"Mamma Don't 'low"
4/4 Time Key of G

G
Mamma don't 'low no
G
Banjo playin' round here
G
Mamma don't 'low no 
D7
banjo playin' round here
        G
Well, I don't care what 
G
mamma don't 'low
      C
Gonna play banjo anyhow
G 
Mamma don't 'low no 
D7                  G 
banjo playin' round here

Mamma don't low no
cussin' and swearin' 'round here etc.

Mamma don't low no
guitar playin' round here etc.

"Riley The Furniture Man"
4/4 Time Key of G

G
When I was a poor boy, oh so sad
     C
That Riley from Virginia took
             G
Everything I had
Chorus:
G
Riley's been here
D7                   G
got my furniture and gone!

Now it makes no difference to a rich man
with all his fancy clothes
if you don't pay Mr. Riley
you got no place to go.

Riley come to my house
and these are the words he said
throw that cracker driver out
and load that poster bed.

Now Riley he's a rich man
off poor folks like me
every Sunday morning Riley
gives to charity.

"Sailor On The Deep Blue Sea"
4/4 Time Key Of G

G                      C
It was on one summer's evening
G                      D7
Just about the hour of three
         G                 C
When my darling started to leave me
       G             D7        G
For to sail upon the deep blue sea

Oh he promised to write me a letter
He said he's write to me
But I have not heard from my darling
Who is sailing on the deep blue sea

Oh captain can you tell me
Where can my sailor be?
Oh yes little maiden
he is drowned in the deep blue sea

Farewell to friends and relations
it's the last you'll see of me
I'm going to end my troubles
by drowning in the deep blue sea

"Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms"
4/4 Time Key of G

G
Ain't gonna work on the railroad
                         D7
Ain't gonna work on the farm
G 
lay 'round this shack till the
C
mail train comes back 
         G          D7           G
And I'll roll in my sweet baby's arms.

Chorus: Roll in my sweet baby's arms
Roll in my sweet baby's arms
I'll lay 'round this shack
till the mail train comes back
And I'll roll in my sweet baby's arms.

Sometimes there's a change in the ocean
Sometimes there's a change in the sea
Sometimes there's a change in my own true love
But there ain't no change in me

"The Sweet Sunny South"
4/4 Time Key Of G

G
Take me back to the place
                      D7
where I first saw the light
       G                         C
to the sweet sunny South take me home
          G           C
where the mockingbird sings me 
    G           D7
to sleep every night
    G         D7        G
oh why was I tempted to roam?

I think with regret of the dear ones I left
of the warm hearts that sheltered me then
of the wife and the family of whom I'm bereft
for the old place again I do sigh

Take me back let me see what is left that I knew
can it be that the old place is gone?
Dear friends from my childhood indeed must be few
and I must face death all alone

"Shady Grove"
4/4 Time Key of Em

Em                 D
Cheeks as red as a blooming rose
Em 
eyes of the prettiest brown
G                 D
she's the darling of my heart
                  Em
prettiest girl in town

Chorus:
Shady Grove my little love
Shady Grove my darling
Shady Grove my little love
I'm bound for Shady Grove

I went to see my Shady Grove
she was standing by the door
shoes and stockings in her had
little bare feet on the floor

I wish I had a big fine horse
and corn to feed him on
a pretty little girl to stay at home
feed him when I'm gone

"Looking Out A Window"
4/4 Time Key of G

G
While looking out a window 
G
a second story window 
                                   D
I fell and broke my eyelash on the pavement
G
go get the Listerine
C
sister wants a beau
      G          D             G
and a boy's best friend is his mother!

They spanked him with a shingle
which made his panties tingle
because he went and socked his little brother
we feed the baby garlic
so we can find him in the dark
and a boy's best friend is his mother!

Looking through the knothole
in grandpa's wooden leg
who will bring the cows in when I'm gone?
go get the axe there's a flea on Nellie's ear
and a boy's best friend is his mother!

"Over the Mountain"
3/4 Time Key of G

G                            C
I'm always lighthearted and easy,
      G                       D
Not a care in this world have I,
 G                    C
Because I am loved by somebody,
      G            D           G
Who's sitting home waiting for me.
Chorus:
C                         G
She's over, just over the mountains,
                                   D
Where the little birds sing on the trees,
      G                   C
In a cabin all covered in ivy,
    G       D           G
somebody is waiting for me.

She lives far away on the mountains,
Where the little birds sings on the trees,
And the cabin's all covered in ivy,
And somebody is waiting for me.

"Salty Dog"
4/4 Time Key of G

G              E
Let me be your salty dog
A
or I won't be your man at all
G            D             G
honey let me be your salty dog

Sitting on the corner
with the low down blues
a great big hole in my new shoes
honey let me be your salty dog

I pulled the trigger
and the gun said go
You could hear it way down in Mexico
honey let me be your salty dog

"The Black Velvet Band"
3/4 Time Key of G

G
Her eyes they shone like the diamonds    
                                  D
you'd think she was queen of the land
G                           Em
with her hair hung over her shoulder
     C         D            G
tied up with a black velvet band

As I went walking one morning
not meaning to stray very far
I met with a frolicsome damsel
plying her trade at the bar

A watch she pulled from her pocket
and slipped it right into my hand
on the very first day that I met her
bad luck to the black velvet band

Before judge and jury next morning
I was called out to appear
a gentleman claimed his jewelry
and the case against me was quite clear

Seven long years transportation
right down to "Van Dieman's land"
far away from my friends and companions
to follow the black velvet band

"Oh, Susanna"
4/4 Time Key of G

G
I come from Alabama 
                   D
with a banjo on my knee
G
I'm going to Lou'siana   
             D      G
my true love for to see
G
It rained all night the day I left
                   D   
the weather it was dry
G 
The sun so hot I froze to death  
        D         G 
Susanna don't you cry
  
Chorus:
C             G               D
Oh, Susanna, don't you cry for me
G
I come from Alabama with   
         D     G
my banjo on my knee

I had a dream the other night
when everything was still
I dreamed I saw Susanna
A-coming down the hill

A red rose was in her cheek
A tear was in her eye
I said to her Susanna girl
Susanna don't you cry.

"Corrina, Corrina"
4/4 Time Key of G

G
Corrina, Corrina
D                 G
where you been so long?
G
Corrina, Corrina
C                 G
Where you been so long?
             D
Ain't had no loving
   G
Since you've been gone.

I've got a bird that whistles
I've got a bird that sings (2x)
If I ain't got Corrina
I ain't got a thing

"Shenandoah"
4/4 Time Key of C

C                         F  C
Oh Shenandoah, I long to see you
F                C
away you rolling river
Am               G           Am
Oh Shenandoah, I long to see you
C           F     C
Away, we're bound away   
          Am   G      C
Cross the wide Missouri

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

Oh Shenandoah I love your daughter
Away your rolling river
Oh Shenandoah I love your daughter
Away, we're bound away
'cross the wide Missouri

"Eggs and Marrowbone"
4/4 Time Key of Em

Em
There was an old woman in our town
                    G
And in our town did dwell
G
She loved her old man dearly
                         Em
But another man twice as well

She went down to the doctor
To see what she could find
To see what she could find
To make her old man blind

"Feed him eggs and marrowbone
And make him sup them all
It won't be too long before
He won't see you at all"

She fed him eggs and marrowbone
And made him sup them all
And it wasn't too long before
He couldn't see her at all

"Now that I am old and blind
And tired of my life
I'll go to the rivers edge
And there I'll end my life"

"To drown yourself, to drown yourself
Now that would be a sin
So I'll go with you to the rivers edge
And there I'll push you in"

The old woman took a running jump
To push the old man in
The old man he stepped aside
And the woman she fell in

She cried for help, she screamed for help
And loudly she did bawl
The old man said "I'm so blind
I can't see you at all!"

She swam along, she swam along
Till she came to the rivers brim
The old man got a great long pole
And pushed her further in

Now the old woman is dead and gone
And the Devil's got her soul
Wasn't she a gosh-darn fool
That she didn't grab that pole?

Eating eggs and marrowbone
Won't make your old man blind
So if you want to do him in
You must sneak up from behind

"The Wabash Cannonball"
4/4 Time Key of G

G
From the great Atlantic Ocean
                    C
to the wide Pacific Shore
         D
From the Queen of flowing mountains
                          G
to the South Belle by the door
G
She's long and tall and handsome
                      C
well known by one and all
         D
She's a modern combination
                        G
called the Wabash Cannonball
Chorus:
G
Listen to the jingle
                   C
The rumble and the roar
D
riding through the woodlands
                       G
to the hill and by the shore.
G
Hear the might rush of engines
                       C
hear the lonesome hobo squall
D
riding though the jungles on
                 G
the Wabash Cannonball

The Eastern states are dandies
so the Western people say
from New York to St. Louis
and Chicago by the way
through the hills of Minnesota
where the rippling waters fall
no chances need be taken on
the Wabash Cannonball

Here's to Daddy Claxton
may his name forever stand
he will always be remembered
by the 'boes throughout our land
his earthly race is over and
the curtain 'round him falls
we'll carry him to victory on
the Wabash Cannonball

"The Titanic"
4/4 Time Key of G

G
Oh they built the ship Titanic
    C             G
to sail the ocean blue
G
and they thought they had a ship
          A                   D
that the water would never go through
        G
but the Lord's almighty hand said that
C
ship would never land
       G
it was sad when that
D                G
great ship went down
chorus:
C                  G
It was sad, it was sad
G
it was sad when that
B
great ship went down
G
husbands and wives
C
little children lost their lives
       G
it was sad when that
D                G
great ship went down

Oh they left the coast of England
a thousand miles from shore
when the rich refused to associate with the poor
so they put them down below
where they'd be the first to go
it was sad when that great ship went down

They swung the lifeboats out
o'er the cruel and raging sea
when the band struck up with
" nearer my God to thee"
Little children wept and cried
and the waves swept over the side
it was sad when that great ship went down

"Sweet Betsy From Pike"
3/4 Time Key of C

C                               G          C
Did you ever hear tell of sweet Betsy from Pike
                                  G
who crossed the wide prairie with her lover Ike
     F           C           F          C
With two yoke of oxen and an old yellow dog
                              G           C
A tall Shanghai rooster and a one spotted hog
Chorus:
C                       G
Singing toora la roolah la roola la la

One evening quite early they camped on the Platte
'twas near by the road on a green shady flat
where Betsy sore footed lay down to repose
while Ike gazed with wonder on that Pike County rose

They stopped at Salt Lake to inquire the way
when Bringham declared that Betsy should stay
But Betsy got frightened and ran like a deer
while Bringham stood pawing the ground like a steer

Long Ike and sweet Betsy attended a dance
Ike wore a pair of his Pike county pants
Sweet Betsy was covered with ribbons and rings
says Ike "You're an angel but where are your wings?"

"The Wreck Of The Old 97"
4/4 Time Key of G

G                                C
Well they gave him his orders in Monroe Virginia
G                                 D
Saying, "Steve you are way behind time
G                       C
This is not 38 but it's Old 97
G                          D           G
You've got to put her into Danville on time!"

Well he turned and he said to his black & greasy fireman
" Just shovel on a little more coal,"
and when we cross that White Oak Mountain
you can watch Old 97 roll!"

It's a mighty rough road between Lynchburg and Danville
On a line with a three-mile grade
It was on this grade that he lost his air breaks
You can see what a jump that he made.

He was coming down that grade making ninety miles an hour
When his whistle turned into a scream.
He was found in the wreck with his hand on the throttle
He was scaled to death by the steam.

"The Streets of Laredo"
3/4 Time Key of C

C           F           C         G
As I walked out in the streets of Laredo
C           F         C       G
As I walked out in Laredo one day
C               F         C                G
I spied a poor cowboy all wrapped in white linen
C                     F       G           C
all wrapped in white linen as cold as the clay

"I can see by your outfit that you are a cowboy"
these words he did say as I proudly stepped by
" Come sit down beside me and hear my sad story,
got shot in the breast and I know I must die."

'twas one in the saddle I used to go roaming
'twas once in the saddle I used to go gay
'twas first to the drinking and then the card playing.
Got shot in the breast and I'm dying today."

"Let six jolly cowboys come carry my coffin.
Let six pretty girls come carry my pall.
Throw bunches of roses all over my coffin
throw roses to deaden the clods as they fall."

Oh beat the drum slowly and play the fife lowly
and play the dead march as you carry me along.
Take me to the green valley and lay the earth o'er me
for I'm a poor cowboy and I know I've done wrong."

Oh we beat the drum slowly and played the fife lowly
and bitterly wept as we carried him along
for we all loved out comrade so brave, young and handsome
we all loved out comrade although he'd done wrong.

"Stagolee"
4/4 Time Key of C

C
Stagolee was a bad man
          C7
Everybody knows
F
He Spent one hundred dollars
                      C
Just to buy a suit of clothes
         G                  C
He was a bad man, oh cruel Stagolee

Stagolee shot Billy de Lyons
What do you think about that?
Shot him down in cold blood
Because he stole his Stetson hat
He was a bad man, oh cruel Stagolee

Billy de Lyons said, "Stagolee
Please don't take my life
I've got two little babies
And a darling, loving wife
You're a bad man, oh cruel Stagolee"

"What do I care about your two little babies
Or your darling, loving wife?
You done stole my Stetson hat
and I'm bound to take your life"
He was a bad man, oh cruel Stagolee

The judge said, "Stagolee, what are you doing here?
You done shot Billy de Lyons
You're going to die in the electric chair
You're a bad man, oh cruel Stagolee"

Twelve o'clock they killed him
With his head held up high
Twelve o'clock they killed him
I was glad to see him die
He was a bad man, oh cruel Stagolee

"Jessie James"
4/4 Time Key of G

G                          C             G
Jessie James was a lad who killed many a man
                        D
He robbed the Glendale train
G                             C          G
And with his brother Frank he robbed the Chicago bank
                   D          G
He'd a heart and a hand and a brain
Chorus:
C                                  G
Jessie had a wife to mourn for his life
                         D
Three Children they were brave
G                                C        G
But that dirty little coward who shot Mr. Howard
               D             G
Has laid poor Jessie in his grave

It was Robert Ford, that dirty little coward
I wonder how he does feel
For he ate of Jessie's bread and slept in Jessie's bed
And he laid poor Jessie in his grave

It was on a Wednesday night and the moon was shining bright
They robbed the Glendale train
And the people they did say for many miles away
It was robbed by Frank and Jessie James

Jessie James was a man, a friend to the poor
He'd never see a man suffer pain
And with his brother Frank, he robbed the Chicago bank
And stopped the Glendale train

It was his brother Frank who robbed the Gallatin bank
And carried the money from the town
It was in this very place they had a little race
For they shot Captain Sheets to the ground

It was on a Sunday night and Jessie was at home
Talking with his family brave
Robert Ford came along like a thief in the night
And laid poor Jessie in his grave

The people held their breaths when they heard of Jessie's death
And wondered how he came to die
It was one of his gang called Little Robert Ford
He shot poor Jessie on the sly

This song was made by Billy Gashade As soon as news did arrive
He said there was no man with the law in his hand
Who could take Jessie James when alive

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