Falling In Love (Wayland D. Holyfield-Robert Lee McDill/PolyGram International, ASCAP)
Thought by now I was too smart
I thought I was through with giving my heart
It's only a game that tears you apart
Falling in love
My poor soul was about to mend
But honey then you smiled at me and then
Lord help me here I go again
Falling in love
Chorus:
Falling in love falling in love
When'll I learn I'll bet I get burned
Falling in love
Falling in love falling in love
When'll I learn I'll bet I get burned
Falling in love
Looking back through the bridges I burned
Each heartbreak was a page I turned
Never forget the lessons I learned
Falling in love
I was all through until we met
Never going to love again and yet
Funny how soon we all forget
Falling in love
repeat chorus
When'll I learn I'll bet I get burned
Falling in love
Fall On My Knees Key D
Oh I fall on my knees, and I pray to thee
To come and stand around with me, little girl
Stand around with me
Lookup, look down, that lonesome old road
And it’s hang down your pretty head and cry, little girl
Hand down your little head and cry
There’s more than one, Lord there’s more than two
No other little woman like you, little girl
No other little woman like you
I wish to the lord, that I’d never been born,
Or died when I was young, little girl
Died when I was young
I never would have kissed, your rosy red cheeks
Or heard your lying tongue, little girl
Heard your lying tongue
You told me more lies, than the stars in the sky
And you’ll never get to heaven when you die, little girl
You’ll never get to heaven when you die
My suitcase is packed, and my trunk it’s done gone
It’s goodbye little woman, I’m gone, I’m gone
Goodbye, little woman, I’m gone
Fall On My Knees
Well I fall on my knees and I pray to the Lord,
That you will stay by me little girl,
That you will stay by me.
Look up, look down, that long lonesome road,
Hang down your pretty head and cry little girl,
Hang down your head and cry.
Well my suitcase is packed and I'm never comin' back,
Goodbye little woman I'm gone, I'm gone,
Goodbye little woman I'm gone.
I wish to the Lord that I'd never been born,
Or died when I was young little girl,
Or died when I was young.
Then I'd never have kissed your red ruby lips,
Or heard your lying tongue little girl,
Or died when I was young.
You told me one, you told me two,
You told me ten thousand lies little girl,
You told me ten thousand lies.
You've told me more lies than there's stars in the skies,
You'll never get to heaven when you die little girl,
You'll never get to heaven when you die.
AND
I pawned you my watch and I pawned you my chain,
And I pawned you my gold diamond ring, little girl,
I pawned you my gold diamond ring.
I never would have kissed, your rosy red cheeks
Or heard your lying tongue, little girl
Heard your lying tongue
You told me more lies, than the stars in the sky
And you’ll never get to heaven when you die, little girl
You’ll never get to heaven when you die
My suitcase is packed, and my trunk it’s done gone
It’s goodbye little woman, I’m gone, I’m gone
Goodbye, little woman, I’m gone
Fall On My Knees From Bluegrass Messenger site.
Well I fall on my knees and I pray to the Lord,
That you will stay by me little girl,
That you will stay by me.
Look up, look down, that long lonesome road,
Hang down your pretty head and cry little girl,
Hang down your head and cry.
Well my suitcase is packed and I'm never comin' back,
Goodbye little woman I'm gone, I'm gone,
Goodbye little woman I'm gone.
I wish to the Lord that I'd never been born,
Or died when I was young little girl,
Or died when I was young.
Then I'd never have kissed your red ruby lips,
Or heard your lying tongue little girl,
Or died when I was young.
You told me one, you told me two,
You told me ten thousand lies little girl,
You told me ten thousand lies.
You've told me more lies than there's stars in the skies,
You'll never get to heaven when you die little girl,
You'll never get to heaven when you die.
AND
I pawned you my watch and I pawned you my chain,
And I pawned you my gold diamond ring, little girl,
I pawned you my gold diamond ring.
Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss From Frank Blevins and His Tar Heel Rattlers. Old Hat CD1001. Key G
Ax2,Bx1
Fly around my pretty little Miss, Fly around my daisy
Fly Around my pretty little Miss, Almost drives me crazy
Ax2,Bx1
I ?went? up to see my girl, Standing in the door
Shoes and stocking in her hand, Bare feet on the floor. Straight into
Fly around my pretty little Miss, Fly around my daisy
Fly Around my pretty little Miss, Almost drives me crazy
Ax2, Bx1, Ax1
When I was a little boy, Fifteen inches high
Hugged and kissed those pretty little girls, Made my momma cry.
Ax2, Bx1
Fly around my pretty little Miss, Fly around my daisy
Fly Around my pretty little Miss, Almost drives me crazy
Ax2, Bx1, Ax2
Fortune From Brad Leftwich. Round Peak Style Clawhammer Banjo Book. Words from Tommy Jarrell. Key D
Once I had a fortune, all locked up in my trunk
I lost it all a gambling (or “in a poker game”), one night when I got drunk
Wish I had a pretty little horse, corn to feed him on
And a pretty little wife to stay at home and feed him when I’m gone
Forty Four Gun From Wandering Ramblers. Marimac 9033. Key on Cassette C/Bb double tonic, no thirds in C chord. Tune only has one part, but is played both high and low. From Lily May Ledford, Powell County, Kentucky, and Clarence Hay Ashford, Kentucky.
Don’t you remember on that rocky mountain side
When we lay down to rest
You promised to be my blue eyed boy
While the sun sank in the west
High instrumental
Now hand me down my old grey hat
It’s a hanging there on the nail
Before this time tomorrow morn
I’ll be gone on that long, long, trail
Low instrumental
Now if you see me standing on my porch
With a for--ty four in my hand
Just tell them all I’ve killed myself
Because you’ve gone to some foreign land
High instrumental
Don’t you remember on that rocky mountain side
When we lay down to rest
You promised to be my blue eyed boy
While the sun sank in the west
Low instrumental
I wish to the lord I’d never been born
Died when I was young
I never would have seen those two blue eyes
Or heard that lying tongue
High instrumental
I never will listen what another man says
Let his hair be black or brown
Unless that he’s on some scaffold high
Saying darling I wish to come down
Straight into
Don’t you remember on that rocky mountain side
When we lay down to rest
You promised to be my blue eyed boy
While the sun sank in the west
High instrumental.
End
Free A Little Bird From Dykes Magic City Trio. Old Homestead LP. Key on LP F; in G
Oh, I’m as free a little bird as I can be, I can be
I’m as free a little bird as I can be
Gonna build my nest in a weeping willow tree
Where the bad boys cannot bother me
Break x2
Oh, I’ll never build my nest on the ground, on the ground
I’ll never build my nest on the ground
I’ll build my nest on a weeping willow tree
Where the bad boys cannot tear me down
Break x 1
Repeat verse 1
Free A Little Bird continued
Break x 3
Oh, I’ll never steal a honey from a tree, from a tree
I’ll never steal a honey from a tree
But I’ll steal a kiss from my sweet darling’s lips
And fly away across the sea (straight into)
I’m as free a little bird as I can be, I can be
I’m as free a little bird as I can be
Gonna build my nest in a weeping willow tree
Where the bad boys cannot bother me
Freight Train . by Elizabeth Cotton
Chorus:
Freight train, freight train, going so fast
Freight train, freight train, going so fast
Please don't tell what train I'm on
So they won't know where I've gone
When I am dead and in my grave
No more good times here I'll crave
Place the stones at my head and feet
And tell them all that I'm gone to sleep
When I die, lord, bury me deep
Way down on old Chestnut Street
So I can hear old Number Nine
As she comes rolling by
Gate to go through (Open The Gate) From: Tom, Brad and Alice
Open up the gate and walk on through
He's a fine old dog and he won't bite you
Open up the gate and open it wide
Walk on through to the other side
How in the world do the people all know
That I like sugar in my coffee-o