TOP Farewell
Oh it's fare thee well my darlin' true, I'm leavin' in the first hour of the morn.
I'm bound off for the bay of Mexico Or maybe the coast of Californ.
So it's fare thee well my own true love, We'll meet another day, another time.
It ain't the leavin' That's agrievin' me
But my true love who's bound to stay behind.
Oh the weather is against me and the wind blows hard And the rain she's aturnin' into hail.
I still might strike it lucky on a highway goin' west, Though I'm travelin' on a path beaten trail.
So it's fare thee well my own true love, We'll meet another day, another time.
It ain't the leavin' That's agrievin' me
But my true love who's bound to stay behind.
As I'm ramblin' you can travel with me too.
So it's fare thee well my own true love, We'll meet another day, another time.
It ain't the leavin' That's agrievin' me
But my true love who's bound to stay behind.
I will tell you of the laughter and of troubles, Be them somebody else's or my own.
With my hands in my pockets and my coat collar high, So it's fare thee well my own true love,
We'll meet another day, another time.
It ain't the leavin' That's agrievin' me
But my true love who's bound to stay behind.
It's down around the old Mexican plains.
they say that the people are all friendly there And all they ask of you is your name.
So it's fare thee well my own true love, We'll meet another day, another time.
It ain't the leavin' That's agrievin' me
But my true love who's bound to stay behind.
Copyright ©1963; renewed 1991 Special Rider Music
Farewell Angelina Farewell Angelina the bells of the crown Are being stolen by bandits I must follow the sound The triangle tingles
And the trumpet play slow Farewell Angelina The sky is on fire
There's no need for anger There's no need for blame There's nothing to prove Ev'rything's still the same Just a table standing empty By the edge of the sea Farewell Angelina The sky is trembling The jacks and queens Have forsaked the courtyard Fiftytwo gypsies
Now file past the guards In the space where the deuce And the ace once ran wild Farewell Angelina The sky is folding I'll see you in a while.
See the crosseyed pirates sitting Perched in the sun
Shooting tin cans With a sawedoff shotgun And the neighbors they clap And they cheer with each blast Farewell Angelina
The sky's changing color King Kong, little elves On the rooftoops they dance Valentinotype tangos
While the makeup man's hands Shut the eyes of the dead Farewell Angelina The sky is embarrassed The machine guns are roaring The puppets heave rocks The fiends nail time bombs To the hands of the clocks Farewell Angelina The sky is erupting
Copyright ©1965; renewed 1993 Special Rider Music
Father Of Night
Father of night, Father of day,
Father, who taketh the darkness away,
Father, who teacheth the bird to fly, Builder of rainbows up in the sky, Father of loneliness and pain, Father of love and Father of rain.
Father of day, Father of night, Father of black, Father of white, Father, who build the mountain so high, Who shapeth the cloud up in the sky, Father of time, Father of dreams,
Father, who turneth the rivers and streams.
Father of grain, Father of wheat, Father of cold and Father of heat, Father of air and Father of trees,
Who dwells in our hearts and our memories, Father of minutes, Father of days,
Father of whom we most solemnly praise.
Final Theme Instrumental
Fixin' To Die (Bukka White) Feeling funny in my mind, Lord, I believe I'm fixing to die, fixing to die Feeling funny in my mind, Lord I believe I'm fixing to die Well, I don't mind dying
But I hate to leave my children crying
Well, I look over yonder to that burying ground Look over yonder to that burying ground
Sure seems lonesome, Lord, when the sun goes down Feeling funny in my eyes, Lord,
I believe I'm fixing to die, fixing to die Feeling funny in my eyes, Lord I believe I'm fixing to die Well, I don't mind dying but I hate to leave my children crying There's a black smoke rising, Lord
It's rising up above my head, up above my head It's rising up above my head, up above my head And tell Jesus make up my dying bed.
I'm walking kind of funny, Lord I believe I'm fixing to die, fixing to die Yes I'm walking kind of funny, Lord I believe I'm fixing to die
Fixing to die, fixing to die Well, I don't mind dying
But I hate to leave my children crying.
Floater (Too Much To Ask) Down over the window Comes the dazzling sunlit rays
Through the back alleys through the blinds Another one of them endless days
Honeybees are buzzin' Leaves begin to stir
I'm in love with my second cousin I keep listenin' for footsteps But I ain't hearing any
From the boat I fish for bullheads A summer breeze is blowing A squall is settin' in
Sometimes it's just plain stupid To get into any kind of wind
the old men 'round here, sometimes they get On bad terms with the younger men
It doesn't matter in the end One of the boss' hangerson
Try to bully ya strong arm you inspire you with fear It has the opposite effect
there's a new grove of trees on the outskirts of town The old one is long gone
Timber twofoot six across Burns with the bark still on
They say times are hard, if you don't believe it It don't bother me times are hard everywhere Never seen him quarrel with my mother even once Things come alive or they fall flat
You can smell the pine wood burnin' You can hear the school bell ring Gotta get up near the teacher if you can If you wanna learn anything
If it bothers you so much."
they all got out of here any way they could the cold rain can give you the shivers
they went down the Ohio, the Cumberland, the Tennessee All the rest of them rebel rivers
If you ever try to interfere with me or cross my path again You do so at the peril of your own life
I'm not quite as cool or forgiving as I sound My grandfather was a duck trapper
My grandmother could sew new dresses out of old cloth I don't know if they had any dreams or hopes
I had 'em once though, I suppose, to go along
With all the ring dancin' Christmas carols on all of the Christmas Eves It's not always easy kicking someone out
Gotta wait a while it can be an unpleasant task Sometimes somebody wants you to give something up
Foot Of Pride
Like the lion tears the flesh off of a man
they sang "Danny Boy" at his funeral and the Lord's Prayer Preacher talking 'bout Christ betrayed
It's like the earth just opened and swallowed him up He reached too high, was thrown back to the ground
You know what they say about bein' nice to the right people on the way up Sooner or later you gonna meet them comin' down
Well, there ain't no goin' back when your foot of pride come down Ain't no goin' back
Hear ya got a brother named James, don't forget faces or names He looked straight into the sun and said revenge is mine
But he drinks, and drinks can be fixed
Sing me one more song, about ya love me to the moon and the stranger And your fall by the sword love affair with Erroll Flynn
in these times of compassion when conformity's in fashion Say one more stupid thing to me before the final nail is driven in.
Well, there ain't no goin' back when your foot of pride come down Ain't no goin' back
There's a retired businessman named Red, cast down from heaven and he's out of his head He said he only deals in cash or sells tickets to a plane crash
Miss Delilah is his, a Philistine is what she is Feed you coconut bread, spice buns in your bed
If you don't mind sleepin' with your head face down in a grave.
Well, there ain't no goin' back when your foot of pride come down Ain't no goin' back
Well they'll choose a man for you to meet tonight You'll play the fool and learn how to walk through doors How to enter into the gates of paradise
Yeah, from the stage they'll be tryin' to get water outta rocks A whore will pass the hat, collect a hundred grand and say thanks They like to take all this money from sin, build big universities to study in Sing "Amazing Grace" all the way to the Swiss banks
Well, there ain't no goin' back when your foot of pride come down Ain't no goin' back
they got some beautiful people out there, man
They can be a terror to your mind and show you how to hold your tongue they got mystery written all over their forehead
they kill babies in the crib and say only the good die young They don't believe in mercy
Judgment on them is something that you'll never see They can exalt you up or bring you down main route Turn you into anything that they want you to be
Well, there ain't no goin' back when your foot of pride come down Ain't no goin' back
I can still see him in my mind climbin' that hill
Did he make it to the top, well he probably did and dropped Struck down by the strength of the will
Ain't nothin' left here partner, just the dust of a plague that has left this whole town afraid Let the dead bury the dead. Your time will come
Let hot iron blow as he raised the shade
Well, there ain't no goin' back when your foot of pride come down Ain't no goin' back
Forever Young
May you always do for others And let others do for you.
May you build a ladder to the stars May you grow up to be righteous, May you grow up to be true, May you always know the truth And see the lights surrounding you.
Stand upright and be strong, When the winds of changes shift.
Frankie & Albert
For Albert's new suite of clothes.
2. Albert said, "I'm leaving you.
Aworry about me when I'm gone."
3. Frankie went down to the corner saloon.
Said to the bartender.
"Has my lovin' man been here?"
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4. "Well, I ain't gonna tell you no stories.
I ain't gonna tell you no lies.
Lookin' up through the window high.
She saw her Albert there.
Lovein' up Alice Bly.
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Pulled out a fortyfour.
Gun went off a rootietoottoot And Albert fell on the floor.
7. Frankie got down upon her knees.
Took Albert into her lap.
But there was no bringin' him back.
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Throw me into a cell.
And now I'm goin' to hell.
9. Judge said to the jury.
"Plain as a thing can be.
Murder in the second degree."
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10. Frankie went to the scaffold.
Turned her eyes up towards the heavens.
Said, "Nearer, my God, to Thee."
Freight Train Blues
I was born in Dixie in a boomer shed Just a little shanty by the railroad track Freight train was it taught me how to cry the holler of the driver was my lullaby I got the freight train blues
Oh Lord mama, I got them in the bottom of my rambling shoes And when the whistle blows I gotta go baby, don't you know Well, it looks like I'm never gonna lose the freight train blues.
Well, my daddy was a fireman and my mamaha She was the only daugther of an enginer
My sweetheart was a brakeman and it ain't no joke I got the freight train blues
Oh Lord mama, I got them in the bottom of my rambling shoes And when the whistle blows I gotta go mama, don't you know Well, it looks like I'm never gonna lose the freight train blues.
Well, the only thing that makes me laugh again Is a southbound whistle on a southbound train Because you know I got the freight train blues
Oh Lord mama, I got them in the bottom of my rambling shoes.
Froggie Went ACourtin'
1. Frog went acourtin', and he did ride, Uhhuh, Frog went acourtin', and he did ride, Uhhuh, Frog went acourtin', and he did ride.
With a sword and a pistol by his side, Uhhuh.
2. Well he rode up to Miss Mousey's door, Uhhuh, Well he rode up to Miss Mousey's door, Uhhuh, Well he rode up to Miss Mousey's door.
Gave three loud raps and a very big roar, Uhhuh.
3. Said, "Miss Mouse, are you within?" Uhhuh, Said he, "Miss Mouse, are you within?" Uhhuh, Said, "Miss Mouse, are you within?"
"Yes, kind sir, I sit and spin," Uhhuh.
4. He took Miss Mousey on his knee, Uhhuh, Took Miss Mousey on his knee, Uhhuh,
Said, "Miss Mousey, will you marry me?" Uhhuh.
5. "Without my uncle Rat's consent, Uhhuh
"Without my uncle Rat's consent, Uhhuh I wouldn't marry the president, Uhhuh
6. Uncle Rat laughed and he shook his fat sides, Uhhuh, Uncle Rat laughed and he shook his fat sides, Uhhuh, To think his niece would be a bride, Uhhuh.
7. Uncle Rat went runnin' downtown, Uhhuh, Uncle Rat went runnin' downtown, Uhhuh, Uncle Rat went runnin' downtown.
To buy his niece a wedding gown, Uhhuh 8. Where shall the wedding supper be? Uhhuh, Where shall the wedding supper be? Uhhuh, Where shall the wedding supper be?
Way down yonder in a hollow tree, Uhhuh 9. What should the wedding supper be? Uhhuh, What should the wedding supper be? Uhhuh, What should the wedding supper be?
Fried mosquito in a blackeye pea, Uhhuh.
10. Well, first to come in was a flyin' moth, Uhhuh, First to come in was a flyin' moth, Uhhuh,
First to come in was a flyin' moth.
She laid out the table cloth, Uhhuh.
11. Next to come in was a juney bug, Uhhuh, Next to come in was a juney bug, Uhhuh, Next to come in was a juney bug.
She brought the water jug, Uhhuh.
12. Next to come in was a bumbley bee, Uhhuh Next to come in was a bumbley bee, Uhhuh Next to come in was a bumbley bee.
Sat mosquito on his knee, Uhhuh.
13. Next to come in was a broken black flea, Uhhuh, Next to come in was a broken black flea, Uhhuh, Next to come in was a broken black flea.
Danced a jig with the bumbley bee, Uhhuh.
14. Next to come in was Mrs. Cow, Uhhuh, Next to come in was Mrs. Cow, Uhhuh, Next to come in was Mrs. Cow.
She tried to dance but she didn't know how, Uhhuh.
15. Next to come in was a little black tick, Uhhuh, Next to come in was a little black tick, Uhhuh, Next to come in was a little black tick.
She ate so much she made us sick, Uhhuh.
16. Next to come in was a big black snake, Uhhuh, Next to come in was a big black snake, Uhhuh, Next to come in was a big black snake.
Ate up all of the wedding cake, Uhhuh.
17. Next to come was the old gray cat, Uhhuh, Next to come was the old gray cat, Uhhuh, Next to come was the old gray cat.
Swallowed the mouse and ate up the rat, Uhhuh.
18. Mr. Frog went ahoppin' up over the brook, Uhhuh, Mr. Frog went ahoppin' up over the brook, Uhhuh, Mr. Frog went ahoppin' up over the brook.
A lilywhite duck come and swallowed him up, Uhhuh.
19. A little piece of cornbread layin' on a shelf, Uhhuh, A little piece of cornbread layin' on a shelf, Uhhuh, A little piece of cornbread layin' on a shelf.
If you want anymore, you can sing it yourself, Uhhuh.
From A Buick 6
Well, if I go down dyin', you know she bound to put a blanket on my bed.
Well, when the pipeline gets broken and I'm lost on the river bridge I'm cracked up on the highway and on the water's edge
She comes down the thruway ready to sew me up with thread
Well, if I go down dyin', you know she bound to put a blanket on my bed.
She keeps this fourten all loaded with lead
Well, if I go down dyin', you know she bound to put a blanket on my bed.
Well, you know I need a steam shovel mama to keep away the dead She brings me everything and more, and just like I said
Well, if I go down dyin', you know she bound to put a blanket on my bed.
Copyright ©1965; renewed 1993 Special Rider Music
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Gates Of Eden
Of war and peace the truth just twists Upon fourlegged forest clouds The cowboy angel rides With his candle lit into the sun Though its glow is waxed in black All except when 'neath the trees of Eden The lamppost stands with folded arms With a crashing but meaningless blow No sound ever comes from the Gates of Eden The savage soldier sticks his head in sand And then complains
Unto the shoeless hunter who's gone deaf But still remains
Upon the beach where hound dogs bay Heading for the Gates of Eden
With a timerusted compass blade Aladdin and his lamp
Side saddle on the Golden Calf And on their promises of paradise All except inside the Gates of Eden they whisper in the wings
To those condemned to act accordingly And wait for succeeding kings
The lonesome sparrow sings
there are no kings inside the Gates of Eden The motorcycle black madonna
Twowheeled gypsy queen
And her silverstudded phantom cause The gray flannel dwarf to scream Who pick up on his bread crumb sins
And there are no sins inside the Gates of Eden The kingdoms of Experience
in the precious wind they rot While paupers change possessions
in the precious wind they rot While paupers change possessions