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I felt a Funeral, in my Brain,
And Mourners to and fro
Kept treading - treading - till it seemed
That Sense was breaking through -
And when they all were seated,
A Service, like a Drum -
Kept beating - beating - till I thought
My mind was going numb -
And then I heard them lift a Box
And creak across my Soul
With those same Boots of Lead, again,
Then Space - began to toll,
As all the Heavens were a Bell,
And Being, but an Ear,
And I, and Silence, some strange Race,
Wrecked, solitary, here -
And then a Plank in Reason, broke,
And I dropped down, and down -
And hit a World, at every plunge,
And Finished knowing - then -
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You are My Sunshine
04:40
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You are my sunshine, my only sunshine
You make me happy when skies are gray
You'll never know dear, how much I love you
Please don't take my sunshine away
I'll always love you and make you happy,
If you will only say the same.
But if you leave me and love another,
You'll regret it all some day:
You are my sunshine, my only sunshine
You make me happy when skies are gray
You'll never know dear, how much I love you
Please don't take my sunshine away
You told me once, dear, you really loved me
And no one else could come between.
But now you've left me and love another;
You have shattered all of my dreams:
You were my sunshine, my only sunshine
You made me happy when skies were gray
You'll never know dear, how much I loved you
Please don't take my sunshine away
The other night, dear, as I lay sleeping
I dreamt you held me in your arms
But when I woke, dear, I was mistaken
And I held my head and I cried.
You were my sunshine, my only sunshine
You made me happy when skies were gray
You'll never know dear, how much I loved you
Please don't take my sunshine away
You were my sunshine, my only sunshine
You made me happy when skies were gray
You'll never know dear, how much I loved you
How could you take my sunshine away?
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3. |
Just a Lie
03:52
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Those good old days were not so good to me
Back on the farm in 1933
Depression took most everything we had
Those good old days were mostly pretty bad
Those good old days, they broke my family down
Just like a plow in steep and rocky ground
Those hard times tore my family all apart
I still can feel that cold wind in my heart
Tip your hat, wave goodbye
The good old days is just a lie
Those good old days were pretty low and mean
With corn meal mush and sometimes streak o' lean
Picking up coal along the railroad tracks
Why would you want to have those hard times back?
Tip your hat, wave goodbye
The good old days is just a lie
No I don't say that everything was bad
There was some mighty good times that we had
But you can't spend the silver sun and moon
And you can't eat a lonesome fiddle tune
So tell me why you'd ever want to go
Back to a time you didn't really know
Those good old days were awful hard on me
So let ‘em go, for God's sake let 'em be
Tip your hat, wave goodbye
The good old days is just a lie
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Clementine
04:11
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In a cavern, in a canyon,
Excavating for a mine
Dwelt a miner forty niner,
And his daughter Clementine
Oh my darling, oh my darling,
Oh my darling, Clementine!
You are lost and gone forever
Dreadful sorry, Clementine
When she slipped and hit the water
'felt my heartbeat skip a time
All had scattered nothin' mattered
'cept my darlin' Clementine.
Ruby lips above the water,
Blowing bubbles, soft and fine,
But, alas, I was no swimmer,
So I lost my Clementine.
Oh my darling, oh my darling,
Oh my darling, Clementine!
You are lost and gone forever
Dreadful sorry, Clementine
In my dreams she still does haunt me,
Robed in garments soaked in brine.
Though in life I used to hold her,
Now she's dead, I'll draw the line.
Oh my darling, oh my darling,
Oh my darling, Clementine!
You are lost and gone forever
Dreadful sorry, Clementine
Oh my darling, oh my darling,
Oh my darling, Clementine!
You are lost and gone forever
Dreadful sorry, Clementine
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The homes that were happy are ruined and gone.
The hearts that were merry are wretched and lone
And lives full of promise of good things to come
Are ruined and wreck’d by the Demon of Rum
The Demon of Rum is about in the land,
His victims are falling on every hand
O maidens with fathers and brothers and beaux;
Whose lives you would rescue from infinite woes
Let war be your watchword from shore unto shore
Till rum and his legions shall ruin no more
And write on your banners, in letters that shine,
The lips that touch liquor shall never touch mine!
Let war be your watchword from shore unto shore
Till rum and his legions shall ruin no more
And write on your banners, in letters that shine,
The lips that touch liquor shall never touch mine!
And write on your banners, in letters that shine,
The lips that touch liquor shall never touch mine!
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6. |
Memento Mori
04:42
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In this crypt here lie we bones
We wait for you to join us here
In this crypt here lie we bones
Someday this will be your home
You’re alive and so we were once
We are dead and someday you will be
You’re alive and so we were once
We are dead and someday you will be
La la la la la la la
We wait for you to join us here
La la la la la la la
Someday this will be your home
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7. |
Alabama Song
03:27
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Oh, show us the way to the next whiskey bar!
Oh don't ask why, oh don't ask why!
For if we don't find the next whiskey bar,
I tell you we must die! I tell you we must die!
I tell you, I tell you, I tell you we must die!
Oh moon of Alabama
We now must say goodbye
We've lost our good old mamma
And now must have whiskey
Oh, you know why
Oh show us the way to the next pretty boy!
Oh don't ask why, oh, don't ask why!
Oh show us the way to the next little dollar!
Oh don't ask why, oh don't ask why!
For if we don't find the next pretty boy,
I tell you we must die! I tell you we must die!
I tell you, I tell you, I tell you we must die!
Oh moon of Alabama
We now must say goodbye
We've lost our good old mama
And now must have whiskey
Oh, you know why
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Red River Valley
04:56
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From this valley they say you are going,
We will miss your bright eyes and sweet smile,
For they say you are taking the sunshine
That has brightened our pathway this while.
Come and sit by my side if you love me;
Do not hasten to bid me adieu,
But remember the Red River Valley,
And the girl who has loved you so true.
I have promised you, darling, that never
Will a word from my lips cause you pain,
And my life, it will be yours forever,
If you only will love me again.
Come and sit by my side if you love me;
Do not hasten to bid me adieu,
But remember the Red River Valley,
And the girl who has loved you so true.
I've been waiting a long time my darling
For the sweet words you never will say.
Now at last my fond hopes all have vanished.
For they say you are going away.
Come and sit by my side if you love me;
Do not hasten to bid me adieu,
But remember the Red River Valley,
And the girl who has loved you so true.
They will bury me where you have wandered,
Near the hills where the daffodils grow,
When you're gone from the Red River Valley,
For I can't live without you I know.
Come and sit by my side if you love me;
Do not hasten to bid me adieu,
But remember the Red River Valley,
And the girl who has loved you so true.
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10. |
Wayfaring Stranger
04:36
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I'm just a poor wayfaring stranger
Traveling through this world of woe
There is no sickness, no toil nor danger
In that fair land to which I go
I'm going there to see my father
And all my loved ones who’ve gone before
I'm just goin’ over Jordan
I'm just goin’ over home
I know dark clouds will gather round me
I know my way my way is rough and steep
Yet lovely fields lie just before me
Where God's redeemed their vigils keep
I’m goin’ there to see my mother
She said she’d meet me when I come
So I’m just goin’ over Jordan
I’m just goin’ over home
I’m going there to see my children
the ones in coffins laid to rest
I’m just goin’ over Jordan
I’m just goin’ over home
I’m just a poor wayfaring stranger
Traveling through this world of woe
I know dark clouds will gather round me
And I still have so far to go
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Have you seen the ghost of Tom?
Long white bones with no skin on.
Poor old cold Tom--
Wouldn't it be chilly with no skin on?
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Oh blow ye winds over the ocean
Oh blow ye winds over the sea
Oh blow ye winds over the ocean
and bring back my Bonnie to me
Bring back, bring back
Oh, bring back my Bonnie to me, to me
Bring back, bring back
Oh, bring back my Bonnie to me
Last night as I lay on my pillow
Last night as I lay on my bed
Last night as I lay on my pillow
I dreamt that my Bonnie was dead
Bring back, bring back
Oh, bring back my Bonnie to me, to me
Bring back, bring back
Oh, bring back my Bonnie to me
My Bonnie lies under the ocean
Her body lies under the sea
My Bonnie lies under the ocean
Oh, bring back my Bonnie to me…
Bring back, bring back
Oh, bring back my Bonnie to me, to me
Bring back, bring back
Please bring back my Bonnie to me
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13. |
Scotch Cap
02:54
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