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I Won't Again
02:51
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I Won’t Again
I loved you once many years ago now
But you sang another’s song
You left me blue, you left me lonesome
You left me there but you were gone
I took you back when I heard a knockin’
A knockin’ at my cellar door
You was alone, lomesome and lonely
You said you’d love me forever more
(Chorus)
I won’t cry for you in the moonlight
I won’t cry for you in the rain
I won’t cry for you oh my darlin’
I won’t cry for you again
It was on a cold November morning
In the dark hours of the dawn
Again I found you with another
Your cheatin’ heart done rambled on
(Chorus)
No I won’t shed no tear for you girl
I won’t pawn my watch and chain
I will not take your name in anger
I wil not hang my head in shame
(Chorus)
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2. |
Bentpath Trail
02:51
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The Bentpath Trail
(Chorus)
Ridin’ on the Bentpath Trail
I seen it all before
Ridin’ on the Bentpath Trail
It’s got me comin’ back for more
I seen trees bendin’ where the winds don’t blow
I seen ‘em all stand still
I’ve seen the line that makes the trail
It’s a backwards climb up a downward hill
I’ve ridden from dusk and I’ve ridden through dawn
O’er the hollers and the hills
Sometimes get lost when you ride so long
Sometimes get found when you got no will
(Chorus)
I seen faces smilin’ in the clouds
Seen ‘em cryin’ in the rain
Ridden through the snow in the summer’s air
Seem ’em go for glory and come up lame
I’ve seen the world from the highest peaks
Lost my way in a valley below
But I’ll get back on and ride again
Until I reach my cabin home
(Chorus)
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3. |
Flowers for You
03:19
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Flowers for You
I wish I had flowers for you
I wish I had a melody
To sing you when you’re blue
I wish I had flowers for you
(Chorus)
I wish I had the moon to give
I want to lay pretty flowers ‘round your bed
‘Cause I know you feel a shade past blue
I wish I had flowers for you
I wish I had one more time
To tell you all the sweet things
You make come to mind
I wish I had one more time
(Chorus)
I wish I had a tune to share
I want to place pretty flowers in your hair
‘Cause I know you feel a shade past blue
I wish I had flowers for you
I’ll be with you every day
That warm breeze on your shoulder
Until time fades away
I’ll be with you every day
(Chorus)
I wish I had the stars to give
I want to lay pretty flowers ‘round your bed
‘Cause I know you feel a shade past blue
I wish I had flowers for you
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You'll Come Runnin'
03:51
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You’ll Come Runnin’
The days grow long
When you sing a lonesome song
My heart aches and it pains
Can’t see the sunshine from the rain
What was could never be
Can’t forgive what you done to me
So I’ll sing my song
Then I must be movin’ on
(Chorus)
You’ll come runnin’ from the mountain
You’ll come runnin’ from the sea
You’ll come runnin’ from the mountain
You’ll come runnin’ back to me
The flame burns low
Oh, how I loved you so
But fire turns to ash
Seems this light has come to pass
A thousand broken tears
Can’t wash away the years
So I”ll sing my song
Then I must be movin’ on
(Chorus)
Our picture on the wall
Hangs crooked from the fall
Draw the curtains, lock the door
Don’t want you knockin’ ‘round here no more
You lost your way
Searchin’ for a brighter day
So I”ll sing my song
Then I must be movin’ on
(Chorus)
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5. |
Deeds I Done
02:31
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Deeds I Done
Doin’ my time for the deeds I done
I robbed a man I was twenty-one
I spent 5 years in the Kent County Jail
Then 2 more ‘fore I could go my bail
I spent 12 years in the Perth County pen
It wasn’t long ‘fore I was back again
Spent half my years doin’ half my time
Won’t be a free man ‘til I’m 99
I shot a man nearly took his life
I shot him once so I shot him twice
Sheriff come with the trackin’ hounds
Dead man’s hat lay on the ground
(Chorus)
Spent half my years doing half my time
Won’t be a free man ‘til I’m 99
Sit right here sing a sad ol’ song
‘Bout all them rights I gone done wrong
I don’t know what scares me more
A lonely life on the jailhouse floor
Or to be set free when I’m 99
And face a world no longer mine
(Chorus)
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6. |
In the Mourning
03:30
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In the Mourning
She stands in the morning
On the banks of the shore
Her dear love departed
Now three days before
Her songs for tomorrow
All sung yesterday
Now she sings songs of sorrow
For love gone away
(Chorus)
She stands on the banks of the Avon
The winds they cry and they moan
She grieves for her dear love departed to soon
To have and to hold never more
Sun rise in the east
Shines light all the day
But the sun doesn’t shine
For Ms Molly McRae
Church bells toll sorrow
Melancholy in tone
And they sing one last song
For dear Shamus Malone
(Chorus)
She stands in mourning
On the banks of the shore
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Mama's Secret
02:48
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Mama’s Secret
(Blair Babcock)
I was born on the River Junction
Some 40 years ago
My mama had a secret
My daddy never knowed
My daddy never knowed
My daddy never knowed
My mama had a secret
My daddy never knowed
He went to pan for gold
On a northern river’s strait
He told her that he loved her
And he’d be back for her some day
She cried when he was leaving
She begged for him to stay
She cried all through the night
And past the break of day
A stranger come knockin’
And asked her if might
Take refuge from the storm
On a cold and bitter night
She found joy in breaking solitude
She found laughter in his charm
And before the night was over
She’d found comfort in his arms
(Chorus)
Oh Mama Jezabelle
I didn’t mean to but I heard
My story is our secret
And on that I give my word
My age was three and one half years
When my daddy come back home
He smiled when he saw me
But I was not my daddy’s son
The man I called my daddy
He’d been gone 5 long years
And therein lies the secret
That hides behind her fears
(Chorus)
Oh Mama Jezabelle
I didn’t mean to but I heard
My story is our secret
And on that I give my word
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The Death of Jebodiah Wilkes
Something’s gone wrong
In Wellington County
Something’s gone wrong
Oh mercy me
A false-hearted lover
The villain’s daughter
There’s blood ‘tween me and you
Something’s gone wrong
What did I do?
He tortured my mother
They shot down my pa
Young Jebodiah Wilkes
And his ruthless outlaws
They torched our timber
They bloodied our land
And ever since that day I swore
I’d kill every one of them
(Chorus)
Jebodiah claims
The fastest hand in the west
But he’ll go down like the others
He’ll die like the rest
I married his daughter
I made her my wife
And I opened the door
Into Jebodiah’s life
We had tied down our horses
We’d laid down our guns
When he looked deep in my eyes
Saw the setting of his son
He said, “I’ve read many faces
I’ve told many lies
The truth is you’re here to kill me
I can see it in your eyes”
He went for his gun
I drew out my knife
I threw that silver dagger
And I robbed him of his life
(Chorus)
Jebodiah claimed
The fastest hands in the west
But he went down like the others
He died like the rest
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Rise to the Glory
02:25
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Rise to the Glory
On a plantation in Birmingham
They sing a shout for their Master’s hand
Rise to the Glory of the Lord
Matthew, Mark and Luke and John
All his prophets is dead and gone
Rise to the Glory of the Lord
(Chorus)
Rise to the Glory
Rise to the Glory
Rise to the Glory of the Lord
Well Jesus come in
And he saved our soul from sin
So let us rise to the Glory of the Lord
A man bought and sold in this fair land
Still sings Hallelujah for his Saviour’s Hand
Rise to the Glory of the Lord
Swing low sweet chariot
Lay down your burden and bury it
Rise to the Glory of the Lord
(Chorus)
The soul of one is the soul of all
Those who rise will surely fall
Rise to the Glory of the Lord
Matthew, Mark and Luke and Joh
All his prophets is dead and gone
(Chorus)
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The Traveller
02:31
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The Traveller
(lyrics: Ella Wilcox Wheeler)
(music: Blair Babcock)
Who travels alone with his eyes on the heights
‘Tho he laughs in the daytime, he oft weeps through the night
For courage goes down with the set of the sun
When the toil of the journey is all borne by one
He speeds but to grief, tho’ full gaily he rides
Who travels alone without love at his side
Who travels alone without lover or friend
But hurries from nothing to naught at the end
Though great be his winnings and high be his goal
He is bankrupt in wisdom and beggard in soul
Life’s one gift of value to him is denied
Who travels alone without love at side
It is easy enough in this world to make haste
If we live for that purpose but think of the waste
For life is a poem to leisurely read
And the joy of the journey lies not in the speed
Vain his achievement, and petty his pride
Who travels alone without love at his side
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Don’t Bring Me My Flowers
(Chorus)
Don’t bring me my flowers
In the early afternoon
Don’t bring me my flowers
There’s so much more to do
I want to play the world a tune or two
I want to sing you just one more song
The one that says if we could measure love
Ours would be ninety boxcars long
I want to climb a ladder to the stars
Build a bubble gum canoe
I want to ride my lawnmower to the store
And come back home with you
(Chorus)
I want to dance with you all through the night
Into the morning sun
I want to hang out with a breakfast crowd
Win a race that can’t be won
I want to rock our babies to and fro
Soak up the love they bring
I want to write you a letter
Say, “You are the sweetest song I sing”
(Chorus)
Don’t bring me my flowers
In the early afternoon
Don’t bring me my flowers
There’s so much more to do
Don’t bring me my flowers
In the early afternoon
Don’t bring me my flowers
I’ve still some left to bloom
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12. |
Truth, Lies 'n Whiskey
03:48
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Truth, Lies ‘n Whiskey
Come dance by the fire
Come dance all night long
We will sing your Hallelujah’s
We will write your gospel songs
We will take your water
We will turn it into wine
Let your cup runneth over
With the fruit of the vine
(Chorus)
Lay down your burden
Lay down your thorny crown
As you live by the sword
You will die by the stone
Stand down from your soapbox
Step down from your thrown
The path of the righteous
Lay bereft and overgrown
Come dance by the fire
Sing an unholy song
Truth lies in the whiskey
And the whiskey is gone
(Chorus)
Lay down your burden
Lay down your robe and crown
As you live by the sword
You will die by the stone
Come dance with the devil
Sing an unholy song
We will learn from the righteous
We’ll do right by doing wrong
(Chorus)
Lay down your burden
Lay down your starry crown
As you live by the sword
You will die by the stone
And you’ll die all alone
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