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Sad 'Cuz I'm Blue
02:49
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I was thinking of the day we met
We had a picnic on the hill
Excuse me you seem to forget
That you left me with the bill
I’m sad ‘cuz I’m blue
I’m blue ‘cuz I’m lonesome too
I’m lonesome ‘cuz I’m alone
I’m alone without you
Each day when we woke there was a song
Deep in my heart so dear to me
Well tell me do I remember it wrong
But that song was always out of key
On the night I gave to you a ring
As we strolled on down the lane
Well that piece of junk ain’t worth a thing
‘Cuz you gave Cindy, Sue, and Sally all the same
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Hesitation Blues
03:19
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If the river was whiskey and I was a duck
I’d dive to the bottom and never come up
Tell me how long have I got to wait?
Oh can I get you now or must I hesitate?
I ain’t no doctor but the doctor’s son
I can play the doctor ‘til the doctor comes
I was born in England, raised in France
Only sent the coat hanger, wouldn’t send the pants
I was born in Alabama, raised in Tennessee
Don’t you like my peaches don’t shake my tree
I’m looking down the road as far as I can see
A man’s got a woman and the blues got me
I’ve got the hesitation stockings, hesitation shoes
Lord, lord, lord I’ve got the hesitation blues
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What's the Time
03:15
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The curtains softly blowing let the sunlight in
And the chattering in the yard sounds like a din
It’s Jeannie’s friend the Carolina Wren
And she turns her head and goes to sleep again
Could you tell me what’s the time?
I don’t have a notion or a rhyme
And could you turn me on a dime
Back to my life?
Out on the porch she hears the Mockingbird’s song
The one about the man who did her wrong
And Jeannie sings along when he gets to the line
About the talk that seemed so sweet there under the pines
Jeannie finally opens up the window shade
As faded as the Phoebe's ashy grey
Come afternoon she puts the clothes out to dry
And a lone sock stuck inside brings a tear to her eye
Don’t forget, she says to herself
You were always kept upon a shelf
Jimmy always flies like the geese in the fall
And Jeannie, you know, you don’t need that at all
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Columbus Stockade Blues
03:04
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Way down in Columbus Georgia
Wish I was back in Tennessee
Way down in Columbus Stockade
Friends all turned their backs on me
So go and leave me if you wish to
Never let me cross your mind
But in your heart you love another
Leave me darling, I don’t mind
Last night as I lay sleeping
I dreamt I held you in my arms
When I awoke I was mistaken
I was peering through the bars
Many an hour with you I’ve rambled
Many a night with you I’ve spent
Thought I had your heart for ever
Now I find it’s only lent
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Song I Sing with You
03:18
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Won’t you sing me a song as the day grows long
I swear, I’ll hum along too
Though the sun soon will set I won’t soon forget
This song I sing with you
We’ll break our bread on a soft grassy bed
By the ripple of the murmuring spring
And it’s there we will be with the birds in the trees
To find what each morning will bring
And every night by firefly light
Remember the words that ring true
The moon lights the way and together we’ll play
This song I sing with you
When we wander at will down the slow rolling hill
In the chill or in the warm mid-day glow
What a joy to find that we both have a mind
To learn what the other may know
On the sweet summer air is our sweet love so fair
Like the feathers in the tree swallow’s nest
And the birds in the sky and the blue in your eye
Are the sights that I love the best
Won’t you play me a tune on the first day of June
About what the moon wants to say
We’ll dance with the stars and make the night ours
And together we’ll be ‘til the day
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Feet on the Floorboards
02:10
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Working Girl Blues
03:12
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Well, I got the early Monday morning working blues
And I put on my worn out working shoes
Well the weekend was too short and I can’t choose
When the Lord made the working girl, he made the blues
And I'm tired of working my life way
And givin’ somebody else all of my pay
While they get rich on the profits that I lose
And leaving me here with the working girl blues
Aye yodel aye ee, working girl blues
And I can't even afford a new pair of shoes
While they can live in any penthouse they choose
And all I have got is the working girl blues
Well, my boss said a raise is due ‘most any day
But I wonder if my hair will all turn gray
Before he turns that dollar loose and I get my dues
And I lose a little bit of these working girl blues
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Summer on the Pond
02:36
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His Name is John
02:22
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Well, I got a friend down the lane
Got a friend ‘round the bend
Got a friend ‘round the corner
He might know little Jack Horner
And he’s been gone so long
Take a walk up the hill
Take a walk down the lane
Through the woods to see Tom Thumb
He’s got more to say than some
And he’s been gone so long
In the wind, the rain
And no one knows his name
His name is John
They only care how long he’ll be gone
In the shed, stacking sticks
In the lane selling bricks
Peter’s got into the booze
Because he’s got them piper’s blues
And he’s been gone so long
Well, I got a friend down the lane
Got a friend ‘round the bend
Got a friend ‘round the corner
He might know little Jack Horner
And he’s been gone so long
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Ragged But Right
02:49
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I come here to you folks I’m ragged but I’m right
I’m a rough and rowdy gambler I get drunk every night
I eat a porterhouse steak three times a day for board
That’s more than any loafer in this whole world can afford
I’ve got a big electric fan keep me cool while I sleep
A bouncing little girl dancing ‘round at my feet
I’m a rambler and a gambler I get drunk every night
I tell you folks I’m ragged but I’m right
I go everywhere and I don’t pay no fair
I can ride a freight train most any old where
I go from town to town and I ramble all around
I’m the ragged man ‘round here
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Foggy Morning
02:13
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When the dew sees the sunrise
I will be on my way
Though there’s always another
Thing or two left to say
And I’ll miss your sweet eyes, love
And your arms where I lay
I’ll be back in the evening
But it won’t be today
And I know it’s not right, love
To leave you so sad
When the blue leaves the ocean
That’s when I’ll be back
Well, there’s something that keeps me
From making a start
On the life that I know
Love, you’d have a part
And I won’t soon find better
Than the warmth in your heart
That’s not why I wander
It’s not why we’re apart
Well, the preacher he prays
With a bible on his knee
And the teacher will find
A way to make you see
And the bookkeeper toils
Labels parts one, two, three
And the sailor, my love
Must be on the sea
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Green Heron New Hampshire
The music of Green Heron stretches across the entire folk landscape. Old-time, folk, bluegrass, country, Irish and blues music are all represented as the band brings the back porch to the stage.
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