Dance All Night From Skillet Lickers on Vetco LP
Dance all night with a bottle in your hand,
Bottle in your hand, with a bottle in your hand
Dance all night with a bottle in your hand,
?Jes fo day? give the fiddler a dram
Dance all night with the fiddler’s gal
Swing around the corner with the other fella’s gal
Swing that Calico Sally Ann
We don’t give a dam, we’ll catch it if we can
Dance all night with a bottle in your hand,
Bottle in your hand, with a bottle in your hand
Dance all night with a bottle in your hand,
Good God almighty give the fiddler a dram
Repeat second verse
Repeat third verse
From: Carter Brothers and Son
…Good God mighty give the fiddler a dram
..no other intelligible words……..that seems about right for Carter Bros
Dance Boatman Dance A combination of the original Dan Emmett, and from unknown singer with Brian Grimm at Galax 1999
Hi ho, the boatman row, Floatin' down the river on the Ohio!
Hi ho, the boatman row, Floatin' down the river on the Ohio!
Boatman dance, boatman sing, boatman up to everything.
And when de boatman gets on shore, he’s gonna get drunk and drink some more
(Or “he spends his cash and works for more”).
Dance, boatman dance, dance, boatman dance.
O dance all night till broad daylight
And go home with the girls in the morning light
Dance, boatman dance, dance, boatman dance.
O dance all night till broad daylight
And go home with the girls in the morning light
From unknown singer with Brian Grimm at Galax 1999; singing continuous throughout the three parts To A music:
Hi, Ho the boatman goes, goin’ up the river on? The Ohio
Hi, Ho the boatman goes, goin’ up the river on? The Ohio To B music:
Boatman dance, boatman sing, boatman he does anything
When the boatman reach the shore, he’s gonna get drunk and drink some more
Darling Corey
From: Tom Brad and Alice
Chorus:
Dig a hole dig a hole in the meadow
Dig a hole in the cold cold ground
Dig a hole dig a hole in the meadow
Gonna lay darling Corey down
Well the last time I saw darling Corey
Was on the banks of the deep blue sea
Two pistols around her body
And a banjo on her knee
Chorus
Wake up wake up darling Corey
What makes you sleep so late
Them burglars all are a-coming
They're waitin' outside your gate
Chorus
Wake up wake up darling Corey
And go get me my gun
I ain't no man for trouble
But I'll die before I run
Chorus
Wake up wake up darling Corey
What makes you sleep so sound
Them highway robbers are a-coming
Gonna tear your playhouse down
Chorus
Darling Nellie Grey (B.R. Hanby) From Brad Leftwich in Round Peak Style Clawhammer Banjo Book. Key A
There's a low green valley on the old Kentucky shore
Where I've whiled many happy hours away,
A-sitting and a-singing by the little cottage door,
Where lived my darling Nellie Grey.
Chorus: Oh my darling Nellie Grey, they have taken you away
And I'll never get to see you any more.
I'm a-sitting by the river and I'm weeping all the day
For you've gone from the old Kentucky shore.
When the moon had climbed the mountain and the stars were shining too
Then I’d take my darling Nellie Grey
And we’d float down the river in my little red canoe
While my banjo sweetly I would play
One night I went to see her but she's gone the neighbors say,
The white man bound her with his chain,
They have taken her to Georgia for to wear her life away,
As she toils in the cotton and the cane.
My canoe is under water and my banjo is unstrung
And I'm tired of living anymore;
My eyes shall look downward and my songs shall be unsung
While I stay on the old Kentucky shore.
My eyes are getting blinded and I cannot see my way,
Hark! there's someone knocking at my door;
I hear the angels calling and I see my Nellie Grey
Farewell to the old Kentucky shore.
Final chorus: Oh, my darling Nellie Gray, up in heaven there they say
That they'll never take you from me any more;
I'm a-coming, I am coming as the angels clear the way
Farewell to the old Kentucky shore.
Dead Head and Suckers From Crockett Ward
Chorus:
Oh its Deadheads and Suckers, how can you live
How can you live, darling, how can you live
Deadheads and Suckers, how can you live
When there’s good men dying every day
Oh I’m going round the mountain, I’m bound to leave you now
Bound to leave you now, darlin’, bound to leave you now
Oh I’m going round the mountain, I’m bound to leave you now
And darlin’, I don’t know what to do
Light in the grave- yard that outshines the sun,
Outshines the sun, darlin’, outshines the sun,
Light in the grave- yard that outshines the sun,
And darlin’ I don’t know what to do.
High Sheriff and po- lice running after me
Running after me, running after me
High Sheriff and po- lice running after me
And Lordy, I don’t know what to do
Mighty happy meeting, and don’t you want to go
Don’t you want to go, don’t you want to go
Mighty happy meeting, and don’t you want to go
Yes, We’ll all go
Dear Someone From Gillian Welch. Written by David Rawlings and Gillian Welch. (© Irving Music / Say Uncle Music / Bug Music / Cracklin Music.) From "Time the Revelator", Acony 0103 Key on CD Eb,
I wanna go all over the world,
And start living free.
I know that there's somebody who,
Is waiting for me.
I'll build a boat, steady and true.
As soon as it's done,
I'm gonna sail along in a dream,
Of my dear someone.
One little star, smilin' tonight.
Knows where you are.
Stay, little star, steady and bright,
To guide me afar.
Rush, little wind, over the deep,
For now I've begun.
Hurry and take me straight into the arms,
Of my dear someone.
Hurry and take me into the arms,
Of my dear someone.
Didn't He Ramble (Will Handy) From Charlie Poole
My mother raised three grown sons, Buster, Bill and I,
Buster was the black sheep of our little family;
Mother tried to break him of his rough and rowdy ways,
Finally had to get a judge to give him ninety days.
Chorus:
And didn't he ramble, ramble?
He rambled all around, in and out of town,
Oh! didn't he ramble, ramble,
He rambled till the butchers cut him down
He rambled in a gambling game, he gambled on the green,
The gamblers there showed him a trick that he had never seen.
He lost his roll and jewelry, he like to lost his life,
He lost the car that carried him there, and somebody stole his wife.
Didn’t He Ramble continued
Chorus
He rambled in a swell hotel, his appetite was stout,
And when he refused to pay the bill, the landlord kicked him out.
He reached a brick to smack him with, and when he went to stop,
The landlord kicked him over the fence, right in a barrel of slop.
Chorus.
Dixie Darling From Carter Family Song Texts.
Way down below the Mason-Dixon line
There's where the honeysuckle are entwined
There's where the southern winds are blowin'
There's where the daisies' growin'
Girls up north in their gay finery
Whirling around in society
Singing the song of my dixie darling
Where I long to be
My dixie darlin'
Listen to the song I sing
Beneath the silv'ry moon
With my banjo right in tune
My heart's forever true
I love no one but you
My dixie darling
My dixie queen Goin' down south,
gonna have a good time
See my girl down in old Caroline
Drink my booze and do as I please
For all the girls I long to squeeze
Singing the song of my dixie darling
That's where I Long to be going
That's where the jellyroll's rolling
With my dixie queen
My dixie darlin'
Listen to the song I sing
Beneath the silv'ry moon
With my banjo right in tune
My heart's forever true
I love no one but you
My dixie darling
My dixie queen
Doney
From: Tom Brad and Alice.
Fare you well, my Doney
Fare you well I say
Fare you well my Doney
Come another day.
Lips just like a cherry Eyes just like a cherry
Cheeks just like a rose
How I love my Doney
God Almighty knows God in Heaven knows
Wish I had a mailbox Wish I had a bandbox
Put my Doney In
Take her out and Kiss her
Put her back again
You may ride the grey mare
I will ride the Roan
When you see my Doney When you go a courtin’
Tell her I’m setting at home Leave my Doney alone
Preacher in the pulpit
Bible in his hand
Said he wouldn’t preach no more
Till he got another dram
Now I’ve been all around this whole wide world
Down to Memphis Tennessee
Any Old Place I hang my hat
Looks like home to me
Now I left my little girl crying
Standing in the door
Throwed her arms around my neck
Saying ‘Honey don’t you go’
Now I’ve been all around this whole wide world
Done most everything
I’ve played cards with the King and Queen
Discard the ace and ten
Chorus:
Oh it’s don’t let your deal go down
Don’t let your deal go down
Don’t let your deal go down
Before my last gold dollar is gone
Now where did you get them high top shoes?
Dress you wear so fine?
Got my shoes from a railroad man
And my dress from a driver in the mine
Chorus
Don’t Let Your Deal Go Down cont’d
Who’s gonna shoe your pretty white feet?
Who’s gonna glove your hand?
Who’s gonna kiss your lily white cheeks?
Who’s gonna be your man?
Now papa may shoe my pretty white feet
Mama can glove my hand
She can kiss my lily white cheeks
Till you come back again
Chorus
Down In The Willow Garden
Down in the willow garden where me and my love did meet
There we sat a-courting my love fell off to sleep
I had a bottle of burgundy wine which my true love did not know
And there I poisoned that dear little girl down by the banks below
I drew my saber through her which was a bloody knife
I threw her in the river which was an awful sight
My father often told me that money would set me free
If I would murder that dear little miss whose name was Rose Connelly
Now he sits by his old cabin door a wiping his tear-brimmed eyes
Mourning for his only son out on the scaffold high
My race is run beneath the sun the devil is waiting for me
For I did murder that dear little girl whose name was Rose Connelly
The Willow Garden
Down in the willow garden, me and my love did meet
And as we sat a-courting, my love fell off to sleep
I had a bottle of burgundy wine; my love, she did not know
And so I poisoned that dear little girl along the banks below
Along the banks below
I drew my saber through her; it was a bloody night
I threw her in the river, which was a dreadful sight
My father often told me that money would set me free
And so I murdered that dear little girl whose name was Rose Connelly
Whose name was Rose Connelly
My father sits at his cabin door wiping his tear-dimmed eyes
His only son soon should walk to yonder scaffold high
My race is run beneath the sun; the scaffold now waits for me
For I did murder that dear little girl whose name was Rose Connelly
Whose name was Rose Connelly
Whose name was Rose Connelly
Down South Blues From Earl White (Dock Boggs). Key A. Fiddle AEAE
Well, I’m going to the station
Gonna catch the fastest train that goes
Cos I’m going down South
Where the weather, it suits my clothes
Well, I’m going to the country
Gonna take my ninety nine pair of shoes
Cos I’m broken hearted
I’ve got these, down South blues
Well my Mama she told me
And my Papa, he told me too
Don’t you go out rambling
Let those girls, make a fool out of you
END
Down South Blues From Doc Boggs on, Music of South West Virginia Co 3523 CD
I’m going to the station
Gonna catch the fastest train that goes
I’m a going back South
Where the weather, suits my clothes
Oh, Love like water
It turned off and on
When you think you’ve got em
Oh, They all turned off and gone
I was raised in a country
Where the snow it never fell
I’m a going back South
If I don’t do so well
I’m a going back South
If I wear a ninety nine pair of shoes
Cos I’m broken hearted
I’ve got those, down South blues
Oh my daddy told me
And my mama, told me too
Don’t you go off Honey
Let the men, make a fool out of you
Down In the River to Pray From Alison Krauss on O Brother Where Art Thou CD. Key E
As I went down in the river to pray
Studying about that good old way
And who shall wear the starry crown
Good Lord show me the way
Oh Sisters lets go down
Lets go down, come on down
Oh Sisters lets go down
Down in the river to pray
As I went down in the river to pray
Studying about that good old way
And who shall wear the robe and crown
Good Lord show me the way
Oh Brothers lets go down
Lets go down, come on down
Come on Brothers lets go down
Down in the river to pray
As I went down in the river to pray
Studying about that good old way
And who shall wear the starry crown
Good Lord show me the way
Oh Fathers lets go down
Lets go down, come on down
Oh Fathers lets go down
Down in the river to pray
As I went down in the river to pray
Studying about that good old way
And who shall wear the robe and crown
Good Lord show me the way
Oh Mothers lets go down
Come on down, Don’t you wanna go down
Come on Mothers lets go down
Down in the river to pray
As I went down in the river to pray
Studying about that good old way
And who shall wear the starry crown
Good Lord show me the way
Oh Sinners lets go down
Lets go down, come on down
Oh Sinners lets go down
Down in the river to pray
As I went down in the river to pray
Studying about that good old way
And who shall wear the robe and crown
Good Lord show me the way
Ducks on the millpond From: Tommy Jarrell, June Apple, Heritage CD038
All I want in God’s creation,
Is a pretty little wife and a big plantation
Ducks on the Millpond, geese in the ocean
All them pretty girls, just in a notion
Rain come wet me, sun come dry me
Stand back pretty girl, don’t you come a nigh me
Also
Ducks on the millpond, geese in the clover
Tell them pretty girls to come on over
Don’t You Hear Jerusalem Moan From Gid Tanner and Skillet Lickers on Kickapoo Medicine Show Rounder LP
Well, a Methodist preacher, you can tell him where he go
Don’t you hear Jerusalem moan?
Don’t never let a chicken get big enough to crow
Don’t you hear Jerusalem moan?
Chorus:
Don’t you hear Jerusalem moan?
Don’t you hear Jerusalem moan?
Thank God, there’s a heaven and a-ringing in my soul
and my soul’s got free
Don’t’ you hear Jerusalem moan?
Well, a hard shell preacher you can tell him how he do
Don’t you hear Jerusalem moan?
Well he chews his own ‘bacco and he drinks his own brew
Don’t you hear Jerusalem moan?
Well, a Baptist preacher, you can tell him by his coat
Don’t you hear Jerusalem moan?
Have a bottle in his pocket, that he can’t hardly tote
Don’t you hear Jerusalem moan?
Well, a Campbellite preacher, his soul is saved
Don’t you hear Jerusalem moan?
Well, he has to be baptised every other day