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Caleb Meyer, he lived alone
In them hollarin' pines He made a little whiskey for himself Said it helped to pass the time On one evening in back of my house, Caleb came around And he called my name 'til I came out with no one else around Caleb Meyer, your ghost is gonna wear them rattlin' chains. but when I go to sleep at night, Don't you call my name Where's your husband, Nellie Kane Where's your darling gone? Did he go on down the mountain side and leave you all alone? Yes, my husband's gone to Bowlin' Green to do some business there. Then Caleb threw that bottle down and grabbed me by my hair. Caleb Meyer, your ghost is gonna wear them rattlin' chains. but when I go to sleep at night, Don't you call my name He threw me on the needle bed, and on my dress he lay he held my hands above my head and I commenced to pray. I cried My God, I am your child send your angels down Then feelin' with my fingertips, the bottle neck I found I pulled that glass across his neck as fine as any blade, and I felt his blood run fast and hot around me where I laid. Caleb Meyer, your ghost is gonna wear them rattlin' chains. But when I go to sleep at night, Don't you call my name Caleb Meyer, your ghost is gonna wear them rattlin' chains. But when I go to sleep at night, Don't you call my name |
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Authors: Rawlings/Welch
Balled out wasted and I feel I'm going down. Balled out wasted and I feel I'm going down. Goodbye, darling, I been good till now. I went walking with a girl as pure as milk. I went walking with a girl pure as milk. Standing on the corner, sweating through a yellow silk. Rocks in my pocket and a devil on my back. Rocks in my pockets and a devil on my back. You won't even come across the tracks. Balled out wasted and I feel I'm going down. Balled out wasted and I feel I'm going down. Goodbye, darling, I been good till now. |
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Now I was just a girl of two
Now I was just a girl of two With a golden heart and a button shoe The devil had a hold of me The devil had a hold of me I turned my head and I could see The devil had a hold of me There was something wrong with the butcher's boy Was something wrong with the butcher's boy He trembled in his hand and voice The devil had a hold of me The devil had a hold of me The others knew to let him be But the devil had a hold of me Now the tailpipe spit and the engine roared The tailpipe spit and the engine roared I's waving out the Plymouth door And the devil had a hold of me The devil had a hold of me The old folks saw the last they'd see The devil had a hold of me I dreamed last night that my time was done I dreamed last night that my time was done And my soul flew up to the holy son But the devil had a hold of me The devil had a hold of me I snapped back down when he pulled my lead The devil had a hold of me There're those who'll laugh and not believe There're those who'll laugh and not believe Until you feel that touch upon your sleeve The devil had a hold of me The devil had a hold of me I turned my head and I could see The devil had a hold of me I turned my head and I could see The devil had a hold of me |
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I looked around and all up and down
I never wasted time on two or three There's only one girl for me There was a time she used to treat me fine But lately she's been acting awful stoned Makes a man weep alone eye dee oh lay ee tee eye dee leeldle odle ay oo ee tee eye dee oh lee tee lee tee deedle ohdle lee tee My Morphine be the death of me You should have seen me and my Morphine When we used to go dancing in the war Spin me right off the floor eye dee oh lay ee tee eye dee leeldle odle ee odle ee tee eye dee odle ee tee lee tee deedle odle lee tee My Morphine be the death of me Morphine, Morphine, what made you so mean? You never used to do me like you do Where's that sweet gal i knew? eye dee oh lee tee eye dee leedle odle ay odle ay tee eye dee oh lay tee lee tee deedle odle lee tee My Morphine be the death of me My Morphine |
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One mornin', one mornin' as work I begun
What did I see ridin' out of the sun On the road from Lexington One rider, one rider beatin' the breeze Down on his saddle, low to his knees Comin' through my willow trees Now closer, the terrible work of the gun Was stiffened and black where his blood all had run But I knew my wayward son One mornin', one mornin' the boy of my breast Came to my door unable to rest Even in the arms of death |
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In the black dust towns of east Tennessee
All the work's about the same And you may not go to the job in the ground But you learn the miner's refrain I'm down in a hole, I'm down in a hole, Down in a deep, dark hole I'm down in a hole, I'm down in a hole, Down in a deep, dark hole When you search the rain for the silver cloud And you wait on days of gold When you pitch to the bottom And the dirt comes down You cry so cold, so cold I'm down in a hole, I'm down in a hole, Down in a deep, dark hole I'm down in a hole, I'm down in a hole, Down in a deep, dark hole Now there's something good in a worried song For the trouble in your soul 'Cause a worried man who's been a long way down Down in a deep dark hole I'm down in a hole, I'm down in a hole, Down in a deep, dark hole I'm down in a hole, I'm down in a hole, Down in a deep, dark hole I'm down in a deep, dark hole |
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I can't be called
Begged or bought If you want to be my Johnny on the spot Chorus: Honey now now now Honey now now now You know later won't Do me no good anyhow Honey now now now Front door's shut Back door too Blind's pulled down What you gonna do Chorus You take your time And get me sore Tell me what you want To keep waiting for Chorus Now now now Now now now Now now now Now now now You know later won't Do me no good anyhow Honey now now now |
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Nobody knows what waits ahead
Beyond the earth and sky Lie-d Lie-d Lie I'm not afraid to die And there the work of my own hand Be broken by and by Lie-d Lie-d Lie I'm not afraid to die Sometimes it finds me fast asleep And wakes me where I lie Lie-d Lie-d Lie I'm not afraid to die Forget my sins upon the wind My hobo soul will rise Lie-d Lie-d Lie I'm not afraid to die Lie-d Lie-d Lie I'm not afraid to die |
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Round, round, I wanna go round
wanna see the rock of ages when my body gives out gonna read the final pages Oh, my mother who's gone she told me I should meet her Someday streets of gold Gonna guide me on to greet her Once my father sat down and told me of the prophets Matthew, Mark, Luke and John they're gone but not forgotten Round, round, I wanna go round wanna see the rock of ages til my body gives out gonna read the gospel pages Moses heard a voice it called him up the mountain forty days had set when Moses come a shoutin' Round, round, I wanna go round wanna see the rock of ages when my body gives out gonna read the final pages Round, round, I wanna go round wanna see the rock of ages til my body gives out gonna read the gospel pages Round, round, I wanna go round wanna see the rock of ages when my body gives out gonna read the final pages |
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Nowhere man
And the whiskey girl Nowhere man And the whiskey girl They loaded up for A weekend in the underworld I'd take you down Honey if I could I'd take you down Honey if I could We'd find a place In the sunshine We'd be feeling good Don't you know That it ain't a crime Don't you know That it ain't a crime If all the squares And the junkmen Think you're out of line Nowhere man And the whiskey girl Nowhere man and The whiskey girl They loaded up for A weekend in the underworld |
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Oh little red bird
Come to my window sill Been so lonesome Shaking that morning chill Oh little red bird Open your mouth and say Been so lonesome Just about flown away So long now I've been out In the rain and snow But winter's come and gone A little bird told me so Oh little blue bird Pearly feather breast Five cold nickels all I got left Oh little blue bird What am I gonna do Five cold nickels Ain't gonna see me through So long now I've been out In the rain and snow But winter's come and gone A little bird told me so Oh little black bird On my wire line Dark as trouble In this heart of mine Poor little black bird Sings a worried song Dark as trouble 'Til winter's come and gone So long now I've been out In the rain and snow But winter's come and gone A little bird told me so So long now I've been out In the rain and snow But winter's come and gone A little bird told me so |
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