[Verse 1] Oh, the Baptists go by water and the Methodists go by land But I'll tell you, my friends, if you wanna get to heaven, well, you gotta go hand in hand As Jesus taught the people by the sea of Galilee He said, "I'm the door that leads to Heaven and you must come in by me" [Chorus] And it's so low, you can't get under it So high, you can't...Learn More

[Verse 1] There goes the train that carried my girl from town If I knowed her number, Lord, I'd flag her down Wish to the Lord that the train would wreck Kill that engineer and break the fireman's neck Hey, that train that carried my girl from town Hey, hey, hey, hey [Verse 2] Where was you when the train left town? I's standin' on the corner with...Learn More

[Intro] Sample of another kind of blues is the kind that Alton and Rabon Delmore used to play A song they called "Big River Blues" Actually, sometimes it was called "Deep River Blues" All the same difference I'd listen to those boys and then I heard a fella named Travis Merle Travis, play the guitar And I thought about tryin' to put the— One of...Learn More

[Verse 1] As I walked over London Bridge One misty morning early I heard some fair young maiden say "Lord, spare me the life of Georgie" Go saddle me up my milk white steed And bridle him so gaily Then I'll ride away to the King's High Court And plead for the life of Georgie [Verse 2] She rode all day and she rode all night 'Til she was wet and...Learn More

[Verse 1] I was born one mornin' The rain a-pourin' down Heard my mammy say to my pappy "Let's call him John Henry Brown" [Chorus] Walk on, boy Walk on down the road Ain't nobody in this whole wide world A-gonna help you carry your load [Verse 2] I left my mammy and pappy At just about the age of ten Lord, I got me a job a-workin' on the...Learn More

[Verse 1] As I went down in the valley to pray Studying about that good old way And who shall wear the robe and crown Good Lord, show me the way Come on, fathers, and let's go down Come on down, don't you wanna go down? Come on, fathers, and let's go down Down in the valley to pray [Verse 2] As I went down in the valley to pray Studying about that...Learn More

[Verse 1] Every man gets in tough luck sometime When he ain't got a nickel, not a dime, Lord I hope I'll be lucky some ol' day [Verse 2] My woman, she just don't care for me Since she found out I'm broke as I can be, but I hope I'll be lucky some ol' day [Verse 3] Gonna work on that new rail line Every hour, I make a dollar and a dime and I hope...Learn More

[Intro] This is a, sort of a portrait in words to a lazy country boy Now I can't think of anybody in the world that'd fit any better than me or Merle, either one Because when it's hot in the summertime, I'm just about as lazy as I can be And, uh, Merle's a chip off the old block, you know Or Rosaly said he was, but— Yes, if she hears that, I'll be...Learn More

God's given us years of happiness here Now we must part And as the angels come and call for you The pangs of grief tug at my heart Oh, my darling, my darling My heart breaks as you take your lone journey Oh, the days will be empty, the nights so long Without you, my love And as God calls for you, I'm left alone But we will meet in Heaven...Learn More

[Verse 1] Hush my babe, lie still and slumber Holy angels guard thy bed Heavenly blessings without number Gently stealing on thy head [Verse 2] How much better art thou attended Than the son of God could be? When from heaven he descended And became a child like thee [Verse 3] Soft and easy is thy cradle Coarse and hard the savior lay When his...Learn More

[Intro] I'd like to ask Merle to do some, uh, that fine finger-picking he does On a— one of the old American ballads This one, I really have no idea how old it is It's one called "The Banks Of The Ohio" [Verse 1] I asked my love to take a walk Just a little ways with me And as we walked and we would talk All about our wedding...Learn More

[Intro] There's a lot of different kinds of blues tunes And some of 'em aren't really blues at all They just have a sort of a blues flavor An old tune that I've always liked ever since the first time I heard it And I guess there's a jillion versions of this if you can hunt 'em all up Uh, in American folk music A tune called "Lost John" John liked...Learn More