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Remember the Alamo

A hundred and eighty were challenged by Travis to die

By the line that he drew with his sword when the battle was nigh

Any man that will fight to the death, cross over

But if you want to live, you better fly

And over the line went hundred and seventy-nine

 

Chorus

Hey rise up Santa Anna, we’re killing your soldiers below

So the rest of Texas would know

And remember the Alamo

Remember the Alamo

Old Bowie lay dying, his powder was ready and dry

Flat on his back Bowie killed him a few in reply

And young Davy Crockett was singin’ and laughin’

The gallantry fierce in his eye

For God and for freedom, a man more than willing to die

They sent a young scout from the battlements bloody and loud

Sent the words of farewell from a garrison valiant and proud

Breathe not little darling my dying

If Texas is sovereign and free

We’ll never surrender and ever with liberty be
Bud & Travis (1960) / Marty Robbins (1960)

Paradise

When I was a child, my family would travel

Down to western Kentucky where my parents were born

And there’s a backwards old town, that’s often remembered

So many times, that my memories are worn

 

Chorus

And Daddy won’t you take me back to Muhlenberg County

Down by the Green River where Paradise lay?

Well I’m sorry my son, but you’re too late in asking

Mister Peabody’s coal train has hauled it away

Well sometimes we’d travel right down the Green River

To the abandoned old prison down by Adrie Hill

Where the air smelled like snakes, and we’d shoot with our pistols

But empty pop bottles was all we would kill

Then the coal company came with the world’s largest shovel

And they tortured the timber and stripped all the land

Well, they dug for the coal till the land was forsaken

Then they wrote it all down as the progress of man

When I die, let my ashes flow down the Green River

Let my soul roll on up to the Rochester Dam

I’ll be halfway to heaven with Paradise waitin’

Just five miles away from wherever I am

John Prine

Crawdad

You get a line and I get a pole, honey

You get a line and I get a pole, babe

You get a line and I’ll get a pole

We’ll all go down to the crawdad hole

Honey, sugar baby, mine

What you gonna do when the well runs dry, honey …

Gonna let them crawdad sit and die

Honey, sugar baby, mine

Look at that crawdad crawlin’ round, honey …

He’s the mayor of the Crawdad Town …

Honey, sugar baby, mine

I heard the duck say to the drake, honey …

There ain’t no crawdads in this lake

Honey, sugar baby, mine

Crawdad sittin’ on the river bank, hone

Pickin’ his teeth with a two by four plank

Honey, sugar baby, mine

Traditional

 

 

Mountain Dew

 

Chorus

They call it that good old mountain dew

And them that refuse are few

You hush up your mug, and I’ll fill up your jug

With that good old mountain dew

My Uncle Bill has a still on the hill

Where he brews up a gallon or two

There are buzzards in the sky

And they like to get high

On that good old mountain dew

My Aunty June had brand new perfume

It had such a sweet smelling phew (P.U.!)

Imagine her surprise when she had it analyzed

It was nothing but good old mountain dew

Mr. Roosevelt told me just how he felt

The day that the dry law went thru:

If your likker’s too red, it will swell up your head

Better stick to that good old mountain dew

Scott Weisman & Bascomb L. Lunsford

 

 

Will the Circle Be Unbroken

I was standing by my window on a cold and cloudy day

When I saw the hearse come rolling for to carry my mother away

 

Chorus

Will the circle be unbroken by and by, Lord, by and by?

There’s a better home a-waiting in the sky, Lord, in the sky

Lord, I told the undertaker "Undertaker, please drive slow

For this body you’re a-hauling, Lord, I hate to see her go"

I followed close behind her, tried to hold up and be brave

But I could not hide my sorrow when they laid her in the grave

Went back home, Lord, my home was lonesome, ‘cause my mother, she was gone

All my brothers, sisters cryin’, what a home, so sad and lone

One by one, the seats were emptied, one by one, they went away

Now that family, they are parted. Will they meet again someday?

Traditional

Last Night I had the Strangest Dream

Last night I had the strangest dream

I’d ever dreamed before

I dreamed the world had all agreed

To put an end to war

I dreamed I saw a mighty room

Filled with women and men

And the paper they were signing said

They’d never fight again

And when the paper was all signed

And a million copies made

They all joined hands and bowed their heads

And grateful prayers were prayed

And the people in the streets below

Were dancing round and round

While guns ands swords and uniforms

Were scattered on the ground

Ed McCurdy

 

 

Everglades

He was born and raised around Jacksonville

A nice young man, not the kind to kill

But a jealous plan and a flashing blade

Sent him on the run through the Everglades

Running like a dog through the Everglades

Now the posse went in and they came back out

Said he’ll die and there ain’t no doubt

It’s an eye for an eye, so the debt is paid

He won’t last long in the Everglades

A man can’t live in the Everglades

 

Chorus

Where a man can hide and never be found

And have no fear of the baying hound

But he better keep a-movin’ and don’t stand still

If the skeeters don’t get him, then the gators will

Now the years went by and his girl was wed

His family gave him up for dead

But now and then, the natives would say

They seen him runnin’ through the Everglades

Running like a dog through the Everglades

Now he never heard the news on the radio

He was deep in the glades so he’ll never know

His roaming and hiding didn’t make much sense

The jury had ruled it was self defense

Running like a dog through the Everglades

Running like a dog through the Everglades

Zipping like a frog through the slimy bog

Running through the trees from the Everleys

H. Howard

Tom Dooley

 

Chorus

Hang down your head, Tom Dooley

Hang down your head and cry

Hang down your head, Tom Dooley

Poor boy you’re bound to die

I met her on the mountain and there I took her life

I met her on the mountain and stabbed her with my knife

Hand me down my banjo, I’ll pick it on my knee

This time tomorrow it’ll be no use to me

This time tomorrow, reckon where I’ll be?

If it hadn’t been for Grayson, I’d be in Tennessee

This time tomorrow, reckon where I’ll be?

Down in some lonesome valley, a-hangin’ on a white oak tree

Frank Warner, John Lomax & Alan Lomax

 

 

Hey Lidey, Lidey, Lo

 

Chorus

Hey lidey, lidey, lidey

Hey lidey, lidey, lo

Hey lidey, lidey, lidey

Hey lidey, lidey, lo

Well I know a guy whose name is Weeny

Hey lidey, lidey, lo

He’s got limbs that are shriveled and teeny

Hey lidey, lidey, lo

 

Make up your own verses

Traditional

 

 

Dear Abby

Dear Abby, Dear Abby

My feet are too long

My hair’s falling out

And my rights are all wrong

My friends they all tell me

That I’ve no friends at all

Won’t you write me a letter

Won’t you give me a call

Signed Bewildered

 

Chorus

Bewildered, Bewildered (or substitute)

You have no complaint

You are what you are

And you ain’t what you ain’t

So listen up Buster

And listen up good

Stop wishing for bad luck

And knocking on wood

Signed Dear Abby

Dear Abby, Dear Abby

My fountain pen leaks

My wife hollers at me

And my kids are all freaks

Every side I get up on

Is the wrong side of bed

If it weren't so expensive

I'd wish I were dead

Signed Unhappy

Dear Abby, Dear Abby

You won’t believe this

But my stomach makes noises

Whenever I kiss

My girlfriend tells me

It’s all in my head

But my stomach tell me

To write you instead

Signed Noisemaker

Dear Abby, Dear Abby

Well I never thought

That me and my girlfriend

Would ever get caught

We were sitting in the back seat

Just shooting the breeze

With her hair up in curlers

And her pants to her knees

Signed Just Married

John Prine

 

 

Roll in My Sweet Baby’s Arms

Ain’t going to work on the railroad

Ain’t going to work on the farm

Gonna lay round the shack

Til the mail train comes back

Then I’ll roll in my sweet baby’s arms

 

Chorus

Roll in my sweet baby’s arms

Roll in my sweet baby’s arms

Lay around the shack

Til the mail train comes back

Then I’ll roll in my sweet baby’s arms

Can’t see what’s the matter with my own true love

She done quit writing to me

She must think I don’t love her like I used to

Ain’t that a foolish idea?

Sometimes there’s change in the ocean

Sometimes there’s change in the sea

Sometimes there’s change in my own true love

But there’s never no change in me

Mama’s a ginger cake baker

Sister can weave and spin

Dad’s got an interest in that cotton mill

Just, watch that old money roll in

They tell me that your parents do not like me

They have drove me away from your door

If I had all my time to do over

I would never go there any more

Now where was you last Friday night

While I was locked up in jail?

Walking the streets with another man

Wouldn’t even go my bail

Unknown

 

 

Mama Don’t Allow

Mama don’t ‘low no guitar pickin’ around here

Mama don’t ‘low no guitar pickin’ around here

I don’t care what Mama don’t ‘low

Gonna pick my guitar anyhow

Mama don’t ‘low no guitar pickin’ around here

Mama don’t ‘low no skinny dippin’ ….

 

Make up your own lines

Traditional

Greenback Dollar

Some people say I’m a no-count

Others say I’m no good

But I’m just a natural-born travellin’ man

Doing what I think I should, oh yeah

Doing what I think I should

 

Chorus

And I don’t give a damn about a greenbacked dollar

Spend it fast as I can

For a wailing song and a good guitar

The only things that I understand, oh yeah

The only things that I understand, poor boy

When I was a little baby

My mama said, "Hey son"

Travel where you will

And grow to be a man

And sing what must be sung, poor boy

Sing what must be sung

Now that I’m a grown man

I’ve traveled here and there

I learned that a bottle of brandy and a song

Are the only ones who ever care

The only ones who ever care

Frank Warner, John Lomax & Alan Lomax

 

 

Dead Skunk in the Middle of the Road

Crossing the highway late last night

He shoulda looked left and he shoulda looked right

He didn't see the station wagon car

The skunk got squashed and there you are

 

Chorus

You got your dead skunk in the middle of the road

Dead skunk in the middle of the road

Dead skunk in the middle of the road

(And it's) Stinking to high heaven

Take a whiff on me, that ain't no rose

Roll up your window and hold your nose

You don't have to look and you don't have to see

'Cause you can feel it in your olfactory

Yeah, you got your dead cat and you got your dead dog

On a moonlit night you got your dead toad frog

You got your dead rabbit and your dead raccoon

The blood and the guts, they gonna make you swoon

C'mon, stink

You got it, it's dead, it's in the middle

Dead skunk in the middle

Dead skunk in the middle of the road

Stinking to high heaven

All over the road

Technicolor

Oh, you got pollution

It's dead

It's in the middle,

And it's stinkin' to high heaven

Loudon Wainwright III

 

 

Standing on the Rock

I been standin' on the rock - waitin' for the wind to blow

I been standin' on the rock - waitin' for the wind to blow

I been standin' on the rock - waitin' for my seeds to grow

I been walkin' on the ground - waitin' for the guns to quit

I been walkin' on the ground - waitin' for the guns to quit

I been walkin' on the ground - waitin' for the pieces to fit

 

Better get back to the country - look around and find you a home

Better get back to the country - look around and find you a home

Better get back to the country - that's where we all come from

 

Chorus

John Dillon

 

 

Where Have All the Flowers Gone

Where have all the flowers gone?

Long time passing

Where have all the flowers gone?

Long long time ago

Where have all the flowers gone?

Gone to young girls every one

When will they ever learn?

When will they ever learn?

Substitute in

Where have all the young girls gone?

…. Gone to young men every one …

Where have all the young men gone?

…Gone to be soldiers every one …

Where have all the soldiers gone?

… Gone to graveyards every one …

Where have all the graveyards gone?

… Gone to flowers every one …

Pete Seeger

 

 

The Battle of New Orleans

In 18 and 14 we took a little trip

Along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississip’

We took a little bacon and we took a little beans

And met the bloody British near the town of New Orleans

 

Chorus

We fired our guns and the British kept a-comin’

There wasn’t nigh as many as they was a while ago

We fired once more and they commenced a-runnin’

On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico

Well I see’d Marse Jackson a-walkin’ down the street

And a-talkin’ to a pirate by the name of Jean Lafitte

He gave Jean a drink that he’d brung from Tennessee

And the pirate said he’d help us drive the British in the sea

Well the French told Andrew "You had better run

Cuz Packenham’s a-comin’ with a bullet in his gun"

Old Hickory said he didn’t give a damn

He’s gonna whip the britches off of Colonel Packenham"

We looked down the river and we seed the British come

There must have been a hundred of ‘em beatin’ on the drum

They stepped so high and made their bugles ring

While we stood beside our cotton bales and didn’t say a thing

Old Hick’ry said we’d take ‘em by surprise

If we didn’t fire a musket till we looked ‘em in the eyes

We held our fire til we seen their faces well

Then we opened up our squirrel guns and really gave ‘em hell

 

Chords as in chorus

Well they ran thru the briars and they ran thru the brambles

And they ran thru the bushes where a rabbit couldn’t go

They ran so fast that the hounds couldn’t catch ‘em

On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico

They lost their pants and their pretty shiny coats

And their tails were all a-showin’ like a bunch of billy goats

They ran down the river til their tongues were hangin’ out

And they said they got a lickin’ which there wasn’t any doubt

Well we went back to town in our dirty ragged pants

And we danced all night with them pretty girls from France

We couldn’t understand ‘em but they had the sweetest charms

And we understood ‘em better when we got ‘em in our arms

Well the guide who brung the British from the sea

Came a-limpin’ into camp just as sick as he could be

He said the dyin’ words of Colonel Packenham

Was "You’d better quit your foolin’ with your cousin Uncle Sam"

Well we’ll march back home but we’ll never be content

Until we make Old Hickory the Peoples’ President

And every time we think about the bacon and the beans

We’ll think about the fun we had way down in New Orleans

Jimmy Driftwood

 

 

Mercedes-Benz

O Lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes-Benz?

My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends

Worked hard all my lifetime, no help from my friends

O Lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes-Benz

O Lord, won’t you buy me a color TV?

Dialing for dollars is trying to find me

I’ll wait for delivery each day until 3

O Lord, won’t you buy me a color TV

O Lord, won’t you buy me a night on the town?

I’m countin’ on you, Lord, please don’t let me down

Prove that you love me and buy the next round

O Lord, won’t you buy me a night on the town

Janis Joplin & Michael McClure

 

 

Wild Thing

Wild thing

You make my heart sing

You make everything, groovy

Wild thing

Wild thing I think I love you

But I wanna know for sure

C'mon and hold me tight

I love you

Wild thing

You make my heart sing

You make everything, groovy

Wild thing

Wild thing, I think you move me

But I wanna know for sure

C'mon and hold me tight

You move me

Wild thing

You make my heart sing

You make everything, groovy

Wild thing

The Troggs

 

 

Ohio

Tin soldiers and Nixon coming

We're finally on our own

This summer I hear the drumming

Four dead in Ohio

Gotta get down to it

Soldiers are gunning us down

Should have been done long ago

What if you knew her

And found her dead on the ground

How can you run when you know?

Gotta get down to it

Soldiers are gunning us down

Should have been done long ago

What if you knew her

And found her dead on the ground

How can you run when you know?

Tin soldiers and Nixon coming

We're finally on our own

This summer I hear the drumming

Four dead in Ohio

Neil Young

Monkey and the Engineer

Once upon a time there was an engineer

Drove a locomotive both far and near

Accompanied by a monkey that would sit on a stool

Watching everything the engineer would do

One day the engineer wanted a bite to eat

He left the monkey sitting on the driver's seat

The monkey pulled the throttle the locomotive jumped the gun

And did 80 miles an hour down the mainline run

 

Chorus

Big locomotive right on time

Big locomotive coming down the line

Big locomotive Number 99

Left the engineer with a worried mind

The engineer called up the dispatcher on the phone

To tell him all about his locomotive was gone

Dispatcher got on the wire switch operator to the right

Cause the monkey's got the main line sewed up tight

The switch operator got the message on time

Said there's a Northbound livin' on the same main line

Open up the switch, I'm gonna let him through the hole

Cause the monkey's got the locomotive under control

Jesse Fuller

 

 

Twist and Shout

 

Chorus

Well, shake it up baby, now,

Shake it up, baby

Twist and shout

Twist and shout

Come on, come on, come on, come on, baby, now,

Come on, baby

Come on and work it on out

Work it on out, oo

Well, work it on out

Work it on out

You know you look so good

Look so good

You know you got me goin’ now

Got me goin'

Just like I knew you would

Like I knew you would, oo

 

Well, you know you twist, little girl

Twist little girl

You know you twist so fine

Twist so fine

Come on and twist a little closer now

Twist a little closer

And let me know that you’re mine

Let me know you're mine, oo

 

Ah, Ah, Ah, Ah, Whoa!

 

Well, shake it, shake it, shake it, baby, now

Shake it up, baby

Well, shake it, shake it, shake it, baby, now

Shake it up, baby

Well, shake it, shake it, shake it, baby, now

Shake it up, baby, oo

 

Ah, Ah, Ah, Ah, Whoa!

 

Hey!

Phil Medley and Bert Russell

Cortez the Killer

He came dancing across the water

With his galleons and guns

Looking for the new world

In that palace in the sun

On the shore lay Montezuma

With his coca leaves and pearls

In his halls he often wondered

With the secrets of the worlds

And his subjects gathered 'round him

Like the leaves around a tree

In their clothes of many colors

For the angry gods to see

And the women all were beautiful

And the men stood straight and strong

They offered life in sacrifice

So that others could go on

Hate was just a legend

And war was never known

The people worked together

And they lifted many stones

They carried them to the flatlands

And they died along the way

But they built up with their bare hands

What we still can't do today

And I know she's living there

And she loves me to this day

I still can't remember when

Or how I lost my way

He came dancing across the water

Cortez, Cortez

What a killer

Neil Young

 

 

Small Town

Well I was born in a small town

And I live in a small town

Prob'ly die in a small town

Oh, those small communities

All my friends are so small town

My parents live in the same small town

My job is so small town

Provides little opportunity

Educated in a small town

Taught the fear of Jesus in a small town

Used to daydream in that small town

Another boring romantic that's me

But I've seen it all in a small town

Had myself a ball in a small town

Married an L.A. darling and brought her to this small town

Now she's small town just like me

Now I cannot forget where it is that I come from

I cannot forget the people who love me

Yeah, I can be myself here in this small town

And people let me be just what I want to be

Got nothing against a big town

Still hayseed enough to say

Look who's in the big town

But my bed is in a small town

Oh, and that's good enough for me

Well I was born in a small town

And I can breath in a small town

Gonna die in this small town

And that's prob'ly where they'll bury me

John Mellencamp

Pink Houses

There's a black man with a black cat

Livin' in a black neighborhood

He's got an interstate running through his front yard

You know, he thinks he's got it so good

And there's a woman in the kitchen

Cleanin' up the evening slop

And he looks at her and says, "Hey darlin',

I can remember when you could stop a clock"

 

Chorus

Oh, but ain't that America, for you and me!

Oh, but ain't that America, somethin' to see, baby!

Oh, but ain't that America, home of the free!

Yeah, little pink houses for you and me

Oh-- yeah, for you and me

Well there's a young man in a T-shirt

List'nin' to a rockin' rollin' station

He's got greasy hair and a greasy smile that says

"Lord, this must be my destination"

'Cause they told me when I was younger

"Boy, you gonna be President"

But just like ev'rything else, those old crazy dreams

Just kinda came and went

Well there's people and more people

What do they know?

Got to work in some high rise

And vacation down at the Gulf of Mexico

And there's winners and there's losers

But they ain't no big deal

'Cause the simple man, baby, pays for the thrills

The bills, and the pills that kill

John Mellencamp

A Horse With No Name

On the first part of the journey

I was looking at all the life

There were plants and birds and rocks and things

There was sand and hills and rings

The first thing I met was a fly with a buzz

And the sky with no clouds

The heat was hot and the ground was dry

But the air was full of sound

 

Chorus

I've been through the desert on a horse with no name

It felt good to be out of the rain

In the desert you can remember your name

'Cause there ain't no one for to give you no pain

La, la...(11 times)

La, la...(11 times)

 

After two days in the desert sun

My skin began to turn red

After three days in the desert fun

I was looking at a river bed

And the story is told of a river that flowed

Made me sad to think it was dead

 

After nine days I let the horse run free

'Cause the desert had turned to sea

There were plants and birds and rocks and things

There was sand and hills and rings

The ocean is a desert with its life underground

And a perfect disguise above

Under the cities lies a heart made of ground

But the humans will give no love

America

Sandman

Ain't it foggy outside

All the planes have been grounded

Ain't the fire inside

Let's all go stand around it

 

Chorus

Funny, I've been there

And you been here

And we ain't had no time to drink that beer

'Cause I understand

You've been running from the man

That goes by the name of the sandman

He flies the sky

Like an eagle in the eye

Of a hurricane that's abandoned

 

Ain't the years gone by fast

I suppose you have missed them

Oh, I almost forgot to ask

Did you hear of my enlistment

America

Take It Easy

Well I'm a-running down the road

Trying to loosen my load

I've got seven woman on my mind

Four that wanna own me

Two that wanna stone me

One says she's a friend of mine

 

Take it easy, take it easy

Don't let the sound of your own wheels

Drive you crazy

Lighten up while you still can

Don't even try to understand

Just find a place to make your stand

And take it easy

 

Well I'm standing on the corner in Winslow, Arizona

And such a fine sight to see

It's a girl, my lord, in a flatbed Ford

Slowing down to take a look at me

Come on baby, don't say maybe

I gotta know if your sweet love is gonna save me

We may lose, and we may win

Though we will never be here again

So open up I'm climbing in

So take it easy

 

Well I'm a-running down the road

Trying to loosen my load

Got a world of trouble on my mind

Looking for a lover who won't blow my cover

She's so hard to find

 

Take it easy, take it easy

Don't let the sound of your own wheels make you crazy

Come on baby, don't say maybe

I gotta know if your sweet love is gonna save me

 

Oh we got it easy, we oughta take it easy

The Eagles

Walk on the Wild Side

Holly came from Miami, F-L-A

Hitchhiked her way across the U-S-A

Plucked her eyebrows on the way

Shaved her legs and then he was a she

She says hey babe, take a walk on the wild side

Said hey honey, take a walk on the wild side

 

Candy came from out on the Island

In the back room she was everybody's darlin'

But she never lost her head

Even when she was givin' head

She says hey babe, take a walk on the wild side

Said hey babe, take a walk on the wild side

 

And the colored girls go

Doo, doo doo, doo doo, doo doo doo

Doo, doo doo, doo doo, doo doo doo

Doo, doo doo, doo doo, doo doo doo

Doo, doo doo, doo doo, doo doo doo

Doo, doo doo, doo doo, doo doo doo

Doo, doo doo, doo doo, doo doo doo

Doo, doo doo, doo doo, doo doo doo

Doo, doo doo, doo doo, doo doo doo, doo

 

Little Joe never once gave it away

Everybody had to pay and pay

A hustle here and a hustle there

New York City's the place where

They said hey babe, take a walk on the wild side

They said hey Joe, take a walk on the wild side

 

Sugar plum fairy came and hit the streets

Lookin' for soul food and a place to eat

Went to the Apollo

You should have seen him go go go

They said hey Sugar, take a walk on the wild side

I said hey babe, take a walk on the wild side

All right, huh

 

Jackie is just speedin' away

Thought she was James Dean for a day

Then I guess she had to crash

Valium would've helped that bash

She said hey babe, take a walk on the wild side

I said hey honey, take a walk on the wild side

 

And the colored girls say...

Lou Reed

 

 

You Can't Always Get What You Want

I saw her today at the reception

A glass of wine in her hand

I knew she would meet her connection

At her feet was a footloose man

 

Chorus

Now, you can't always get what you want

You can't always get what you want

You can't always get what you want

But if you try sometimes you'll find

You'll get what you need

 

I went down to the demonstration

To get my fair share of abuse

Singing "we're gonna vent our frustrations

If we don't we're gonna blow a 50-amp fuse"

 

I went down to the Chelsea drugstore

To get your prescription filled

I was standing in line with Mr. Jimmy

And man, did he look pretty ill

 

We decided that we would have a soda

My favorite flavor, cherry red

I sung my song to Mr. Jimmy

And he said one word to me, and that was "dead"

I said to him…

 

I saw her today at the reception

In her glass was a bleeding man

She was practiced at the art of deception

Well I could tell by her bloodstained hands

Rolling Stones

 

 

The Unicorn

A long time ago, when the Earth was green

There was more kinds of animals than you've ever seen

And they ran about and played while the Earth was being born

And the loveliest of all was the unicorn

There was green alligators and long-necked geese

Some humpty backed camels and some chimpanzees

Some cats and rats and elephants, but sure as you're born

The loveliest of all was the unicorn

The Lord seen some sinning and it caused Him pain

And He said, "Stand back, I'm going to make it rain!"

He said, "Hey, Brother Noah, I'll tell you what to do

Go and build me a floating zoo,

And take some…

 

Chorus

Green alligators and long-necked geese

Some humpty backed camels and some chimpanzees

Some cats and rats and elephants, but sure as you're born

Don't you forget my unicorns

Old Noah was there to answer the call

He finished up the ark just as the rain started to fall

Then he marched in the animals two by two

And he called out as they came through

Hey Lord, I've got green alligators and long-necked geese

Some humpty backed camels and some chimpanzees

Some cats and rats and elephants, but Lord, I'm so forlorn,

I just can't find no unicorns!

And Noah looked out through the driving rain

Them unicorns were hiding, playing silly games

Kicking and splashing while the rain was pourin'

Oh, them silly unicorns!

There was green alligators and long-necked geese

Some humpty backed camels and some chimpanzees

Noah cried, "Close the door because it's starting to storm

And we just can't wait for those unicorns"

The ark started moving, it drifted with the tide,

The unicorns looked up from the rocks and they cried

And the waters came down and sort of floated them away,

That's why you never see unicorns to this very day

You'll see some green alligators and long-necked geese,

Lots of humpty backed camels and some chimpanzees

Some cats and rats and elephants, but sure as you're born

You're never gonna see a unicorn!

Irish Rovers

 

 

The Sunday School Song

 

Chorus

Young folks, old folks, everybody come

Come join the Sunday School and have a lot of fun

Please check your chewing gum and razors at the door

And we'll tell you Bible stories that you've never heard before

The world was made in six days and finished on the seventh

According to the contract, it should have been the 'leventh

But the painters wouldn't paint and the workers wouldn't work

(But the carpenters got lazy and the masons wouldn't work)

So the cheapest way to finish it was fill it in with dirt

The Lord made the ocean and then He made the sky

Then He made the moon and hung it out to dry

Then He made the stars out of whites of people's eyes

And when He had 'em finished He just tacked 'em in the skies

The Lord made Satan and Satan made sin

The Lord made a cubby-hole to put Satan in

Satan got huffy and he said he wouldn't stay

So he's been a little Devil ever since that day

Adam was the first man that ever was invented

He lived all alone and never was contented

(He lived all his life and never was contented)

Made out of mud in days gone by,

And hung out on a picket fence in the sun to dry

Adam was a gardener, and Eve she was his spouse

They got the sack for stealing fruit and went to keeping house

They lived a very quiet life, and peaceful in the main

Until they had a baby and started raising Cain

Adam was a gardener and Eve was his spouse

Caught at stealing apples, they started keeping house

Their married life was happy and pleasant in the main,

Until they had a little son, and started raising Cain

Adam was a prophet, first one that we know

In a place called Eden, he helped things to grow

Adam served the Lord by following His ways

We are his descendants in the latter days

Cain raised potatoes and he peddled them in town

Abel called him "Hayseed" every time he came around

Cain laid a stick of wood on brother Abel's head,

And when he took the stick away he found poor Abel dead

Enoch was a prophet, he taught what was good

People in his city did just what they should

When they were so righteous that there was no sin

Heavenly Father took them up to live with him

Noah was a prophet called to preach the word

Tried to cry repentance, but nobody heard

They were busy sinning - Noah preached in vain

They wished they had listened when they saw the rain

Noah was a carpenter who stumbled in the dark

He picked up a hammer and built himself an ark

In came the animals, two by two

All except for the worms, and they came in the apples

Noah was the keeper of the Asiatic Zoo

He built an ocean liner when he hadn't much to do

One day he got excited when the sky was getting dark

So he gathered all the animals and put them in the ark

For forty days and forty nights it rained and blew

The water covered up the land and all the mountains too

When Noah got to wondering just where he was at

The old ark ran aground on top of Ararat

Abraham the prophet prayed to have a son

So the Lord sent Isaac as the chosen one

Isaac begat Jacob, known as Israel

Jacob's sons were twelve tribes, so the Bible tells

Moses was a prophet sent to Israel

He would lead them to the promised land to dwell

They were slow to follow, or so it appears

They were in the wilderness for forty years

Samuel was a prophet chosen as a boy

Hannah promised God her son would serve with joy

In the tabernacle, Samuel heard his name;

He was called by God and answered "Here I am!"

Lot's wife was a woman who was mighty curious

If she wasn't in the know, she'd always raise a fuss

One day while leaving town, her curiosity made her halt

When she turned to look she turned into a block of salt

Esau was a cowboy of a wild and woolly make

His father left him half the farm, and half to brother Jake

Esau was no farmer, and he thought he'd fly the coop

So he traded it for pottage; that's a fancy name for soup

Joseph was a shepherd lad, so Bible stories tell us

His father gave him such a coat, it made his brothers jealous

They sold him into Egypt for a small consideration

Where he made a major fortune on a grain speculation

Joseph was a shepherd boy, he kept his father's goats

His father used to dress him in the very loudest coats

His brothers, they got jealous and threw him in a well

Joseph went to Heaven, and his brothers went to

Moses was a Yiddish lad, went sailing in a skiff

Along came Pharaoh's daughter, and she gave the lad a lift

She took him to the palace and she fed him something grand,

So he led the whole caboodle out into the promised land

Pharaoh was a mighty king, the Kaiser of his day

He nagged the sons of Israel until they ran away

When he tried to follow them across the bounding main,

His entire army died, with water on the brain

Balaam was a prophet who went out to curse the band

Of Israelitish children who had come to claim the land

But on his way to do this deed, his little donkey balked

And when he kicked her in the slats, she looked at him and talked

Samson was a strong man of the good old-fashioned school;

He slew a host of Philistines with the jawbone of a mule

Then Delilah came along and filled him up with gin,

And when she'd cut off all his hair, the coppers run him in

Ruth was a gleaner and Naomi was her ma

They went into the fields to gather in the straw

Boaz came along and asked Ruth if she'd be his wife

She married him for his money and they lived a happy life

David was a shepherd lad, a fearless little chap

Along came Goliath, just a looking for a scrap

David hadn't any sword, he used a sling instead

He slung rocks at Goliath and the giant fell down dead

David played the lyre and he played it rather sweet

He used to play before King Saul, the while the king would eat

But the king was fond of ragtime, which David couldn't play

So the king bought a phonograph, and sent poor Dave away

King David and King Solomon lived very merry lives

With many, many lady friends and many, many wives

When old age came upon them with all its many qualms

King Solomon wrote the Proverbs and King David wrote the Psalms

Solomon was a wise man, he had a lot of cash

Queen of Sheba came along and Solly made a mash

I guess he thought that royalty was rather underpaid

For he took to writing proverbs though he was a king by trade

Elijah was a prophet who attended county fairs

He advertised his business with a troop of dancing bears

He sold assorted prophecies, and every afternoon,

He ascended up to Heaven in a patent fire balloon

Jonah was an emigrant, so goes this Bible tale

He booked a steerage passage on a transatlantic whale

Jonah in the belly of the whale felt quite compressed

So he pushed a little button and the whale did the rest

Jonah was a prophet, tried to run away,

But he later learned to listen and obey

When we really try, the Lord won't let us fail

That's what Jonah learned deep down inside the whale

Daniel was a courtier who wouldn't mind the king

The king said he couldn't stand for any such a thing

He chucked him in a manhole with lions down beneath

But Daniel was a dentist and he pulled the lions' teeth

Daniel was a prophet He refused to sin

So the king threw Daniel in the lion's den

Angels calmed the lions, and the king soon saw

Daniel's pow'r was great, for he obeyed God's law

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego,

Disobeyed the king, and so they had to go (and told him where to go)

He threw them in a furnace, to burn 'em up like chaff,

But they wore asbestos BVD's and gave the king a laugh

Salome was a chorus girl who danced the hoochie kootch

She caused quite a scandal 'cause she didn't wear too "mooch"

The king said "Salome, we will have no scandal here"

Salome said, "The devil!" and she kicked the chandelier

Ahab had a lovely wife, whose name was Jezebel

While looking out the window, to the dogs below she fell

"She's gone to the dogs", the people told the king

Ahab said he never heard of such a dog-gone thing

Samson was a strong man of Jeffrey Johnson's School

Had the strength of a thousand Philistines (men) and the jawbone of a mule

Along came Delilah, cut off his curly locks

So the only strength that Samson had was in his dirty socks

 

 

Day is Done

Day is done

Gone the sun

From the lakes

From the hills

From the sky

All is well

Safely rest

God is nigh

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