Ramblin' Jack Elliott piosenki

Take a trip with me in nineteen thirteen To Calumet, Michigan, in the copper country. I'll take you to a place called Italian Hall Where the miners are having their big Christmas ball. I'll take you through a door, and up a high stairs. Singing and dancing is...

I'm walking down this track, I've got tears in my eyes, Trying to read a letter from my home. If this train runs me right I'll be home tomorrow night. I'm nine hundred miles from my home. And I hate to hear that lonesome whistle blow. I'll pawn you my watch A...

In the twilight glow I see her Blue eyes cryin' in the rain. When we kissed goodbye and parted, I knew we'd never meet again. Love is like a dying ember; Only memories remain. Thru the ages I'll remember Blue eyes cryin' in the rain. Someday when we meet up...

Well the cukoo is a pretty bird, and she warbles as she flies But the Cukoo never warbles till the 5th day of July I've gambled in England, and I've gambled in Spain If I have gambled, I'll win you next game My oh, huh, huh, huh I'll build me a cabin on the...

I went down to the railroad yard, watch that train come by, Knew the train would roll that day, but I did not know what time. I did not know what time, boys, did not know what time. Knew the train would roll that day but I did not know what time. Good mornin...

Death don't have no mercy in this land Death don't have no mercy in this land He'll come to your house, but he won't stay long Look in the bed, and you'll find your mother gone Death don't have no mercy in this land Death don't take a vacation in this land De...

Now there's a man you'll hear about Most anywhere you go, And his holdings are in Texas And his name is Diamond Joe. And he carries all his money In a diamond-studded jar. He never took much trouble With the process of the law. I hired out to Diamond...

Well it ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe, If'n you don't know by now. It ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe. It'll never do, somehow. When the rooster crows at the break of dawn look out your window and I'll be gone You're the reason I'm traveli...

I was born in East Virginia North Carolina I did go There I met the fairest maiden Her name and age I did not know I don't want the greenback dollar I don't want the big silver chain All I want is your love darling Won't you please come back again Last night...

I hear the train a-comin', it's rollin round the bend, And I ain't seen the sunshine since... I don't know when. I'm stuck in Folsom Prison and time keeps dragging on, But that train keeps a-rollin', on down to San Anton. When I was just a baby my mama told m...

Well, if you're travelin' in the north country fair, Where the winds hit heavy on the borderline, Remember me to one who lives there. She once was a true love of mine. Well, if you go when the snowflakes storm, When the rivers freeze and summer ends, Please s...

I’m gonna walk the Streets of Glory I’m gonna walk the Streets of Glory Some of these days hallelujah I’m gonna walk the Streets of Glory Gonna walk the Streets of Glory Some of these days I’m gonna sit at the welcome table I’m gonna sit at the welcome...

When you're lost in the rain in Juarez And it's Eastertime too And your gravity fails And negativity don't pull you through Don't put on any airs When you're down on Rue Morgue Avenue They got some hungry women there And they really make a mess outa you Now i...

Busted flat in Baton Rouge, headin' for the trains, feelin' nearly faded as my jeans. Bobby thumbed a diesel down just before it rained, took us all the way to New Orleans. Took my harpoon out of my dirty red bandana and was blowin' sad while Bobby sang the bl...

I've seen it all boys -- I've been all over. Been everywhere in the whole wide world. I rode the high line with old blind Darby. I danced real slow with Ida Jane. I was full of wonder when I left Murfreesboro. Now I am full of hollow on Maxwell street... And I...

Come gather round me children, a story i will tell of pretty boy floyd, an outlaw, oklahoma knew him well. was in the town of shawnee on a saturday afternoon his wife beside him in the wagon as into town they rode. a deputy sheriff approached them in a manner...

Railroad Bill, Railroad Bill He never worked, and he never will, And it's ride, ride, ride. Railroad Bill's a mighty mean man Shot the light out of the poor brakeman's hand Railroad Bill, up on a hill Lightin' a seegar with a ten-dollar bill. Railroad Bill...

Backwater rising, Southern peoples can't make no time I said, backwater rising, Southern peoples can't make no time And I can't get no hearing from that Memphis girl of mine Water in Arkansas, people screaming in Tennessee Oh, people screaming in Tennessee If...

I'm a roving gambler, And I gamble down in town. Whenever I meet with a deck of cards, I lay my money down, Boys, I lay my money down I've gambled up in Washington, Gambled down in Maine, I'm on my way to Georgia To knock down my last game, Boys, knock down m...

When the postman delivered the letter Well, it filled her old heart full of joy But she didn't know 'til she read the inside It was the last one from her darling boy "Dear Mom," was the way that it started "I miss you so much," it went on "And, Mom, I didn't...