Blue Yodel No. 1 (T for Texas)
‘T’ for Texas, ‘T’ for Tennessee ‘T’ for Texas, ‘T’ for Tennessee ‘T’ for Thelma, That girl that made a wreck out of me Yodelaeeeo… If you don’t want me, Mama You sure don’t have to stall, Lawd, Lawd If you don’t want me, Mama You sure don’t have to stall ‘Cause I can get […]
Remington Ride
Instrumental
15 Steps
15 steps what you given me, 17 is what I’ll take 2 chances give me now another, one good man is what it’ll make Don’t gimme up don’t gimme up, do not give me up don’t give me up no Your voice I do not remember, my name I cannot trace 2 chances give me […]
Big Ball In Boston
Workin’ on the railroad Sleepin’ on the ground Eatin’ saltine crackers Ten cents a pound Big ball’s in Boston We’ll all go down Big ball’s in Boston We’ll dance around I’ll go to Boston I’ll dance around Board up your windows The big boy’s in town Put on your new shoes Put on your gown […]
Fraternity Blues
I decided to improve my social station I joined a fraternity organization Tucked in my shirt Signed on the line Right away they said about to improve my mind The car I drove The books I read The food I ate The booze I drank The girls I took out My breath Said “kid, we […]
I’m Leaving Detroit
All winter I’ve been working, making cars in Detroit But tomorrow morning I’ll be checking out I’m a leaving this old city and the hard times that I’ve had I’m leaving Detroit, I’m headed south I’m going where the southern breezes blow I’m tired of Detroit’s weather with it’s snow Don’t look for me tomorrow, […]
My Rose Of Old Kentucky
She bloom for me on a little village In a cabin on the hill We made our vows to love each other And I know we always will She’s my rose of old Kentucky I watch her bloom as the years roll by And I know there’ll never be another I love her till the […]
My Rag
Now about this lick I’m a pickin’ on the guitar, really feels down home Gives me a little jazz and a little blues Maybe I need me a buncha more notes and a mess of them fancy chords Those weird ones like Arthur Fiedler uses It’s a riff I used to play each night before I went on stage […]
My Little Georgia Rose
Now come and listen to my story Story that I know is true ‘Bout a rose that blooms in Georgia With hair of gold and a heart so true. Way down in the Blue Ridge Mountains Way down where the tall pines grow There’s my sweetheart of the mountain She’s my little Georgia rose. Her […]
My Florida Sunshine
Way down in the state of Florida, Florida, Where the old Swannee River flows Where my sunshine is waiting for me Way down where the orange tree grows In my mind I can see the palm trees waiving while the moon is shining so bright I know she loved me, and her heart was breaking, […]
My Dear Old Southern Home
In my dear old home I was happy as I could be Where the mocking birds sang every night while I rest In that little old log cabin by the sea There is Mother and dear old Dad Where I left I know it made them sad So I’m going back to that dear old […]
Muddy Roads
Instrumental
Mr. Engineer
I’m gonna catch me a freight train Lord I’m leaving this lonesome town The one I loved and gave my heart to For someone else she turned me down Engineer reach up and pull the whistle Let me hear that lonesome sound For it blends with the feeling that’s in me The one I loved […]
Mountain Dew
There’s a big hollow tree Down the road here from me Where you lay down a dollar or two. Then you go around the bend When you come back again There’s a jugful of mountain dew. CHORUS: Oh, they call it that old mountain dew And them that refuse it are few. Oh, I’ll shut […]
Mother’s Not Dead
Mothers not dead, she’s only a sleeping Just patiently waiting for Jesus to come The birds will be singing while Mother is sleeping They will sing o’er as the grave sinks away Well I left my old home way back in the mountains For mother and father had both passed away We followed our mother […]
Moonshiner
I’ve been a moonshiner For 17 long years I’ve spent all my money On whiskey and beer I go to some hollow And sit at my still And if whiskey don’t kill me Then I don’t know what will I go to some bar room And drink with my friends Where the women can’t follow […]
Montana Cowboy
For many long years I played the lone hand I rode my horse in many strange lands Until one day I stopped for awhile For two blue eyes and sunny smile So howl away you old coyote I hear your sad and lonesome song ‘a calling me back to old Montana Back to those hills […]
Miss The Mississippi And You
I’m growing tired of the big city lights Tired of the glamor and tired of the sights In all my dreams I am roaming once more Back to my home on that old river shore I am sad and weary far away from home Miss the Mississippi and you, dear Days are dark and dreary […]
Midnight Rider
Well, I’ve got to run to keep from hidin’, And I’m bound to keep on ridin’. And I’ve got one more silver dollar, But I’m not gonna let ’em catch me, no, Not gonna let ’em catch the Midnight Rider. And I don’t own the clothes I’m wearing, And the road goes on forever, And […]
Midnight On The Stormy Deep
It was midnight on the stormy deep My solitary watch I’d keep And think of her I’d left behind And ask if she’d be true and kind I never shall forget the day That I was forced to go away In silence there my head she’d rest And pressed me to her loving breast Oh […]
Space Is The Place
And when you kiss your other lover I will try to understand and just because you’re loving him it doesn’t mean you don’t love me do what you want, be what you want to be Space is the place where I will go when I’m all alone Nobody calls me on the phone and I […]
Midnight Moonlight
Do you ever feel lonesome when you’re down in San Antone Beg steal or borrow two nickels or a dime to call you on the phone I’ll meet you at Alamo mission we can say our prayers The Holy Ghost and the Virgin Mother will hear us as we kneel there In the Midnight In […]
Memories Of You, Dear
Memories of you, dear Fill my heart with pain And I know you’ll never Be in my arms again You say that you found another You tell me you love him, too My poor old heart is breakin’ Lord, I don’t know what to do I tried so hard to please you But nothin’ could […]
Me & The Devil Blues
Early this mornin’, when you knocked upon my door Early this mornin’, ooh, when you knocked upon my door And I said, “Hello, Satan, I believe it’s time to go” Me and the devil, was walkin’ side by side Me and the devil, ooh, was walkin’ side by side And I’m goin’ to beat my […]