IL Marathon 5K — Songbook

Tunes

Theme Time

Bill Emerson

Key: A

G F D

C G A D

G F D

Lonesome Road Blues

traditional

Key: A

No chord chart available.

Tunes

Waterbound

traditional

Key: A

AWaterbound and I can’t get across

EWaterbound and I can’t get across

AWaterbound and I can’t get F#across

ADown in ENorth CaroAlina

F# A

F# A E A

Wake up Charlie let’s go home…

Dance all night with a bottle in my hand…

Hop High Lulu

traditional

Key: A

AWell where did you get them Ghigh top Ashoes?

And that dress that you Gwear so Afine?

I got my shoes from a Grailroading Aman

And my dress is from a driver Gin the Amine

Dhop high, hop high

Hop high my Elulu Agirl

Dhop high, hop high

Hop high my Elulu Agirl

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

Miss Me When I'm Gone

Carter Family

Key: A

AYou're going to miss me when I'm gone

You're going to Dmiss me when I'm Agone

You know, you're going to miss me when I'm Egone

AYou're going to miss me by my walk

You're going to Dmiss me by my talk

You Aknow, you're going to Dmiss me when I'm Agone

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

Oh when I'm Dgone, When I'm Agone

You know, you're going to miss me when I'm Egone

You're going to Amiss me by my walk

You're going to Dmiss me by my talk

You know, you're going to Emiss me when I'm Agone

Tunes

Monroes Hornpipe

Bill Monroe

Key: A

No chord chart available.

Train on the Island

traditional

Key: A

ATrain on the island, listen to em blow

Dthought I heard my true love say

Ayonder comes my beau

yonder comes my beau, oh lord

Eyonder comes my Abeau

Train on the island, headed way out west

me and my love done broke up

perhaps its for the best

me and my love done broke up

perhaps its for the best

Train on the island, can't your hear em roar

another day on the island

wasted on the shore

another day on the island

wasted on the shore

Train on the island, headed way up north

go and tell my true love

you don't know what she's worth

go and tell my true love

you don't know what she's worth

Feast Here Tonight

Traditional

Key: A

AThere's a rabbit in the log and I ain't got my dog

How will I get him I Eknow

I'll Aget me a briar and twist it in his hair

That Eway I'll get him I Aknow

I Dknow (yes I know) I Aknow (I surely know)

That's how I'll get him I Eknow

I'll Aget me a briar and twist in his hair

That way I'll Eget him I Aknow

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

CC Rider

traditional

Key: C

CCC Rider, see what you gone C7done

FCC Rider, see what you gone Cdone

Ghey, hey, Fhey, Chey

You made me love you, now your man done come ...

Standin in the kitchen in that morning gown ...

Lookin right at her when that sun went down ...

My home is on the water, I don't like the land at all ...

Darling Corey

traditional

Key: C

No chord chart available.

Goodbye Booze

Charlie Pool

Key: C

She tore my Bbclothes

She swelled my Fhead

So goodbye Cbooze I'm going to Fbed

I had a good Bbtime, but we couldn't Fagree

So you see what Cbooze has done for Fme

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 ...

Tunes

Flop Eared Mule

traditional

Key: D

No chord chart available.

Crawdad Hole

traditional

Key: D

DYou get a line and I'll get a pole, Honey,

You get a line and I'll get a pole, ABabe,

DYou get a line and I'll get a pole,

And Gwe'll go down to that crawdad hole,

DHoney, BAaby mDine.

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.

Froggie Went A'Courtin

traditional

Key: D

DFroggie went a - courtin and he did ride, hey, hey.

DFroggie went a - courtin and he did ride, hAey, hey.

DFroggie went a - courtin and he did ride,

GSword and pistol by his side, Dheyhey, Aheyhey, Dheyhey

Rode till he come to Miss Mouse's door, hey hey (x2)

Rode till he come to Miss Mouse's door

Gave three raps upon that door

Said, "Miss Mouse, are you within? Hey, hey (x2)

Said, "Miss Mouse, are you within?"

"Yes, I just sat down to spin."

Well, he went right in and took he on his knee. Hey, hey. (x2)

Went a-right in an' took'er on his knee,

I'm set in this town, till you marry me.

DYou get a line and I'll get a pole, Honey,

You get a line and I'll get a pole, ABabe,

DYou get a line and I'll get a pole,

And Gwe'll go down to that crawdad hole,

DHoney, BAaby mDine.

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.

Who will the wedding guests all be? Hey, hey (x2)

Who will the wedding guests all be?

A lady bug and a bumble bee.

So, here's the endin', 1, 2, 3 Hey, hey (x2)

here's the end with a-one, two, three,

A snake and a frog and a-Miss Mousie.

Miss Ferris

John Hartford

Key: D

Now DI had a teacher when GI went to school,

She loved the river, and she taDught about it too.

I'se a Gpretty bad boy, but she cDalled my bluff,

With her gDreat big collection of stGeamboat stuff. Oh, yDeah!

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.

But her vGery favorite, as you all know,

Was the GoDlden Eagle, Captain Buck's old boat.

ThGis old stern wheeler sank and went to heaven,

When DI was in the fourth grade, in nAineteen forty-seven, 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.

Angeline the Baker

traditional

Key: D

No chord chart available.

Mole in the Ground

traditional

Key: D

DI wish I was a mole in the ground

Yes, I wish I was a mole in the Aground

If I's a Dmole in the ground

I'd Groot that mountain down

And I Dwish I was a Amole in the Dground

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

Raleigh & Spencer

traditional

Key: D

No chord chart available.

Tunes

Soldiers Joy

traditional

Key: D

No chord chart available.

Skillet Good and Greasy

traditional

Key: D

DI’m going down town, gonna get me sack of flour

Gonna cook it every hour

Keep my skillet good and greasy

All the time, time, time

Keep my skillet good and Agreasy all the Dtime

Got chickens in my sack, bloodhounds on my back

Keep my skillet good and greasy

All the time, time, time

Keep my skillet good and greasy all the time

Well if you say so, I’ll never work no more

I’ll lay around your Chevy

All the time, time, time

Just lay around your Chevy all the time

I’m going up the mountain, gonna get me jug of whiskey

Gonna give all to Misty

Keep her good and drunk and goozy

All the time, time, time

Keep her good and drunk and goozy all the time

I’m going down town, gonna get me sack of flour

Gonna cook it every hour

Keep my skillet good and greasy

All the time, time, time

Keep my skillet good and greasy all the time

Been All Around This World

traditional

Key: D

DUpon the Blue Ridge Mountain, there I'll take my stand

AUpon the Blue Ridge Mountain, Gthere I'll take my Dstand

GRifle on my shoulder, Dsix gun in my hand

I've Gbeen all Aaround this Dworld

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

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 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

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

I don't mind the dying, it's being alive so long

I've been all around this world

All You Fascists Bound To Lose

Woody Guthrie

Key: G

I'm gonna Gtell all you fascists,

you may be surprised

CPeople all over this world

are getting Gorganized

You fascists are bound to Glose

DAll you fascists are bound to lose

You fascists are bound to lose

You're bound to lose, you fascists

Are bound to Glose

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

Cripple Creek

Traditional

Key: G

Hey, FI got a gal at the Bbhead of the Fcreek,

Goin' up to see her about Ctwo times a Fweek.

Kiss her on the mouth, Bbsweet as any Fwine,

Wrap herself around me like a Csweet potato Fvine.

FGoin up Cripple Creek, Bbgoin on a Frun,

goin up Cripple Creek to Chave a little Ffun.

Goin up Cripple Creek, Bbgoin in a Fwhirl,

goin up Cripple Creek to Csee my Fgirl.

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

This Land Is Your Land

Woody Guthrie

Key: G

GThis land is Cyour land

this land is Gmy land,

From CalifDornia

to the New York GIsland,

From the Redwood FCorests

to the Gulf Stream waGters;

DThis land was made

for you and Gme.

As I was walking that ribbon of highway,

I looked above me, there in the skyway,

I saw below me, the Golden Valley;

This land was made for you and me.

I roamed and rambled,

and followed my footsteps

Through the sparkling sands of

her diamond deserts,

And all around me this voice kept saying,

"This land was made for you and me."

Oh, my loving Cmother,

when the world's on Gfire,

don't you want God's Dbosom

to be your Gpillow?

Tide me Cover in the Rock of GAges

Rock of DAges cleft for Gme.

Oh my loving father...

As the Sun was shining, and I was strolling

Through the wheat fields waving

and the dust clouds rolling,

I could feel inside me

and see all around me,

This land was made for you and me.

Worried Man's Blues

traditional

Key: G

No chord chart available.

Good Ole Mountain Dew

traditional

Key: G

There's a Gvending machine

down the road here from me

where you Cput in a quarter or Gtwo

You put your money in

and before you begin

you're chugging that Dgood ole mountain Gdew

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

Tunes

Flint Hill Special

Earl Scruggs

Key: G

No chord chart available.

Policeman

traditional

Key: G

GPoliceman come, knock on my door this morning

CPoliceman come, knock on my door this Gmorning

CPoliceman come, Gknock on my door

Dshot him in the head with Cmy .44 this Gmorning

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

Tunes

Foggy Mountain Special

Earl Scruggs

Key: G

No chord chart available.

Take a Whiff on Me

Memphis Jug Band

Key: G

GGoing down Sixth Street, coming down Main

CTrying to bum a nickel for to buy cocaine

DHey, hey, honey take a whiff on Gme

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.

I'll Fly Away

Albert E. Brumley

Key: G

GSome bright morning when this life is over

CI'll fly Gaway

To that home on God's celestial Emshore

GI'll Dfly Gaway

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

John the Revelator

traditional

Key: G

EmWho's that writin'? John the Revelator

Who's that writin'? John the Revelator

Wrote the B7book of the seven Emseals

Who's that writin'? John the Revelator

Wrote the book of the seven seals

Moses to Moses watching the flock,

saw the burning bush and he had to stop

God said Moses, take off your shoes

out of the flock, it's you that I choose

Ezekiel walking in the valley of bones

he was dry, thirsty and alone

God said bones, get up and move

Ezekiel he didn't know what he should do

Hesitation Blues

traditional

Key: G

No chord chart available.

Rueben

traditional

Key: G

GOl Reuben made a train & he put it on a track

He ran it to the Lord Fknows Gwhere

Oh me, oh my ran it to the FLord knows Gwhere

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

Run Mountain

JD Mariner

Key: G

I Awent up on the mountain

To get me a load of pine

I put it on the Gwagon

I Drode down beGhind

GRun mountain, Dcheck a little hill

Run mountain, Gcheck a little hill

Run mountain, Dcheck a little hill

There you'll get your Gfill

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

Highway Home

traditional

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

GTraveling the highway home

I'm Ctraveling the highway Ghome

Oh narrow's the way thank God I can say

I'm traveling the Dhighway Ghome

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

I Ain't Got No Home

Woody Guthrie

Key: G

GI ain't got no home, I'm Cjust a-roamin' G'round

Just a wandrin' worker, I Ago from town to Dtown

GPolice make it hard Cwherever I may Ggo

And I ain't got no home in Dthis world anymore

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

Who Broke the Lock

Highwoods String Band

Key: G

No chord chart available.

Lonesome Valley

traditional

Key: G

You gotta Gwalk that lonesome valley

You gotta Dwalk it by Gyourself

Ain't nobody Celse can walk it Gfor you

You gotta Dwalk it by Gyourself

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

The Cuckoo

traditional

Key: G

GmOh the cuckoo, she's a pretty bird,

and she warD7bles, as she Gmflies

And she never, hollers cuckoo,

until the 4th D7day, of Gmuly

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

Tunes

Devils Dream

traditional

Key: A

A F#m

A

D A E A

Wild Bill Jones

traditional

Key: C

As DI went out for to Ctake a little Dwalk

I walked upon that CWild Bill DJones

He was Da'walking and a'talking by my Ctrue lover's Dside

And I Dbid him to Cleave her Dalone

Boys pass around that long-necked bottle

Let's all get on a spree

Today was the last of that Wild Bill Jones

tomorrow be the last of me

He said my age is twenty-one

Too old to be controlled

I drew my revolver from my side

And destroyed that poor boy's soul

He reeled and he staggered, and he fell to the ground

And then he gave one dying moan

He wrapped his arms around my little girl's neck

Saying honey won't you take me home

They sent me to prison for twenty long years

This poor boy longs to be free

But Wild Bill Jones and that long-necked bottle

Have been the ruin of me