1.The Race Is On
I feel tears welling up from down deep inside,
Like my heart's got a big break
And a stab of loneliness sharp and painful that i may never
shake.
You might think that i'm taking it hard since you broke me off
with a call,
You might wager that i'll hide in sorrow and i might lay right
down and bawl.
Now the race is on and here comes pride up the back stretch,
Heartaches a goin' to the inside, my tears are holding back,
tryin' not to fall.
My heart's our of the running, true love scratched for another's
sake,
The race is on and it looks like heartaches, and the winner
loses all.
One day i ventured in love never once suspecting
What the final result would be.
Now i live in fear of waking up each morning,
And finding that you're gone from me.
There's an aching pain in my heart for the name of the one that
i hated to face,
Someone else came out to win her, and i came out in second
place.
2.Monkey And The Engineer
Once upon a time there was an engineer.
Drove a locomotive both far and near.
Accompanied by a monkey that would sit on a stool
Watching everything the engineer would do
One day the engineer wanted a bite to eat,
He left the monkey sitting on the driver's seat,
The monkey pulled the throttle, the locomotive jumped the gun
And did 80 miles an hour down the mainline run.
Big locomotive right on time, big locomotive coming down the
line.
Big locomotive no. 99, left the engineer with a worried mind.
The engineer called up the dispatcher on the phone,
To tell him all about his locomotive was gone.
Dispatcher got on the wire, switch operator to the right,
Cause the monkey's got the main line sewed up tight.
The switch operator got the message on time,
Said there's a northbound livin' on the same main line,
Open up the switch i'm gonna let him through the hole,
Cause the monkey's got the locomotive under control.
Big locomotive right on time, big locomotive coming down the
line.
Big locomotive no. 99, left the engineer with a worried mind.
3.Jack-a-roe
There was a wealthy merchant, in london he did dwell
He had a beautiful daughter, the truth to you we'll tell
Oh the truth to you we'll tell
She had sweethearts a plenty, and men of high degree
But none but jack the sailor, her true love ever be
Oh her true love ever be
Jackie's gone a sailing, with trouble on his mind
He's left his native country and his darling girl behind
Oh his darling girl behind
She went down to a tailor shop and dressed in man's array
She climbed on board a vessel to convey herself away
Oh convey herself away
Before you get on board sir, your name we'd like to know
She smiled on her countenance, they called me jack-a-roe
Oh they called me jack-a-roe
I see your waist is slender, your fingers they are small
Your cheeks too red and rosy to face the cannonball
Oh to face the cannonball
I know my waist's to slender, my fingers they are small
But it would not make me tremble to see ten thousand fall
Oh to see ten thousand fall
The war soon being over she went and looked around
Among the dead and wounded her darling boy she found
Oh her darling boy she found
She picked him up on in her arms and carried him to the town
She sent for a physician to quickly heal his wounds
Oh to quickly heal his wounds
This couple they got married so well they did agree
This couple they got married so why not you and me？
Oh why not you and me？
Oh why not you and me？
4.Deep Elem Blues
If you go down to deep elem put your money in your shoes
The women in deep elem they give you the deep elem blues
Oh, sweet mama, your daddy's got them deep elem blues
Once i had a girlfriend, she meant the world to me
She went down to deep elem, now she ain't what she used to be
Once i knew a preacher, preached the bible thru and thru
He went down to deep elem, now his preaching days are thru
When you go down to deep elem to have a little fun,
Have your ten dollars ready when the police man comes
When you go down to deep elem put your money in your pants
Cause the women in deep elem they don't give a man a chance
Oh, sweet mama, your daddy's got them deep elem blues.
5.Cassidy
I have seen where the wolf has slept by the silver stream.
I can tell by the mark he left you were in his dream.
Ah child of countless trees, ah child of boundless seas.
What are you, what are you meant to be？
Speaks his name for you were born to me,
Born to me, cassidy.
Lost now on the country miles in his cadillac.
I can tell by the way you smile he is rolling back.
Come wash the nighttime clean, come grow the scorched ground
green.
Blow the horn, tap the tambourine.
Close the gap on the dark years in between.
You and me, cassidy.
Quick beats in an icy heart, catch colt draws a coffin cart,
There he goes and now here she starts, hear her cry.
Flight of the seabirds,
Scattered like lost words,
Wheel to the storm and fly.
Fare thee well now, let your life proceed by it's own design.
Nothing to tell now, let the words be your's, i'm done with
mine.
Fare thee well now, let your life proceed by it's own design.
Nothing to tell now, let the words be your's, i'm done with
mine.
6.To Lay Me Down
To lay me down, once more
To lay me down with my head in sparklin' clover
To lay me down, one last time, to lay me down
To be with you, once more, to be with you.
With our bodies close together
Let the world go by, like the clouds a'streamin'
To lay me down, one last time, to lay me down
To lay me down, to lay me down, to lay me down, one last time,
To lay me down
To lie with you, once more, to lie with you
With our dreams entwined together
To wake beside you, my love still sleepin'
To tell sweet lies, one last time and say good night
To lay me down, to lay me down, to lay me down, one last time,
To lay me down, one last time, to lay me down
To lay me down, to lay me down, to lay me down, to lay me down
To lay me down
7.Rosa Lee Mcfall
Out on the lonely hillside in a cabin low and small
Lived the sweetest rose of color my rosie mcfall
Her eyes were bright and shining and her voice was sweet to me
Knew that i would always love her and i hoped that she loved me
My eyes turned to me, my darlin' and this is what she said：
You know that i would always love you when you and i are wed.
Then god way up in heaven one day for her did call
I lost my bride, oh how i loved her, my rosie mcfall
I searched this wide world over through cities great and small
But i never found another like my rosie mcfall
8.On The Road Again
Why i married me a bad girl, tell you the reason why
Bad girls will even do things on the sly
Look for your supper to be good and hot
She never even put a stew bone in the pot
She's on the road again, sure as you're born
Natural born easy on the road again
Friend come by, say looking for his hat
Wants to know where your husband's at
I don't know, he's on his way to the pen
Come on pretty mama, let's get on the road again
Went to my house the front door was locked
Went 'round to my window, but my window was locked
Jumped right back, shook my head,
Big old rounder in my folding bed
Jumped into the window, broke the glass
Never seen that little rounder run so fast
Come on pretty mama, let's get on the road again
9.Bird Song
All i know is something like a bird within her sang,
All i know she sang a little while and then flew on,
Tell me all that you know, i'll show you snow and rain.
If you hear that same sweet song again, will you know why？
Anyone who sings a tune so sweet is passin' by,
Laugh in the sunshine, sing, cry in the dark, fly through the
night.
Don't cry now, don't you cry, don't you cry anymore.
Sleep in the stars, don't you cry, dry your eyes on the wind.
All i know is something like a bird within her sang,
All i know she sang a little while and then flew off,
Tell me all that you know, i'll show you snow and rain.
10.It Must Have Been The Roses
Annie laid her head down in the roses.
She had ribbons, ribbons, ribbons, in her long brown hair.
I don't know, maybe it was the roses,
All i know i could not leave her there.
I don't know, it must have been the roses,
The roses or the ribbons in her long brown hair.
I don't know, maybe it was the roses,
All i know i could not leave her there.
Ten years the waves roll the ships home from the sea,
Thinkin' well how it may blow in all good company,
If i tell another what your own lips told to me,
Let me lay 'neath the roses, till my eyes no longer see.
I don't know, it must have been the roses,
The roses or the ribbons in her long brown hair.
I don't know, maybe it was the roses,
All i know i could not leave her there.
One pane of glass in the window,
No one is complaining, no, come in and shut the door,
Faded is the crimson from the ribbons that she wore,
And it's strange how no one comes round any more.
I don't know, it must have been the roses,
The roses or the ribbons in her long brown hair.
I don't know, maybe it was the roses,
All i know i could not leave her there.
Annie laid her head down in the roses.
She had ribbons, ribbons, ribbons, in her long brown hair.
I don't know, maybe it was the roses,
All i know i could not leave her there.
11.China Doll
A pistol shot, at five o'clock, the bells of heaven ring,
Tell me what you done it for, no i won't tell you a thing.
Yesterday i begged you before i hit the ground,
All i leave behind me is only what i found.
If you can abide it, let the hurdy-gurdy play,
Stranger ones have come by here before they flew away.
I will not condemn you nor yet would i deny,
I would ask the same of you, but failing, will not die.
Take up your china doll, take up your china doll,
It's only fractured and just a little nervous from the fall.
La-la-la-la-la-la-la.
12.Dark Hollow
I'd rather be in some dark hollow where the sun don't ever shine
Then to be at home alone and knowin' that you're gone
Would cause me to lose my mind.
Well blow your whistle freight train carry me far on down the
track
Well i'm going away, i'm leaving today
I'm goin', but i ain't comin' back.
I'd rather be in some dark hollow where the sun don't ever shine
Then to be in some big city, in a small room, with you upon my
mind.
Well i'm going away, i'm leaving today
I'm goin' but i ain't comin' back.
13.I've Been All Around This World
Up on the blue ridge mountains, there i'll take my stand.
Up on the blue ridge mountains, there i'll take my stand.
A rifle on my shoulder, six shooter in my hand;
Oh lord, i been all around this world.
Lulu, my lulu come and open the door.
Lulu, my lulu come and open the door.
Before i have to walk in with my old 'forty-four'.
Oh lord, i been all around this world.
Mama and papa, little sister makes three.
Mama and papa, little sister makes three.
They're comin' in the mornin'; that's the last you'll see of me.
Oh lord, i been all around this world.
Hang me, oh, hang me, so i'll be dead and gone.
Hang me, oh, hang me, so i'll be dead and gone.
I wouldn't mind your hangin', boys but you wait in jail so long.
Oh lord, i been all around this world.
Up on the blue ridge mountains, there i'll take my stand.
Up on the blue ridge mountains, there i'll take my stand.
A rifle on my shoulder, six shooter in my hand;
Oh lord, i been all around this world.
14.Ripple
If my words did glow with the gold of sunshine
And my tunes were played on the harp unstrung,
Would you hear my voice come thru the music,
Would you hold it near as it were your own？
It's a hand-me-down, the thoughts are broken,
Perhaps they're better left unsung.
I don't know, don't really care
Let there be songs to fill the air.
Ripple in still water,
When there is no pebble tossed,
Nor wind to blow.
Reach out your hand if your cup be empty,
If your cup is full may it be again,
Let it be known there is a fountain,
That was not made by the hands of men.
There is a road, no simple highway,
Between the dawn and the dark of night,
And if you go no one may follow,
That path is for your steps alone.
Ripple in still water,
When there is no pebble tossed,
Nor wind to blow.
But if you fall you fall alone,
If you should stand then who's to guide you？
If i knew the way i would take you home.
La dee da da da, la da da da da, da da da, da da, da da da da da
La da da da, la da da, da da, la da da da, la da, da da.
15.Dire Wolf
In the timbers to fennario, the wolves are running round,
The winter was so hard and cold, froze ten feet 'neath the
ground.
Don't murder me, i beg of you, don't murder me. please, don't
murder me.
I sat down to my supper, 'twas a bottle of red whisky,
I said my prayers and went to bed, that's the last they saw of
me.
Don't murder me, i beg of you, don't murder me. please, don't
murder me.
When i awoke, the dire wolf, six hundred pounds of sin,
Was grinning at my window, all i said was 'come on in'.
Don't murder me, i beg of you, don't murder me. please, don't
murder me.
The wolf came in, i got my cards, we sat down for a game.
I cut my deck to the queen of spades, but the cards were all the
same.
Don't murder me, i beg of you, don't murder me. please, don't
murder me.
In the backwash of fennario, the black and bloody mire,
The dire wolf collects his dues, while the boys sing 'round the
fire.
Don't murder me, i beg of you, don't murder me. please, don't
murder me.
No, no, no don't murder me. i beg of you,
Don't murder me. please, don't murder me.
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