Chad Mitchell Trio

Funeral Directors of America, I am very deeply honored standing here, receiving this token of your esteem, "The Funeral Director of the Year." Now I've been asked by all the delegates, and members of the board, to tell you of the funeral that won me this a...

Spanish is the loving tongue, soft as music, light as spray. ‘Twas a girl I learned it from living down Sonora way. I don’t look much like a lover, yet I say her love-words over often when I’m all alone: Mi amor, mi corazon! Moonlight on the patio, o...

Ain't No More Cane On This Brazos Chad Mitchell Trio Album: "Singing Our Minds" Ain't no more cane on this Brazos by the buoy. Oh, oh, oh. Well, we done ground it all to molasses. Oh, oh, oh. When I came down here had a number for my name. Oh, oh, o...

Alberta, let your hair hang low Alberta, let your hair hang low I'll give you more gold Than your apron can hold If you'll only let your hair hang low Alberta, don't you treat me unkind Alberta, don't you treat me so unkind You keep me so worried You...

You've heard of the story Alice Told without any malice Alice is fond of Algernon And there's no wondering For Algy is quite a handsome lad A handsome lad, a handsome lad Except for one little thing His skin, chagrin It's veined and spotted and speckl...

One final word about Alice Told without any malice Alice broke off with Algernon And there's no wondering Now Algy is just a memory A memory, a memory, a memory Except for one litle thing. Tra la la la lal la la, tra la la la la la la Tra la la, tra la...

[Spoken] The Mitchell Trio had its beginning when we were still in College, and we found that in traveling throughout the Country, and singing for groups just such as this one, that too often we forget, as many young college men and women seem to be doing...

[Spoken] The question is, are the Africans and Africa prepared for independence? Do they have enough delinquents among their juvenile descendants? Can they fill their air with smog enough, their rivers with pollutions? Are the citizens evolved enough for m...

As I walked out one May morning To take a pleasant air I saw a pretty girl walking by With roses in her hair I stepped right up and I said to her Pretty girl, I think you're grand She answered me and said, of course I come from Ireland I come from Irel...

Do you want to know a secret Just between you and me I don't know where I'm going Don't know what I wanna be But that's another side of this life I've been leading But that's another side of this life Maybe I'll go to Nashville Sunny Tennessee This...

How many roads must a man walk down Before you'll call him a man Yes and how many seas must a white dove sail Before she sleeps in the sand Yes and how many times must the cannonballs fly Before they're forever banned The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the...

CHORUS: D Am D Am When the sun comes up in the mornin', D Am in the mornin', up in the mornin'. D Am When the sun comes up in the mornin' D blues around my head. [Repeat chorus] Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh Got the blues and I'm feelin' so lonely, oh so lon...

There once was a troop, of Irish Dragoons, Come marching down through Fyve-io. And the Captain fell in love, with a very bonny lass, As we marched through the bonny streets of Fyve-io The Captain's name was Ned, he was the pride of the Regiment, The bonn...

I Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound Chad Mitchell Trio It's a long and a dusty road. It's a hard and a heavy load And the folks we meet ain't always kind. Some are bad and some are good. Some have done the best they could. Some have tried to ease our tr...

Do you remember days not so many years ago When the world was run by people twice your size And the days were full of laughter and the nights were full of stars And when you grew tired you could close your eyes Yes the stars were were there for wishing an...

When Joseph was an old man An old man was he He married Virgin Mary The Queen of Galilee He married Virgin Mary The Queen of Galilee Joseph and Mary Walked through an orchard green Where were apples and cherries As thick as might be seen Where were...

If I look like home to you, if I am your sign Don't try to understand it, baby, when I draw the line It hasn't come to this that you can say I waste my time Looking everywhere, going nowhere For the skies they look so lazy now, heavy are the clouds There...

Come Along Home Chad Mitchell Trio Album: "At The Bitter End" [Chorus:] Come along, won't you come along home now. Night is falling and the path is steep. Come along, won't you come along home now. Water's running and the river is deep. [M:] Last...

Come along, won't you come along home now Night is falling and the path is steep Come along, won't you come along home now Water's running and the river is deep Last night I heard a sweet voice callin' Come along, won't you come along home Wind on the r...

On a wagon bound for market There's a calf with a mournful eye High above him there's a swallow Winging swiftly through the sky How the winds are laughing They laugh with all their might Laugh and laugh the whole day through And half the summer's night...

[Spoken] Dubarry was a man who was in and out of jail from Texas to Tennessee and from Oklahoma to Alabama. When you asked a warden "How's Dubarry?", all he'd say was: "Dubarry? Dubarry done gone again." Dubarry done gone again Dubarry done gone again...

Sholom Aleichem Sholom Aleichem Hava nagila Hava nagila Hava nagila venis'mecha The Vatican has made it official Us Jews didn't kill Jesus They shouldn't blame us We're not responsible As for me, last night I had my first good night of sleep In two...

I'll walk in the rain by your side I'll cling to the warmth of your hand I'll do anything to keep you satisfied I'll love you more than anybody can And the wind will whisper your name to me Little birds will sing along in time The leaves will bow down w...

Four strong winds that blow lonely Seven seas that run high All those things that don't change come what may But our good times are all gone And I'm bound for moving on I look for you if I'm ever back this way Think I'll go out to Alberta Weather's goo...

Love is but the song we sing Fear's the way we die You can make the mountains ring Or make the angels cry Know that love is on the wing You need not know why Come on people now Get together Smile upon your brother And love one another right now Som...

You know, there's been a lot of talk going around that a good friend of ours, and I'm sure a good friend of yours, is missing. Now I don't know if there's any truth in that statement or not, but we, the Mitchell Trio, would like to say this about that God...

Oh there was a lofty ship and she sailed on the sea And the name of that ship it was the Golden Vanity But she feared she would be taken by a Turkish enemy As she sailed on the lowland lowland low She sailed upon the lowland sea Then up steps a cabin boy...

Green grow the lilacs, all sparkling with dew Green grow the lilacs, and green is their hue Each lilac of green turns to one that is blue Love, like the lilacs, can change colors too I used to have a young love as soft as the snow In springtime and summe...

The scene was in the jailhouse, and if curfew rang that night Nell's dad in number 13 cell would go out like a light She knew her dad was innocent, so plucky Little Nell She tied her tender torso to the clapper of the bell Hang on the bell, Nellie, hang o...

Fare ye well, ye banks of Sicily Fare ye well, ye valley and shore There's no Scot will mourn the loss o' ya Poor bloody soldiers are weary The pipie's all tuned and he's piping away He'll not come to town for his vino today The sky is like Antrim all c...

I just got off of that sin-bound train You know I'm never gettin' on again I feel so good about it Must tell the world about it Want to jump and shout it Talk to my friends about it I'm just so happy, Lord, I don't know what I'll do People stop and as...

If I gave you fields of clover Beds of flowers, pink and blue Crowns of laurel, walls of ivy Would you let me walk with you If I gave you prides of lions Teams of horses, two by two And a school of flying fishes Would you let me dance with you A pala...

This song is written by Tom Paxton, but he had never sung it. The late Mitchell Trio (Denver, Boise & Johnson) sang this song in some concerts, such as The Philadelphia Folk Festival Concert & The Bistro Inn Concert. If you had me in shackles on a du...

A young man rode with his head held high Under the Texas sun And no one guessed that a man so blessed Would perish by the gun A shot rang out like a sudden shout And heaven held its breath And the dreams of a multitude of men Went with him to his death...

[Spoken] Do you worry about Vietnam? Do you fear the NATO split? Do you dream about the national debt? That doesn't help a bit! Don't fear Red China's bomb threat, don't cry for the old UN Just remember that the republicans are coming back again They know that...

James James Morrison Morrison Weatherby George Dupree Took great care of his mother, though he was only three James James said to his mother "Mother," he said, said he "Don't ever go down to the end of the town if you don't go down with me Don't ever go do...

Jesse James was a man, and he traveled in the land He stopped on the Rocky Mountain shore Well he stole from the rich, and he gave to the poor But I’ll never see my Jesse anymore. CHORUS Oh, I don’t know where my poor old Jesse’s gone Oh, I don’t know w...

When Johnny comes marching home again, Hurrah! Hurrah! We'll give him a hearty welcome then, Hurrah! Hurrah! The men will cheer, the boys will shout, The ladies they will all turn out, And we'll all be there, When Johnny comes marching home. When Johnn...

Last night I had the strangest dream I never dreamed before I dreamed the world had all agreed To put an end to war I dreamed I saw a mighty room And the room was filled with men And the papers they were signing said They'd never fight again And when...

Way down in Columbus, Georgia I want to go back in Tennessee Way down in Columbus Stockade My friends all turned their backs on me Well you can go and leave me if you want to Never let it cross your mind If in your heart you love another You can leave...

All my bags are packed; I',m ready to go. I'm standing here outside your door. I hate to wake you up to say goodbye. But the dawn is breakin'; it's early morn. The taxi's waitin'; he's blowin' his horn Already I'm so lonesome I could cry. So kiss me and smile...

[Spoken] One very exciting area of folk idiom and folk music to us has always been the hatchet murders in Massachusetts. And I think that this quaint bit of suburban living can best be explained through the use of our poet laureate, Joe Frazier: Elizabet...

I'm a long tall texan, I ride a big white horse He rides through Texas on big, white horse I'm a long tall texan, I ride a big white horse He rides through Texas on a big, white horse People look at me and say Hurrah, Hurrah, is that your horse? Yeah I...

(Molodezhnaya) Vyotsia dymka zolotaya pridorozhnaya Oi ty, radost' molodaya, nevozmozhnaya Tochno nebo, vysoka ty Tochno more, shiroka ty Neobyatnaya doroga molodezhnaya Ei, gryanem, sil'nee Podtyanem, druzhnee Tochno nebo, vysoka ty Tochno more, sh...

There’s a sundown girl, her name is Mandy Lane She’s a free-livin’ mama on a high-level plane Gentleman calls at her front gate You can hear him holler both early and late Keep on truckin’ mama, truckin’ till the break of day I said keep on truckin’ mama...

I remember down in Galveston, When storm winds swept the town, The high tides from the ocean, Lord, Put water all around. [Chorus:] Wasn't that a mighty day, (a mighty day) a mighty day (a mighty day) a mighty day, great God that morning When the storm...

Nje slyshný fsadú dázhe sharakhjí Fsjo zdjesj zamjirló da utrá Jésljip ználji vy kak mnje daragjí Padmaskóvnyje vjechirá Jésljip ználji vy kak mnje daragjí Padmaskóvnyje vjichirá Stosh ty mílaja smótrjish iskasá Njíska gólavu naklanjá Trúdna výskazatj...

Hey Mr Tambourine Man, play a song for me I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to Hey Mr Tambourine Man, play a song for me In the jingle jangle morning I'll come followin' you I can hear vague traces of skippin' reels of rhyme To your tambourine in...

Well my name is Willie Morgan, and I’m a hard-luck workin’ man The motto of my whole life has been, “Be as thrifty as you can” I never use a US Air Mail stamp when a five-cent stamp’ll do And if you ask me for a dollar or two, well here’s what I’ll say to y...

You can't buy me baby with your silver You can't buy me baby with your gold And I don't care if your daddy is rich and famous I'm never never ever coming home As long as I've got my guitar in my hand As long as my pretty lady is right by my side I don't...

Once I lived the life of a millionaire Spent all my money, like I didn't a care Threatin' my friends out for a mighty good time Buying that fancy liquor, champagne and wine Then I began to fall so low I didn't have no money and no place to go If I ever get my...

[Spoken] This next song is preceded by a little ethnic tuning of some sort. This is a five string banjo, everyone else plays a four string, except, you know, he plays a five. Are you through?! When I'm on my journey, don't you grieve after me When I'm on...

One man's hands can't build a world of peace A woman's hands can't build a world of peace But if two by two we work for peace together We'll see that day come round We'll see that day come round One man's eyes can't always see the truth A woman's eyes c...

I spent my hungry young years running wild There was so much for me to do And I spent cities like a handful of change But I never quit looking for you One time and one time only Been such a long time lonely One time for all time it will be Been waiting...

Puttin' on the agony, puttin' on the style That's what all the young folks are doing all the while And as we look around us, we're very apt to smile To see so many people puttin' on the style Young man home from college makes a great display With a fancy...

Queen Elinor was a sick woman And afraid that she would die When she sent for two friars from France To come to her speedily When the King he heard the Queen had sent For friars from o'er the sea He called his noble Earl Marshal To come to him speedily...

Rabbit in a log and I can’t find my dog How will I get ‘im, I know Get me a briar and I’ll twist it in ‘is hair That’s how I’ll I get ‘im, I know I know, [I know], I know, [really I know] That’s how I’ll I get ‘im, I know Get me a briar and I’ll twist i...

Oh, we'll rally 'round the flag Yes we'll rally once again Shouting the battle cry of freedom Yes we'll rally 'round the flag And we'll rally once again Shouting the battle cry of freedom The Union forever, hurrah, boys, hurrah The Union forever, and u...

Words by Ian Tyson How come we can't talk to each other any more? Why can't you see I'm changing too? We've got by far too long to end it feeling wronged And I still share too much with you Just one great river always flowing to the sea One single riv...

Well Stewball was a race horse And he held a high head And the mane on his foretop Was as fine as silk thread His bridle was silver And his harness was gold And the price on his saddle Has never been told Well I rode him in England And I rode him in...

Come all you men of sportin' blood and listen to my story 'Tis of the noble Stewball, a gallant racing pony 'Tis also of his rider, who brought ol' Stewball over He's the diamond of the land and he rolls around in clover CHORUS Bet on Stewball, my boy, a...

(Gibson/Rieser/Rieser) Well, they called him Super Skier As he sat around the sundeck, For he swore that he would never take a spill. When they finally brought him down They had to use three toboggans To carry all the pieces down the hill. CHORUS: He w...

Chorus: Tail todle, tail todle; Tammie gart my tail todle; (some say "gars" instead of "gart") At my ae wi' diddle doddle, (or: But an' ben we diddle-doddle) Tammie gart my tail todle. Tail todle, tail todle; Tammie gart my tail todle; At my ae wi' did...

Every Fall when the leaves turn brown Friday evening rolls around I sit down in my TV chair And my face assumes a TV stare Goodbye world, goodbye family It's football time It's highlight films of last week's games Commercials starring big league names...

Tell old Bill, when he comes home this mornin' Tell old Bill, when he comes home this evenin' Tell old Bill, when he comes home To leave those downtown women alone This mornin', this evenin', so soon Bill's woman was a bakin' bread this mornin' Bill's w...

Oh, show us the way to the next whisky bar Oh, don't ask why, oh, don't ask why For we must find the next whisky bar For if we don't find the next whisky bar I tell you we must die I tell you we must die I tell you I tell you I tell you we must die O...

On the twenty third day of the month of June In the year of '54 They signed us weary whaler men To sail for Greenland's shore, brave boys, To sail for Greenland's shore. Our gallant ship her sails we set For the icy greenland ground. Well they said we'...

We've licked pneumonia and TB And plagues that used to mock us We've got the onus on the Sun The small pox cannot pock us We found the antibodies for the staphylostreptococcus But oh the universal curse From Vietnam to Corea The bug of bugs that bugs us...

The first time ever I saw your face I thought the sun rose in your eyes And the moon and the stars were the gifts you gave To the night and the empty skies my love To the night and the empty skies The first time ever I kissed your mouth I felt the earth...

The first time ever I saw your face I thought the sun rose in your eyes And the moon and the stars were the gifts you gave To the dark and the empty skies, my love To the dark and the empty skies The first time ever I kissed your mouth I felt the Earth...

Some of America's most beautiful ballads come from the land of the sagebrush and sun, the great Southwest. You've heard how us folks down in Texas Boast of our home in the West You've heard us a-sayin' in Texas That things are the biggest and best Wel...

by Michael Brown Oh, we re meetin at the courthouse at eight o clock tonight You just walk in the door and take the first turn to the right Be careful when you get there, we hate to be bereft But we re taking down the names of everybody turning left Oh, w...

When I was just a wee little lad Full of health and joy My father homeward came one night And gave to me a toy A wonder to behold it was With many colors bright And the moment I laid eyes on it It became my hearts delight [CHORUS] It went zip when i...

All over this great big city Can’t find a woman who’s nice and pretty They all look like page in a magazine Legs are long and they eat like a sparrow Figures stick to the straight and narrow Top and the bottom are same as in between CHORUS Show me a pr...

Well Eileen Orr, that's what me darlin's name is O'er the Barony her features they are famous And if we loved her, who was there to blame us For wasn't she the Pride of Petrovar? But her beauty was like to make you shy Not a livin' boy could look her in t...

Have you heard of a ship called the good Reuben James Manned by hard fighting men both of honor and of fame She flew the Stars and Stripes of the Land of the Free But tonight she's in her grave at the bottom of the sea Tell me what were their names, tell...

The bird of freedom has a golden wing And brotherhood is a commercial thing All you really need is a guitar That's all you really need to be a star The wind of change is on the way The sound of protest has begun to pay Tell them about the dream you had...

This is the story of Alice Told without any malice Alice is loved by Algernon And there's no wondering For Alice is very beautiful Is beautiful, is beautiful, is beautiful Except for one little thing Her nose, it glows It's red and it's graphic It li...

Every morning at seven o'clock There were twenty tarriers a-drilling in the rock And the boss comes along and he says keep still And come down heavy on the cast iron drill And drill ye tarriers drill Drill ye tarriers drill Well it's work all day for th...

SPOKEN INTRO The time is the present, 1963, and imagine, if you will, a scene in West Germany where my friends and I are having a little party. It's quite a private party, we're celebrating the coming holiday season, Christmas, and the new year. On the f...

There once was a lawyer they called Mr Clay He had but two clients and they wouldn't pay At last, of starvation, he grew so afraid That he courted and married a wealthy old maid At the wedding the lawyer made one big mistake 'Twas not in omitting the wine...

The Virgin Mary had a baby boy The Virgin Mary had a baby boy The Virgin Mary had a baby boy And they gave him the name of Jesus He come from the Glory He come from the Glorious Kingdom He come from the Glory He come from the Glorious Kingdom Oh yes,...

The Gypsy Rover come over the hill Down to the valley so shady He whistled and he sang Till the green woods rang And he won the heart of a lady He whistled and he sang Till the green woods rang And he won the heart of a lady She left her father's cas...

Well now friends you'll never guess it, so I really must confess it I just met the sweetest woman of my long dismal life But a friend of mine said, “Buddy, just in case your mind is muddy Don't you know that girl you're fooling with is Peg-leg Johnson's wif...

Take me to the night I'm tipping Topsy turvy turning upside down Hold me tight and whisper what you wish For there is no-one here around You may sing-song me sweet smiles Regardless of the city's careless frown Come watch the no colors fade, blazing Int...

We didn't know at all, we didn't see a thing. You can't hold us to blame, what could we do? It was a terrible shame, but we can't bear the blame. Oh, No, not us! We didn't know. We didn't know, said the Burgermeister ,"about those camp on the edge of town...

Two and two are four And four and four are eight ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP Two and two are four What did you learn in school today Dear little boys of mine What did you learn in school today Dear little boys of mine I learned that Washington never told a lie...

When I think of Elizabeth Taylor And many’s the times I do I think what that poor kid puts up with And it tears my heart in two She’s out every night in a swank cabaret Gets breakfast in bed on a solid gold tray I hear that she earns seven thousand a da...

When I was a young man I used to seek pleasure When I was a young man I used to drink ale Out of the ale house And into a jail house My body is ruined And I'm bound to die Send for the preacher To come and pray for me And send for a doctor To heal...

Which Hat Shall I Wear? – Chad Mitchell Trio Chorus: Which hat shall I wear, the red one or blue one? Which hat shall I wear to the PTA? The red hat’s becoming; the blue one’s a new one. Mary, come here. Tell me which do you say? This afternoon’s mee...

[Moderate tempo. Loud.] Dm F C The captain he looks out ahead Dm C with a hand on the wheel and the heavin' of the lead. Dm F C The bosun roars to wake the dead: Dm C Dm "Come and get your oats me son." [Refrain: "Whup" is shouted.] Dm F C Whup, j...

Oh my name it means nothin' My age it means less And the country I come from Is called the Midwest I's brought up and taught there The laws to abide And the land that I live in Has God on its side Oh the history books tell it They tell it so well The cavalrie...

You can tell the world about this You can tell the nations about that Tell'em what the master has done Tell'em that the gospel has come Tell'em that the victory's been won He brought joy, joy, joy Into my heart My Lord spoke, he spoke so well Yes he d...

Woke up this morning You were on my mind. You were on my mind I got troubles, woe-woe I got worries, woe-woe I got wounds to bind. So I went to the corner Just to ease my pain I said, just to ease my pain. I got troubles, woe-woe I got worries, wo...

Is there a klavern in your town? (In your town) If not, then why not have us down? (Have us down) You'll never recognize us, there's a smile upon our face We're changin' all our dirty sheets and a cleanin' up the place Yep, since we got a lawyer and a pub...