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from Kingston Trio - Tom Dooley (1989)
Throughout history, there have been many songs written about the eternal triangle. This next one tells the story of Mister Grayson, a beautiful woman and a condemned man named Tom Dooley. When the sun rises tomorrow, Tom Dooley must hang.
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley Hang down your head and cry Hang down your head, Tom Dooley Poor boy, you're bound to die I met her on the mountain There I took her life Met her on the mountain Stabbed her with my knife Hang down your head, Tom Dooley Hang down your head and cry Hang down your head, Tom Dooley Poor boy, you're bound to die This time tomorrow Reckon where I'll be Hadn't-a been for Grayson I'd-a been in Tennessee Well now, boy Hang down your head, Tom Dooley Hang down your head and cry Hang down your head, Tom Dooley Poor boy, you're bound to die Hang down your head and try, Tom Dooley Hang down your head and cry Hang down your head and try, Tom Dooley Poor boy, you're bound to die This time tomorrow Reckon where I'll be Down in some lonesome valley Hangin' from a white oak tree Hang down your head, Tom Dooley Hang down your head and cry Hang down your head, Tom Dooley Poor boy, you're bound to die Well now, boy Hang down your head, Tom Dooley Hang down your head and cry Hang down your head, Tom Dooley Poor boy, you're bound to die Poor boy, you're bound to die Poor boy, you're bound to die Poor boy, you're bound to die |
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from Kingston Trio - Tom Dooley (1989)
Will Holt
When I was just a little boy, my father said to me, "Come here and learn a lesson from the lovely lemon tree. My son, it's most important," my father said to me, "to put your faith in what you feel and not in what you see." Chorus: Lemon tree, very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet, but the fruit of the poor lemon is a thing one cannot eat. (Repeat chorus) Beneath that Lemon Tree one day, my love and I did lie. A girl so sweet that when she smiled, the sun rose in the sky. We passed the summer lost in love beneath the Lemon Tree. The music of her laughter hid my father's words from me. (Chorus) One day she left without a word. She took away the sun and in the dark she left behind, I knew what she had done. She left me for another. It's a common tale but true. A sadder man but wiser now, I sing these words to you. (Chorus) |
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from Kingston Trio - Tom Dooley (1989)
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song.
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song. It takes a worried man to sing a worried song. I'm worried now...but I won't be worried long. (Bobby:) Got myself a Cadillac, thirty dollars down. Got myself a brand new house five miles out of town. Got myself a gal named Sue, treats me really fine. Yes, she's my baby and I love her all the time. It takes a worried, worried man to sing a worried, worried song. It takes a worried, worried man to sing a worried, worried song. It takes a worried man to sing a worried song. I'm worried now...but I won't be worried long. (Nickie:) I've been away on a business trip, travelin' all around. I've got a gal and her name is Sue, prettiest gal in town. She sets my mind to worryin' every time I'm gone. I'll be home tonight...so I won't be worried long! It takes a worried man to sing a worried song. It takes a worried man to sing a worried song. It takes a worried man to sing a worried song. I'm worried now...but I won't be worried long. (Dave:) Well, Bobby's in the living room, holding hands with Sue. Nickie's at that big front door, 'bout to come on through. Well, I'm here in the closet. Oh, Lord, what shall I do? We're worried now but we won't be worried long. It takes a worried man to sing a worried song. It takes a worried man to sing a worried song. It takes a worried man to sing a worried song. I'm worried now...but I won't be worried long. |
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from Kingston Trio - Tom Dooley (1989)
You don't knock. (You don't knock.)You just walk on in. The door (the door)
into heaven's inn. There's love (there's love) and joy for you to share (to share) the whole day through. I know (I know) my friends are there to rest (to rest) in the heaven's nest. You don't knock, ring, punch a hole. The door's wide open a-waitin' for your soul. You don't knock just walk on in. I've walked life's winding road (Oh, yeah!) 'cause I'm tryin' to bear the load (Oh, yeah!) And I traveled both night and day. (Oh, yeah!) So tired I could hardly pray (Oh, yeah!) Well, Jesus, my light and guide, (Oh, yeah!) oh, He's ever by my side. (Oh, yeah!) So, I'm walkin', not a-knockin', into heaven with pride. I'll have no need to fear. (Oh, yeah!) Well, He is ever near. (Oh, yeah!) He'll know my work was true. (Oh, yeah!) So glad the day is through. (Yeah!) Well it wasn't for me to say. (Oh, yeah!) I didn't think I'd make my way. (Oh, yeah!)' So, I'm walkin', not a-knockin', to heaven with pride. Repeat first verse |
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from Kingston Trio - Tom Dooley (1989)
Have you heard of the ship, called the good Reuben James
Run by hard fighting men, both of honor and fame She flew the stars and stripes for the land of the free But tonight she's in her grave at the bottom of the sea Oh, tell me what were their names, tell me what were their names Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James? Tell me what were their names, tell me what were their names Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James? One hundred men went down to their dark and watery graves When that good ship went down only forty-four were saved T'was the last of October, they save the forty-four From the dark, icy waters of that cold Iceland shore Oh, tell me what were their names, tell me what were their names Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James? Tell me what were their names, tell me what were their names Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James? It was there in the dark, of that cold and water night They watched for the U-Boats, they waited for a fight Then a whine and a rock and a great explosion's roar They laid the Reuben James on that cold ocean floor Oh, tell me what were their names, tell me what were their names Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James? Tell me what were their names, tell me what were their names Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James? Many years have passed since those brave men are gone Those cold, icy waters, they're still and they're calm Many years have passed and still I wonder why The worst of men must fight and the best of men must die Oh, tell me what were their names, tell me what were their names Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James? Tell me what were their names, tell me what were their names Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James? |
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from Kingston Trio - Tom Dooley (1989)
Where have all the flowers gone?
Long time passing Where have all the flowers gone? Long time ago Where have all the flowers gone? Young girls picked them, every one When will they ever learn? When will they ever learn? Where have all the young girls gone? Long time passing Where have all the young girls gone? Long time ago Where have all the young girls gone? Gone to young men, every one When will they ever learn? When will they ever learn? Where have all the young men gone? Long time passing Where have all the young men gone? Long time ago Where have all the young men gone? Gone for soldiers, every one When will they ever learn? When will they ever learn? Where have all the soldiers gone? Long time passing Where have all the soldiers gone? A long, long time ago Where have all the soldiers gone? Gone to graveyards, every one When will they ever learn? When will they ever learn? Where have all the graveyards gone? Long time passing Where have all the graveyards gone? Long time ago Where have all the graveyards gone? Gone to flowers, every one When will they ever learn? When will they ever learn? |
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from Kingston Trio - Tom Dooley (1989)
Woody Guthrie
Chorus: This land is your land. This land is my land from California to the New York island, From the red wood forest to the Gulf stream waters. This land was made for you and me. As I was walkin' that ribbon of a highway, I saw above me that endless skyway. I saw below me that golden valley. This land was made for you and me. (Chorus) I roamed and rambled and I followed my footsteps to the sparklin' sands of her diamond desert And all around me a voice was sounding, "This land was made for you and me." The sun came shining and I was strolling and the wheat fields waving and the dust clouds rolling As the fog was lifting a voice was calling, "This land was made for you and me." (Chorus) |
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from Kingston Trio - Tom Dooley (1989)
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a man?
Yes, 'n' how many seas must a white dove sail before she sleeps in the sand? Yes, 'n' how many times must the cannon balls fly before they're forever banned? The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind. The answer is blowin' in the wind. How many times must a man look up before he can see the sky? Yes, 'n' how many ears must one man have before he can hear people cry? Yes, 'n' how many deaths will it take 'till he knows that too many people have died? The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind. The answer is blowin' in the wind. How many years must a mountain exist before it's washed to the sea? Yes, 'n' how many years can some people exist before they're allowed to be free? Yes, 'n' how many times can a man turn his head, pretending he just doesn't see? The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind. The answer is blowin' in the wind. |
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from Kingston Trio - Tom Dooley (1989)
(Hedy West)
If you miss the train I'm on, you will know that I am gone, you can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles. A hundred miles, a hundred miles, a hundred miles, a hundred miles, you can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles. Lord, I'm one, Lord, I'm two, Lord, I'm three, Lord, I'm four, Lord, I'm five hundred miles a way from home. Away from home, away from home, away from home, away from home, Lord, I'm five hundred miles away from home. Not a shirt on my back, not a penny to my name. Lord, I can't go back home this-a way. This-a way, this-a way, this-a way, this-a way, Lord, I can't go back home this-a way. (Interlude, repeat first verse) You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles. |
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from Kingston Trio - Tom Dooley (1989)
Adieu, Emile, my trusted friend,
We've known each other since we were nine or ten. Together we climbed hills and trees, Learned of love and A B Cs, Skinned our hearts and skinned our knees. Adieu, Emile, it's hard to die When all the birds are singing in the sky. Now that the Spring is in the air Pretty girls are ev'rywhere. Think of me and I'll be there. We had joy. We had fun. We had seasons in the sun, But the hills we would climb Were just seasons out of time. Adieu, Papa, please pray for me. I was the black sheep of the family. You tried to teach me right from wrong. Too much wine and too much song, Wonder how I got along. Adieu, Papa, it's hard to die When all the birds are singing in the sky. Now that the Spring is in the air Little children ev'rywhere. When you see them, I'll be there. We had joy. We had fun. We had seasons in the sun, But the wine and the song Like the seasons have all gone. Adieu, Francoise, my trusted wife, Without you I'd have had a lonely life. You cheated lots of times but then, I forgave you in the end Though your lover was my friend. Adieu, Francoise, it's hard to die When all the birds are singing in the sky. Now that the spring is in the air With your lovers ev'rywhere; Just be careful, I'll be there. All our lives we had fun. We had seasons in the sun, But the stars we could reach Were just starfish on the beach. Adieu, Emile. Adieu, Papa. Adieu, Francoise. We had joy. We had fun. We had seasons in the sun, But the wine and the song Like the seasons have all gone. All our lives, we had fun. We had seasons in the sun, But the stars we could reach were just starfish on the beach. |
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from Kingston Trio - Tom Dooley (1989)
E. Danzig/J. O. Segal
I peeked in to say goodnight and I heard my child in prayer. "Please bring me some scarlet ribbons, scarlet ribbons for my hair." All the shops were closed and shuttered, all the streets were dark and bare. In our town no scarlet ribbons, scarlet ribbons for her hair. Through the night, my heart was achin', just before the dawn was breaking. I looked in and on her bed in gay profusion lying there, scarlet ribbons, lovely ribbons, scarlet ribbons for her hair. If I live to be a hundred, I will never know from where came those ribbons, lovely ribbons, scarlet ribbons for her hair. |
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from Kingston Trio - Live At Newport [live] (1994)
Louis Gottlieb
Rock-a-bout, rock-a-bout, rock-a-bout. Chorus: Come on and rock-about my Saro Jane. (Repeat) Oh, there's nothing to do but to sit down and sing and rock-about my Saro Jane. I've got a wife and five little children. Believe I'll take a trip on the big Macmillan. Oh, Saro Jane. A guy like me don't have no home. I make my livin' on my shoulder bone. Oh, Sara Jane. Oh, Saro Jane. Oh, Saro Jane. (Chorus) Woke up this mornin' feeling mighty mean, thinkin' 'bout my good gal in New Orleans. Oh, Saro Jane. Fireman, keep those boilers hot. I want to reach town by six o'clock. Oh, Saro Jane. Oh, Saro Jane. Oh, Saro Jane. (Chorus) Back's getting' tired and shoulder's gettin' sore. Each sack is bigger than the one before. Oh, Saro Jane. A rock in my stomach and a watchin' my head. Gettin' superstitious 'bout my pork and bread. Oh, Saro Jane. Oh, Saro Jane. (Chorus) |
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from Kingston Trio - Live At Newport [live] (1994)
Jacqueline Steiner/Bess Hawes
Spoken: These are the times that try men's souls. In the course of our nation's history, the people of Boston have rallied bravely whenever the rights of men have been threatened. Today, a new crisis has arisen. The Metropolitan Transit Authority, better known as the M. T. A., is attempting to levy a burdensome tax on the population in the form of a subway fare increase. Citizens, hear me out! This could happen to you! (Eight bar guitar, banjo introduction) Well, let me tell you of the story of a man named Charley on a tragic and fateful day. He put ten cents in his pocket, kissed his wife and family, went to ride on the M. T. A. Chorus: Well, did he ever return? No, he never returned and his fate is still unknown. (What a pity! Poor ole Charlie. Shame and scandal. He may ride forever. Just like Paul Revere.) He may ride forever 'neath the streets of Boston. He's the man who never returned. Charlie handed in his dime at the Kendall Square Station and he changed for Jamaica Plain. When he got there the conductor told him, "One more nickel." Charlie couldn't get off of that train. (Chorus) Now, all night long Charlie rides through the station, crying, "What will become of me?!! How can I afford to see my sister in Chelsea or my cousin in Rocksbury?" (Chorus) Charlie's wife goes down to the Sculley Square Station every day at quarter past two, And through the open window she hands Charlie a sandwich as the train comes rumblin' through. (Chorus) Now, you citizens of Boston, don't you think it's a scandal how the people have to pay and pay? Fight the fare increase! Vote for George O'Brien! Get poor Charlie off the M. T. A. (Chorus) He's the man who never returned. He's the man who never returned. E tu, Charlie? |
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from Kingston Trio - Live At Newport [live] (1994)
Dave Guard/Bob Shane/Nick Reynolds
Only one thing that money can't buy, t rue love that will never die. All my sorrows soon forgotten. Carefree lovers down country lanes, don't know my grief, can't feel my pain. All my sorrows soon forgotten. But it's too late, my love Too late but never mind. All my sorrows soon forgotten. Now there's one more thing that troubles my mind. My love is gone, left me behind. All my sorrows soon forgotten. But it's too late, my love. Too late but never mind. All my sorrows soon forgotten." |
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from Kingston Trio - Live At Newport [live] (1994)
Jane Bowers
A hundred and eighty were challenged by Travis to die. A line that he drew with his sword when the battle was nigh. "The man who would fight to the death cross over but he who that would live better fly," And over the line stepped a hundred and seventy-nine. Chorus: Hi! Up! Santa Anna, we're killing your soldiers below, so the rest of Texas will know and remember the Alamo! Jim Bowie lay dyin', his powder was ready and dry. From flat on his back, Bowie killed him a few in reply, And young Davy Crockett was smilin' and laughin'. The challenge was fierce in his eye. For Texas and freedom, a man more than willin' to die. (Chorus) A courier sent to the battlements, bloody and loud. With words of fare well in the letters he carried were proud. "Grieve not, little darlin', my dyin' if Texas is sovereign and free. We'll never surrender and ever will liberty be!" (Chorus) Remember the Alamo! Remember the Alamo! Remember the Alamo! |
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from Kingston Trio - Live At Newport [live] (1994)
by George Archer, c. 1947,1964, 1965
(Many thanks to Big Wayne Shrubsall for researching and contributing these lyrics) E inu tatou e hara E inu tatou ite ava e E inu tatou e E inu tatou e hara E inu tatou ite ava e E inu tatou e A rave hoi oe A rave hoi oe *A rave ite mau peu ri'i e A rave e-- ite mau peu ri'i mau ae te man ote vahine e. For singers: pronounce each syllable and vowel separately. The line marked * then would be pronounced this way: Ah rahvay eetay mah oo payoo ree-ee ay (as in 'say'). However, Guard's solo verse is NOT part of Archer's original." |
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from Kingston Trio - Live At Newport [live] (1994)
Woody Guthrie
Chorus: Well, it's hard. Ain't it hard? Ain't it hard (oh, yes) to love one who never did love you. Well, it's hard. Ain't it hard? Ain't it hard, great God, to love one who never will be true? Well, there is a house in this old town. That's where my true love lays around. She sits down upon another's knee (do tell) and tells him what she never will tell me. (Chorus) The first time I seen my true love she was a-standin' by my door, And the last time I seen her false-hearted smile, she was dead on that bar room floor! (Poor girl!) (Chorus) Well, who's gonna kiss your ruby lips? (Not you, sweetie!) Who's gonna hold your little hand? (Hand?) Who's gonna do, well, you know what, when I'm down in that promised land? (I will!) (Chorus) Well, don't go drinkin' and gamblin'. Don't go there your sorrows for to drown. This hard liquor place is a low-down disgrace. It's the meanest damn place in this town! (Chorus) |
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from Kingston Trio - Live At Newport [live] (1994)
Paul Campbell
Hey! We are following the footsteps of those who've gone before and we'll all be reunited on that new and sunlit shore. Chorus: Oh, when the saints go marching in, (Repeat) oh, Lord, I want to be in that number when the saints go marching in. And when the sun refuse to shine, (Repeat) oh, Lord, I want to be in that number when the sun refuse to shine. Oh, when the trumpet sound its call, (Repeat) oh, Lord, I want to be in that number when the trumpet sounds that call. Oh, when the new world is revealed, (Repeat) oh, Lord, I want to be in that number when the new world is revealed. (Chorus)" |
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from Kingston Trio - Live At Newport [live] (1994)
Dave Guard
One, two, and three jolly coachmen sat at an English tavern. Three jolly coachmen sat at an English tavern, And they decided, and they decided, and they decided to have another flagon. Landlord, fill the flowing bowl until it doth run over. (Repeat) For tonight we merr-I be, (Repeat twice) Tomorrow we'll be sober. (What!) Here's to the man who drinks dark ale and goes to bed quite mellow! (Repeat) He lives as he ought to live (Repeat twice) He'll die a jolly good fellow! (Ha! Ha! Ha!) Here's to the man who drinks water pure and goes to bed quite sober. (Repeat) He falls as the leaves do fall, (Repeat twice) He'll die before October! (Ho! Ho! Ho!) Here's to the maid who steals a kiss and runs to tell her mother. (Repeat) She's a foolish, foolish thing. (Repeat twice) For she'll not get another. (Pity!) Here's to the maid who steals a kiss and stays to steal another. (Repeat) She's a boon to all man kind. (Repeat twice) For soon she'll be a mother!" |
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from Kingston Trio - Live At Newport [live] (1994)
Chorus:
South Coast, the wild coast, is lonely. You may win at the game at Jolon, But the lion still rules the barranca, and a man there is always alone. My name is Juan Hano de Castro. My father was a Spanish grandee, But I won my wife in a card game, when a man lost his daughter to me. I picked up the ace. I had won her! My heart, which was down at my feet Jumped up to my throat in a hurry- Like a warm summers' day, she was sweet. (Chorus) Her arms had to tighten around me as we rode up the hills from the South. Not a word did I hear from her that day- or a kiss from her pretty red mouth. We came to my cabin at twilight. The stars twinkled out on the coast. She soon loved the valley- the orchard- but I knew that she loved me the most. (Chorus) Then I got hurt in a landslide with crushed hip and twice-broken bone. She saddled our pony like lightning- rode off in the night, all alone. The lion screamed in the barranca; the pony fell back on the slide. My young wife lay dead in the moonlight. My heart died that night with my bride. (Chorus) Daughters were possessions, to be bet away or arranged marriages for; also, note the use of "young wife" in the final stanza. Her shyness- "had to tighten"- and her silent reticence but adaptable "soon loved..." indicates no previous marriage, and "lost his daughter to me" indicates her origin, whereas "to hell with the lords o'er the sea" seems thrown in. If this man were a sailor, why would he have established orchards? Just a thought. I'd really like to see the original music if it were available. The concept of betting away a daughter was my first exposure to the concept of women as property and the sung stuck with me my whole life. (I was the oldest and only daughter and I was afraid of the possibility; I was 9 and the chorus, except for one word, and the storyline, and the tune have stayed with me for the last 25 years; it influenced my major "women's studies") |
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from Kingston Trio - Live At Newport [live] (1994)
Dave Guard
Scotch and soda, mud in your eye. Baby, do I feel high, oh, me, oh, my. Do I feel high. Dry martini, jigger of gin. Oh, what a spell you've got me in, oh, my. Do I feel high. People won't believe me. They'll think that I'm just braggin'. But I could feel the way I do and still be on the wagon. All I need is one of your smiles. Sunshine of your eyes, oh, me, oh, my. Do I feel high. People won't believe me. They'll think that I'm just braggin'. But I could feel the way I do and still be on the wagon. All I need is one of your smiles. Sunshine of your eyes, oh, me, oh, my. Do I feel higher than a kite can fly. Give me lovin', baby. I feel high." |
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from Thank You For Smoking (땡큐 포 스모킹) by Rolfe Kent [ost] (2006)
Some people say I'm a no-count
Others say I'm no good But I'm just a natural born travellin' man Doin' what I think I should, oh yeah Doin' what I think I should And I don't give a damn about a Greenback a-dollar Spend it fast as I can For a wailing song and a good guitar The only things that I understand, poor boy The only things that I understand When I was a little baby My momma said, "Hey son Travel where you will and grow to be a man And sing what must be sung, poor boy Sing what must be sung." And I don't give a damn about a Greenback a-dollar Spend it fast as I can For a wailing song and a good guitar The only things that I understand, poor boy The only things that I understand Now that I'm a grown man I've travelled here and there I've learned that a bottle of brandy and a song The only ones who ever cared, poor boy The only ones who ever cared And I don't give a damn about a Greenback a-dollar Spend it fast as I can For a wailing song and a good guitar The only things that I understand, poor boy The only things that I understand Some people say I'm a no-count Others say I'm no good But I'm just a natural born travellin' man Doin' what I think I should, oh yeah Doin' what I think I should. And I don't give a damn about a Greenback a-dollar Spend it fast as I can For a wailing song and a good guitar The only things that I understand, poor boy The only things that I understand The only things that I understand, poor boy The only things that I understand |
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from The Kingston Trio - The Capitol Collector`S Series (2004)
Throughout history, there have been many songs written about the eternal triangle. This next one tells the story of Mister Grayson, a beautiful woman and a condemned man named Tom Dooley. When the sun rises tomorrow, Tom Dooley must hang.
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley Hang down your head and cry Hang down your head, Tom Dooley Poor boy, you're bound to die I met her on the mountain There I took her life Met her on the mountain Stabbed her with my knife Hang down your head, Tom Dooley Hang down your head and cry Hang down your head, Tom Dooley Poor boy, you're bound to die This time tomorrow Reckon where I'll be Hadn't-a been for Grayson I'd-a been in Tennessee Well now, boy Hang down your head, Tom Dooley Hang down your head and cry Hang down your head, Tom Dooley Poor boy, you're bound to die Hang down your head and try, Tom Dooley Hang down your head and cry Hang down your head and try, Tom Dooley Poor boy, you're bound to die This time tomorrow Reckon where I'll be Down in some lonesome valley Hangin' from a white oak tree Hang down your head, Tom Dooley Hang down your head and cry Hang down your head, Tom Dooley Poor boy, you're bound to die Well now, boy Hang down your head, Tom Dooley Hang down your head and cry Hang down your head, Tom Dooley Poor boy, you're bound to die Poor boy, you're bound to die Poor boy, you're bound to die Poor boy, you're bound to die |
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from The Kingston Trio - The Capitol Collector`S Series (2004)
Will Holt
Spoken: A young man goes to Paris, as every young man should. There's something in the air of France that does a young man good. Chorus: On the album, Dave sings the beginning of the chorus in phonetic French. Actual French is as follows: Ah! les fraises et les fromboises et les bon vins (que) nous avons bus. La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la. Raspberries, strawberries, the good wines we brew. Here's to the girls of the countryside, the ones we drink 'em to. Spoken: Paris nights are warm and fair. The summer winds are soft. A young man finds the face of love in every field and loft. In every field and loft. (Chorus) Spoken: An old man returns to Paris as ev'ry old man must. He finds the winter winds blow cold. His dreams have turned to dust. His dreams have turned to dust. His dreams have turned to dust. Ah! les fraises et les fromboises et les bon vins que nous avons bus. La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la. Raspberries, strawberries, the good wines we brew. Here's to the girls of the countryside, whom we must bid adieu. |
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from The Kingston Trio - The Capitol Collector`S Series (2004)
We went one day about a month ago (ha ha ha) to have a little fun (ah ha) in Mexico.
We ended up in a gambling spot (ha ha ha) where the liquor flowed and the dice were hot. So, here we are in the Tijuana jail. Ain't got no friends to go our bail. So, here we'll stay 'cause we can't pay. Just send our mail to the Tijuana jail. I was shooting dice, raking in the dough (long green) and then I heard a whistle blow. We started to run when a man in blue said, "Senor, come with me 'cause I want you." So, here we are in the Tijuana jail. Ain't got no friends to go our bail. So, here we'll stay 'cause we can't pay. Just send our mail to the Tijuana jail. Just five hundred dollars and they'll set us free. I couldn't raise a penny if they threatened me. I know five hundred don't sound like much (cheap), but just try to find somebody to touch. So, here we are in the Tijuana jail. Ain't got no friends to go our bail. So, here we'll stay 'cause we can't pay. Just send our mail to the Tijuana jail. So, here we are in the Tijuana jail. Ain't got no friends to go our bail. So, here we'll stay 'cause we can't pay. Just send our mail to the Tijuana jail. |
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from The Kingston Trio - The Capitol Collector`S Series (2004)
Jacqueline Steiner/Bess Hawes
Spoken: These are the times that try men's souls. In the course of our nation's history, the people of Boston have rallied bravely whenever the rights of men have been threatened. Today, a new crisis has arisen. The Metropolitan Transit Authority, better known as the M. T. A., is attempting to levy a burdensome tax on the population in the form of a subway fare increase. Citizens, hear me out! This could happen to you! (Eight bar guitar, banjo introduction) Well, let me tell you of the story of a man named Charley on a tragic and fateful day. He put ten cents in his pocket, kissed his wife and family, went to ride on the M. T. A. Chorus: Well, did he ever return? No, he never returned and his fate is still unknown. (What a pity! Poor ole Charlie. Shame and scandal. He may ride forever. Just like Paul Revere.) He may ride forever 'neath the streets of Boston. He's the man who never returned. Charlie handed in his dime at the Kendall Square Station and he changed for Jamaica Plain. When he got there the conductor told him, "One more nickel." Charlie couldn't get off of that train. (Chorus) Now, all night long Charlie rides through the station, crying, "What will become of me?!! How can I afford to see my sister in Chelsea or my cousin in Rocksbury?" (Chorus) Charlie's wife goes down to the Sculley Square Station every day at quarter past two, And through the open window she hands Charlie a sandwich as the train comes rumblin' through. (Chorus) Now, you citizens of Boston, don't you think it's a scandal how the people have to pay and pay? Fight the fare increase! Vote for George O'Brien! Get poor Charlie off the M. T. A. (Chorus) He's the man who never returned. He's the man who never returned. E tu, Charlie? |
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from The Kingston Trio - The Capitol Collector`S Series (2004)
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song.
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song. It takes a worried man to sing a worried song. I'm worried now...but I won't be worried long. (Bobby:) Got myself a Cadillac, thirty dollars down. Got myself a brand new house five miles out of town. Got myself a gal named Sue, treats me really fine. Yes, she's my baby and I love her all the time. It takes a worried, worried man to sing a worried, worried song. It takes a worried, worried man to sing a worried, worried song. It takes a worried man to sing a worried song. I'm worried now...but I won't be worried long. (Nickie:) I've been away on a business trip, travelin' all around. I've got a gal and her name is Sue, prettiest gal in town. She sets my mind to worryin' every time I'm gone. I'll be home tonight...so I won't be worried long! It takes a worried man to sing a worried song. It takes a worried man to sing a worried song. It takes a worried man to sing a worried song. I'm worried now...but I won't be worried long. (Dave:) Well, Bobby's in the living room, holding hands with Sue. Nickie's at that big front door, 'bout to come on through. Well, I'm here in the closet. Oh, Lord, what shall I do? We're worried now but we won't be worried long. It takes a worried man to sing a worried song. It takes a worried man to sing a worried song. It takes a worried man to sing a worried song. I'm worried now...but I won't be worried long. |
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from The Kingston Trio - The Capitol Collector`S Series (2004)
Coo coo u, I think coo coo, coo, coo coo, u. (Repeat)
How did you get so coo coo? How did you? (Repeat) They say that it's a fact that your head is cracked. (Ya tambien somos locos.) Well, I know it's true. You are coo coo, too. (Ya tambien somos locos.) Once again I said you have lost your head. (Ya tambien somos locas.) Since your ego's curbed, you are too disturbed. (Ya tambiem somos locas.) How did you get so coo coo? How did you? (Repeat) You are paranoid and your head is void. (Ya tambien somos locos.) Since your wig is flipped your skull's come unzipped. (Ya tambien somos locos.) How did you get so coo coo? How did you? (Repeat) |
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from The Kingston Trio - The Capitol Collector`S Series (2004)
Jane Bowers/Irving Burgess
Aye, Torero, she is here. Aye, matador. I feel her eyes. They are wide with excitement and fear. I feel her heart for it cries when the horns are too near. I will bold, brave, and swift will I be and I will be numero uno, torero fino. She'll dream tonight of me. Chorus: Ole, ole, ole! (Husted!) Viva el matador! Ole, ole, ole! (Venga!) Viva el matador! Aye, Torero, she is here. Aye, matador. I see her smile and I see there the reason she came. Toro, come closer. Come here and I'll whisper her name. You may be brave and as bold as you're black, but I will be numero uno, torero fino, toro come back. Chorus) Toro, aqui. Closer, closer, closer. |
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from The Kingston Trio - The Capitol Collector`S Series (2004)
Harlan Howard
He was born and raised around Jacksonville. A nice young man, not the kind to kill. But a jealous fight and a flashing blade sent him on the run to the Everglades. Runnin' like a dog through the Everglades. Now, the posse went in and they came back out. They said he'll die and there ain't no doubt. It's an eye for an eye so the debt is paid. He won't last long in the Everglades. A man can't live in the Everglades. Chorus: Where a man can hide and never be found and have no fear of the bayin' hounds. But he better keep movin' and don't stand still. If the 'skeeters don't get then the 'gaters will. Runnin' like a dog through the Everglades. (Last time - Skippin' like a frog through the slimy bog. Runnin' through the trees from the Everlys.) Now, the years went by and his girl was wed. His fam'ly gave him up for dead. But now and then the natives would say they'd seen him runnin' through the Everglades. Now, he never heard the news on the radio. He was deep in the 'glades so he'll never know. His runnin' and hidin' didn't make much sense for the jury had ruled it was self-defense. Running like a dog through the Everglades. (Chorus) |
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from The Kingston Trio - The Capitol Collector`S Series (2004)
Where have all the flowers gone?
Long time passing Where have all the flowers gone? Long time ago Where have all the flowers gone? Young girls picked them, every one When will they ever learn? When will they ever learn? Where have all the young girls gone? Long time passing Where have all the young girls gone? Long time ago Where have all the young girls gone? Gone to young men, every one When will they ever learn? When will they ever learn? Where have all the young men gone? Long time passing Where have all the young men gone? Long time ago Where have all the young men gone? Gone for soldiers, every one When will they ever learn? When will they ever learn? Where have all the soldiers gone? Long time passing Where have all the soldiers gone? A long, long time ago Where have all the soldiers gone? Gone to graveyards, every one When will they ever learn? When will they ever learn? Where have all the graveyards gone? Long time passing Where have all the graveyards gone? Long time ago Where have all the graveyards gone? Gone to flowers, every one When will they ever learn? When will they ever learn? |
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from The Kingston Trio - The Capitol Collector`S Series (2004)
Scotch and Soda
Mud in yer eye Baby do I feel high oh me oh my Do I feel high Dry martini Jigger of gin Oh what a spell you've got me in, oh my Do I feel high People won't believe me They'll think that I'm just braggin' But I could feel the way I do And still be on the wagon All I need is one of your smiles Sunshine of your eye oh me oh my Do I feel higher than a kite can fly Give me lovin' baby I feel high People won't believe me They'll think that I'm just braggin' But I could feel the way I do And still be on the wagon All I need is one of your smiles Sunshine of your eye oh me oh my Do I feel higher than a kite can fly Give me lovin' baby I feel high |
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from The Kingston Trio - The Capitol Collector`S Series (2004)
Chorus:
Jane, Jane, Jane, mark my bonnie Jane as sweet as sugar in the cane, don't be ashame. Jane cannot see. She's as blind as she can be, but the prettiest girl in all the world to me. Jane, Jane, Jane, with the pretty, pretty face, dressed in rags she still looks like a queen. Jane, Jane, Jane, she should be in silk and lace, the prettiest girl that you have ever seen. (Chorus) Jane, Jane, Jane, she has no mom or dad. She's all alone but still she is not sad. The wild birds sing a song, her little dog tags along. To hear her laughter makes my poor heart glad. (Chorus) I know Jane is sweet by the sounding of her feet. I see her beauty when she speaks to me. If she could see me now, my love to her I'd vow but I couldn't love her more if I could see. (Chorus) But I couldn't love her more if I could see. (Repeat) |
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from The Kingston Trio - The Capitol Collector`S Series (2004)
John Stewart
Chorus: If there's one more town, I'll be goin'. Fight for the winnin' and I'll be there. If there's one more song, I'll be singin'. I'm always goin' but I don't know where. I spent seventeen in West Virginia. Eight more years just for runnin' free. But the girls back home in their blue gingham dresses only heard one thing from me. (Chorus) Went down to New Orleans last summer on a flat boat workin' my way. There were well-mannered ladies and street that were shady, but for me, I never could stay. (Chorus) Sailed up to New York on a schooner, but I won't be stayin' there long. There were bright city lights and girls in pink tights but their faces were all painted on. (Chorus) |
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from The Kingston Trio - The Capitol Collector`S Series (2004)
Some people say I'm a no-count
Others say I'm no good But I'm just a natural born travellin' man Doin' what I think I should, oh yeah Doin' what I think I should And I don't give a damn about a Greenback a-dollar Spend it fast as I can For a wailing song and a good guitar The only things that I understand, poor boy The only things that I understand When I was a little baby My momma said, "Hey son Travel where you will and grow to be a man And sing what must be sung, poor boy Sing what must be sung." And I don't give a damn about a Greenback a-dollar Spend it fast as I can For a wailing song and a good guitar The only things that I understand, poor boy The only things that I understand Now that I'm a grown man I've travelled here and there I've learned that a bottle of brandy and a song The only ones who ever cared, poor boy The only ones who ever cared And I don't give a damn about a Greenback a-dollar Spend it fast as I can For a wailing song and a good guitar The only things that I understand, poor boy The only things that I understand Some people say I'm a no-count Others say I'm no good But I'm just a natural born travellin' man Doin' what I think I should, oh yeah Doin' what I think I should. And I don't give a damn about a Greenback a-dollar Spend it fast as I can For a wailing song and a good guitar The only things that I understand, poor boy The only things that I understand The only things that I understand, poor boy The only things that I understand |
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from The Kingston Trio - The Capitol Collector`S Series (2004)
I was travelin' West of Buckskin on my way to a cattle run, 'cross a little cactus desert under a hard bargaining sun. Thirsty down to my toenails, I stopped to rest me on a stump, but I tell you I just couldn't believe it when I saw that water pump. I took it to be a mirage at first. It'll fool a thirsty man. Then I saw a note stuck in a bakin' powder can. "This pump is old," the note began, "but she works. So give'er a try. I put a new sucker washer in 'er. You may find the leather dry.
Chorus: You've got to prime the pump. You must have faith and believe. You've got to give of yourself 'fore you're worthy to receive. Drink all the water you can hold. Wash your face to your feet. Leave the bottle full for others. Thank you kindly, Desert Pete. Yeah, you'll have to prime the pump, work that handle like there's a fire. Under the rock you'll find some water left there in a bitter's jar. Now there's just enough to prime it with, so don't you go drinkin' first. Just pour it in and pump like mad and, buddy, you'll quench your thirst. (Chorus) Well, I found the jar, and I tell you, nothin' was ever prettier to my eye and I was tempted strong to drink it because that pump looked mighty dry, but the note went on, "Have faith, my friend, there's water down below. You've got to give to really get. I'm the one who ought to know." So I poured in the jar and started pumpin' and I heard a beautiful sound of water bubblin' 'n' splashin' up out of that hole in the ground. Then I took off my shoes and drunk my fill of that cold refreshin' treat. Tthen I thanked the Lord, and I thanked the pump, and I thanked old Desert Pete. (Chorus) |
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from The Kingston Trio - The Capitol Collector`S Series (2004)
Time to let the rain fall without the help of man. Time to let the trees grow tall. Now, if they only can.
Time to let our children live in a land that's free. Ally, ally, ally, ally, oxen free. Time to blow the smoke away and look at the sky again. Time to let our friends know we'd like to begin again. Time to send a message across the land and sea. Ally, ally, ally, ally, oxen free. Strong and weak, mild and meek, no more hide and seek. Time to see the fairness of a children's game. Time for men to stop and learn to do the same. Time to make our minds up if the world at last will be. Ally, ally, ally, ally, oxen free. |
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from The Kingston Trio - The Capitol Collector`S Series (2004)
Adieu, Emile, my trusted friend,
We've known each other since we were nine or ten. Together we climbed hills and trees, Learned of love and A B Cs, Skinned our hearts and skinned our knees. Adieu, Emile, it's hard to die When all the birds are singing in the sky. Now that the Spring is in the air Pretty girls are ev'rywhere. Think of me and I'll be there. We had joy. We had fun. We had seasons in the sun, But the hills we would climb Were just seasons out of time. Adieu, Papa, please pray for me. I was the black sheep of the family. You tried to teach me right from wrong. Too much wine and too much song, Wonder how I got along. Adieu, Papa, it's hard to die When all the birds are singing in the sky. Now that the Spring is in the air Little children ev'rywhere. When you see them, I'll be there. We had joy. We had fun. We had seasons in the sun, But the wine and the song Like the seasons have all gone. Adieu, Francoise, my trusted wife, Without you I'd have had a lonely life. You cheated lots of times but then, I forgave you in the end Though your lover was my friend. Adieu, Francoise, it's hard to die When all the birds are singing in the sky. Now that the spring is in the air With your lovers ev'rywhere; Just be careful, I'll be there. All our lives we had fun. We had seasons in the sun, But the stars we could reach Were just starfish on the beach. Adieu, Emile. Adieu, Papa. Adieu, Francoise. We had joy. We had fun. We had seasons in the sun, But the wine and the song Like the seasons have all gone. All our lives, we had fun. We had seasons in the sun, But the stars we could reach were just starfish on the beach. |
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from The Kingston Trio - Close-Up/ College Concert (2006)
John Stewart
Chorus: Comin' from the mountains, across the Northern plains. It's off to California, then back again to Maine. Singin' a song that you all know, then let your voices go. So sing it out, my brothers, wherever we may go. We traveled here, we traveled there, we traveled ev'rywhere. We go by air, we go by rail, any place they pay us scale. Now, repeat the chorus, here we go (chorus) The folk group has a banjo because it's really in. I'll let you hear my banjo ring when I learn to play the thing! Now, repeat the chorus, here we go (chorus) The boys with Davy Crockett who died at the Alamo, I heard them say when they attacked, "I knew this room would kill the act!" Now, repeat the chorus, here we go (chorus twice) |
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from The Kingston Trio - Close-Up/ College Concert (2006)
John Phillips
Chorus: Just a-singin', (Once again now,) (Just a-singin',) (A-singin',) Ooo, sail away. Ooo, sail away. A man would be a fool to spend all his money and have to go to sea once more. But when those brown skin gals start callin' you honey, you'll be a sailin' from that shore. Chorus When we hit Trinidad, was there I met Marni. Don't you know we started drinkin' rum. But now I feel so bad. She took all my money and now I sail with the mornin' sun. So all ye sailor lads who want to go sportin', mark ye well what I do say. Don't trust them brown skin gals. They'll be your misfortune. You'll be at sea till your dyin' day. Chorus |
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from The Kingston Trio - Close-Up/ College Concert (2006)
Bob Shane/Nick Reynolds/John Stewart
I had a sister Sally, she was younger than I am. Had so many sweethearts, she had to deny them. But as for sister Sarah, you know she hasn't many. And if you knew her heart, she'd grateful for any. Chorus: Come a lands man, a pins man, a tinker or a tailor; doctor, a lawyer, soldier, or sailor. A rich man, a poor man, a fool or a witty, don't let her die an old maid but take her out of pity. We had a sister Sally, she was ugly and misshapen. By the time she was sixteen years old she was taken. By the time she was eighteen, a son and a daughter. Sarah's almost twenty-nine, never had an offer. (Chorus) She never would be scoldin'. She never would be jealous. Her husband would have money to go to the alehouse. He was there a-spendin'. She'd be home a-savin' and I leave it up to you if she is not worth havin'. (Chorus) |
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from The Kingston Trio - Close-Up/ College Concert (2006)
(Bob Shane/Nick Reynolds/John Stewart)
[Note sounded like a pitch pipe] "Thank you, Sister." [Chorus:] Oh, Mary, don't you weep, don't you mourn. [Repeat] Didn't Pharaoh's army get (hut!) drownded? Oh, Mary, don't you weep. [Repeat first time] Well, Satan got mad and he knows I'm glad. Missed that soul that he thought he had. Now, didn't Pharaoh's army get drownded? Oh, Mary, don't you weep. [Chorus] Well, one of these nights around twelve o'clock, this old town's gonna really rock. Didn't Pharaoh's army get drownded? Oh, Mary, don't you weep. [Chorus] Cheer up, sisters and don't you cry. There'll be good times bye and bye. Didn't Pharaoh's army get drownded? Oh, Mary, don't you weep. [Chorus 2x] |
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from The Kingston Trio - Close-Up/ College Concert (2006)
Leo Maguire
The gypsy rover came over the hill. Down through the valley so shady. He whistled and he sang till the green woods rang and he won the heart of a lady. Chorus: Ah dee du, ah dee du da day. Ah dee du, ah dee day dee. He whistled and he sang till the green woods rang and he won the heart of a lady. She left her father's castle gate. Left her own fond lover. Left her servants and her estate to follow the gypsy rover. (Chorus) Her father saddled his fastest steed. Searched these valleys all over. Seeking his daughter at great speed and the whistlin' gypsy rover. (Chorus) At last he came to a castle gate along the river Claydee, And there was music and there was wine for the gypsy and his lady (Chorus) "He is no gypsy, my father," she said. "But lord of these lands all over. And I will stay till my dying day with the whistlin' gypsy rover. Ah dee du, ah dee du da day. Ah dee du, ah dee day dee. He whistled and he sang till the green woods rang, till the green woods rang, till the green woods rang, And he won the heart of a lady. |
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from The Kingston Trio - Close-Up/ College Concert (2006)
Massie Patterson/Lionel Belasco
O ken karanga, O ken karanga karanga, yea, yea, O ba ri bo, O ken karanga re.(Repeat) O ken ka ri O ba ri bo, Hoh yeh (hoh yeh) Hoh yah (hoh yah) (Repeat) Ee ba re ba ri be ma. Ee ba re ba ri be ma. Ee ba re ba ri be ma, yang gah! |
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from The Kingston Trio - Close-Up/ College Concert (2006)
Bob Shane/Nick Reynolds/Nick Reynolds
(Recitation) Frank and Jesse James were products of their environment. They were sent out into the woods by their parents to forage for berries, truffles, rutabagas, and roots of all sorts. Put yourself in their place...you'da been mean too! When Jesse James was a lad he killed many-a man. He robbed the Glendale train. And the people they did say for many miles away. It was robbed by Frank and Jesse James. Chorus: Poor Jesse had a wife who mourned for his life, three children, they were brave. But that dirty little coward who shot Mister Howard has laid poor Jesse in his grave. It was on a Saturday night if I remember right when they robbed that Glendale train. It was one of the Younger boys who gathered in the spoils and he carried Jesse's monies away. (Chorus) He was standin' on a chair just a-dustin' pictures there. He thought he heard a noise (Yeah, what did he do?) When he turned his head around, why that bullet smacked him down and it laid poor Jesse on the floor. (Chorus) Jesse robbed from the poor and he gave to the rich. He never did a friendly thing. And when his best friend died he was right there by her side and he lifted off her golden wedding ring. (Chorus) |
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from The Kingston Trio - Close-Up/ College Concert (2006)
Bob Shane/Nick Reynolds/John Stewart
The Virgin Mary had a baby boy (repeat twice) And they say that His name was Jesus. Chorus: (He come down) He come from the glory. (He come down) He come from the glorious a-Kingdom. (Repeat) Oh, yes, believe us. Oh, yes, believe us. Oh, yes, believe us. He come from the glorious Kingdom. Was born in a town called Bethlehem. (repeat twice) And they say that His name was Jesus. (Chorus) Was sent to us from Our Father above. (repeat twice) And they say that His name was Jesus. (Chorus) |
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from The Kingston Trio - Close-Up/ College Concert (2006)
John Stewart
I thought I'd spend a week or two where we went last year. The little cottage and the lake that we held so dear. But the trees all seemed much greener, much greener than this year. Thinkin' about last summer when my love was here. And the stars all lost their glitter. They were so full of cheer. Thinkin' about last summer when my love was here. Even the old caretaker who brought us from the train says this year just hasn't, it hasn't been the same. And the winds across the meadow seem to hide a tear. Thinkin' about last summer when my love was here. (Hum line about caretaker)?it hasn't been the same. (Repeat last line) |
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from The Kingston Trio - Close-Up/ College Concert (2006)
Bob Shane/Nick Reynolds/John Stewart
Taku wai uri oro nei tupu tapu kino nrie. Au we te mataku e, Kare, kare, ka maatu e, Kare, kare, ka maatu e Karu, karu, karu, karu, kati Iave, Karu, karu, karu, karu, kate Iave. Karu, karu, karu, karu, kate Iave, Ka haire ki te ora mo. Kare, kare, Ka maatu e, Kare, kare, Ka maatu e, Karu, karu, karu, kate Iave, Karu, karu, karu, karu, ka maatu e, Karu, karu, karu, karu, kate Iave, Ka haire ki te oara mo Tuku wai uri oro nei tupu tapu kino nrie. Auwe te nataku e Kamo. Tuku wai uri oro nei tupu tapu kino nrie. |
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from The Kingston Trio - Close-Up/ College Concert (2006)
Bob Shane/Nick Reynolds/John Stewart
Chorus: Bury me beneath the willow, 'neath the weeping willow tree. When she hears that I am sleeping, maybe then, she'll think of me. My heart is sad and I am lonely. Dreaming of the one that I love. When will I see her? I know not when, not unless it's up in heaven above. (Chorus) She told me that she really loved me. How could I believe her untrue When all the angels seemed to whisper she will prove untrue to you? (Chorus) Maybe then she'll think of me. Ooooo. |
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from The Kingston Trio - Close-Up/ College Concert (2006)
Have you heard of the ship called the good Reuben James?
Run by hard fighting men both of honor and of fame. She flew the Stars and Stripes of the land of the free, But tonight she's in her grave at the bottom of the sea. Oh, tell me, what were their names, Tell me, what were their names? Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James? Oh, tell me, what were their names, Tell me, what were their names? Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James? One hundred men went down to their dark and watery graves. When that good ship went down, only forty-four were saved. 'Twas the last day of October they saved forty-four From the dark, icy water of that cold Iceland shore. Oh, tell me, what were their names, Tell me, what were their names? Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James? It was there in the dark of that cold and watery night. They watched for the U-boats and they waited for a fight. Then a whine and a rock and a great explosion's roar. They lay the Reuben James on that cold ocean floor. Oh, tell me, what were their names, Tell me, what were their names? Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James? Many years have passed since those brave men are gone. Those cold, icy waters, they're still and they're calm. Many years have passed and still I wonder why The worst of men must fight and the best of men must die! Oh, tell me, what were their names, Tell me, what were their names? Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James? |
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from The Kingston Trio - Close-Up/ College Concert (2006)
Nick Reynolds/Bob Shane/John Stewart
(Guitar intro.) Cha! Cha! Chile verde me pediste. Chile verde te dare. Vama nos para la huer ta con al la te lo cortare.(Tell them what it means then) "The National Safety Council wishes me to inform you, 'Do not drink while driving!" ("Porque?") You're liable to hit a bump and spill the whole thing!" ("Coplas!") Chorus: Lai, lai, lai, lai, hum de lai, lai, lai, hum de lai, lai, lai, lai. Lai, lai, lai, hum de lai, lai, lai, hum de lai, lai, lai Dice que los de fu casa. Ninguno me puede ver. Diles que no basta el agua que al cabo lahan do beber. ("Parlez vous Italiano?) "Tell your parents not to muddy the water around us." ("Porque?") "Our group had 25% fewer cavities with clean water!" ("Coplas!") (Chorus) La mula que yo mente la monto hoy mi compadre. Eso a mi no me importa pues yo la mon te primero. ("Oivey!") "Show me a cowboy who rides side saddle and I will show you a gay ranchero!" ("Coplas!") (Chorus) "Now the naughty verses! La noche que me case. No pudde dormirme un rato. Por estar toda la noche corriendos detras de un gato. Me dejiste que fue un gato. Que entro por tu balcon. Yo no visto gato prieto con sombrero y pantalon! (Pantalones Caliente) No more drinks for the dwarf!---On my wedding night, I did not sleep a wink. ("Porque?") So, I changed to Sanka!" ("Coplas!") (Chorus) |
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from The Kingston Trio - Close-Up/ College Concert (2006)
John Phillips/John Stewart
Chorus: I'm goin' where them chilly winds don't blow. Gonna find a true love. That is where I want to go. Out where them chilly winds don't blow. Sing your song, sing it soft and low. Sing it for your baby and then I'll have to go. Out where them chilly winds don't blow Wish I was a headlight on a west bound train. I'd shine my light on cool Colorado range Out where them chilly winds don't blow. If you're feelin' lonely, if you're feelin' low. Remember that I loved you more than you will ever know. Goin' where them chilly winds don't blow. (Chorus) I'm leavin' in the springtime, won't be back till fall. If I can forget you, I might not come back at all. Out where them chilly winds don't blow. (Repeat twice) |
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from The Kingston Trio - Close-Up/ College Concert (2006)
Chorus:
Oh, Miss Mary, where are you wanderin'? (Repeat twice) Three days and Mary's comin' home. When Mary was a young girl she took to wanderin'. Never would she leave me and not come back again. Swear I hear her singing, singing in the western wind. Three days and Mary's comin' home. (Chorus) Mary chased a rainbow over the mountains. Crossed so many rivers, Lord, that I can't count them. She wouldn't want the rainbows even if she found them. Three days and Mary's comin' home. (Chorus) Watchin' for my Mary, wish she was home again. Home from the rivers, Lord, home from the mountains. If I turn my back, say, she'd just be gone again. Three days and Mary's comin' home. (Chorus) |
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from The Kingston Trio - Close-Up/ College Concert (2006)
As I walked out in the streets of Laredo, as I walked out in Laredo one day.
I spied a young cowboy dressed in white linen. Dressed in white linen and cold as the clay. I can see by your outfit that you are a cowboy. You can see by my outfit I'm a cowboy, too. You can see by our outfits that we are both cowboys. Get yourself an outfit and be a cowboy, too! |
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from The Kingston Trio - Close-Up/ College Concert (2006)
Massie Patterson/Lionel Belasco
O ken karanga, O ken karanga karanga, yea, yea, O ba ri bo, O ken karanga re.(Repeat) O ken ka ri O ba ri bo, Hoh yeh (hoh yeh) Hoh yah (hoh yah) (Repeat) Ee ba re ba ri be ma. Ee ba re ba ri be ma. Ee ba re ba ri be ma, yang gah! |
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from The Kingston Trio - Close-Up/ College Concert (2006)
Jacqueline Steiner/Bess Hawes
Spoken: These are the times that try men's souls. In the course of our nation's history, the people of Boston have rallied bravely whenever the rights of men have been threatened. Today, a new crisis has arisen. The Metropolitan Transit Authority, better known as the M. T. A., is attempting to levy a burdensome tax on the population in the form of a subway fare increase. Citizens, hear me out! This could happen to you! (Eight bar guitar, banjo introduction) Well, let me tell you of the story of a man named Charley on a tragic and fateful day. He put ten cents in his pocket, kissed his wife and family, went to ride on the M. T. A. Chorus: Well, did he ever return? No, he never returned and his fate is still unknown. (What a pity! Poor ole Charlie. Shame and scandal. He may ride forever. Just like Paul Revere.) He may ride forever 'neath the streets of Boston. He's the man who never returned. Charlie handed in his dime at the Kendall Square Station and he changed for Jamaica Plain. When he got there the conductor told him, "One more nickel." Charlie couldn't get off of that train. (Chorus) Now, all night long Charlie rides through the station, crying, "What will become of me?!! How can I afford to see my sister in Chelsea or my cousin in Rocksbury?" (Chorus) Charlie's wife goes down to the Sculley Square Station every day at quarter past two, And through the open window she hands Charlie a sandwich as the train comes rumblin' through. (Chorus) Now, you citizens of Boston, don't you think it's a scandal how the people have to pay and pay? Fight the fare increase! Vote for George O'Brien! Get poor Charlie off the M. T. A. (Chorus) He's the man who never returned. He's the man who never returned. E tu, Charlie? |
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from The Kingston Trio - Close-Up/ College Concert (2006)
If you miss the train I'm on, you will know that I am gone, you can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles.
A hundred miles, a hundred miles, a hundred miles, a hundred miles, you can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles. Lord, I'm one, Lord, I'm two, Lord, I'm three, Lord, I'm four, Lord, I'm five hundred miles a way from home. Away from home, away from home, away from home, away from home, Lord, I'm five hundred miles away from home. Not a shirt on my back, not a penny to my name. Lord, I can't go back home this-a way. This-a way, this-a way, this-a way, this-a way, Lord, I can't go back home this-a way. (Interlude, repeat first verse) You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles. |
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from The Kingston Trio - Close-Up/ College Concert (2006)
Completely round is the perfect pearl the oyster manufactures.
Completely round is the steering wheel that leads to compound fractures Completely round is the golden fruit that hangs from the o-o-orange tree Yes the circle shape is quite renown But sad to say it can be found In the lowdown, dirty run-around That my true love gave to me That my true love gave to me Completely square is the little box he said my ring would be in Completely square is the envelope he said good-bye to me in Completely square is the handkerchief I flourish constantly As I dry my eyes of the tears I've shed, And blow my nose which turns bright red For a perfect square is my true love's head He will not marry me, no He will not marry me Rectangular is the hotel door my true love tried to sneak through Rectangular is the transom hole by which I had to peek through, Rectangular is the hotel room I entered angrily, and Rectangular is the wooden box Where lies my love neath the golden phlox They say he died of the chicken pox In part I must agree One chick too many had he Triangular is the piece of pie I eat to ease my sorrow Triangular is the hatchet blade I plan to hide tomorrow Triangular the relationship which now has ceased to be And triangular is the garment thin That fastens on with a safety pin To a prize I had no wish to win It's a lasting memory That my true love gave to me |
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from The Kingston Trio - Close-Up/ College Concert (2006)
Where have all the flowers gone?
Long time passing Where have all the flowers gone? Long time ago Where have all the flowers gone? Young girls picked them, every one When will they ever learn? When will they ever learn? Where have all the young girls gone? Long time passing Where have all the young girls gone? Long time ago Where have all the young girls gone? Gone to young men, every one When will they ever learn? When will they ever learn? Where have all the young men gone? Long time passing Where have all the young men gone? Long time ago Where have all the young men gone? Gone for soldiers, every one When will they ever learn? When will they ever learn? Where have all the soldiers gone? Long time passing Where have all the soldiers gone? A long, long time ago Where have all the soldiers gone? Gone to graveyards, every one When will they ever learn? When will they ever learn? Where have all the graveyards gone? Long time passing Where have all the graveyards gone? Long time ago Where have all the graveyards gone? Gone to flowers, every one When will they ever learn? When will they ever learn? |
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from The Kingston Trio - Close-Up/ College Concert (2006)
John Phillips
Chorus: Well, I'm goin' away for to leave you. Might not come back any more (more, more) If I never more see your face again, then it's honey on that far distant, distant shore. Honey on that far distant shore. Well, now, I'm goin' down to New Orleans, just to ride on the river boat. Gotta keep bailin' all night long just to keep the darn boat afloat. (Chorus) Here is where I was born and raised, where the cold, cold North wind blows. But I'm goin' back to old Tennessee where my good gal only knows. (Chorus) Keep a light in your window. Keep it burnin' bright. Someday I'm gonna come a-knockin' at your door. Baby, I'll treat you right. (Chorus) |
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from The Kingston Trio - New Frontier/ Time To Think (2006)
Some people say I'm a no-count
Others say I'm no good But I'm just a natural born travellin' man Doin' what I think I should, oh yeah Doin' what I think I should And I don't give a damn about a Greenback a-dollar Spend it fast as I can For a wailing song and a good guitar The only things that I understand, poor boy The only things that I understand When I was a little baby My momma said, "Hey son Travel where you will and grow to be a man And sing what must be sung, poor boy Sing what must be sung." And I don't give a damn about a Greenback a-dollar Spend it fast as I can For a wailing song and a good guitar The only things that I understand, poor boy The only things that I understand Now that I'm a grown man I've travelled here and there I've learned that a bottle of brandy and a song The only ones who ever cared, poor boy The only ones who ever cared And I don't give a damn about a Greenback a-dollar Spend it fast as I can For a wailing song and a good guitar The only things that I understand, poor boy The only things that I understand Some people say I'm a no-count Others say I'm no good But I'm just a natural born travellin' man Doin' what I think I should, oh yeah Doin' what I think I should. And I don't give a damn about a Greenback a-dollar Spend it fast as I can For a wailing song and a good guitar The only things that I understand, poor boy The only things that I understand The only things that I understand, poor boy The only things that I understand |
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from The Kingston Trio - New Frontier/ Time To Think (2006)
I remember when I was a barefooted boy climbing in a sycamore tree.
But now I'm a little older, got a rifle on my shoulder. Some fool made a soldier of me. Some fool made a soldier of me, ah ha! And I ride in the rough calva'ry. Got a pretty gal waitin' for me while I rot here in the Army. Some fool made a soldier of me. I told her we'd marry and build us a home and raise us a big family. But she's givin' all her charms to a blue uniform. Some fool made a soldier of me. Some fool made a soldier of me, ah ha! And I ride in the rough calva'ry. The day's getting' hotter. I'm near out of water. Some fool made a soldier of me. I told Gen'ral Custer I'm a-dyin' of thirst and the heat is a-getting' to me. But he said, "Have no fear. There's a big river near." Some fool made a soldier of me. Some fool made a soldier of me, ah ha! And I ride in the rough calva'ry. We'll get there in the morn to Little Big Horn. Hey, Gen'ral Custer. I think I see an Indian over there. Yeah! Ask her if she's got a friend for me! Some fool made a soldier of me. |
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from The Kingston Trio - New Frontier/ Time To Think (2006)
Chorus:
You've got a hunger in your heart. You've got a thirst within your soul. I'm gonna say, "Don't wait for another day. Get to be redeemed." If your days are dark and your night times are worse. You better read the good book and memorize you a verse. Some seeds need a-weedin'. Some falls on stone, but the seed that falls on good ground the Lord will call his own. (Chorus) Old Noah built an ark and they laughed down the line, but when the flood come, well, old Noah was fine. If it was to flood now and Gabriel blow'd his horn, where'd you hide your guilty hands with all your pockets gone? (Chorus) It's confusion here and the wicked seem to win but the Lord's keepin' tally on the wages of sin. Whereabouts is your profit? What good is your goal if you win the whole wide world and lose your ever lasting soul? (Chorus) |
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from The Kingston Trio - New Frontier/ Time To Think (2006)
Chorus:
Adios, farewell, goodbye, Majicita. My love for you was never my crime. Adios, farewell, goodbye, Senorita. I'll need the love of a man in his prime. (2, 3, 4) I'll leave the love of a man in his prime. I'm a rambler and a gambler, a get rich quick scrambler. I follow the laws that I make own my own. Had to run to, take my gun to South of the border but I'm not the kind who can live all alone. (Chorus) Just a ridin' and a-hidin', my time I was bidin' till I met my love in a small village square. Took her off right beside me with nothing to guide me. Nothin' but stars shinin' down in her hair. (Chorus) Like a fool I adored her, took her back to the border so we could be married till death do us part, But the posse was a-waitin' and the wild gun of Satan shattered the love in my poor darlin's heart. (Chorus) |
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from The Kingston Trio - New Frontier/ Time To Think (2006)
Chorus:
Poor Ellen Smith. How was she found? Shot through the heart lyin' dead on the ground. Her body was mangled and all cast around and X marks the spot where poor Ellen was found. They picked up her body, carried it away and now she's a-sleepin' in some lonesome old grave. Who had the heart and who had the brain to shoot my little Ellen on that cold lonesome plain? (Chorus) They picked up their rifles and hunted us down. They found us a-loafin' all 'round town. The judge may convict me and God knows he can but I know I died as an innocent man. (Chorus) The warden has told me that soon I'll be free to go to her grave near that old willow tree. I'm free from the walls of that prison at last but I'll never be free of my sins from the past. (Chorus) |
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from The Kingston Trio - New Frontier/ Time To Think (2006)
Chorus:
My Lord, what a mornin'. (Repeat twice) When the stars begin to fall. You will hear the sinners wailin'. (Repeat twice) When the stars begin to fall. You will see the golden chariot. (Repeat twice) When it's comin' through the skies. (Chorus) I can hear the Christians singing. (Repeat twice) When the stars begin to fall. (Chorus) |
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from The Kingston Trio - New Frontier/ Time To Think (2006)
Ten years ago, on a cold, dark night
There was someone killed in the town hall light There were few at the scene, but they all agreed That the slayer who ran looked a lot like me Nobody knows, nobody sees Nobody knows but me The judge said, "Son, what is your alibi? If you were somewhere else, then you won't have to die" I spoke not a word, though it meant my life For I'd been in the arms of my best friend's wife She walks these hills in a long black veil She visits my grave when the night winds wail Nobody knows, nobody sees Nobody knows but me The scaffold was high, an eternity near. She stood in the crowd and shed not a tear But sometimes at night, when the cold wind moans In a long black veil, she cries o'er my bones She walks these hills in a long black veil She visits my grave when the night winds wail Nobody knows, nobody sees Nobody knows but me Nobody knows but me |
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from The Kingston Trio - New Frontier/ Time To Think (2006)
Well, I'm not gonna brag but I been courtin' all my life. They consider me a roguish lad, especially for my size.
Chorus: And with you, and with you, and with you, Genny Glenn. I'll take you down to Glasgow Town and dance you home again. (Repeat) Now, Genny would come a-callin' while there was still some light. I'd sit her down with a pull or two. She'd stay most all the night. I'd put my arm around her and then I'd bar the door. There'd be laughin' and some squealin' like you never heard before. (Chorus) Well, a lot of girls would-a liked me and they're pretty, heaven knows. But there's something about my Genny that keeps me on my toes. She'd tickle me and squeeze me till I could hardly moan. Then she'd light out a-runnin' and I'd chase her half way home. (Chorus) Well, she wouldn't come to see me for about a week or more. She'd do it just to tease me 'cause she knew it made me sore. Then I'd do whiskey drinkin' till the jug was getting dry. I'd go lookin' for my Genny with a mean look in my eye. (Chorus) |
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from The Kingston Trio - New Frontier/ Time To Think (2006)
The first time ever I saw your face I thought the sun rose in your eyes and the moon and stars were the gift you gave
To the dark and the empty skies, my love, to the dark and the empty skies. The first time ever I kissed your lips I felt the earth move in my arms like the trembling heart of a captive dove That was there at my command, my love, that was there at my command. The first time ever I held you near and felt your heart beat close to mine, I felt a joy to fill the earth And last until the end of time, my love, and last till the end of time. Our love will last till the end of time. |
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from The Kingston Trio - New Frontier/ Time To Think (2006)
As I was out walkin' one mornin' for pleasure, I spied a cow puncher a-ridin' along.
His hat was thrown back and his spurs were a-jinglin' and as he approached he was singin' this song: Chorus: Whoopee ti yi yo, get along, little doggie. It's your misfortune and none of my own. Whoopee ti yi yo, get along, little doggie. You know that Wyoming will be your new home. (Chorus) It's early in the spring when they round up the doggies. They mark 'em and brand 'em and bob off their tails. They round up the horses, load up the chuck wagon. Then send the doggies out on the long tail. (Chorus) Your mother was raised a-way down in Texas where the Jimsonweed and the sandburrs grow. We'll feed you up on prickly pear and cholla and then send you roamin' to old Idaho. (Chorus) |
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from The Kingston Trio - New Frontier/ Time To Think (2006)
Chorus:
Some to the rivers and some to the sea. Some to the soil that our fathers made free. Then on to the stars in the heav'ns for to see. This is the new frontier. This is the new frontier. Let the word go forth from this day on. A new generation has been born. Born to the task to keep us free, but proud of the rights of the home country. This is the new frontier. This is the new frontier. (Chorus) Let us begin for it shall take long. Let ev'ry man sing out freedom's song. Not for ourselves that we take this stand. Now it's the world and the freedom of man. This is the new frontier. This is the new frontier. The day will come. It's got to be. The day that we may never see. When man for man and town for town must bring the peace that shall resound. This is the new frontier. This is the new frontier. (Chorus) |
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from The Kingston Trio - New Frontier/ Time To Think (2006)
Come all you young rebels and list while we sing for the love of one's country is a terrible thing.
It banishes fear with the speed of a flame and it makes us all part of the patriot game. My name is O'Hannon and I've just gone sixteen. My home is in Monaghan where I was weaned. I've learned all my life cruel England's to blame and so I'm a part of the patriot game. It's barely two years since they wandered away and it was with the local battalion of the bold IRA For they'd read of our heroes and they wanted the same to play their own part in the patriot game. This Ireland of ours has for long been half-free. Six counties are under John Bull's tyranny. So, we gave up our boyhood to drill and to train and play our own part in the patriot game. And now as I lie here, my body all holes, I think of those traitors who bargained in souls. I wish that my rifle had given the same to those Quislings who sold out the patriot game. |
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from The Kingston Trio - New Frontier/ Time To Think (2006)
Travelin' down that coal town road. Listenin' to my rubber tires whine.
Goodbye to Buckeye and white Sycamore. I'm leavin' you behind. I've been coal miner all of my life. Layin' down track in the hole. Gotta back like an ironwood, bit by the wind. Blood veins blue as the coal. Blood veins blue as the coal. Somebody said, "That's a strange tattoo you have on the side of your head." I said, "That's the blueprint left by the coal. A little more and I'd been dead. Well, I love the rumble and I love the dark. I love the cool of the slade, And it's on down the new road, lookin' for a job. This travelin' nook in my head. I stood for the union and walked in the line and fought against the company. I stood for the U. M. W. of A. Now, who's gonna stand for me? I've got no house and I got no job, just got a worried soul And a blue tattoo on the side of my head left by the number nine coal. Left by the number nine coal. Some day when I'm dead and gone to heaven, the land of my dreams. I won't have to worry on losin' my job, on bad times and big machines. I ain't gonna pay my money away on dues or hospital plans. I'm gonna pick coal where the blue heavens roll and sing with the angel band. |
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from The Kingston Trio - New Frontier/ Time To Think (2006)
Chorus:
Go to sleep, you weary hobo. Watch the towns go drifting by. Can't you hear the rails a-singin'? That's the hobo's lullaby. Don't you worry about tomorrow. Let tomorrows come and go. Tonight you've got a nice, warm boxcar, free from all the wind and snow. (Chorus) I know the police cause you trouble. They cause trouble everywhere, But when you die and go to heaven, there'll be no policemen there. (Chorus) Can't you hear the rails a-singin', ooh? That's the hobo's lullaby. |
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from The Kingston Trio - New Frontier/ Time To Think (2006)
Adieu, Emile, my trusted friend,
We've known each other since we were nine or ten. Together we climbed hills and trees, Learned of love and A B Cs, Skinned our hearts and skinned our knees. Adieu, Emile, it's hard to die When all the birds are singing in the sky. Now that the Spring is in the air Pretty girls are ev'rywhere. Think of me and I'll be there. We had joy. We had fun. We had seasons in the sun, But the hills we would climb Were just seasons out of time. Adieu, Papa, please pray for me. I was the black sheep of the family. You tried to teach me right from wrong. Too much wine and too much song, Wonder how I got along. Adieu, Papa, it's hard to die When all the birds are singing in the sky. Now that the Spring is in the air Little children ev'rywhere. When you see them, I'll be there. We had joy. We had fun. We had seasons in the sun, But the wine and the song Like the seasons have all gone. Adieu, Francoise, my trusted wife, Without you I'd have had a lonely life. You cheated lots of times but then, I forgave you in the end Though your lover was my friend. Adieu, Francoise, it's hard to die When all the birds are singing in the sky. Now that the spring is in the air With your lovers ev'rywhere; Just be careful, I'll be there. All our lives we had fun. We had seasons in the sun, But the stars we could reach Were just starfish on the beach. Adieu, Emile. Adieu, Papa. Adieu, Francoise. We had joy. We had fun. We had seasons in the sun, But the wine and the song Like the seasons have all gone. All our lives, we had fun. We had seasons in the sun, But the stars we could reach were just starfish on the beach. |
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from The Kingston Trio - New Frontier/ Time To Think (2006)
He's gone away for to stay a little while but he's comin' back if he goes ten thousand miles.
Who are these seven men whose path leads them so far and shake our minds to wonder who they are? They scout the new frontier to find the surest way and they look to us for they have shown the way. They're gone away for to stay a little while but they're comin' back if they go ten thousand miles. What is there left to look to that yet has not been done. What West is there if all the Wests are won? Look not back o'er your shoulder but high above your head. These seven men have shown the way. These seven men have said, "We've gone away for to stay a little while but we're comin' back if we go ten thousand miles. We're gone, gone away." |
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from The Kingston Trio - New Frontier/ Time To Think (2006)
Time to let the rain fall without the help of man. Time to let the trees grow tall. Now, if they only can.
Time to let our children live in a land that's free. Ally, ally, ally, ally, oxen free. Time to blow the smoke away and look at the sky again. Time to let our friends know we'd like to begin again. Time to send a message across the land and sea. Ally, ally, ally, ally, oxen free. Strong and weak, mild and meek, no more hide and seek. Time to see the fairness of a children's game. Time for men to stop and learn to do the same. Time to make our minds up if the world at last will be. Ally, ally, ally, ally, oxen free. |
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from The Kingston Trio - New Frontier/ Time To Think (2006)
The crops are all in and the peaches are rott'ning.
The oranges are piled in their creosote dumps. They're flying them back to the Mexico border To take all their money to wade back again. Chorus: Goodbye to my Juan, farewell Roselita, Adios mis amigos, Jesus y Maria. You won't have a name when you ride the big airplane. All they will call you is just deportee. My father's own father, he waded that river. They took all the money he made in his life. It's six hundred miles to the Mexican border And they chased him like rustlers, like outlaws, like thieves. The airplane caught fire over Los Gatos Canyon, A great ball of fire that shook all the hills. Who are these friends who are falling like dry leaves? The radio said, "They're just deportees." Is this the best way we can grow our big orchards? Is this the best way we can raise our good crops? To fall like dry leaves and rot on our topsoil And be known by no name except deportee. (Chorus) |
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from The Kingston Trio - New Frontier/ Time To Think (2006)
Chorus:
No one to talk my troubles to. (Repeat) I remember when you were lookin' up at me as though I was the only one you'd ever want to see. (Chorus) Now I'm getting' older and I think of what I've done. It hurts to think of good times, so I'll dream of days to come. (Chorus) Somewhere, I know, there's a girl I'd like to see. She may not be all I'd like her to be. Someone to talk my troubles to. Someone to talk my troubles to. Sometimes, I don't know what to say. Sometimes I don't know what to do. Someone to talk my troubles to. Someone to talk my troubles to. |
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from The Kingston Trio - New Frontier/ Time To Think (2006)
They told me doncha go down to that city. Don't you go down to that city, I say.
For there's trouble there for sure and it's no concern of yours and it's all I have to hear them people say. Chorus: If you don't look around, you won't see my a-goin', see me a-goin' that way. If you don't look around, you'll have no way of knowin'. I don't think you even know what I say. And I saw children just walkin' 'long and singin' when a voice from behind me rang through. Then I saw an ugly man with a mad dog in his hand. He said, "Stand right there. I'll turn him loose on you." (Chorus) So don't tell me there ain't no time for singin' 'cause I don't need no empty words from you. If they're sayin' who ain't free then they're sayin' it right to me. So, go back home. I'll wake you when we're through. (Chorus) |
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from The Kingston Trio - New Frontier/ Time To Think (2006)
Where are you going, my little one, little one? Where are you going, my baby, my own?
Turn around and you're two. Turn around and you're four. Turn around and you're a young girl going out of the door. Turn around. Turn around. Turn around and you're a young girl going out of the door. Where are you going, my little one, little one? Little dirndls and petticoats, where have you gone? Turn around and you're tiny. Turn around and you're grown. Turn around and you're a your wife with babes of your own. Turn around. Turn around. Turn around and you're a young wife with babes of your own. (Repeat line) |
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from The Kingston Trio - New Frontier/ Time To Think (2006)
When you sit and wonder why things have gone so wrong and you wish someone would tell us where our friend has gone.
Look then in the hills when there's courage in the wind and in the face of freedom and those who look to him. And search within the heart of ev'ry young man with a song then I think we'll know where our friend has gone. Summer takes the winter as the good years take the pain. There'll be laughter in the land again but hearts won't be the same. And I know I'll remember when a chill wind takes the sky and speak of the years he gave us hope for they will never die. And as we gaze at brave young men when yesterdays grow long, then I think we'll know where our friend has gone. When you sit and wonder why things have gone so wrong. It's then that we'll remember where our friend has gone. |
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from The Kingston Trio - New Frontier/ Time To Think (2006)
Last night I had the strangest dream I never dreamed before. I dreamed the world had all agreed to put an end to war.
I dreamed I saw a mighty room and the room was filled with men And the papers they were signing said they'd never fight again And when the papers were all signed and a million copies made, They all joined hands and bowed their heads and grateful prayers were raised And the people in the streets below were dancing 'round and 'round And guns and swords and uniforms were scattered on the ground. Last night I had the strangest dream I never dreamed before. I dreamed the world had all agreed to put an end to war. |
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from The Kingston Trio - New Frontier/ Time To Think (2006)
Some people say I'm a no-count
Others say I'm no good But I'm just a natural born travellin' man Doin' what I think I should, oh yeah Doin' what I think I should And I don't give a damn about a Greenback a-dollar Spend it fast as I can For a wailing song and a good guitar The only things that I understand, poor boy The only things that I understand When I was a little baby My momma said, "Hey son Travel where you will and grow to be a man And sing what must be sung, poor boy Sing what must be sung." And I don't give a damn about a Greenback a-dollar Spend it fast as I can For a wailing song and a good guitar The only things that I understand, poor boy The only things that I understand Now that I'm a grown man I've travelled here and there I've learned that a bottle of brandy and a song The only ones who ever cared, poor boy The only ones who ever cared And I don't give a damn about a Greenback a-dollar Spend it fast as I can For a wailing song and a good guitar The only things that I understand, poor boy The only things that I understand Some people say I'm a no-count Others say I'm no good But I'm just a natural born travellin' man Doin' what I think I should, oh yeah Doin' what I think I should. And I don't give a damn about a Greenback a-dollar Spend it fast as I can For a wailing song and a good guitar The only things that I understand, poor boy The only things that I understand The only things that I understand, poor boy The only things that I understand |
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from The Kingston Trio - #16/ Sunny Side! (2006)
(Spoken) He rode easy in the saddle. He was tall and lean, and at first you'd a-thought nothing but a streak of mean could make a man look so down right strong, but one look in his eyes and you knowed you was wrong. He was a mountain of a man, and I want you to know. He could preach hot hell or freezin' snow. He carried a Bible in a canvas sack and folks just called him The Reverend Mr. Black. He was poor as a beggar, but he rode like a king. Sometimes in the evening, I'd hear him sing:
Chorus: I gotta walk that lonesome valley. I got to walk it by myself. Oh nobody else can walk it for me. I got to walk it by myself. (2nd & 3rd times) You got to walk that lonesome valley. You got to walk it by yourself. Oh nobody else can walk it for you. You got to walk it by yourself. If ever I could have thought this man in black was soft and had any yellow up his back, I gave that notion up the day a lumberjack came in and it wasn't to pray. Yeah, he kicked open the meeting house door and he cussed everybody up and down the floor! Then, when things got quiet in the place, he walked up and cusses in the preacher's face! He hit that Reverend like a kick of a mule and to my way of thinkin' it took a real fool to turn the other face to that lumber jack, but that's what he did, The Reverend Mr. Black. He stood like a rock, a man among men and he let that lumberjack hit him again, and then with a voice as quiet as could be, he cut him down like a big oak tree when he said: (Chorus) It's been many years since we had to part and I guess I learned his ways by heart. I can still hear his sermon's ring, down in the valley where he used to sing. I followed him, yes, sir, and I don't regret it and I hope I will always be a credit to his memory 'cause I want you to understand. The Reverend Mr. Black was my old man! (Chorus) |
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from The Kingston Trio - #16/ Sunny Side! (2006)
I'm gonna walk that road that we walked long before, many years ago, and we'll walk a hundred more.
Chorus: And we're comin' one by one. You didn't see us two by two. Ev'ry time you turn around another's comin' through. So we'll sing it long and proud so ev'ryone will know that the road to freedom is a long, long way to go. Turn and look out over there, just as far as you can see. There are many more who have died for liberty. (Chorus) |
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from The Kingston Trio - #16/ Sunny Side! (2006)
Chorus:
Oh, the river run down but the stream ran dry. Big strong man don't ever cry. Just stands to watch his love go by. Oh, the river ran down but the stream ran dry. Yes, he loved a woman but he let her get away. Didn't ever think he'd regret that day. The laugh and the smile, he'd still play the game, but he knew that day would never by the same. (Chorus) There walks a man, he could've had a home, fine baby children, a woman of his own. He walks all alone. He doesn't have a care but he keeps on thinking that he sees her ev'rywhere. (Chorus) |
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from The Kingston Trio - #16/ Sunny Side! (2006)
(Nick Reynolds/Bob Shane/John Stewart)
[Chorus:] Well, there's a big ball in Boston, big ball in town. Big ball in Boston, I'm gonna get on down. The birthplace of our nation is Boston so they say. They try to keep it as it was but it's changing ev'ry day. [Chorus] The Red Coats, they were comin', their cloth was made of tweed. Some say their shirts were button down (The tradition is Ivy League.) [Chorus] We met a chap from Harvard, very slim and pale. The last time that we saw him he was dancing with a cat from Yale. [Chorus] And just a mile from Harvard's a campus you should see. M I T K E Y M O U S E [Chorus] The folks who come from Boston are said to be quite dated. So whadda ya have to say, my friend? Well, uh, Bobby and Teddy and I made it. [Chorus] |
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from The Kingston Trio - #16/ Sunny Side! (2006)
Chorus:
Delia's gone, one more round. (Repeat twice) Dellia's gone. Woke up this mornin'. Looked out 'cross the room. Delia, oh Delia, why did you leave me so soon? (Chorus) Police was a-knockin', knockin' at my door. He said, "Son, I got to tell you, you ain't gonna see your Delia no more." (Chorus) Delia in the wagon headin' for marble town. So all of those who loved her, sing it one more round. (Chorus) |