If you miss the train I'm on you will know that I have gone you can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles a hundred miles, a hundred miles a hundred miles, a hundred miles you can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles Lord I'm one, Lord I'm two Lord I'm three, Lord I'm four I'm five hundred miles away from home away from home, away from home away from home, away from home Lord I’m five hundred miles away from home Not a shirt on my back not a penny to my name I can't go back home this way this way, this way this way, this way Lord I can’t go home this way

Homesick and lonesome, I'm feelin' kinda blue feelin' kinda blue, I'm feelin' kinda blue Homesick and lonesome, I'm feelin' kinda blue I'm on my long journey home There's a great big hole in the bottom of my shoe the rain comes in and my foot goes through I wore a hole in the bottom of my shoe I'm on my long journey home I lost all my money but a two dollar bill a two dollar bill, a two dollar bill I lost all my money but a two dollar bill I'm on my long journey home Methusela walked ten hundred years when he saw that engineer he must have cried ten thousand tears I'm on my long journey home If you get to heaven and you don't see my name on that train to eternity back it up, come rescue me I'm on my long journey home Cloudy in the West and it looks like rain it looks like rain, it looks like rain Cloudy in the West and it looks like rain I'm on my long journey home Black smoke a'risin' and it looks like a train It looks like a train, Lord could it be my train black smoke a'risin' and it surely is my train I'm on my long journey home I hear the train a'comin' and I'll soon be gone I’ll soon be gone, I’ll soon be gone I hear the train a'comin' and I'll soon be gone I'm on my long journey home

When the curtains of night are pinned back by the stars and the beautiful moon sweeps the skies and the dewdrops of heaven are kissing the rose it is then that my memory flies As if on the wings of some beautiful dove in haste with the message it bears to bring you a kiss of affection and say "I'll remember you love in my prayers" Go where you will on land or at sea I'll share all your sorrows and cares at night when I kneel by my bedside to pray I'll remember you love in my prayers I have loved you too fondly to ever forget the love you have spoken for me the kiss of affection still worn on my lips when you told me how true you would be I know not if fortune is fickle or friend or if time will your memory wear but I know that I'll love you wherever you roam and remember you love in my prayers While the angels in heaven are guarding the good as God has ordained them to do in answer to prayers I have offered to Him I know there is one watching you may its bright spirit be with you through life to guide you up heaven's bright stairs and meet with the one who has loved you so true and remembers you love in his prayers

Everytime I come to town them boys keep kicking my dawg around it doesn't matter that he's a hound they gotta stop kicking my dawg around Me and Lem Briggs and old Bill Brown took a load of corn to town my old dawg, Jim, the ornery old cuss well he just naturally followed us As we drove past Johnson's store a passel of yaps come out the door Jim he scooted behind a box cause all them fellas was throwin' rocks They tied a can to old Jim's tail and run him past the county jail well that just naturally made us sore Lem, he cussed, and Bill, he swore Me and Lem Briggs and old Bill Brown lost no time gettin' down we swept them fellas right into the ground for kickin' my old dawg Jim around Jim seen his duty right there and then he lit right into them gentlemen he sure messed up the courthouse square with rags and meat and hide and hair

I never wanna change you to rearrange you after all, I just wanna be me all I ask of you is that you do the things you do and be who you wanna be Oranges may be orange violets they are blue I know you don't wanna hear this but I can't stop loving you Roses they are red a seasick man is green when I'm with you I'm the happiest boy this world has ever seen I never mean to shape you, to bend nor break you but darling won't you stay with me all I ask of you is that you do the things you do and be who you wanna be

[D] When I was [Bm] thirteen [A] all my friends made [G] fun of me cause [D] I wore knickers [Bm] instead of jeans [G] just like [A] Huck Finn I used to smoke a corncob pipe I would smoke it late at night I never got in trouble cause I turned out the light just like Huck Finn I built myself a raft of wood I would float it whenever i could until the day it sank right in into the river like Huck Finn [D] Sinking, sinking, [C] sinking, sinking [B] sinking, sinking [A] down [D] watch it sinking [C] see the water [B] slowly seeping [A] round Now that I’m twenty-two I’m so glad that I found you you love the river just as much as I do just like Huck Finn [D] I just wanna go [Bm] down the river go [G] down the river with [A] you forever babe [D] I just wanna go [Bm] down the river go [G] down the river with [A] you And when we're sixty-three will you still be with me going down the river just you and I until the day we die

You grab a line, I'll grab a pole, honey you grab a line, I'll grab a pole, babe you grab a line, I'll grab a pole we'll all go down to the crawdad hole honey, sugar, baby mine Get up old man you slept too late, honey get up old man you slept too late, babe get up old man you slept too late the crawdad man done passed your gate honey, sugar, baby mine Yonder comes a man with a sack on his back, honey yonder comes a man with a sack on his back, babe yonder comes a man with a sack on his back he’s packin' all the crawdads he can pack honey, sugar, baby mine The man fell down and bust his sack, honey the man fell down and bust his sack, babe the man fell down and bust his sack look at all them crawdads back to back honey, sugar, baby mine You don't need more than a piece of string, honey a crawdad'll eat most anything, babe a piece of rope, a piece of twine a piece of your finger will do just fine honey, sugar, baby mine I heard the duck say to the drake, honey I heard the duck say to the drake, babe I heard the duck say to the drake there ain't no crawdads in this lake honey, sugar, baby mine What'cha gonna do when the river goes dry, honey what'cha gonna do when the river goes dry, babe what'cha gonna do when the river goes dry sit on the bank and watch the crawdads die honey, sugar, baby mine What'cha gonna do when the crawdads die, honey what'cha gonna do when the crawdads die, babe what'cha gonna do when the crawdads die sit on the bank and cry, cry, cry honey, sugar, baby mine Look at that crawdad strut around, honey look at that crawdad strut around, babe by the way that crawdad struts around I'd say he's the mayor of crawdad town honey, sugar, baby mine

Let us pause in life's pleasures and count its many tears while we all sup sorrow with the poor there's a song that will linger forever in our ears hard times come again no more It's the song the sigh of the weary hard times, hard times come again no more many days you have lingered around my cabin door hard times come again no more While we seek mirth and beauty and music light and gay there are frail forms fainting at my door though their voices are silent their pleading looks will say hard times come again no more There's a pale, drooping maiden who toils her life away with a worn heart whose better days are o'er though her voice should be merry 'tis sighing all the way hard times come again no more

The Lord only knows how tired I've been I'm trying to keep on but I don't know when will trouble take my worried mind and let me alone again the Lord only knows how tired I've been I'm trying to make the most I can of the worn out, run down wretch I am I tried to tell the doctor but she would not understand the Lord only knows how troubled I am Please tell my ma I'll be home soon in time to see the poppies bloom the Lord who knows how tired I've been will see me safely home again

I placed a bet once on a horse I can't forget that day put my last two bucks on the mare named Luck she ran the other way I love my banjolele my ukelanjolele I love to play it daily it's always out of tune Seems every time I take a walk I get lost in the park so I eat nothing but garlic now you can find me in the dark It's twelve o'clock, I'm trying to sleep the neighbors are watching TV the blue light blinking through my windowpane and the noise don't bother me To the fella who took my bike I hope that you enjoy it you can ride it if you like but please do not destroy it Some days are bad, some are worse most are simply terrible there's one thing I like to sing to make them somewhat bearable

Let us sing a song that will cheer us on the way in a little while we're going home the night will end in everlasting day in a little while we're going home In a little while, in a little while we shall cross the billow's foam we will meet at last when the stormy winds have passed in a little while we're going home There is rest beyond, there's relief from every care in a little while we're going home no tears shall fall in that city bright and fair in a little while we're going home We shall do the work that our hands may find to do in a little while we're going home the grace of God will our daily strength renew in a little while we're going home