Lou Linda Lou, Linda Lou can't you he...

Tonight I'm alone without you my dear It seems there's a longing for you still All I have to do now is sit alone and cry In our little cabin home on the hill Oh, someone has taken you from me And left me here all alone Just to listen to the rain beat on my wi...

Our darling wandered far away while she was out at play Lost in the woods she couldn't hear a sound She was our darling girl the sweetest thing in all the world We searched for her but she couldn't be found I heard the screams of out little girl far away Hurr...

Mother, what will Thomas, the old gardener say When you ask him for flowers for me? Will he give you a rose he has tended with care? The fairest, fairest broom on the tree What will the birds do, mother, in the spring? Will they gather the crumbs around our d...

Oh yonder stands little Maggie With a dram glass in her hands She's drinking away her troubles She's a courtin' some other man Oh how can I ever stand it Just to see them two blue eyes A shinin in the moonlight Like two diamonds in the sky Last time a saw li...

I was lost in sin so long with no one to guide my way My soul was in darkness had been for many a day In that little community church house I heard that gospel song I went inside to kneel and pray Oh I kneeled down and prayed to my Savior That He might hear a...

They tell me that you are going away What makes you want to leave? You gave me your love and you gave me your vow Now you're leavin' me here to grieve Live and let live, don't break my heart Don't leave me here to cry I never could live if we should part Te...

I'm growing old and feeble and I can't work on more My rusty bladed hoe I've laid to rest My mama and my papa they are sleeping side by side And their spirits now are roaming with the blessed Oh, the chimney's falling down and the roof is all caved in Letting...

I leave Pittsburgh with a load of steel Nobody knows just how I feel With the road up ahead and my baby behind Keep me drivin' with a worried mind Lonesome Truck Driver Blues Lonesome Truck Driver Blues With the road up ahead and my baby behind Keep me drivin...

When the way seems dark and long Hold to my hand dear Lord I pray Give me grace to shout and shine Ever in the life devine Lord lead me on from day to day Oh lead me on from day to day I want to walk the holy way Oh friends forsake me all along I asked the Lo...

Down lifes highway, all alone I've trod, I always put my trust in God. But you'll find out, that your silver and gold, won't pay the price to protect your soul. (Oh I want the Lord to protect my soul, to lead me on to the heavens home. My life down here wil...

Long John walkin' around in the rain He's long gone Lost John Long gone Lost John No hat on his head no shoes on his feet He's a beggin the women for his meat I had an ol' dog and his name was like a rabbit through Bowlin' Green Lost John walked around in...

As you read this letter that I write to you Sweetheart I hope you understand That you're the only love I knew Please forgive me if you can Sweetheart I beg you to come home tonight I'm so blue and all alone I promise that I'll treat you right Love, oh...

Mother left this world of sorrow Our home was silent and so sad Dad took sick and had to leave us I have no home No mother nor dad There's a little lonesome grave yard On these tomestones it did say On mother's "gone but not forgotten" On dad's "we'll meet ag...

[Chorus] Memories of you, sweetheart, still haunt me so Everytime I hear your name I almost cry But, there's just one thing that I want you to know I'll love you till the day I die Oh, we let other people tear us apart And for no good cause you see But, I hop...

T'was midnight on the stormy deep My solitary watch I'd keep And think of her I'd left behind And ask if she'd be true and kind I never shall forget the day That I was forced to go away In silence there my head she'd rest And held me to her loving breast Oh...

Run O Molly run, run O Molly run Tenbrooks gonna beat you to the bright shinin' sun. To the bright shinin' sun O Lord to the bright shinin' sun Tenbrooks was a big bay horse he wore that shaggy mane He run all around Memphis he beat the Memphis train Beat the...

Mother's not dead, she's only a sleeping Just patiently waiting for Jesus to come The birds will be singing while mother is sleeping They will sing o'er as the grave sinks away Well, I left my old home way back in the mountains For mother and father had both...

Mary grab the baby river's rising Muddy water's taking back the land Well this old house it won't take one more beating Ain't no use to stay and make a stand. The morning light showed water in the valley Daddy's grave just went below the line Things to save y...

Good morning captain good morning son Do you need another mule skinner Out on your new road line Well I like to work I'm rolling all the time Lord I like to work boy I'm rolling all the time I can pop my initials Right on a mule's behind Well it's hey little...

I wrote to my girl last night I wrote to my girl last night I wrote to my girl that I was comin' home But my last old dollar is done gone Oh my last old dollar is done gone Oh my last old dollar is done gone Now how can a poor boy get back home When his last...

Now come and listen to my story My story that I know is true A little rose bloomed in Georgia With marigold and a heart of gold Way down in the Blue Ridge mountains Way down where the tall pines grow There's my sweetheart of the mountain She's my little Georgi...

She bloomed for me near a little village In a cabin on the hill We made our vows we'd love each other And I know we always will She's my rose of old Kentucky I watched her bloom as the years roll by And to me there'll never be another I'll love her 'til the...

You're my sweet blue-eyed darling And my love belongs to you All I ask of you my darling (All I ask, my darling) Is love me good and be true (You love me good and be true) Days come and go and I still love you And I see your smiling face Tell me love, that yo...

The stars up in the sky remind me of your eyes And the way they use to gaze into mine The moon up above brings back memories of love I thought was true and so divine So never again, oh never no more Never again will I knock upon your door Never again but thes...

Good mornin', foreman good mornin', boss Do you need another mule skinner With a blacksnake whip to toss. Yodel lay, ee ee, yodel ay ee ee. Lord, I been workin' hard An' ah feel so bad! I've got a good woman An' I want to keep 'er glad. Yodel lay, ee ee, y...

This nine pound hammer is a little too heavy For my size, honey, for my size Roll on buddy, don't you roll so slow Baby, how can I roll when the wheels won't go Up on the mountain just to see my honey And I ain't coming back, lord, I ain't coming back...

No answer to my letter To soothe my aching heart Oh, why did God ever permit True love like ours to part No letter in the mail today No answer from my love Nobody knows what I've been through No one but God above This is what I wrote to her I know that I'm t...

I'll never love no one else but my darlin' Even though we both had to part I'll never love no one else but my darlin' Where ever she goes she'll always have my heart As most people say absence makes the heart grow cold But the kind of love we had each other's...

Nobody loves me nobody cares If life is empty and full of tears I long for new love searched everywhere Nobody loves me nobody cares Searchin' for true love has been in vain Through years my heart has suffered with pain Life's lonesome burden now I must bear...

Oh, my brother take this warning Don't let old Satan hold your hand You'll be lost in sin forever You'll never reach the Promised Land. The old crossroad now is waiting Which one are you goin' to take One reach down to destruction The other to the perly gate....

Farethee well Old Joe Clark Farethee well I say Farethee well Old Joe Clark I'm bound go go away I will not go to Old Joe's house I'll tell ya the reason why Every floor in Old Joe's house Is filled with chicken pie Old Joe Clark, he did take sick A...

Old riverman's lonesome, old riverman's blue He's working on the river with the riverman blues On the Lakeview Highway, that's the riverman's home And home is where the heart is and he's all alone But when he hears that steamboat whistle blow He can feel that...

High on the mountain what do you see Bear tracks bear tracks lookin' back at me You better get your rifles boys before it's too late The bear's got a little pig and headed through the gate He's big around the middle and he's broad across the rump Doin' ninety...

Traveling down this long lonesome highway I'm so lonesome I could cry Memories of how we once loved each other And now we are saying good-bye. On and on I'll follow my darling And I wonder where she can be On and on I'll follow my darling And I wonder if she...

As you travel along on the Jericho Road Does the world seem all wrong and heavy your load Just bring it to Christ your sins all confess On the Jericho Road your heart He will bless On the Jericho Road there's room for just two No more and no less just Je...

I walked out to the graveyard Down by the Church of God I looked upon the one I love That would soon be covered with sod Up along the Ohio River Over on the old Kentucky shore Once dwelled a fair young maiden Now there's a crepe upon her door The angels too...

Comin' right on down the line now Look yonder comin' Comin' down the railroad track Look yonder comin' Comin' down the railroad track It's the orange blossom special Bringin' my baby back Yeah bring er' right on home now Ring the bell Bill ring the bell Comin...

Out in the cold world and far away from home some mother's boy is wanderin' all alone. No one to guide him or keep his footsteps right Some mother's boy is homeless tonight. Bring back to me my wandering boy For there is no other who's left to give me joy T...

I got a pig at home in a pen Corn to feed him on All I need's a pretty little girl To feed I'm when I'm gone Going up on a mountain To sow a little cane Raise a barrel of sorghum Sweet little Liza Jane Black clouds arising Sure sign of rain Put tha...

Plant some flowers by my graveside Just a little bunch of them Makes no difference what they are, dear Since your hand has planted them Darlin', when you pass the graveside You see my name there on a slab Won't you stop a little while dear For I would...

I want to be with you I can give you love that's true Just believe the way I feel I love you and I always will No one could take your place with me Don't ever think of setting me free Just believe the way I feel I love you and I always will Please be my love,...

For your poison love has stained the life blood In my heart and soul dear And I know my life will never be the same For my pleading has all been in vain For you and you alone dear And you know that you are guilty of the same. Into each life a love is born for...

You don't love me anymore, my darling I'm just a used to be to you Those cold, cold kisses that you gave me, little darling Proved just to me, you found somebody new Tomorrow be another lonesome day And I know you'll want me far away You don't love me anymore...

Do you think of the cross on which Jesus died Of the blood he shed for you Are you prepared to meet him in that land of love By his word are you going to abide Remember the cross on which Jesus died Follow in his footsteps each day He shed his blood for you a...

Oh the river of death lies just before me Can I find a place that I can cross Or will I be in sin forever Oh Lord don't let my soul be lost Oh I wanna walk with Christ my savior For he's the one that'll guide me on All through my life I've been a sinner Now I...

In the beautiful hills in the mists of Roane County There's where I have roamed for many long years There's where my heart's been tendin most ever There's where the first step of misfortune I made It's about thirty years when I courted and married Armanda Gil...

Now the road is rocky but it won't be rocky long, long, long Now the road is rocky but it won't be rocky long Another man has got my woman and gone I've got those blues, I'm wearing out the soles of my shoes I've got those blues, I'm wearing out the soles of...

I ain't gonna work on the railroad I ain't gonna work on the farm Gonna lay around the shack Till the mail train comes back And I roll in my sweet baby's arms Roll in my sweet baby's arms Roll in my sweet baby's arms Lay around my shack Till the mail...

I'm going to that east pay road I'm going to that east pay road I'm going to the east I going to the west I'm going to the one that I love best Roll on, Buddy, roll on Roll on, Buddy, roll on You wouldn't roll so slow If you knew what I know So roll on, buddy...

Dear sweetheart as I write to you my heart is filled with pain For if those things I hear are true I'll never see you again They tell me darlin' that tonight you'll wed another man But if you do I'll tell you true my boat will never land You promised that yo...

Well there's one kind of flavor I'll ask for you Well there's one kind of flavor I'll ask for you There's just one kind of flavor I'll ask for you You can see that my grave is kept clean. And there's two white horses following me And there's two white horses...

Just seven years ago today Was when you said goodbye It broke my heart to see you go And yet I could not cry You kissed me sweet and said goodbye But I could not believe That you would ever make me cry Unwanted and to grieve The sun is slowly sinking down To m...

Shady Grove my little love Shady Grove my darlin Shady Grove my little love I'm a goin' back to Harlem Went to see my Shady Grove She's a standin in the door Her shoes and stockins in her hand And her little bare feet on the floor Shady Grove my little love...

When you reach that golden city (golden city) Friends and loved ones you shall see (you shall see) When the saints come out to meet you (out to meet you) Oh shake my mother's hand for me Shake my mothers hand and tell her (and then tell her) Happy may her spi...

Listen to that rain a-falling Can'nt you hear that lonesome sound? My poor old heart is breaking Since my sweet love ain't around. Lord I think I start to ramble Got to leave this lonesome town I can't stay here any longer Since my sweet love ain't aro...

Sitting alone in the moonlight Thinking of the days gone by Wondering about my darling I can still hear her saying goodbye Oh, the moon grows pale as I sit here Each little star seems to whisper and say Your sweetheart has found another And now she's far, far...

I'm leavin' you to worry you off my mind Lord, I'm leavin' you to worry you off my mind 'Cause you keep me worried troubled Troubled all the time Ah, six white houses going two by two Ah, six white houses going two by two That some other woman Has took my lov...

Where is the love that you promised neath the pine Gone like the flowers in the fall You crossed your heart now you're double crossing mine You've been petending after all I was sold down the river to a port of broken dreams Drifting in sorrow down the stream...

Stay away from me, you're causing me trouble It's been that way, since from the start Go on your way, you have another waiting Stay away from me, you're breaking my heart Oh the sky is blue, and the sun is shinning And Autumn leaves have turned to brown I lov...

Sugar coated love, you gave me on a plate I took a bite and then I looked to see what I had ate I found I had a cinder all covered up in white That old sugar coated love is something I can't bite You say you are leaving me for another man He has all the wealt...

Who makes me forget all the other girls I've met Sweet little miss blue eyes Who's sweeter to me that she really ought to be Sweet little miss blue eyes Little miss blue eyes looks so good I'm gonna bring her to the neighborhood I'm gonna make every girl in t...

Swing low, sweet chariot, Comin' for to carry me home; Swing low, sweet chariot, Comin' for to carry me home. I looked over Jordan, And WHAT did I see, Comin' for to carry me home, A band of angels comin' after me, Comin' for to carry me home. Swing low, swee...

If your soul was veiled in darkness, and you had no grief nor care, 'Twould be better than the Master, for the cross He had to bear. Then take courage un' tomorrow, all the clouds will pass away. Live in trust and faith, believing, then there'll come a happy...

Once in my youth, I stood on this mountain And planted some pines in the sand Every day I looked their way But just couldn't understand Why they never grew like I thought they should do I just couldn't understand why Now I've rambled around this wide wo...

They built this house from tall timber Cut it down in the mountain air Building dreams in the city Kept on going till the hills were bare Came along with their axes Brought their trucks and chainsaws too And they cut down all that tall tall timber Tall timber...

You have heard and read about the state of Tennessee. Down in the southern states is where I want to be. Where the valleys are so green and mountains are so tall. You will know just what I mean when you hear them say "you all". Tennessee (Tennessee) I hear y...

If I had my way I'd leave here today I'd leave in a hurry I'd find me a place where I could stay And not have to worry A place I could use A place I could lose the Tennessee Blues I'd find me a spot on some mountain top With no one around me Valleys...

Oh the home above (oh the home above) so far away (so far away) That's where we pray (As ) we'll live someday (we'll ) In the home above (in ) beyond the starlight sky (beyond) Where the soul of man (where) will never die (will) I'm ready to leave (I'm ) this...

Portland, Maine is just the same as sunny Tennessee Portland, Maine is just the same as sunny Tennessee Any old place I hang my hat is Home Sweet Home to me Went down to the depot and I looked up on the board Went down to the depot and I looked up on the boar...

I walked out tonight for a ramble round I didn't mean to stay just to view the town When I saw her smiling from afar As she walked into that crossroads bar Well I walked inside and sat me down Ordered sweet red wine and I drank it down She came and set beside...

Springtime is near my darling You say that you are going away My heart will be with you my darling And I'm counting now the days I know that soon I'll have to travel I know I'm over the hill I feel so all alone my darling said she'd be gone When I heard that...

Ten years ago, on a cold, dark night There was someone killed 'neath the town hall light There were few at the scene, but they all agreed That the man who ran looked a lot like me She walks these hills in a long black veil She visits my grave while the night...

Oh my brother take this warning Don't let ol Satan take your hand You'll be lost in sin forever You'll never reach the promised land The old crossroads now is waiting Which one are you going to take One leads down to destruction The other to the pearly gate...

Let me tell you a tale about a spry old man Guess he's as old as the hills He's the favorite fiddler for miles and miles around And plays for all the good quadrilles Every Saturday night all the folks stop in and tune The whole town is ready to go While the f...

There's an old old house that once was a mansion On a hill overlookin' the own Where time's left a wreck where once was a beauty And soon the old house will tumble down When the leaves begin to fall in the autumn And the raindrops drip from the trees Th...

I don't know I don't know where I'll go or what I'll do It makes no difference what I'll do without you Oh I love you my darling but I'll try and let you be Goodbye, it's the last you'll hear of me Well I found a bluebird high on a mountain side And the blueb...

Oh, I wish I had someone to love me, Someone to call me their own. Oh, I wish I had someone to live with, 'Cause I'm tired of living alone. Oh, meet me tonight in the moonlight, Please meet me tonight all alone. For I have a sad story to tell you, It's a stor...

We all loved our fair tender maiden From her eyes the light of Heaven shone thru She fell sick one cold winter morning And there was nothing we could do She lay on her death bed so bravely Her face all tired and worn We knew in our hearts she was leaving God...

Now as I sigh the hours away I think of love of yesterday Now I know she's gone away She's in heaven so they say Will the angels tell her for me That my love will never die Someday I'll walk along beside her On that golden way up there Now all my life I live...

In dreams of you my body trembles I wake up and call your name But you're not there and I'm so lonely Without your love I'll go insane Those memories of you still haunt me Every night when I lay down I'll always love you little darling Until the day they lay...

There was a time when I thought of no other And we sang our own love's refrain And out hearts beat as one as we had our fun But time changes everything And when you left me myt poor heart was broken Our romance seemed all in vain The dark clouds are gone and...

Darling, you toyed with toy heart I think you played the game right from the start This toy heart was broken When parting words were spoken Darling, you toyed with a toy heart You played with my poor heart like a toy That toy broke and then we had to part It...

I'm traveling down this lonesome road oh how I hate to go The wind and storms are raging high and it's awful cold My mind drifts back to you sweetheart and I love you so Now you've gone and left me here to travel this lonesome road I remember dear not long ag...

I hate to see the sun sink low Just for a cause you ought to know For it's true love I can't forget All of my sorrow you'll soon regret You promised me love that was true And I'm sorry to say that I believed in you It's all turned out just like a dream Left m...

Well, I had an old hen and she had a wooden leg, Just the best old hen that ever laid and egg, She laid more eggs than any hen on the farm, But another little drink wouldn't do her any harm. Turkey in the hay, in the hay, hay, hay! Turkey in the straw, in the...

Late in the evening about sundown High on the hill and above the town Uncle Pen played the fiddle lord how it would ring You could hear it talk, you could hear it sing He played an old piece he called "Soldier's Joy" And the one called "The Boston Boy" The g...

Well you don't love me anymore my darling I'm just a used to be to you Those cold cold kisses that you gave me little darling Proved to me you found somebody new Tomorrow's just another lonesome day And I know you'll want me far away Well you don't love me an...

I'm waiting at the gate looking for my ride Soon to take me to my home on high Angel bands a coming From the other side I don't want to be late I'm waiting at the gate I can hear the thunder the time's at hand Joybells are ringing in the promised land Jesus i...

You say you're sorry once again dear You want me to take you back once more You say you need a helping hand dear But that's what you told me once before Walk softly on this heart of mine love Don't treat it mean and so unkind Let it rest in peace and quiet lo...

Oh John, oh John, now what did you say? Walking in Jerusalem, just like John I'll meet you there at the break of day Walking in Jerusalem, just like John I want to be ready I want to be ready I want to be ready, Lord Walking in Jerusalem, just like John Oh,...

The wind is blowing cross the mountains And out on the valley way below. It sweeps the grave of my darling When I die that's where I want to go. Lord send the angels for my darling And take her to that home on high I'll wait my time out here on earth love And...

Darling you often said you loved me But you've gone on before You don't know dear how I miss you But we can't be darlings anymore Darling I am sad and lonely Since you've gone on before So down here on this lonely earth dear We can't be darlings anymore Unti...

1. We are tossed and driven on the restless sea of time; somber skies and howling tempests oft succeed a bright sunshine; in that land of perfect day, when the mists are rolled away, we will understand it better by and by. Refrain: By and by, when the...

Were you there when they crucified my Lord? Were you there when they crucified my Lord? Oh! Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble. Were you there when they crucified my Lord? Were you there when they nailed him to the tree? Were you there when t...

Brother afar from The Savior today Risking your soul for the things that decay Oh if today God should call you away What would you give in exchange for your soul What would you give (in exchange) What would you give (in exchange) What would you give in exchan...

Memories that linger in my heart, Memories that make my heart grow cold, But some day they'll live again sweetheart, And my blue moon again will turn to gold. When my blue moon turns to gold again, When the rainbow turns the clouds away, When my blue moon tur...

By the mill stream sits the Miller's pretty daughter Her cheeks are like the first red rose of June Her sweet voice sounds just like the rippling water As so tenderly she hums an old love tune But soon her song of joy has turned to sorrow Her sweetheart now h...

The cattle prowled and the coyotes howled Out on the Great Divide I never done no wrong, just singing a song As down the trail I ride The rattlesnakes rattle at the prairie dogs Don't you hear that mournful tune For it's roundup time away out West When the cac...

I left the one that love in the mountains And all the love we shared But each night as she kneels by her bed side I know she calls my name in her prayer When the moon shines on the Blue Ridge mountains And it seems I can hear my sweetheart call How I long to...

McKinley hollered , McKinley squalled Doc said "McKinley I can't find the cause You're bound to die, you're bound to die" Doc told the horse, he'd throw down his rein He said to the horse you gotta outrun this train From Buffalo to Washington The doc came a-...

You'll never find another guy That loves you more than I can do You'll never love another man, oh no 'Cause I don't leave your mind more I'll never find another girl That pleases me more than you can do I'll never love another girl, oh no 'Cause you don't lea...

Oh, why oh why did you wander Why did you ever roam When you know that we always were happy All alone in our old mountain home It was down in the old Cumberland Mountains Down in the hills of Tennessee As she waited alone in the moonlight It was there that sh...

In this awful world of sorrow On this wicked path of sin Never thinking of tomorrow Or what I'd lose in the end Oh I can hear (oh I can hear) the joy bells ringing Where my friends (where my friends) and loved ones wait Oh I can hear the angels singing (sweet...

Now will you love me little darling When I'm in some other land? And you know I can't be with you Or will you be loving another man? Will you be loving another man Will you be loving another man When I return will you be waiting Or will you be loving anothe...

See that train coming round the bend, Carrying the one that I love Her beautiful body is still here on earth, But her soul has been called up above Body and Soul, Body and Soul, That's how she loved me, with Body and Soul Her beautiful hair was the purest of...

When you live in the country Everybody is your neighbor On this one thing you can rely They'll all come to see you And never, ever leave you Sayin' you all come to see us by and by Y'all come! (Y'all come!) Y'all come! (Y'all come!) Well, you all come to see...

-Solo- You tell me that you’re discontented You say that I’m always to blame But after you left me, you’re alone, Dear I’ve been blue but I won’t be the same Refrain: You live in a world all your own A world that I wished we could share But I guess it’s too...

I tried to tell you how I loved you And I tried to tell you night and day But when I'm gone no more to see you Honey you won't be satisfied that way I'll leave you now if you don't want me I'll leave you anytime you say But when I'm gone no more to see you Ho...

All your life you've lived a sinner the bright way you've never trod You're drifting away you're drifting away When you come to cross the river and you haven't met with God You're drifting away you're drifting away You're drifting away you're drifting away On...