Old Dan Tucker
Old Dan Tucker, he's a fine old man
Washed his face in a frying pan
Combed his hair with a wagon wheel
And died with a toothache in his heel

Get out of the way old Dan Tucker
You're too late to get your supper
Get out of the way old Dan Tucker
You're too late to get your supper

Now old Dan Tucker, he'd come to town
Riding a billy goat, leading a hound
A hound dog barked, billy goat jumped
And landed Dan Tucker on a stump

Get out of the way old Dan Tucker
You're too late to get your supper
Get out of the way old Dan Tucker
You're too late to get your supper

Old Dan Tucker got drunk and fell
On the fire and kicked up holy hell
A red-hot coal got in his shoe
An oh my Lord the ashes flew

Get out of the way old Dan Tucker
You're too late to get your supper
Get out of the way old Dan Tucker
You're too late to get your supper

Now Old Dan Tucker come to town
Swinging them ladies all round
First to the right and the to the left
Then to the gal that he loved best

Get out of the way old Dan Tucker
You're too late to get your supper
Get out of the way old Dan Tucker
You're too late to get your supper
Get out of the way old Dan Tucker
You're too late to get your supper
Get out of the way old Dan Tucker
You're too late to get your supper

  Jesse James
Jesse James was a lad 
That killed many a man
He robbed the Glendale train
He stole from the rich 
And he gave to the poor
He'd a hand and a heart and a brain

Well it was Robert Ford
That dirty little coward
I wonder now how he feels
For he ate of Jesse's bread 
And he slept in Jesse's bed
Then he laid poor Jesse in his grave

Poor Jesse had a wife 
To mourn for his life
Three children
Now they were brave
But that dirty little coward 
That shot Mr. Howard
He laid poor Jesse in his grave

Now Jesse was a man
And a friend to the poor
He'd never rob a mother or a child
There never was a man with
the law in his hand
That could take Jesse James when alive

It was on a Saturday night
And the moon was shining bright
They robbed the Glendale train
And people they'd say o'er many miles away
It was those outlaws Frank and Jesse James

Well Jesse had a wife
To mourn for his life
Three children
Now they were brave
But that dirty little coward
That shot Mr. Howard
He laid poor Jesse in his grave

Now the people held their breath
When they heard of Jesse's death
They wondered how
He'd ever come to fall
Robert Ford it was a fact
He shot Jesse in the back
While Jesse hung a picture on the wall

Jesse went to rest with 
his hand on his breast
The devil will be upon his knee
He was born one day in the county of Clay
And he came from a solitary race

Well Jesse had a wife
To mourn for his life
Three children
Now they were brave
But that dirty little coward
That shot Mr. Howard
He laid poor Jesse in his grave

  Mrs. McGrath
"O Mrs. McGrath," the sergeant said,
"Would you like a soldier out of your son Ted?
With a scarlet cloak and a big cocked hat
Mrs. McGrath wouldn't you like that?"

With your too-ri-aa, fol-did-dle-di-aa
too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa, too-ri-aa, fo-
did-dle-di-aa, too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa

Now Mrs. McGrath lived on the shore
And seven years or more
She spotted a ship come into the bay
With her son from far away

"Captain dear, where have you been?
You been sailing the Mediterranean
Have you news of my son Ted
Is he living or is he dead?"

With your too-ri-aa, fol-did-dle-di-aa
too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa, too-ri-aa, fo-
did-dle-di-aa, too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa

Now came Ted without any legs
And in their place two wooden pegs
She kissed him a dozen times or two
And said, "my God, Ted, is it you?"
"Now were you drunk or were you blind
When you left your two fine legs behind?
Or was it walking upon the sea
That wore your two fine legs away?"

With your too-ri-aa, fol-did-dle-di-aa
too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa, too-ri-aa, fo-
did-dle-di-aa, too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa
With your too-ri-aa, fol-did-dle-di-aa
too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa, too-ri-aa, fo-
did-dle-di-aa, too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa

"Now I wasn't drunk and I wasn't blind
When I left my two fine legs behind
A cannon ball on the fifth of May
Tore my two fine legs away"

"Now Teddy boy," the widow cried
"Your two fine legs were your mother's pride
Stumps of a tree won't do at all
Why didn't you run from that cannon ball?"

With your too-ri-aa, fol-did-dle-di-aa
too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa, too-ri-aa, fo-
did-dle-di-aa, too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa
With your too-ri-aa, fol-did-dle-di-aa
too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa, too-ri-aa, fo-
did-dle-di-aa, too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa

"All foreign wars, I do proclaim
Let on the blood and a mother's pain
I'd rather my son as he used to be
Than the king of America in his whole name

With your too-ri-aa, fol-did-dle-di-aa
too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa, too-ri-aa, fo-
did-dle-di-aa, too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa
With your too-ri-aa, fol-did-dle-di-aa
too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa, too-ri-aa, fo-
did-dle-di-aa, too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa
With your too-ri-aa, fol-did-dle-di-aa
too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa, too-ri-aa, fo-
did-dle-di-aa, too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa

  Oh, Mary, Don't You Weep
Well if I could I surely would
Stand on the rock where Moses stood
Pharaoh's army got drownded
O, Mary don't you weep
O, Mary, don't you weep, don't you mourn
O, Mary, don't you weep, don't you mourn
Pharaoh's army got drownded
O, Mary, don't you weep

Well Mary wore three links and chains
On every leg was Jesus name
Pharaoh's army got drownd ed
O, Mary, don't you weep
O, Mary, don't you weep, don't you mourn
O, Mary, don't you weep, don't you mourn
Pharaoh's army got drownded
O, Mary, don't you weep

Well lower this notch by 12 o'clock
This whole world is gonna rock
Pharaoh's army got drownded
O, Mary, don't you weep

Well Moses stood on the Red Sea shore
Smote the warden with a 2 by 4
Pharaoh's army got drownd ed
O, Mary, don't you weep

O, Mary, don't you weep, don't you mourn
O, Mary, don't you weep, don't you mourn
Pharaoh's army got drownded
O, Mary, don't you weep

Well old Mr. Satan he got mad
Missed that soul that he thought he had
Pharaoh's army got drownded
O, Mary, don't you weep

Brothers and sisters don't you cry
There'll be good times by and by
Pharaoh's army got drownded
O, Mary, don't you weep

Well O, Mary, don't you weep, don't you mourn
O, Mary, don't you weep, don't you mourn
Pharaoh's army got drownded
O, Mary, don't you weep
O, Mary, don't you weep, don't you mourn
O, Mary, don't you weep, don't you mourn
Pharaoh's army got drownded
O, Mary, don't you weep

God gave Noah the rainbow sign
Said, "No more water but fire next time"
Pharaoh's army got drownded
O, Mary, don't you weep
O, Mary, don't you weep, don't you mourn
O, Mary, don't you weep, don't you mourn
Pharaoh's army got drownded
O, Mary, don't you weep

O, Mary, don't you weep, don't you mourn
O, Mary, don't you weep, don't you mourn
Pharaoh's army got drownded
O, Mary, don't you weep

O, Mary, don't you weep, don't you mourn
O, Mary, don't you weep, don't you mourn
Pharaoh's army got drownded
O, Mary, don't you weep

O, Mary, don't you weep, don't you mourn
O, Mary, don't you weep, don't you mourn
Pharaoh's army got drownded
O, Mary, don't

  John Henry
Well, John Henry was a little baby
Sittin' on his dady's knee
He pick up a hammer and a little piece of steel
And, "God, hammer's gonna be the death of me, Lord, Lord
Hammer's gonna be the death of me"

Now the captain he said to John Henry
"I'm gonna bring that steam drill 'round
I'm gonna bring that steam drill out on these tracks
I'm gonna knock that steel on down, God, God
Gonna knock that steel on down"

John Henry told his captain
"Lord, man ain't nothin' but a man
Before I let that steam drill beat me down
I'm gonna die with a hammer in my hand, Lord, Lord
I'll die with a hammer in my hand"

John Henry driving on the right side
That steam drill driving on the left
Says, "Before I'll let your steam drill beat me down
I'm gonna hammer myself to death, Lord, Lord
I'll hammer my fool self to death"

Well, captain said to John Henry
"What is that storm I hear?"
John Henry said, "That ain't no storm
Captain, that's just my hammer in the air, Lord, Lord
That's just my hammer in the air"

John Henry said to his shaker
"Shaker, why don't you sing?
'Cause I'm swigin' thirty pounds from my hips on down
Yeah, listen to my cold steel ring, Lord, Lord

Listen to my cold steel ring"

Now John Henry, he hammered in the mountains
His hammer was striking fire
But he worked so hard, he broke his heart
John Henry laid his hammer and died, Lord, Lord
John Henry laid down his hammer and died

Well, now John Henry, he had him a woman
Her name was Polly Ann
She walked down to those tracks, picked up John Henry's hammer
Polly drove steel like a man, Lord, Lord
Polly drove that steel like a man

Well every, every Monday morning
When the bluebird he begin to sing
You can hear John Henry from a mile or more
You can hear John Henry's hammer ring, Lord, Lord
You can hear John Henry's hammer ring
Set out again!
So you can hear John Henry's hammer ring, Lord, Lord
You can hear John Henry's hammer ring

  Erie Canal
I got a mule and her name is Sal
Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal
She's a good old worker
And a good old pal
Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal
We've hauled some barges in our day
Filled with lumber, coal, and hay
We know every inch of the way
From Albany to Buffalo

Low bridge, everybody down
Low bridge, yeah we're coming to a town
And you'll always know your neighbor
And you'll always know your pal
If you've ever navigated on the Erie Canal

He better look around for a job, old gal
Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal
You bet your life I wouldn't part with Sal
Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal

Git up mule, here come a lock
We'll make Rome 'bout six o'clock
One more trip and then we'll go
Right back home to Buffalo

Low bridge, everybody down
Low bridge, we're coming to a town
You'll always know your neighbor
And you'll always know your pal
If you've ever navigated on the Erie Canal

Where would I be if I lost my pal
Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal
I'd like to see a mule good as my Sal
Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal

A friend of mine once got her sore
Now he's got a broken jaw
'Cause she let fly with her iron toe
And kicked him back to Buffalo

Low bridge, everybody down
Low bridge 'cause we're coming to a town
You'll always know your neighbor
And you'll always know your pal
If you've ever navigated on the Erie Canal

Low bridge, everybody down
Low bridge, we're coming to a town
You'll always know your neighbor
And you'll always know your pal
If you've ever navigated on the Erie Canal

Low bridge, everybody down
Low bridge, we're coming to a town

  Jacob's Ladder 
We are climbing Jacob's ladder
We are climbing Jacob's ladder
We are climbing Jacob's ladder
Yeah we're brothers, sisters, all

Every rung goes 
Higher and higher
Every rung goes
Higher and higher
Every rung goes
Higher and higher
We are brothers, sisters, all

Every new one just, just makes us stronger
Every new one just, just makes us stronger
Every new one just, just makes us stronger
Yeah we are brothers, and sisters, all

Yeah we are climbing Jacob's ladder
Yeah we are climbing Jacob's ladder
We are climbing Jacob's ladder
We are brothers, sisters, all

Yeah we are climbing
Higher and higher
Yeah we are climbing
Higher and higher
Yeah we are climbing
Higher and higher
Yeah we are brothers, and sisters, all

We are climbing, climbing Jacob's ladder
Yeah we are climbing Jacob's ladder
We are climbing Jacob's ladder
We are brothers, sisters, all

  My Oklahoma Home
When they opened up the strip 
I was young and full of zip
I wanted someplace to call my home
And so I made the race
And I staked me out a place
And settled down along the Cimarron
It blowed away
It blowed away

My Oklahoma home, it blown away
Well it looked so green and fair 
When I built my shanty there
My Oklahoma home, it blown away

Well I planted wheats and oats
Got some chickens and some shoats
Aimed to have some ham
And eggs to feed my face
Got a mule to pull the plow
I got an old red muley cow
And I also got a fancy mortgage on this place

Well it blowed away
It blowed away
All the crops that I planted blown away
Well you can't grow any grain if you ain't got any rain
Everything except my mortgage blown away

Well it looked so green and fair
When I built my shanty there
I figured I was all set for life
I put on my Sunday best with my fancy scalloped vest
Then I went to town to pick me out a wife
She blowed away
She blowed away

My Oklahoma woman blow away
Mister as I bent to kiss her
She was picked up by a twister
My Oklahoma woman blown away

Well then I was left alone just listening to the moan
Of the wind around the corners of my shack
So I took off down the road, yeah, when the south wind blowed
I traveled with the wind upon my back
I blowed away
I blowed away

Chasin' that dust cloud up ahead
Well once it looked so green and fair and now it's up in the air
My Oklahoma farm is over head

And now I'm always close to home
Ain't no matter where I roam
For Oklahoma dust is everywhere
Makes no difference where I'm walking, I can hear my chickens squawking
I can hear my wife talking in the air
It blowed away
It blowed away

Yeah my Oklahoma home is blown away
But my home Sir's always near
It's up here in the atmosphere
My Oklahoma home that blown away

Now I'm a roaming Oklahoma
But I'm always close to home
And I'll never get homesick until I die
'Cause no matter where I'm found
My home is all around
My Oklahoma home is in the sky
It blowed away
It blowed away

And my farm went down on Cimarron
But now all around the world
Wherever dust is whirled
There's some from my Oklahoma home

Oh and it's blown away
It blown away

Oh my Oklahoma home is blown away
Yeah it's up there in the sky
In that dust cloud over n' by
My Oklahoma home is blown away

  Eyes On The Prize
Paul and Silas bound in jail
Had no money for to go their bail
Keep your eyes on the prize
Hold on

Paul and Silas thought they was lost
Dungeon shook and the chains come off
Keep your eyes on the prize
Hold on

Freedom's name is mud as sweet
And soon we're gonna make
Keep your eyes on the prize
Hold on

I got my hand on the gospel plow
Won't take nothing for my journey now
Keep your eyes on the prize
Hold on

Hold on, Hold on
Keep your eyes on the prize
Hold on

Don't let chain that a man can stand
Is that chain o'hand on hand
Keep your eyes on the prize
Hold on

I'm gonna board that big Greyhound
Carry the love from town to town
Keep your eyes on the prize
Hold on

Hold on, Hold on
Keep your eyes on the prize
Hold on

Now only thing I did was wrong
Staying in the wilderness too long
Keep your eyes on the prize
Hold on
The one thing I thing did was right
Was the day we started to fight
Keep your eyes on the prize
Hold on

Hold on, Hold on
Keep your eyes on the prize
Hold on

Hold on, Hold on
Keep your eyes on the prize
Hold on

Hold on, Hold on
Keep your eyes on the prize
Hold on

Hold on, Hold on
Keep your eyes on the prize
Hold on

  Shenandoah
Shenandoah, I love your daughter
Away you rolling river
I'll take her 'cross the water
Away, we're bound away
'Cross the wide Missouri

Shenandoah, I long to see you
Away you rolling river
I'll not deceive you
Away, bound away
'Cross the wide Missouri

Seven years I've been a rover
Away you rolling river
For seven more I've been a rover
Away, we're bound away
'Cross the wide Missouri

Shenandoah, I love your daughter
Away you rolling river
I'll take her 'cross the water
Away, we're bound away
'Cross the wide Missouri

  Pay Me My Money Down
I thought I heard the captain say
Pay me my money down
Tomorrow is our sailing day
Pay me my money down
Pay me, pay me, Pay me my money down
Pay me or go to jail
Pay me my money down

Soon as that boat cleared bar
Pay me money down
They knocked me down with a spar
Pay me my money down
Pay me, pay me, Pay me my money down
Pay me or go to jail
Pay me my money down

Well if I'd been a rich man's son
Pay me my money down
I'd sit on the river and watch 'er run
Pay me my money down
Pay me, pay me, Pay me my money down
Pay me or go to jail
Pay me my money down

Well I wish I was Mr. Gates
Pay me my money down
I'd howl my money in in crates
Pay me my money down
Pay me, pay me, Pay me my money down
Pay me or go to jail
Pay me my money down

Well 40 days and nights at sea
Pay me my money down
Captain worked every last dollar out of me
Pay me my money down
Pay me, pay me, Pay me my money down
Pay me or go to jail
Pay me my money down

Pay me, pay me
Pay me my money down
Pay me or go to jail
Pay me my money down

Pay me, pay me
Pay me my money down
Pay me or go to jail
Pay me my money down

  We Shall Overcome
One, two, three, four
Hey we shall overcome, we shall overcome
We shall overcome someday
Darlin' here in my heart, yeah I do believe
We shall overcome someday

Well we'll walk hand in hand, we'll walk hand in hand
We'll walk hand in hand someday
Darlin' here in my heart, yeah I do believe
We'll walk hand in hand someday

Well we shall live in peace, we shall live in peace
We shall live in peace someday
Darlin' here in my heart, yeah I do believe
We shall live in peace someday

Well we are not afraid, we are not afraid
We shall overcome someday
Yeah here in my heart, I do believe
We shall overcome someday

Hey we shall overcome, we shall overcome
We shall overcome someday
Darlin' here in my heart, I do believe
We shall overcome someday
We shall overcome someday

  Froggie Went A Courtin'
Mr. Frog went a courting
and he did ride, uh-huh
Mr. Froggy went a courtin' and he did ride, uh-huh
Froggy went to court and he did ride
A sword and pistol by his side, uh- huh

He went down under to Miss Mousie's door, uh-huh
He went down to Miss Mousie's door, uh-huh
He went down to Miss Mousie's door
Where he had often been before
Uh huh, uh-huh, uh-huh

He took Miss Mousie up on his knee, uh-huh
Said "Miss Mousie, would you marry me?" uh huh
Without my Uncle Rat's consent
I wouldn't marry the President
Uh huh, uh-huh, uh-huh

Well Uncle Rat he gave his consent, uh-huh
Now Uncle Rat he gave his consent
And the weasel wrote the publish man
Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh

Well now where will the wedding supper be, uh-huh
Where will the wedding supper be, uh-huh
Well where will the wedding supper be
Way down yonder in a hollow tree
Uh huh, uh-huh, uh-huh

Yeah, the the first come in with a flying mouth, uh-huh
The first come in with a flying mouth, uh-huh
The first come in with a flying mouth
And he lay down at the tablecloth
Uh huh, uh-huh, uh-huh

Well the next to come in was a junior bug, uh-huh
The next to come in was a junior bug, uh-huh
The next to come in was a junior bug
She found the whiskey in the water jug
Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh

The next to come in was a big black snake, uh-huh
The next to come in was a big black snake, uh-huh
The next to come in was a big black snake
He chased them all into the lake, uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh

A little piece of corn bread laying on the shelf, uh-huh
A little piece of corn bread laying on the shelf, uh-huh
Chased them all into the lade
Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh

Little piece of cornbread
laying on a shelf, uh-huh
Little piece of cornbread
laying on a shelf, uh-huh
Little piece of cornbread laying in a shelf
If you wand any more
you can sing it yourself
Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh

  Buffalo Gals
As I was walking down the street
Down the street, down the street
A pretty girl I chanced to meet
And we danced by the light of the moon

Buffalo gals won't you come out tonight
Come out tonight come out tonight
Buffalo gals won't you come out tonight
And we'll dance by the light of the moon

I danced with a gal with a hole in her stocking
And he knees was a-knockin' and her shoes was a'rockin'
I danced with a gal with a hole in her stocking
And we danced by the light of the moon

Buffalo gals won't you come out tonight
Come out tonight come out tonight
Buffalo gals won't you come out tonight
And we'll dance by the light of the moon

I danced with a gal with a hole in her stocking
And her knees was a-knockin' and her shoes was a-rockin'
I danced with a gal with a hole in her stocking
And we danced by the light of the moon

Buffalo gals won't you come out tonight
Come out tonight come out tonight
Buffalo gals won't you come out tonight
And we'll dance by the light of the moon

  How Can I Keep From Singing
My life flows on in endless song
Above earth's lamentation.
I hear the real, thought far off hymn
That hails the new creation
Above the tumult and the strife,
I hear the music ringing;
It sounds an echo in my soul
How can I keep from singing?

What through the tempest loudly roars,
I hear the truth, it liveth.
What through the darkness round me close,
Songs in the night it giveth.
No storm can shake my inmost calm
While to that rock I'm clinging.
Since love is lord of Heaven and earth
How can I keep from singing?

When tyrants tremble, sick with fear,
And hear their death-knell ringing,
When friends rejoice both far and near,
How can I keep from singing?
In prison cell and dungeon vile
Our thoughts to them are winging.
When friends by shame are undefiled,
How can I keep from singing?