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Monroe Crossing- Minnesota's Bluegrass Ambassadors -
Lyrics from Monroe Crossing's 'On the Road'
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THE WALLS OF TIME
(Bill Monroe--Peter Rowan)
The wind is blowin' 'cross the mountain
and down oer the valley way below
It sweeps the grave of my darlin'
When I die that's where I want to go
CHORUS:
Lord, send the angels for my darlin'
and take her to that home on high
I'll wait my time out here on earth, love
and come to you when I die
Our names are carved upon the tombstone
I promised you before you died
Our love will bloom forever, darlin'
when we rest side by side
CHORUS
I hear her voice out in the darkness
It moans and whispers through the pines
I know its my sweetheart a'callin'
I hear her through the walls of time
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GOTTA TRAVEL ON
(Paul Clayton)
CHORUS:
I've laid around and played around this old town too long
Summer's almost gone and winter's coming on
I've laid around and played around this old town too long
and I feel like I gotta travel on
I wanna see my honey, I wanna see her bad
Wanna see her bad, boy, wanna see her bad
Wanna see my honey, I wanna see her bad
She's the best gal this poor boy ever had
CHORUS
Papa writes to Johnny, but Johnny can't come home
Johnny can't come home, no, Johnny can't come home
Papa writes to Johnny, but Johnny can't come home
'cause hes been on the chain gang too long
CHORUS
Night sheriff and police comin' after me
Comin' after me, Lord, comin' after me
Night sheriff and police comin after me
Think I'll hop a freight and head to Tennessee
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BLAKE'S MARCH
(Norman Blake)
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I AM A MAN OF CONSTANT SORROW
(Traditional)
I am a man of constant sorrow
I've seen trouble all my days
I'll bid farewell to old Kentucky
the place where I was born and raised
(The place where he was born and raised)
For six long years I've been in trouble
No pleasure here on earth I find
For in this world I'm bound to ramble
I have no friends to help me now
(He has no friends to help him now)
You can bury me in some deep valley
for many years where I may lay
And you may learn to love another
while I am sleeping in my grave
(While he is sleeping in his grave)
Maybe your friends think I'm just a stranger
My face you never will see no more
But there is one promise that is given
I'll meet you on God's golden shore
(He'll meet you on God's golden shore)
In constant sorrow all though his days
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HEAD OVER HEELS (IN LOVE WITH YOU)
(Lester Flatt)
I think I'll go across the ocean
if I don't change my notion
I've just got to forget you if I can
CHORUS:
I'm feelin' so blue I don't know what to do
(Because I'm) head over heels in love with you
Every day is sad and lonely
for I'm thinking of you only
I just can't sleep when I lay down
CHORUS
Oh, I'd like to be forgiven
but this life ain't worth livin'
if I have to sit and worry over you
CHORUS
All the nights are long and dreary
All I do is sit and worry
I just can't bear the thought of losin' you
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ANGEL BAND
(R StanleyYork)
My latest sun is sinking fast
My race is almost run
My longest trials now are passed
My triumph has begun
CHORUS:
Oh, come angel band, come and around me stand
Bear me away on your snow white wings to my immortal home
Bear me away on your snow white wings to my immortal home
Oh, bear my longing heart to Him
who bled and died for me
Whose blood now cleanses from all sins
and gives me victory
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NASHVILLE SKYLINE RAG
(Bob Dylan)
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IN THE PINES
(Traditional)
The longest train I ever saw
was sixteen coaches long
The only girl I ever loved
well, shes on that train an gone
CHORUS:
In the pines, in the pines, where the sun never shines
and you shiver when the cold winds blowwooooo...
Well, I asked my captain for the time of day
Said he throwed his watch away
It's a long steel rail and a short cross tie
I'm on my way back home
CHORUS
Little girl, little girl what have I done
that made you treat me so
Well, you've caused me to weep, you've caused me to moan
You've caused me to leave my home
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UNCLE PEN
(Bill Monroe)
Oh, the people would come from far away
to dance all night till the break of day
When the caller hollered, do-si-do
we knew Uncle Pen was ready to go
CHORUS:
Late in the evening about sundown
high on the hill and above the town
Uncle Pen played the fiddle, oh, how it would ring
You could hear it talk, you could hear it sing
He played an old tune called the Boston Boy
and the one they call the Soldiers Joy
The greatest of all was Jenny Lynn
To me thats where the fiddlin begin
CHORUS
Oh, Ill never forget that mournful day
when Uncle Pen was called away
They hung up his fiddle, they hung up his bow
They knew it was time for him to go
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WHY DID YOU WANDER
(Bill Monroe--Lester Flatt)
It was down in the old Cumberland Mountains
down in the hills of Tennessee
that he waited alone in the moonlight
It was there that he waited for me
CHORUS:
Oh, why oh why did you wander
Why did you ever roam
when you know that we always were happy
all alone in our old mountain home
Oh, why did you leave me little darling
Why did you leave me alone
when you knew I'd be lonesome without you
all alone in our old mountain home
CHORUS
I hope that you'll always be happy
no matter where you may roam
And I hope to be with you up in heaven
as we were in our old mountain home
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DONT GET ABOVE YOUR RAISIN'
(Lester Flatt--Earl Scruggs)
Well, I've got a guy that's sweet to me
He just ain't what he used to be
He's a little high-headed, that's plain to see
Don't get above your raisin'
Stay down to earth with me
Well, look here, son, don't you high-head me
I aint forgot what you used to be
When you didnt have nothin', that was plain to see
Don't get above your raisin'
Stay down to earth with me
Now, you not need hold your head so high
every time you pass me by
For it don't mean nothin to me you see
Don't get above your raisin'
Stay down to earth with me
Now, look here hon, you better be yourself
and leave that other stuff on the shelf
You're my country baby, that's plain to see
Don't get above your raisin'
Stay down to earth with me
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WHO'S GONNA SHOE YOUR PRETTY LITTLE FEET
(Traditional)
Where did you get those pretty red shoes
dresses you wear so fine
Got my shoes from a railroad man
Woooooo hoooooo hoo
Who's gonna kiss your red rosy cheeks
Who's gonna glove your little hand
Who's gonna shoe your pretty little feet
Woooooo hoooooo hoo
Brother's gonna kiss my red rosy cheeks
Mama's gonna glove my little hand
Papa's gonna shoe my pretty little feet
Woooooo hoooooo hoo
Where did you get those pretty red shoes
Dresses you wear so fine
Got my shoes from a railroad man
Woooooo hoooooo hoo-ooo
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WAYFARING STRANGER
(Traditional)
I am a poor wayfaring stranger
while traveling through this world of woe
Yet theres no sickness, toil or danger
in that bright world to which I go
CHORUS 1:
I'm going there to see my father
I'm going there no more to roam
I'm only going over Jordan
I'm only going over home
I know dark clouds will gather round me
I know my way is rough and steep
Yet beauteous fields lie just before me
where God's redeemed their vigils keep
CHORUS 2:
I'm going there to see my mother
She said shed meet me when I come
I'm only going over Jordan
I'm only going over home
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FRIENDSHIP'S ROAD
(Art Blackburn)
Friendship is a chain of gold
Shaped in God's all-perfect mold
Each link a smile, a laugh, a tear
A grip of the hand, a word of cheer
As steadfast as the ages roll
Binding closer soul to soul
No matter how far or heavy the load
Sweet is the journey on friendship's road
Jesus is a friend for life
Guiding through all toil and strife
No matter how far or heavy the load
Sweet is the journey on friendship's road
Sweet is the journey on friendship's road (4x)
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