Dick Curless

I am a pilgrim and a stranger Traveling through this wearisome land And I've got a home in that yonder city, good Lord And it's not (good Lordy it's not) not made by hand I got a mother, a sister and a brother Who have gone to that sweet home And I am determi...

I heard the front door closing softly As I awakened from my sleep With the last touch of her kips, Lord Like a whisper on my cheek And I cursed the sun for risin' 'Cause the worst, Lord, was yet to come 'Cause this morning, she's just leavin' But, come s...

Oh, give me land, lots of land under starry skies above Don't fence me in Let me ride through the wide open country that I love Don't fence me in Let me be by myself in the evenin' breeze And listen to the murmur of the cottonwood trees Send me off forever bu...

Forever and ever I'll love you I swear by the stars up above you There never will be any other I'll love you forever and ever The sun may stop shining in heaven the salty old sea may run dry The Man in the Moon may stop smiling but I'll always be by your side...

What a beautiful thought I am thinking Concerning a great speckled bird Remember her name is recorded On the pages of God's Holy Word. All the other birds are flocking 'round her And she is despised by the squad But the great speckled bird in the Bible Is one...

Do not forsake me, oh my darlin' On this, our weddin' day Do not forsake me, oh my darlin' Wait, wait along I do not know what fate awaits me I only know I must be brave And I must face a man who hates me Or lie a coward, a craven coward Or lie a cowa...

Oh give me a home where the buffalo roam Where the deer and the antelope play Where seldom is heard a discouraging word And the skies are not cloudy all day Home home on the range Oh give me a land where the bright diamond Sand flows lazyly down the stream Whe...

I ain't got nobody, and nobody cares for me! That's why I'm sad and lonely, Won't somebody come and take a chance with me? I'll sing you love songs, baby, all the time, If you'll only say you'll be sweet gal of mine, Oh, I ain't got nobody, nobody cares for m...

Yes it means I'm in love again Had no lovin' since you know when You know I love you, yes I do And I'm savin' all my lovin' just for you Need your lovin' and I need it bad Just like a dog when he's goin' mad Hoo-ee baby hoo-ee Baby won't you give your love to...

In a nineteen fifty seven blue and green two door sedan We divided all we own and I've packed all I can The back seat's piled high with things in the front seat Tears are flowin' And I'm drivin' down a lonely road without a single thought to where we're goin'...

Trailers for sale or rent rooms to left fifty cents No phone no pool no pets I ain't got no cigarettes Ah but two hours of pushing brooms buys a eight by twelve four bit room I'm a man of means by no means a king of the road Third bocxcar midnight train desti...

Git along little doggie, git along Git along little doggie, git along I'm heading for the last roundup Gonna saddle old Paint for the last time and ride So long, old pal, it's time your tears were dried I'm heading for the last roundup. [Chorus] Git along li...

Look down, look down that lonesome road Before you travel on. Look up, look up and meet your maker, Before Gabriel blows his horn. Life is weary, totin' such a load, Travelin' down that lonesome road, Look down (look down) look down (look down) that lonesome...

I got a feelin' called the blues, oh, Lord Since my baby said goodbye Lord, I don't know what I'll do All I do is sit and sigh, oh, Lord The last long day she said goodbye, Lord I thought I would cry She'll do me, she'll do you, she's got that kind of lovin'...

Marianne, oh, Marianne, oh, won't you marry me? We can have a bamboo hut and brandy in the tea Leave your fat old mamma home, she never will say yes If mama don't know now, she can guess My, my, yes All day, all night, Marianne Down by the sea side siftin' s...

Turpentine and dandelion wine I've turned the corner and I'm doin' fine Shootin' at the birds on the telephone line Pickin' em off with this gun of mine I got a fire in my belly And a fire in my head Goin' higher and higher Until I'm dead Sister Sue, she's sh...

No one will ever know my heart is breaking Although a million teardrops start to flow I'll cry myself to sleep and wake up smiling I'll miss you but no one will ever know I'll tell them we grew tired of each other And realize our dreams could never be I'll ev...

Everybody's going out and having fun I'm just a fool for staying home and having none I can't get over how she set me free Oh lonesome me A bad mistake I'm making bout just hanging round I know that I should have some fun an paint the town A love sick f...

On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross, The emblem of suffering and shame; And I love that old cross where the dearest and best For a world of lost sinners was slain. So I'll cherish the old rugged cross, Till my trophies at last I lay down; I will clin...

From this valley they say you are going We will miss your bright eyes and sweet smile For they say you are taking the sunshine That has brightened our pathways awhile Come and sit by my side, if you love me Do not hasten to bid me adieu Just remember the Red...

Looked cloudy in the west and it looked like rain Round the curve came a passenger train North bound train on the southbound track He's alright a leavin' but he won't be back Well the Rock Island Line she's a mighty good road Rock Island Line it's a road to...

Rock of Ages cleft for me Let me hide myself in thee Rock of Ages, cleft for me Let me hide myself in thee Let the water and the blood From thy riven side which flowed Be of sin the double cure Cleanse me from it's guilt and power Nothing in my hand I bring...

If I sent a rose to you For every time you made me blue You'd have a room full of roses If I sent a rose of white For every time I cried all night You'd have a room full of roses And if you took the petals And you took them all apart You'd be tearing at the r...

Deep within my heart lies a melody A song of old San Antone Where in dreams I live with a memory Beneath the stars all alone It was there I found beside the Alamo Enchantment strange as the blue up above A moonlit pass that only she would know Still hears my b...

Well, listen here, girls, I'm telling you now, They call me loving Dan, I'll rock 'em, roll 'em all night long I'm a sixty-minute man. And if you don't believe I'm all I say, Come up and take my hand. As soon as I leave you go, you'll cry "Oh yeah, he's a six...

Well it was down in Big Kid's barroom a corner beyond the square Everybody drinking liquor the regular crowd was there I walked on out to the corner begin looking around Looking for my baby but my baby couldn't found I walked passed St James Infirmary and I...

As I walked out in the streets of Laredo, As I walked out in Laredo one day, I spied a young cowboy wrapped up in white linen, Wrapped in white linen as cold as the clay. "Oh beat the drums slowly and play the fife lowly; Singy the Death March as you carry...

Come along boys and listen to my tale, I'll tell you of my troubles on the old Chisholm trail. Come a ti yi yippee, come a ti yi yea, Come a ti yi yippee, come a ti yi yea. Oh, a ten-dollar hoss and a forty-dollar saddle, And I'm goin' to punchin' Texas catt...

What a Friend we have in Jesus, all our sins and griefs to bear! What a privilege to carry everything to God in prayer! O what peace we often forfeit, O what needless pain we bear, All because we do not carry everything to God in prayer. Have we trials and te...

The ceremony was over A lad stood alone in tears For he had just said goodbye To the one he had loved through the years. He stood all alone with his head bowed down As though his heart would break Then the parson came over and took his hand And to him these wo...

I don't like you, but I love you, Seems that I'm always thinking of you. Oh, oh, oh, you treat me badly, I love you madly, you really got a hold on me. You really got a hold on me, baby, I don't want you, but I need you, Don't want to kiss you, but I need you....