1. |
||||
MICHAEL ROW THE BOAT ASHORE
Michael row the boat ashore, hallelujah
Michael row the boat ashore, hallelujah
Sister help to trim the sails, hallelujah
Sister help to trim the sails, hallelujah
Jordan's River is deep and wide, hallelujah
And I've got a home on the other side, hallelujah
Jordan River is chilly and cold, hallelujah
Chills the body but not the soul, hallelujah
When I get to Heaven I'm gonna' sing and shout, hallelujah
Nobody there's gonna' kick me out, hallelujah
Michael row the boat ashore, hallelujah
Michael row the boat ashore, hallelujah
Michael's boat is a music boat, hallelujah
Michael's boat is a music boat, hallelujah
Michael row the boat ashore, hallelujah
Michael row the boat ashore, hallelujah
The trumpets sound the Jubilee, hallelujah
The trumpets sound for you and me, hallelujah
Michael row the boat ashore, hallelujah
Michael row the boat ashore, hallelujah
Michael row the boat ashore, hallelujah
Michael row the boat ashore, hallelujah
|
||||
2. |
||||
GOING DOWN THE ROAD FEELING BAD
Going down the road feeling bad
Going down the road feeling bad
Going down the road feeling bad
Lord, I ain’t gonna be treated this way
Going where the water tastes like wine
Going where the water tastes like wine
Going where the water tastes like wine
Lord, I ain’t gonna be treated this way
Going where the climate feels fine
Going where the climate feels fine
Going where the climate feels fine
Lord, I ain’t gonna be treated this way
Going where the people treat me right
Going where the people treat me right
Going where the people treat me right
Lord, I ain’t gonna be treated this way
Going down the road feeling bad
Going down the road feeling bad
Going down the road feeling bad
Lord, I ain’t gonna be treated this way
|
||||
3. |
Wade In The Water
06:06
|
|||
WADE IN THE WATER
Wade in the water
Wade in the water children
Wade in the water
God’s gonna part the – water
Wade in the water
Wade in the water children
Wade in the water
God’s gonna part the – water
Well who those children dressed in red?
God’s gonna part the – water
Must be the children that Joshua led
God’s gonna part the – water
I said wade in the water
Wade in the water children
Wade in the water
God’s gonna part the – water
Nowl who those children dressed in black?
God’s gonna part the water
Goin’ to the promised land and never comin’ back
God’s gonna part the water
Said wade in the water
Wade in the water children
Wade in the water
God’s gonna part the – water
Well who those children dressed in green?
God’s gonna part the water
They’re marching to a land they never have seen
God’s gonna part the water
Wade in the water
Wade in the water children
Wade in the water
God’s gonna part the – water
Well who those children dressed in white?
God’s gonna part the water
They must be the children called Israelites
God’s gonna part the water
I said wade in the water
Wade in the water children
Wade in the water
God’s gonna part the – water
Wade in the water
Wade in the water children
Wade in the water
God’s gonna part the – water
God’s gonna part the – water
God’s gonna part the – water
|
||||
4. |
The Gallows Pole
06:29
|
|||
THE GALLOWS POLE
Oh hangman hangman slack your rope, slack it for a while
I think I see my father coming, riding many a mile
Oh Father did you bring me silver, did you bring me gold
Or did you come for to see me hang, hang from the gallows pole?
Hang from the gallows pole
No, I didn't bring you silver, I didn't bring you gold
And I have come for to see you hang, hang from the gallows pole
Hang from the gallows pole
Oh hangman hangman slack your rope, slack it for a while
I think I see my mother coming, riding many a mile
Oh Mother did you bring me silver, Mother did you bring me gold
Or did you come to see me hang, hang from the gallows pole?
Hang from the gallows pole
No, I didn't bring you silver, I didn't bring you gold
And I have come for to see you hang, hang from the gallows pole
Hang from the gallows pole
Oh hangman hangman slack your rope, slack it for a while
I think I see my brother coming, riding many a mile
Oh Brother did you bring me silver, Brother did you bring me gold
Or did you come for to see me hang, hang from the gallows pole?
Hang from the gallows pole
No, I didn't bring you silver, I didn't bring you gold
And I have come for to see you hang, hang from the gallows pole
Hang from the gallows pole
Oh hangman hangman slack your rope, slack it for a while
I think I see my true love coming, riding many a mile
True love did you bring me silver, true love did you bring me gold
Or did you come for to see me hang, hang from the gallows pole?
Hang from the gallows pole
Yes, I have brought you silver, and I have brought you gold
I did no t come for to see you hang, hang from the gallows pole
Hang from the gallows pole
|
||||
5. |
East Virginia
04:36
|
|||
EAST VIRGINIA
I was born and raised in East Virginia
North Carolina I did roam
And there I met the fairest maiden
Her name and age I do not know
Her hair it was of a light brown color
Her cheeks they were of a rosy red
And on her breasts she wore white lilies
Where I long to lay my head
I'd rather be in some dark 'holler'
Where the sun don't never shine
Than to see he wed another
And to know that she's never be mine
I was born and raised in East Virginia
North Carolina I did roam
And there I met the fairest maiden
Her name and age I do not know
|
||||
6. |
The Argonaut
04:39
|
|||
THE ARGONAUT
'Twas the twenty-first of January
Eighteen fifty three
Our gallant ship the Argonaut
Set sail for jubilee
Singin' blow ye winds of morning
Blow ye winds hi ho
Stow away your runnin' gear and
Blow boys blow
We headed up to Greenland
Into the wintry seas
Where there's ice and snow, and the whale fish blow
And Jamaca rum would freeze
Singin' blow ye winds of morning
Blow ye winds hi ho
Stow away your runnin' gear and
Blow boys blow
Our captain Davy Grant me boys
He give us all a treat
And that is why we caught a whale
That measured fifty feet
Singin' blow ye winds of morning
Blow ye winds hi ho
Stow away your runnin' gear and
Blow boys blow
And when reached Cape Harrison
The weather it turned clear
Our pilot aimed us to the south
And homeward we did steer
Singin' blow ye winds of morning
Blow ye winds hi ho
Stow away your runnin' gear and
Blow boys blow
But shortly out of Newfoundland
A storm began to rise
The seas kicked up, the mast it broke
The Argonaut capsized
Singin' blow ye winds of morning
Blow ye winds hi ho
Stow away your runnin' gear and
Blow boys blow
Of all those bold, brave sailors
On that day did set sail
Well I'm the only one alive
Left to tell the tale
Singin' blow ye winds of morning
Blow ye winds hi ho
Stow away your runnin' gear and
Blow boys blow
It was the twenty-first of January
Eighteen fifty three
Our gallant ship the Argonaut
Set sail for jubilee
Singin' blow ye winds of morning
Blow ye winds hi ho
Stow away your runnin' gear and
Blow boys blow
|
||||
7. |
Molly Malone
04:54
|
|||
MOLLY MALONE
In Dublin’s Fair City
Where the girls are so pretty
I first laid my eyes on sweet Molly Malone
As she wheel’d her wheel barrow
Through streets broad and narrow
Crying cockles and mussels alive, alive o!
Chorus
Alive, alive o!, alive, alive o!
Crying cockles and mussels alive, alive o!
She was a fishmonger
But sure ’twas no wonder
For so were her father and mother before
And they each wheel’d their barrow
Through streets broad and narrow
Crying cockles and mussels alive, alive o!
Chorus
She died of a fever
And no one could save her
And that was the end of sweet Molly Malone
But her ghost wheels her barrow
Through streets broad and narrow
Crying cockles and mussels alive, alive o!
|
||||
8. |
Finnegan's Wake
06:03
|
|||
FINNEGANS WAKE
Tim Finnegan lived on Walkin Street
And a gentle, Irishman, mighty odd;
He'd a beautiful brogue so rich and sweet
And to rise in the world he carried a hod.
Yes he'd a sort o' the tipplin' way
With a love of the liquor poor Tim was born
And to help him on with his work each day
He'd a 'drop of the cray-thur' every morn.
Whack fol the die do, dance to your partner
Welt the floor, your trotters shake;
Wasn't it the truth I told you
Lots of fun at Finnegan's wake!
One mornin' Tim was rather full
His head felt heavy which made him shake;
He fell from the ladder and broke his skull
And they carried him home his corpse to wake.
They rolled him up in a nice clean sheet
And laid him out upon the bed,
With a gallon of whiskey at his feet
And a barrel of porter at his head.
Whack fol the die do, dance to your partner
Welt the floor, your trotters shake;
Wasn't it the truth I told you
Lots of fun at Finnegan's wake!
His friends assembled at the wake
And Mrs. Finnegan called for lunch,
First they brought in tea and cake
Then pipes, tobacco and whiskey punch.
Biddy O'Brien began to cry
'Such a nice clean corpse, did you ever see?
'Tim, mavourneen, why did you die?'
'Arragh, hold your gob' said Paddy McGee!
Whack fol the die do, dance to your partner
Welt the floor, your trotters shake;
Wasn't it the truth I told you
Lots of fun at Finnegan's wake!
Then Maggie O'Connor took up the job
'O Biddy,' says she, 'You're wrong, I'm sure'
Biddy gave her a belt in the gob
And left her sprawlin' on the floor.
And then the war did soon engage
'Twas woman to woman and man to man,
Shillelagh law was all the rage
And the row and eruption soon began.
Whack fol the die do, dance to your partner
Welt the floor, your trotters shake;
Wasn't it the truth I told you
Lots of fun at Finnegan's wake!
Then Mickey Maloney raised his head
When a noggin of whiskey flew at him,
It missed, and fallin' on the bed
The liquor scattered over Tim!
Tim revives! See how he raises!
Timothy rising from the bed,
Says,'Whirl your whiskey around like blazes
Thanum o'n Dhoul! Did you think I'm dead?'
Whack fol the die do, dance to your partner
Welt the floor, your trotters shake;
Wasn't it the truth I told you
Lots of fun at Finnegan's wake!
Whack fol the die do, dance to your partner
Welt the floor, your trotters shake;
Wasn't it the truth I told you
Lots of fun at Finnegan's wake!
Lots of fun at Finnegan's wake!
Lots of fun at Finnegan's wake!
|
||||
9. |
The John B's Sails
05:19
|
|||
THE JOHN B's SAILS
We come on the sloop John B,
my Grandfather and me.
Around Nassau town we did roam.
Drinkin' all night.
Got into a fight.
Well, I feel so break up, I want to go home.
Hoist up the John B's sails.
See how the main sails set.
Call for the captain ashore, let me go home.
Let me go home.
I want to go home.
Well, I feel so break up, I want to go home.
First mate, he got drunk.
Broke up the people's trunk.
Constable had to come and take him away.
Sheriff John Stone,
why don't you leave me alone?
Well, I feel so break up, I want to go home.
Hoist up the John B's sails.
See how the main sails set.
Call for the captain ashore, let me go home.
Let me go home.
I want to go home.
Well, I feel so break up, I want to go home.
Well, the poor cook he caught the fits.
Throw away all of my grits.
Then he took and he ate up all of my corn.
Let me go home.
I want to go home.
This is the worst trip since I've been born.
Hoist up the John B's sails.
See how the main sails set.
Call for the captain ashore, let me go home.
Let me go home.
I want to go home.
Well, I feel so break up, I want to go home.
|
||||
10. |
||||
SPANISH IS A LOVING TONGUE
Spanish is the loving tongue
Soft as music, light as spray
'Twas a girl I learned it from
Living down Sonora way
I don't look much like a lover
Still I hear those love words over
Mostly when I'm all alone!
Mi amor, Mi corazon
On the nights that I would ride
She would listen for my spurs,
Throw that big door open wide,
Raise those laughing eyes of hers.
Oh, how the hours would go a-flyin!
All too soon I'd hear her sighin'
In her sweet and quiet tone
'Mi amor, mi corazon.'
But I had to fly one time
All 'cause of a stupid gamblin' fight,
And so we said a swift goodbye
On that dark, unlucky night.
How oftentimes to me she's clingin'
And in my ears the hoofsbeats ringin',
As I galloped north alone
'Adios, mi corazon.'
Haven't seen her since that night,
I can't cross the line, you know.
She was Mex and I was white;
Like as not it's better so.
Still I've always kind of missed her
Since that last wild night I kissed her;
I broke her heart, lost my own
'Adios, mi corazon.'
|
||||
11. |
Big Rock Candy Mountain
02:47
|
|||
BIG ROCK CANDY MOUNTAIN
On a summer day
In the month of May
A burly bum came hiking
Down a shady lane
Through the sugar cane
He was looking for his liking
As he roamed along
He sang a song
Of the land of milk and honey
Where a bum can stay
For many a day
And he won’t need any money
Oh the buzzin’ of the bees
the bubblegum trees
soda water fountain
the lemonade springs
Where the bluebird sings
On the big rock candy mountain
There’s a lake of gin
We can both jump in
And the handouts grow on bushes
In the new-mown hay
We can sleep all day
And the bars all have free lunches
Where the mail train stops
And there ain’t no cops
And the folks are tender-hearted
Where you never change your socks
And you never throw rocks
And your hair is never parted
Oh the buzzin’ of the bees
the bubblegum trees
soda water fountain
the lemonade springs
Where the bluebird sings
On the big rock candy mountain
Oh the buzzin’ of the bees
the bubblegum trees
soda water fountain
the lemonade springs
Where the bluebird sings
On the big rock candy mountain
|
||||
12. |
Trouble In My Mind
02:54
|
|||
TROUBLE IN MY MIND
Trouble in mind, I'm blue
But I won't be blue always,
You know the sun's gonna shine
And brighten my backdoor some day.
I'm all alone at midnight
And my lamp is burnin' low
I Ain't never had so much
Trouble in my mind before.
Trouble in mind, it's true
I have almost lost my mind,
When I get a little up front,
I always end up behind.
I'm Goin' down to the river
I'm gonna take my rockin' chair
And if the blues don't leave me
I'm gonna rock away from there.
Oh You, you've been a mean and evil woman
Yeah you, you sure did treat me unkind
Well, I'm gonna be your hard hearted daddy
I'm gonna' make you lose your mind.
Yeah I got trouble, trouble, oh trouble
I got trouble on my weary mind,
When you see me laughin'
I'm laughin' just to keep from cryin'.
Trouble in mind, I'm blue
But I won't be blue always,
Cause you know the sun's gonna shine
And brighten my backdoor
I said the sun's gonna shine
And brighten my backdoor
I said the sun's gonna shine
And brighten my backdoor someday
|
||||
13. |
Nancy Whiskey
04:10
|
|||
NANCY WHISKEY
I am a weaver, a Calton weaver
I am a brash and a roving blade
I've got silver in my pocket
And I follow a roving trade
Whiskey, whiskey, Nancy whiskey
Whiskey, whiskey, Nancy O
Beware of Whiskey, Nancy Whiskey
Or you'll have no thing to show
As I walked into Glasgow city
Nancy Whiskey I chanced to smell
I walked in, sat down beside her
Seven long years I loved her well
Whiskey, whiskey, Nancy whiskey
Whiskey, whiskey, Nancy O
Beware of Whiskey, Nancy Whiskey
Or you'll have no thing to show
The more I kissed her, the more I loved her
The more I kissed her, the more she smiled
I forgot my mother's teaching
Nancy soon had me beguiled
Whiskey, whiskey, Nancy whiskey
Whiskey, whiskey, Nancy O
Beware of Whiskey, Nancy Whiskey
Or you'll have no thing to show
I woke early in the mornin'
To take a drink it was my need,
I tried to rise but was not able
Nancy had me by the heid.
Whiskey, whiskey, Nancy whiskey
Whiskey, whiskey, Nancy O
Beware of Whiskey, Nancy Whiskey
Or you'll have no thing to show
Whiskey, whiskey, Nancy whiskey
Whiskey, whiskey, Nancy O
Beware of Whiskey, Nancy Whiskey
Or you'll have no thing to show
|
||||
14. |
Across The Wide Missouri
03:13
|
|||
ACROSS THE WIDE MISSOURI
Oh, Shenandoah, I long to hear you,
Away, you rolling river
Oh, Shenandoah, I long to hear you
Away, I'm bound away, cross the wide Missouri.
Oh, Shenandoah, I love your daughter,
Away, you rolling river
Oh, Shenandoah, I love your daughter
Away, I'm bound away, cross the wide Missouri.
Oh, Shenandoah, I'm bound to leave you,
Away, you rolling river
Oh, Shenandoah, I'm bound to leave you
Away, I'm bound away, cross the wide Missouri.
Oh, Shenandoah, I long to see you,
Away, you rolling river
Oh, Shenandoah, I long to see you
Away, I'm bound away, cross the wide Missouri.
|
||||
15. |
Wayfaring Stranger
05:21
|
|||
Wayfaring Stranger
I'm just a poor wayfaring stranger
I'm traveling through this world of woe
Yet there's no sickness, toil nor danger
In that bright land to which I go
I'm going there to see my father
I'm going there no more to roam
I'm only going over Jordan
I'm only going over home
I know dark clouds will gather 'round me
I know my way is rough and steep
Yet golden fields lie just before me
Where God's redeemed shall ever sleep
I'm going there to see my mother
She said she'd meet me when I come
I'm only going over Jordan
I'm only going over home
I want to wear a crown of glory
When I get home to that good land
I want to shout salvation's story
In concert with the blood-washed band
I'm going there to meet my Saviour
To sing his praise forever more
I'm just a going over Jordan
I'm just a going over home
I'm going there to see my mother
She said she'd meet me when I come
I'm only going over Jordan
I'm only going over home
|
||||
16. |
Loch Lomond
05:59
|
|||
LOCH LOMOND
By yon bonnie banks and by yon bonnie braes,
Where the sun shines bright on Loch Lomond.
Where me and my true love spent many happy days,
On the bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Lomond.
Oh ye'll take the high road and I'll take the low road,
And I'll be in Scotland afore ye;
But me and my true love will never meet again
On the bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Lomond.
'Twas then that we parted in yon shady glen,
On the steep, steep side of Ben Lomond,
Where in deep purple hue the Hieland hills we view,
And the moon comin' out in the gloamin'.
Oh ye'll take the high road and I'll take the low road,
And I'll be in Scotland afore ye;
But me and my true love will never meet again
On the bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Lomond.
The wee birdies sing and the wild flowers spring,
And in sunshine the waters are sleeping;
But the broken heart will ken nae second spring
Tho' the waeful may cease frae their greeting.
Oh ye'll take the high road and I'll take the low road,
And I'll be in Scotland afore ye;
But me and my true love will never meet again
On the bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Lomond.
Oh ye'll take the high road and I'll take the low road,
And I'll be in Scotland afore ye;
But me and my true love will never meet again
On the bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Lomond.
Oh ye'll take the high road and I'll take the low road,
And I'll be in Scotland afore ye;
But me and my true love will never meet again
On the bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Lomond.
|
||||
17. |
Danny Boy
05:07
|
|||
DANNY BOY
Oh, Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling
From glen to glen, and down the mountain side
The summer's gone, and all the roses falling
Tis you, 'tis you must go and I must bide.
But come ye back when summer's in the meadow
Or when the valley's hushed and white with snow
'Tis I'll be there in sunshine or in shadow
Oh, Danny boy, oh Danny boy, I love you so!
And when ye come, and all the flow'rs are dying
If I am dead, as dead I well may be
Ye'll come and find the place where I am lying
And kneel and say an Ave there for me.
And I shall hear, though soft you tread above me
And all my grave will warmer, sweeter be
For you will bend and tell me that you love me,
And I shall sleep in peace until you come to me.
|
Streaming and Download help
If you like Derek Van Hold, you may also like:
Bandcamp Daily your guide to the world of Bandcamp