Key: D
What you gonna do when the lake goes dry, Honey,
What you gonna do when the lake goes dry, Babe,
What you gonna do when the lake goes dry,
Gonna sit on the bank and watch the crawdads die,
Honey, Baby mine.
Look at that man with a sack on his back, Honey
Look at that man with a sack on his back, Babe
Look at that man with a sack on his back
Packin' all the crawdads he can sack
Honey, Baby mine
Man fell down, broke his sack, Honey
Man fell down, broke his sack, Babe
Man fell down, broke his sack, Honey
Look at all the crawdads scramblin' back
Honey, Baby mine
Standin' on the corner with a dollar in my hand, Honey,
Standin' on the corner with a dollar in my hand, Babe,
Standin' on the corner with a dollar in my hand,
Standin' there waitin' for the crawdad man,
Honey, Baby mine.
Key: D
Oh, I wish I was a lizard in the spring
Yes, I wish I was a lizard in the spring
If I's a lizard in the spring
I'd hear my darlin' sing
And I wish I was a lizard in the spring
Oh, Kempe wants a nine dollar shawl
Yes, Kempe wants a nine dollar shawl
With a nine dollar shawl
She could beat them all in all
Kempe wants a nine dollar shawl
Oh Kempe, let your hair roll down
Kempe, let your hair roll down
Let your hair roll down
and your bangs curl round
Oh Kempe, let your hair roll down
I been in the bend so long
Yes, I been in the bend so long
I been in the bend
with the rough and rowdy men
Baby, where you been so long?
Oh, I don't like a railroad man
No, I don't like a railroad man
Oh the railroad man
He'll kill you if he can
Drink up your blood like wine
Key: D
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Key: D
She had log-books and bells and the things like that,
And she knew the old captains and where they were at.
She rode the Alabama and the Gordon C. Green,
As the Cape Girardeau, she was later renamed, Uh-huh.
Well, now, fast people in St. Louis society
A-takin' a trip on the Mississippi
Sleepin' in their bunks after an after-dinner drink
They didn't think the boat would sink. Oh, no!
Well, I know Captain Buck was a very sad man
When that old wooden hull went into the sand
And Miss Ferris was sad for sure
But immediately, her mind went to work. Oh, yeah!
Well, she did some politicking that was tricky and hard
And she got the pilot house for the schoolhouse yard
And so, instead of studying, I became a dreamer
Dreaming 'bout boats and the Mississippi River. Uh-huh.
I had to work real hard to get my school work done
Cause you could not fool Miss Ferris none;
And, if I went to sleep or I were not supposed to talk
Oh, she was a dead shot with a little piece of chalk. Uh-huh!{soc}
Oh me, oh my, how the time does fly.
Time and the river keep a-rollin' on by.
Now, I am not a student and she is not a teacher
But, we both still love the Mississippi River. Uh, huh.
Well, I went to see her this Christmas last.
We took a little trip back through the past.
On the easy rocker we looked at pictures
And we dreamed our dreams of the Mississippi River. Uh-huh!
Key: D
Lulu, my Lulu, come and open the door
Lulu, my Lulu, come and open the door
Before I have to walk on in with my old 44
I've been all around this world
Where'd you get that wedding dress and the shoes you wear so fine
Where'd you get that wedding dress and the shoes you wear so fine
I got em from a driver who's moved on down the line
I've been all around this world
Working on that new railroad, mud up to my knees
Working on that new railroad, mud up to my knees
Working for Big John Henry, you know he's so hard to please
I've been all around this world
Mama and Papa, little sister makes 3
Mama and Papa, little sister makes 3
Hanging from the gallows, you'll see the last of me
Lord, Lord, I've 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 don't mind the dying, it's being alive so long
I've been all around this world
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Key: D
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Key: D
Part A
Part B
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Fiddle tune!
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fiddle tune
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Key: A
down the road here from me
You put your money in
and before you begin
They call it that ole mountain dew
And them that refuse it are few
I'll hush up my mug if you'll fill up my jug
With that good ole mountain dew
My uncle Mort he's sawed off and he's short
He measures bout four foot two
But he thinks he's a giant when you give him a pint
Of that good old mountain dew
My brother Bill's got a house on the hill
where he buys it by the case or two
And the buzzards in the sky get so sick they can't fly
from smelling that good ole mountain dew
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Key: A
Wake up Charlie let’s go home…
Dance all night with a bottle in my hand…
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Key: A
Key: A
I'll build me a fire and I'll cook that old hare
Roll him in the flames and make him brown
Have a feast here tonight while the moon is shining bright
And find me a place to lie down
To lie down (to lie down) to lie down (to lie down)
Find me a place to lie down
Have a feast here tonight while the moon is shining bright
And find me a place to lie down
I'm going down that track with my coat and my bag
Soles on my shoes are nearly gone
A little ways ahead there's a farmer's shed
That's where I'll rest my weary bones
Weary bones (weary bones) weary bones (you lazy bones)
That's where I'll rest my weary bones
A little way's ahead there's a farmer's shed
That's where I'll rest my weary bones
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Key: A
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Key: A
You're going to miss me by my hair
You're going to miss me everywhere
You know, you're going to miss me when I'm gone
You're going to miss me by my knees
You're going to miss me if you please
You know, you're going to miss me when I'm gone
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Key: A
Oh, bear my loving heart to him
Who bled and died for me,
Whose blood now cleanses from all sins,
And give me victory
I've almost reached my heavenly home,
My spirit loudly sings,
The holy ones, behold they come,
I hear the noise of wings
Key: A
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Key: A
Lil Liza Jane
Crow Red Rooster
Key: A
Lil Liza Jane
Crow Red Rooster
Key: A
It was early in April,
Not many weeks ago,
The people of this fair city
All gathered at the show.
The war it is all over,
The people happy now,
And Abraham Lincoln arose,
Arose to make his bow;
The people cheer him wildly,
Arising to their feet,
And Lincoln waving of his hand,
He calmly takes his seat.
And while he sees the play go on,
His thoughts are running deep,
His darling wife, close by his side,
Has fallen fast asleep.
From the box there hangs a flag,
It's not the Stars and Bars,
The flag that holds within its folds
Bright gleaming stripes and stars.
John Wilkes Booth he moves down the aisle,
He had measured once before,
He passes Lincoln's bodyguard
A-nodding at the door.
He holds a dagger in his right hand,
A pistol in his left,
He shoots poor Lincoln in the temple,
And he sends his soul to rest.
The wife awakes from slumber,
And screams in her rage,
Booth jumps over the railing
And lands him on the stage.
He'll rue the day, he'll rue the hour,
As God him life shall give,
When Booth stood in that center stage,
Crying, "Tyrants shall not live!"
The people all excited
Then cried everyone, "A hand!"
Cried all the people near,
"For God's sake, save that man!"
Then Booth ran back with boot and spurs
Across the backstage floor,
He mounts that trusty claybank mare,
All saddled at the door.
John Wilkes Booth, in his last play,
All dressed in broadcloth deep,
He gallops down the alleyway,
I hear those horses feet.
Poor Lincoln then was heard to say,
And all has gone to rest,
"Of all the actors in this town,
I loved Booth the best."
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Key: A
It's a modal fiddle tune, so just A and G
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Key: A
fiddle tune, sort of modal-y
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Key: G
you may be surprised
You fascists are bound to lose
You fascists are bound to lose
You're bound to lose, you fascists
Race hatred cannot stop us,
this one thing I know
Poll tax and Jim Crow and greed
have got to go
People of every color marching
side by side
Marching across these fields
where a million fascists died
I'm going into this battle,
take my union gun
Gonna end this world of slavery
before this war is won
Key: G
To get me a load of pine
When I'm in the fields hard at work
I sit down to play
Thinking of my own true love
She's many miles away
Once I had a little girl
Got her from the south
Only thing that's wrong with her
She had too big a mouth
Took my girl to the blacksmith's shop
To have her mouth made small
Turned around a time or two
She swallowed that shop and all
When I'm in the fields hard at work
I sit down to play
Thinking of my own true love
She's many miles away
Many miles from my home
Roosters crow for day
Me upstairs with another man's wife
Better be getting away
Way up on the mountain
Give my horn a blow
Thought I heard my true love say
It's coming from my beau
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Key: G
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Key: G
Should been in town when Reuben's train went down
You could hear that whistle blow 100 miles
Oh me, oh my you could hear the whistle blow 100 miles
Last night I lay in jail had no money to go my bail
Lord how it sleeted & it snowed
Oh me, oh my Lord how it sleeted & it snowed
I've been to the East, I've been to the West
I'm going where the chilly winds don't blow
Oh me, oh my I'm going where the chilly winds don't blow
Oh the train that I ride is 100 coaches long
You can hear the whistle blow 100 miles
Oh me, oh my you can hear the whistle blow 100 miles
I got myself a blade, laid Reuben in the shade,
I'm startin' me a graveyard of my own.
Oh, me, oh lordy my, startin' me a graveyard of my own.
Ol Reuben made a train & he put it on a track
He ran it to the Lord knows where
Oh me, oh my ran it to the Lord knows where
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Key: G
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Key: G
Now the girls up Cripple Creek, about half-grown,
jump on a boy like a dog on a bone.
Roll my britches up to my knees,
wade ol Cripple Creek whenever I please.
Now, Cripple Creek's wide and Cripple Creek's deep,
wade old Cripple Creek before I sleep.
Hills are steep and the roads are muddy,
and I'm so dizzy that I can't stand steady
Key: G
I'm going across that green icy mountain
I'm going to see my lover
lover, lover
I'm going to see my lover
lest I take sick and die
She told me that'd she always love me
love me, love me
She told me that'd she always love me
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She threw her arms around me
around me, around me
She threw her arms around me
like a vine around a gum
Key: G
First time I seen my true love
He was walkin' by my door.
The next time I saw his false hearted smile
He was layin' dead and cold on floor.
Don't go to drinkin' or to gamblin',
Don't go there your sorrows to drown.
That hard-liquor place is a low-down disgrace,
It's the meanest old place in this town
Key: G
Take a whiff on me, take a whiff on me
All you rounders take a whiff on me
Hey, hey, honey take a whiff on me
I've got a woman, she's ten feet tall
Her head in the kitchen, feet in the hall
Hey, hey, honey take a whiff on me
Two old women fishing in a creek
ain't caught a man since late last week
Hey, hey, honey take a whiff on me
Cocaine's for horses not for men
doctor say it'll kill you but he won't say when
Hey, hey, honey take a whiff on me
I'm a-walkin' down the road with my hat in my hand
Lookin' for a woman who needs a banjo man,
Hey, hey, baby take a whiff on me.
Key: G
Well where have you been my pretty lulu girl?
Where have you been so long?
Well I've been in the pen with the rough and rowdy men
And honey I'm goin' back again
Well I'll pawn you my watch and I'll pawn you my chain
I'll pawn you my gold wedding ring
To pay my little lulu girl's fine
I'll pawn you my wagon and my team
Key: G
And she never, hollers cuckoo,
Jack of Diamonds, Jack of Diamonds,
I knowed you from old
You rob my, poor pockets,
of my silver, and my gold
Going to build me a log cabin
on a mountain so high,
So I can see Kevin
as he goes on by
I played cards in England
I played cards in Spain
I'll bet you $100
I'll beat you next game
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Key: G
A part
B part
Key: G
I'll fly away, oh glory
I'll fly away in the morning
When I die, Hallelujah by and by
I'll fly away
When the shadows of this life have gone
Like a bird from these prison walls has flown
Oh, how glad and happy when we meet
No more cold iron shackles on my feet
Just a few more weary days and then
To a land where joys will never end
Key: G
I've got a secret I ain't gonna tell...
Keep my whiskey in a coconut shell
Down went the trigger, bang went the gun...
Should have seen him run
Key: G
My brothers and my sisters are stranded on this road
A hot and dusty road that a million feet have trod
Rich man took my home and drove me from my door
And I ain't got no home in this world anymore
Was a-farmin' on the shares, and always I was poor
My crops I lay into the banker's store
My wife took down and died upon the cabin floor
And I ain't got no home in this world anymore
I mined in your mines and I gathered in your corn
I been working, mister, since the day I was born
Now I worry all the time like I never did before
'Cause I ain't got no home in this world anymore
Now as I look around, it's mighty plain to see
This world is such a great and a funny place to be
Oh, the gamblin' man is rich an' the workin' man is poor
And I ain't got no home in this world anymore
Key: G
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Key: G
Everybody I met (everybody I met)
No mother nor dad (no mother or dad)
I found they were all (I found they were all)
"They've all moved away, " said the voice of a stranger
"To a beautiful land by the bright crystal sea"
Some beautiful day I'll meet 'em in heaven
Where no one will be a stranger to me
Key: G
and the livin' is easy
and your momma's good lookin'
One of these mornings,
you're gonna rise up singing
Then you'll spread your wings
and you'll take to the sky
But till that morning,
there's a nothin' can harm you
With daddy and mommy
by your side
Key: G
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Key: G
They say John, he was a Baptist
He ate locusts and honey too
But he had to walk that lonesome valley
And you will have to walk it too
You gotta sleep in that lonesome graveyard
You gotta sleep there by yourself
Can't nobody else sleep there for you
You gotta sleep there by yourself
You know your mama truly loves you
And your woman she does too
Though they may beg you to go with them
You know they can not go for you
Key: G
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Key: G
when I saw that hearse come rolling
There's a better home a-waiting,
Lord I told that undertaker
undertaker please drive slow
for this body you are hauling
Lord, I hate to see her go
I will follow close behind her
try to hold up and be brave
but I could not hide my sorrow
when they laid her in her grave
Key: G
Oh goodbye booze forever more
My boozing days will soon be o'er
I had a good time, but we couldn't agree
So you see what booze has done for me
Well she slammed my head
She broke my heart
So goodbye booze its time we part
I had a good time ...
Well she whispered low, how sweet it sounds
Won't don't you take another ride on the merry go round
I had a good time ...
Key: G
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Key: G
Black smoke a-rising and it surely is a train
Surely is a train, Lord, it surely is a train
Black smoke a-rising and it surely is a train
I'm on my long journey home
Lost all my money but two dollar bill
Two dollar bill, Lord, two dollar bill
Lost all my money but two dollar bill
I'm on my long journey home
Oh narrow's the way thank God I can say
Going toward the sunset of time
Traveling the highway home
Rid this world of sin far behind
Traveling the highway home
Well ol' Satan said I’d never be
Traveling the highway home
When I resisted he had to flee
Traveling the highway home
Sometimes the road seems weary and long
Traveling the highway home
But in my heart there's always a song
Traveling the highway home
Key: C
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Key: C
Could been on a rainy night
Billy DeLyon said, Stagger Lee,
please don't take my life,
I got two little babes,
and a darlin' lovin' wife"
Oh that bad man, that cruel Stagger Lee
"What do I care about two little babes
and a darlin' lovin' wife?
You done stole my Stetson hat,
now I'm gonna take your life"
Oh that bad man, that cruel Stagger Lee
Stagger Lee shot Billy
shot the boy so bad,
the bullet went through Billy
and broke the bartender's looking glass
Oh that bad man, that cruel Stagger Lee
Police officer,
tell me how can this be?
You arrest everybody
except cruel Stack O' Lee
Oh that bad man, that cruel Stagger Lee
Gentlemens of the jury
now what do you think of that?
Stagger Lee killed Billy de Lyon
about a five-dollar Stetson hat
Oh that bad man, that cruel Stagger Lee
Now he's standing on the gallows,
with his head way up high.
At twelve o'clock they killed him
we're all glad to see him die
Oh that bad man, that cruel Stagger Lee
Key: C
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Key: C
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Key: C
I will dance I will sing and my laugh shall be gay
I will charm every heart, in his arms I will sway
when I woke from my dreaming, my idols was clay
All portion of love had all gone away
He taught me to love him and promised to love
and to cherish me over all others above
How my heart is now aching no misery can tell
he left me no warning, no words of farewell
He taught me to love him and called me his flower
that was blooming to cheer him through life's dreary hour
How I long to see him and regret the dark hour
he's gone and neglected this pale wildwood flower
Key: F
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