19. Wildwood Flower
(1935)
Oh, I'll twine with my mingles and waving black hair
With the roses so red and the lilies so fair
And the myrtles so bright with emerald dew
The pale and the leader and eyes look like blue.
Oh, I'll dance, I will sing and my laugh shall be gay
I will charm ev'ry heart, in his crown I will sway
When I woke from my dreaming, idols were clay
All portions of love then had all flown away.
Oh, he taught me to love him and promised to love
And to cherish me over all others above
How my heart now is wond'ring misery can tell
He's left me no warning, no words of farewell.
Oh, he taught me to love him and called me his flow'r
That was blooming to cheer him through life's dreary hour
Oh, I'm longing to see him through life's dark hour
He's gone and neglected this pale wildwood flower.
22. T For Texas
(1927)
T for Texas, T for Tennesee [Yodel]:
T for Texas, T for Tennessee
T for Thelma I'm gonna buy me a shotgun
That gal made a wreck out of me. With a great long shiny barrel
I'm gonna buy me a shotgun
[Yodel]: O-de-lay-ee-a-lay-ee-o-ly-ee With a great long shiny barrel
I'm gonna shoot that rounder
If you don't want me mama That stole my gal.
You sure don't have to stall
If you don't want me mama [Yodel]:
You sure don't have to stall
'Cause I can get more women Rather drink muddy water
Than a passenger train can haul. Sleep in a hollow log
Rather drink muddy water
[Yodel]: And sleep in a hollow log
Than to be in Atlanta
I'm gonna buy me a pistol Treated like a dirty dog.
Just as long as I'm tall, Lawd, Lawd
I'm gonna buy me a pistol
Just as long as I'm tall
I'm gonna shoot poor Thelma
Just to see her jump and fall.
24. My Morphine
I looked around and been up and down eye dee oh lay ee tee
I never wasted time on two or three eye dee leeldle odle ee odle ee tee
There's only one girl for me eye dee odle ee tee
lee tee
There was a time she used to treat me fine deedle odle lee tee
But lately she's been acting awful stoned My Morphine be the death of me
Makes a man weep alone
Morphine, Morphine, what made you so mean?
eye dee oh lay ee tee You never used to do me like you do
eye dee leeldle odle ay oo ee tee Where's that sweet gal i knew?
eye dee oh lee tee
lee tee eye dee oh lee tee
deedle ohdle lee tee eye dee leedle odle ay odle ay tee
My Morphine be the death of me eye dee oh lay tee
lee tee
You should have seen me and my Morphine deedle odle lee tee
When we used to go dancing in the war My Morphine be the death of me
Spin me right off the floor
My Morphine
26. I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry
(1949)
Hear that lonesome whippoorwill,
He sounds too blue to fly.
The midnight train is whining low,
I'm so lonesome I could cry.
I've never seen a night so long
When time goes crawling by.
The moon just went behind a cloud
To hide its face and cry.
Did you ever see a robin weep,
When leaves began to die?
That means he's lost the will to live,
I'm so lonesome I could cry.
The silence of a falling star
Lights up a purple sky.
And as I wonder where you are
I'm so lonesome I could cry.
28. Lost Highway
(1949)
I'm a rolling stone, all alone and lost,
For a life of sin, I have paid the cost.
When I pass by, all the people say
Just another guy on the lost highway.
Just a deck of cards and a jug of wine
And a woman's lies make a life like mine.
Oh, the day we met, I went astray,
I started rollin' down that lost highway.
I was just a lad, nearly twenty-two,
Neither good nor bad, just a kid like you,
And now I'm lost, too late to pray,
Lord, I've paid the cost on the lost highway.
Now, boys, don't start your ramblin' round,
On this road of sin or you're sorrow bound.
Take my advice or you'll curse the day
You started rollin' down that lost highway.
32. Crazy
(1962)
Crazy, I'm crazy for feeling so lonely
I'm crazy, crazy for feeling so blue
I knew you'd love me as long as you wanted
And then someday you'd leave me for somebody new
Worry, why do I let myself worry?
Wond'ring what in the world did I do?
Crazy for thinking that my love could hold you
I'm crazy for trying and crazy for crying
And I'm crazy for loving you
Crazy for thinking that my love could hold you
I'm crazy for trying and crazy for crying
And I'm crazy for loving you.
35. The Christian Life
My buddies tell me that I should've waited
They say, quot;I'm missing a whole world of funquot;
But I still love them and I sing with pride
I like the Christian life
I won't lose a friend by heeding God's call
For what is a friend who'd want you to fall
Others find pleasure in things I despise
I like the Christian life
My buddies shun me since I've turned to Jesus
They say, quot;I'm missing a whole world of funquot;
I live without them and walk in the light
I like the Christian life
I won't lose a friend by heeding God's call
For what is a friend who'd want you to fall
Others find pleasure in things I despise
I like the Christian life
I like the Christian life
44. Sweet Virginia
Wading through the waste stormy winter
And there’s not a friend to help you through
Trying to stop the waves behind your eyeballs
Drop your reds drop your greens and blues
Thank you for your wine, California
Thank you for your sweet and bitter fruits
Yes, I’ve got the desert in my toenail
And hid the speed inside my shoe
But come on come on down sweet virginia
Come on honey child I beg of you
Come on come on down you got it in you
Got to scrape that shit right off your shoes
46. Love Hurts
Love hurts, Love is like a stove,
love scars, burns you when it's hot.
love wounds Love hurts
and mars. Oooh oooh love hurts
Any heart
not tough Some fools think of happiness,
or strong enough blissfullness,
to take a lot of pain, togetherness,
take a lot of pain. Some fools fool themselves I guess,
Love is like a cloud, but they're not fooling me.
holds a lot of rain. I know it isn't true,
know it isn't true.
Love hurts Love is just a lie
Oooh oooh love hurts made to make you blue.
I'm young, Love hurts
I know Oooh oooh love hurts
but even so,
I know a thing or two,
I've learned from you.
I've really learned a lot
really learned a lot.
49. Coat of Many Colors
Back through the years My coat of many colors
I go wonderin’ once again That my momma made for me
Back to the seasons of my youth Made only from rags
I recall a box of rags that someone gave us But I wore it so proudly
And how my momma put the rags to use Although we had no money
There were rags of many colors I was rich as I could be
Every piece was small In my coat of many colors
And I didn’t have a coat My momma made for me
And it was way down in the fall
Momma sewed the rags together So with patches on my britches
Sewin’ every piece with love Holes in both my shoes
She made my coat of many colors In my coat of many colors
That I was so proud of I hurried off to school
Just to find the others laughing
As she sewed, she told a story And making fun of me
From the bible, she had read In my coat of many colors
About a coat of many colors My momma made for me
Joseph wore and then she said
Perhaps this coat will bring you
Good luck and happiness
And I just couldn’t wait to wear it
And momma blessed it with a kiss
50. And oh I couldn’t understand it
For I felt I was rich
And I told them of the love
My momma sewed in every stitch
And I told em all the story
Momma told me while she sewed
And how my coat of many colors
Was worth more than all their clothes
But they didn’t understand it
And I tried to make them see
That one is only poor
Only if they choose to be
Now I know we had no money
But I was rich as I could be
In my coat of many colors
My momma made for me
Made just for me
54. Portland Oregon
Well Portland Oregon and sloe gin fizz
If that ain't love then tell me what is
Well I lost my heart it didn't take no time
But that ain't all. I lost my mind in Oregon
In a booth in the corner with the lights down low
I was movin' in fast she was takin' it slow
Well I looked at him and caught him lookin' at me
I knew right then we were playin' free in Oregon
Next day we knew last night got drunk
But we loved enough for the both of us
In the morning when the night had sobered up
It was much too late for the both of us in Oregon
Well sloe gin fizz works might fast
When you drink it by the pitcher and not by the glass
Hey bartender before you close
Pour us one more drink and a pitcher to go
And a pitcher to go
57. Cocaine Blues
(1968)
Early one mornin' while makin' the rounds
I took a shot of cocaine
and I shot my woman down
I went right home and I went to bed
I stuck that lovin' 44 beneath my head
Got up next mornin' and I grabbed that gun
took a shot of cocaine and away I run
Made a good run but I run too slow
they overtook me down in Juarez, Mexico
Late in the hot joints takin' the pills
in walked the sheriff from Jericho Hill
He said Willy Lee your name is not Jack Brown
You're the dirty hack that shot your woman down
Said yes oh yes my name is Willy Lee
if you've got the warrant just aread it to me
Shot her down because she made me slow
I thought I was her daddy but she had five more
When I was arrested I was dressed in black
They put me on a train and they took me back
Had no friend for to go my bail
they slapped my dried up carcass in that country jail
58. Early next mornin' bout a half past nine
I spied the sheriff coming down the line
Talked and he coughed as he cleared his throat
He said come on you dirty heck into that district court
Into the courtroom my trial began
where I was handled by twelve honest men
Just before the jury started out
I saw the little judge commence to look about
In about five minutes in walked the man
holding the verdict in his right hand
The verdict read in the first degree
I hollered Lordy Lordy have a mercy on me
The judge he smiled as he picked up his pin
99 years in the Folsom pen
99 years underneath that ground
I can't forget the day I shot that bad bitch down
Come on you've gotta listen unto me
lay off that whiskey and let that cocaine be
60. Man of Constant Sorrow
(In constant sorrow through his days) [chorus] Perhaps he'll die upon this train.
I am a man of constant sorrow You can bury me in some deep valley
I've seen trouble all my day. For many years where I may lay
I bid farewell to old Kentucky Then you may learn to love another
The place where I was born and raised. While I am sleeping in my grave.
(The place where he was born and raised)
[chorus] While he is sleeping in his grave.
For six long years I've been in trouble
No pleasures here on earth I found Maybe your friends think I'm just a stranger
For in this world I'm bound to ramble My face you'll never see no more.
I have no friends to help me now. But there is one promise that is given
I'll meet you on God's golden shore.
[chorus] He has no friends to help him now
[chorus] He'll meet you on God's golden shore.
It's fare thee well my old lover
I never expect to see you again
For I'm bound to ride that northern railroad
Perhaps I'll die upon this train.
62. Green Pastures
Troubles and trials often betray those
On in the weary body to stray
But we shall walk beside the still waters
With the Good Shepherd leading The Way
Those who have strayed were sought by The Master
He who once gave His life for the sheep
Out on the mountain still He is searching
Bringing them in forever to keep
Going up home to live in green pastures
Where we shall live and die never more
Even The Lord will be in that number
When we shall reach that Heavenly Shore
We will not heed the voice of the stranger
For he would lead us to despair
Following on with Jesus our savior
We shall all reach that country so fair
Going up home to live in green pastures
Where we shall live and die never more
Even The Lord will be in that number
When we shall reach that Heavenly Shore
64. A Song For You
Oh my land is like a wild goose I loved you every day and now I'm leaving
Wanders all around everywhere And I can see the sorrow in your eyes
Trembles and it shakes till every tree is loose I hope you know a lot more than you're believing
It rolls the meadows and it rolls the nails Just so the sun don't hurt ou when you cry
So take me down to your dance floor So take me down to your dance floor
And I wont mind the people when they stare And I wont mind the people when they stare
Paint a different color on your front door Paint a different color on your front door
And tomorrow we will still be there And tomorrow we will still be there
And tomorrow we will still be there
Jesus built a ship to sing a song to
It sails the rivers and it sails the tide
Some of my friends don't know who they belong to
Some can't get a single thing to work inside
So take me down to your dance floor
And I wont mind the people when they stare
Paint a different color on your front door
And tomorrow we will still be there
