The Invertebraes (Poem) Lyrics

(Jean Ritchie) When I was a curly headed baby My daddy sat me down on his knee He said, "son, go to school and get your letters, Don't you be a dusty coal miner, boy, like me. " ...Read Full Lyrics

Harry Truman was our president A coke an burger cost you thirty cents I was still in love with Mavis Brown On the night Hank Williams came to town. "I Love Lucy" debuted on tv Tha...Read Full Lyrics

Johnny Henry's pappy woke him up one midnight He said "Before the sheriff comes I wanna tell you," Said "Listen boy Learn to hoist a jack and learn to lay a track learn to pick and...Read Full Lyrics

The crowd is waiting For the bullfight matador My final fight The place is packed once more But Anita won't Throw me a rose this fight The one she wears Is not for me tonight She...Read Full Lyrics

"And I heard as it were the noise of thunder One of the four beasts saying come and see and I saw And behold a white horse" There's a man going around taking names and he decides ...Read Full Lyrics

[Verse] Will we get cold and hungry Will times be very bad? When we are needing bread and meat Where are we going to get it, Dad? We'll get it from the man In the house on the hill...Read Full Lyrics

(F. M. Graham) Long ago (down on my knees) Long ago (I setted it all) Yes, the old account was settled long ago...Read Full Lyrics

There once was a musical troupe A pickin' singin' folk group They sang the mountain ballads And the folk songs of our land They were long on musical ability Folks thought they wou...Read Full Lyrics

He rode easy in the saddle. He was tall and lean, and at first you'd a-thought nothing but a streak of mean could make a man look so down right strong, but one look in his eyes and...Read Full Lyrics

Well it was a time on earth when in the books of heaven An old account was standing for sins yet unforgiven My name was at the top and many things below But I went unto the keeper ...Read Full Lyrics