Ten years ago, on a cold dark night There was someone killed 'neath the town hall light There were few there at the scene, but they all agreed That the slayer who ran looked a lot like me She walks these hills in a long black veil Visits my grave when the night winds wail Nobody knows, nobody sees Nobody knows, but me The judge said son, what is...Learn More

Come all you young fellows so young and so fine And seek not your fortune in the dark dreary mine It will form like a habit and seep in your soul Till the stream of your blood runs as black as the coal Where it's dark as a dungeon and damp as the dew Where the danger is doubled and the pleasures are few Where the rain never falls and the sun never...Learn More

If my words did glow with the gold of sunshine And my tunes were played on the harp unstrung Would you hear my voice come through the music? Would you hold it near, as it were your own? It's a hand-me-down, the thoughts are broken Perhaps they're better left unsung I don't know, don't really care Let there be songs to fill the air Ripple in still...Learn More

Mrs Collins weep, Mrs Collins moan What made her son Louis leave his home? Angels laid him away Angels laid him away Laid him six feet under the clay Angels laid him away Oh, kind friends, now ain't it hard To see poor Louis in a new grave yard Angels laid him away Angels laid him away Laid him six feet under the clay Angels laid him away When...Learn More

Thirty-two teeth in a jawbone Alabama trying for none Before I have to hit him I hope he's got the sense to run The reason the poor girls love him Promise them a-everything Why they all believe him? He wears a big diamond ring Alabama get away, get away, Alabama get away, get away Only way to please me just sit down and leave and walk...Learn More

You sit there a-crying, crying in your beer You say you got trouble, my friend, listen here Don't tell me your troubles, I got enough of my own Be thankful you're living, drink up and go home I'm fresh out of prison, six years in the pen Lost my wife and family, no one to call friend Don't tell me your troubles, I got enough of my own Be thankful...Learn More

If you leave me, I'll go crazy If you leave me, I'll go crazy 'Cause I love you, I love you Oh, I love you too much If you quit me, I'll go crazy If you forget me, I'll go crazy 'Cause I love you, I love you Oh, I love you too much You got to live for yourself Yourself and nobody else You got to live for yourself Yourself and nobody else If you...Learn More

It's of a pretty female as you may understand Her mind being bent for ramblin' all unto some foreign land She dressed herself in sailor's clothes or so it does appear And she hired with a captain to serve him for a year The captain's wife, she being on board, she seemed in great joy To think her husband had engaged such a handsome cabin boy And...Learn More

Annie laid her head down in the roses She had ribbons, ribbons, ribbons, in her long brown hair I don't know, maybe it was the roses All I know I could not leave her there I don't know, it must have been the roses The roses or the ribbons in her long brown hair I don't know, maybe it was the roses All I know I could not leave her there Ten years...Learn More

Come take this badge off of me I can't wear it any more It's getting too dark to see And I feel like I must be knocking on heaven's door Knock, knock, knocking on heaven's door Knock, knock, knocking on heaven's door Knock, knock, knocking on heaven's door Knock, knock, knocking on heaven's door Come take these guns off of me You know I can't...Learn More

Dear Prudence, won't you come out to play Dear Prudence, greet the brand new day The sun is up, the sky is blue It's beautiful and so are you Dear Prudence, won't you come out to play Dear Prudence, let me see you smile Dear Prudence, like a little child The wind is low the birds will sing That you are part of everything Dear Prudence, won't you...Learn More

Peaches in the summertime Apples in the fall If I can't get the girl I love I don't want none at all Shady grove, my little love Shady grove, I know Shady grove, my little love I'm bound for shady grove Wish I had a banjo string Made of golden twine Every tune I'd play on it I wish that girl were mine Shady grove, my little love Shady grove, I...Learn More