Johnny Horton

Well today I'm so weary Today I'm so blue Sad and broken hearted And it's all because of you Life was so sweet, dear Life was a song But now you've gone and left me Oh, where do I belong And it's all for the love Of a dear little girl All for the love That s...

In the southern part of Texas, in the town of San Antone is a fortress all in ruins, that weeds have overgrown. You may look in vain for crosses, and you'll never see a-one, but sometimes between the setting and the rising of the sun you can hear a...

The sun shown bright and clear that day We all left Washington To lick the Rebel boys in grey At the Battle of Bull Run They came from Pennsylvania and some from Maryland To see the Rebel boys get spanked by Honest Abe's broad hand We said we'll run ‘em to...

Well, A Cherokee chief as he dances along Sings an Indian boogie to a white man's song Singin' "Hey-ho-a-lina" "Hey-ho-a-lina" Singin' "Hey-ho-a-lina "Hey-ho-a-lina" Singin' "hey-ho-a-lina" oh oh no it's in our heads Well, he dances over here and he dance...

Coal, smoke, valve oil and steam My heart is sad, I'm living in dreams I can't tell why I love the smell Of coal, smoke, valve oil and steam I worked for the railroad all of my life To make a home, for my Darlin' wife But now, I'm retired and feelin' so low W...

The battle was over at Custer's last stand And taps were sounding for all the brave men While one lone survivor wounded and weak Comanche the Brave Horse laied at the General's feet Comanche you fought hard Comanche you tried You were a good soldier...

chorus: and a million lies (repeat) your counterfeit love lets you falsify with the broken vows and a million lies (repeated) when i want to love you you're always so cold, but others tell me you're so warm to hold. but... chours...and a million lies (repea...

I like that devilish love light in my Darlin's eyes I like that devilish smile that made me wise When I put my arms around her, she seemed just a little bit shy But still I had that devilish love light in her eyes -Solo- When I saw that devilish love light i...

(I'm done rovin', I'm gonna settle down) I'm done rovin' down this lonesome road Found my treasure at the end of love's rainbow I found the love for which I'm pinin' Pretty as a rainbow, her love was shining I'm done rovin' down this lonesome road I'm done r...

I came home and I found you in the arms of a friend Why didn't I leave you when I saw you kissin' him You ask me to forgive you and you try to make amens But everytime I'm kissing you I think of you kissing him You said it didn't mean a thing you even said I w...

I didn't know my baby loved me so until that letter come to let me know Now I pack my bags and then I'll go and catch the first train I see headin'south If I got this letter in Idaho where snow's so deep it wouldn't let me go I'd went hog wild and melted all...

When I was a little boy, bare-footed, I'd like to go In the spring or summertime, there was no ice or snow When I was tired and nearly dead, these are the words that Mamma said Go and wash those dirty feet before you go to bed When I would get out off school,...

When the moon comes over Old Smokey I hear a lonesome hound-dog wail I know, it's time to grab my hat and coat For Old Gobbler's hit the trail It's up through the hollow and down through the draw The pine-trees begin to sing They ring out the music of an old...

From old Montana down to Alabam I've been before and I'll travel again You triflin' women can't keep a good man down You dealt the cards but you missed a play so hit the road and be on your way Gonna board the Golden Rocket and leave this town Well hear her t...

I love the brunets the red heads and blonde haired gals Yeah I done it since I don't know when Use to go down the line and love 'em all then I'd start all over again I'd start all over again I've got the bull by the horns on a downhill drag Things are better...

The fiddles are squeakin' The guitars are speakin' The piano plays a jelly-roll The man on the drum is out from dumb And the bassman - he plays from his soul The tables are quakin' And your nerves are shakin' But you keep on beggin' for more You keep a hav...

I'm a honky tonk man And I can't seem to stop. I love to give the girls a whirl To the music of an old jukebox, But, when my money's all gone, I'm on the telephone, Hollerin', "Hey, hey, mama, can your daddy come home?" I'm livin' fast and a-dangerous...

Honkytonk Man Johnny Horton (J. Hausey, T. Franks, J. Horton) Johnny Horton's Greatest Hits transcribed by Awcantor@aol.com I'm a honkytonk man and I can't seem to stop I love to give the girls a whirl to the music of an old jukebox But when my mone...

Well I went out a fishin' to make a little more. To take to Catelina so we could have some fun. On the way back, I knocked a hole in my bow. I got a hole in my pirogue, I can't go see my gal. The purtiest sight that you ever have seen Is a moonlight nig...

I just don't like this kind of livin' I'm tired of doin' all the givin' I give my all and sit and yearn and get no lovin' in return And I just don't like this kind of livin' Why do we stay together if we always fuss and fight You ain't never done to be wrong...

I love you baby, I don't mean maybe You drive me crazy Well, I'm begging you on my hands and knees Keep a loving me, baby please I've been with you both night and day Even while your away Yeah, I love you so much inside it hurts Even though it's your heart t...

If you told me that you loved me I'd feel so proud If you let me hold you honey I'd holler out loud. I'll never love another, even if I can. Oh come to me baby, I'm a one-woman man. Oh wantcha let me baby just to kind of hang around. I'll always love ya honey...

I'M COMING HOME Get your face all pretty and your hair done right Cause we're gonna do the town tonight Well I'm comin' into town and right on time I still got your lovin' on my mind I'm a coming home I gotta make some love I'm a coming home sweet turtle do...

Oh, there's a big bright moon above And the night's just made for love Baby, I'm ready if you're willin' If that twinkle in your eye Is a-darin' me to try, Baby, I'm ready if you're willin' Baby, can't you see I'm a-waitin' For you to make up your mind? There...

In my home in Shelby County, down there 'n Memphis Tennessee She's a hundred pound of sugar, a-waiting there for me The one I picked from love's boat kept to raise our fam'ly tree In my home in Shelby County, down there 'n Memphis Tennessee I love it in the s...

Once there was a mountain man who couldn't write his name, Yet he deserves a front row seat in history's hall of fame. He forgot more about the Indians than we will ever know. He spoke the language of the Sioux, the Blackfoot, and the Crow. Let's drink t...

There was a Yankee Cornel in 1862 Who fell in Love with a southern belle where the sweet magnolias bloom He wondered why folks laughed at him when he went ridin' by But little did he know that she was a courtin' on the sly. Joe's been a gettin' there Joe'...

When our country was a baby and the redcoats had their way, It was he who had a party tossing tea in Boston Bay. It was he who braved the winter in the days of Valley Forge, Fighting side by side together with a fella name of George. Johnny Freedom, John...

You fought all the way, Johnny Reb, Johnny Reb. You fought all the way, Johnny Reb. Saw you a-marchin' with Robert E Lee. You held your head high tryin' to win the victory. You fought for your folks, but you didn't die in vain. Even though you lost, th...

It's a long rocky road that has no turnin' When the one you love proves untrue You just sit home alone by your telephone Cryin' your heart out for someone proves untrue It's a long rocky road that has no turnin' Teardrops on my pillow tell me so There's no us...

I'm a rolling stone all alone and lost for a life of sin I have paid the cost When I pass by all the people say he's just another guy on the lost highway I was just a lad nearly twenty two neither good nor bad just a kid like you And now I'm lost too late to...

LOVER'S ROCK WRITER DAVE BURGESS Now there's a little place that I know about I go there with my baby everytime I take her out We park by the rock and watch the lights down below And I tell her things that she ought to know They call it Lover's rock, they cal...

The mansion I own has captured your heart You said it was love dear but you lied from the start I wanted true love but you wanted my gold Someday you'll be sorry for the lies that you told You've stolen my heart and you cheated on me But someday my darling I...

I'm a guy that likes his fun And when I fight, you'd better run I'm a mean, mean, mean son of a gun I'm goin' down in a middle of town I'm goin' to shoot the first man down I'm a mean, mean, mean son of a gun My skin is hot as leather I'm as tough as any man...

(Mr Moonlight) [ guitar ] Nobody really cares where the moon goes to dawn Just as long as it's around when the sun goes down then it's nothing wrong Mr Moon and me and baby makes three we're just like one big family Everything is right when you're shining brig...

Way up north ( North to Alaska) Way up north ( North to Alaska) North to Alaska They're goin' North, the rush is on. North to Alaska, They're goin' North, the rush is on. Big Sam left Seattle in the year of nineteen-two With George Pratt, his partner, and bro...

High on the mountain tell me what you see Bear tracks bear tracks lookin' back at me Better get your rifle boy before it's too late Cause 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 Runnin'...

OUT IN NEW MEXICO Recorded by: Johnny Horton Writer: Johnny Horton [D] It was in the town of Griffin In the [A] year of [D] '83 (stays in D until last line) It was there an old cow-puncher Stepped up and said to me How do you do, young fellow And ho...

Johnny Horton O'Leary's Cow CHORUS: October eighteen seventy one That's when this great big fire be-gun The windy city was a ball of flame And O'Leary's cow was the one to blame. The firemen fought for days on end They could fight the fire but th...

Now this here's the story about the Rock Island Line Now the Rock Island Line she run down into New Orleans Just before you get into New Orleans why they got a big toll gate Where you gotta pay the man just so much Course,if you got certain things on board yo...

There it stands in the corner with the barrel so straight I looked out the window and over the gate The big, fat rabbits are a-jumpin' in the grass Wait'll they hear my old shotgun blast Shotgun Boogie, I done saw your tracks Look out Mr. Rabbit When I co...

In May of 1941, the war had just begun. The Germans had the biggest ship that had the biggest guns. The Bismarck was the fastest ship that ever sailed the sea. On her decks were guns as big as steers and shells as big as trees. Out of the cold and foggy...

Well a-way down yonder on the Candy Creek I whittled out a fiddle from my wagon seat. I fiddled my fiddle and I rubbed my bow Play a little tune wherever I go. Sleepy-eyed John, you better your britches on Sleepy-eyed John, better tie your shoe. Sleepy-eyed J...

Way down south, where the whippoorwills call There's gonna be a jubilee Folks will come from miles around to share their company There's all-day singing and dinner on the ground And when the day is through, there's be sound contentment At Smokey Joe's barbeque...

When the last sole flicker of the sun goes down And they turn the lights on all over town That's when you see me walkin' Broad and Main I'm gonna see my sugar coated baby I'm just like a kitten, playin' with a string When I'm a-holdin' that pretty little thin...

I'm a-livin' on the other side Of the track, it's true But like it or not, I'm just as good as you If I see you comin' with your head held so high Don't you worry 'bout me speaking, I'll pass you right on by This world is full of money, But I haven't got a di...

In 1814 we took a little trip Along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississip' We took a little backon and we took a little beans And we caught the bloody British in the town of New Orleans Chours: We fried our guns and the British kept a'comin' T...

Oh, well, I bought me a donkey, about four foot tall To plough my cotton in the early fall He's runnin' around, it was an awful sin I had to build a fence to keep my donkey in I rigged up a wire with a battery charge To keep my donkey from a-running at large...

I didn't know my baby loved me so until that letter come to let me know Now I pack my bags and then I'll go and catch the first train I see headin'south If I got this letter in Idaho where snow's so deep it wouldn't let me go I'd went hog wild and melted all...

From old Montana down to Alabam I've been before and I'll travel again You triflin' women can't keep a good man down You dealt the cards but you missed a play so hit the road and be on your way Gonna board the Golden Rocket and leave this town Well hear her t...

The mansion I own Has kept your heart. You said it was love, dear, But you lied from the start. I wanted true love, wanted true love, But you wanted my gold, only my gold. Someday you'll be sorry For the lies that you told, that you told. You've st...

Johnny Horton The Sinking of the Rueben James What were their names, tell me what were their names? Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James? Have you heard of a ship called that good Reuben James? Manned by hard-fighting men both of honor and...

I I ou I I I ou I I ou Oh wagon trains rollin' along they fade from my visions and in time will be gone I see an eagle in space my people will follow oh oh a vanishing race I I ou I I I ou I I ou An Indian brave rolled along one day on a lonely mountain trail...

Give me my cycle with star-filled sky above And a good lookin' woman with a heart full of love I'll go to any honky in any old town cause I am the wild one and I'll never settle down I am the wild one I am the wild one I am the wild one I'll never settle down...

If today the sun should set on all my hopes and cares There is one who's smiling face the Gods would see Cause she'll walk along beside me up to golden stairs Oh they'll never ever take her love from me What a fool I was to go and break the trust she gave And...

I mushed from Port Barren through a blizzard of snow Been out prospecting for two years or so Pulled into Fairbanks the city was a boon So I took a little stroll to the Red Dog Saloon As I walked in the door the music was clear The prettiest voice I had heard...

The snowflakes fall as winter calls And time just seems to fly. Is it the loneliness in me That makes me wanna cry? My heart is sad like a mourning dove That's lost its mate in flight. Hear the cooing of his lonely heart Through the stillness of the n...

Words can cause a love to tumble Jealous words are so unkind Words can cause a heart to stumble Or they make a waste of time Refrain: Words are sweet when your love speaks them With your heart and with your eyes Words can make your darlin' happy Or they make...