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Karen Dalton (1938 – 1993) was an American folk singer and banjo player associated with the early 1960s Greenwich Village folk scene, particularly with Fred Neil and the Holy Modal Rounders as well as Bob Dylan. Her bluesy, world-weary voice is often compared to that of iconic jazz singer Billie Holiday. She sang blues, folk, country, pop, motown -- making over each song in her own inimitable style. She played the twelve string Gibson guitar and a long neck banjo. Her second album, In My Own Time (1971), was recorded at Bearsville studios, produced by Bob Dylan's former bass player Harvey Brooks, with liner notes by Fred Neil, originally released on Michael Lang's (Woodstock promoter) label, Just Sunshine. The cover photos were taken by Elliot Landy, and The Band's current piano player, Richard Bell, guested on the album. Less common is her first album for Capitol, It's Hard To Tell Who's Going To Love You The Best (1969), re-released by Koch Records in 1996. Known as "the folksinger's answer to Billie Holiday" and "Sweet Mother K.D.", it is said that the song Katie's Been Gone by The Band from the Basement Tapes was written about her. She struggled with drugs and alcohol for many years and died in 1993.




It's So Hard to Tell Who's Going to Love You the Best
- 1969 -

Little Bit of Rain
Sweet Substitute
Ribbon Bow
I Love You More Than Words Can Say
In the Evening
Blues on the Ceiling
It Hurts Me Too
How Did the Feeling Feel to You
Right, Wrong or Ready
Down on the Street


In My Own Time
- 1971 -

Something On Your Mind
When A Man Loves A Woman
In My Own Dream
Katie Cruel
How Sweet It Is
In A Station
Take Me
Same Old Man
One Night Of Love
Are You Leaving For The Country


1966
- 2012-01-25 -

Reason To Believe
Katie Cruel
Cotton Eyed Joe
Green Rocky Road
Don't Make Promises
Other Side To This Life
God Bless The Child
Little Bit Of Rain
While You'
re On Your Way
2:19 Train
Misery Blues
Mole In The Ground
Shiloh Town
Hallelujah


SHUCKIN' SUGAR
- 2022-04-23 -

Trouble In Mind
If You'
re A Viper
When First Unto This Country
Shiloh Town
Shuckin' Sugar
Everytime I Think Of Freedom
Ribbon Bow
Blues Jumped The Rabbit
Lonesome Valley
When I Get Home
In The Pines
Katie Cruel

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It's So Hard to Tell Who's Going to Love You the Best

Little bit of rain

( Fred Neil )

If I should leave you
Try to remember all the good times
Warm days filled with sunshine
And just a little bit of rain

And if you should look back
Try to forget all the bad times
Lonely blue and sad times
And just a little bit of rain

If I should leave you
Try to remember all the good times
Long days filled with sunshine
Just a little bit of rain
Just a little bit of rain
Just a little bit of rain

Sweet substitute

( Ferdinand Joseph "Jelly Roll" Morton )

My man went away
My man went away
I said I'd miss him every night and day
And I began to look around
Wish I could show you what I found

Sweet substitute
Sweet substitute
He tells me that he's mine, all mine
Everytime I tell him
You know love is blind

He's got such loving ways
Got my head in a daze
My new recruit is mighty sweet and cute
I'm crazy about my substitute

He's got such loving ways
Got my head in a daze
My new recruit is mighty sweet and cute
I'm crazy about my substitute
Crazy about my substitute

Ribbon Bow

If I had a ribbon bow
To hide my hair
If I had a fancy sash
My own true love would find me fair
My red shoes would go dancing
Whe'er my fancy would
My love would wish
That he had taken me while he could

If I were like city girls
And fair with smile
Not a man in all these parts
Would know my heart
My red shoes would go dancing
Whe'er my fancy chose
I'd lark about the sidewalk
And wear them foreign clothes

If I were like city girls
If I had a fancy sash

If I had a ribbon bow
To hide my hair
If I had a fancy sash
My own true love would find me fair

I Love You More Than Words Can Say

( Eddie Floyd / Booker T. Jones )

Please, let me sit down beside you
I've got something to tell you, darling
You wanna know
I just can't wait, no not another day
I love you, more than words can say
Yes I do

Living without you is so painful
I was tempted to call it a day
You've got me in your hand
Why can't you understand
I love you, more than words can say
Yes I do

I just can't sleep
When I lay down in my bed
The thougths of you
Linger in my head
Without you it's so painful
I was tempted to call it a day
You've got me in your hand
Why can't you understand
I love you more than words can say

Let me sit down beside you
I've got something to tell you, darling
You wanna know
I just can't wait, no not another day
I love you, more than words can say
More than words can ever say
Yes I do

In The Evening

( Leroy Carr )

In the evening
In the evening, darling
When the sun goes down

In the evening
When the sun goes down
It's so lonesome and lonesome
When the one you love is not around

Last night I was laying sleeping, darling
All by myself
Last night I was laying sleeping, darling
All by myself
And the one I really really love
He was laying somewhere else

The sun rises in the East
It sets down over in the West
Sun rises in the East, darling
It sets down over in the West
It's so hard, so hard to tell
Who's gonna love you the best

Goodbye, oh my old sweethearts and pals
I'm goin' away
I may come back to see you darling
Some old rainy rainy day
Oh in the evening, in the evening darling
Maybe when the sun goes down
When the sun goes down

Blues On The Ceiling

( Fred Neil )

Blues on the ceiling
Over my head
Running down the walls
Across the floor
Over my bed
Blue lights across the street
Blinkin' off and on
I'm so lonely now you're gone

I'll never get out of these blues
Never get out of these blues alive

And keep on coming
Up my weary head
Even cocaine couldn't ease the pain
I'd be better off dead
Blue lights gone out so I can't sleep
The bitter the blues the better they keep

I'll never get out of these blues alive, alive
Never get out of these blues

I'll never get out of these blues
Never get out of these blues alive

On the ceiling
Over my head
Running down the walls
Across the floor
Under my bed
Blue lights across the street
Blinkin' off and on
I'm so lonely now you're gone

I'll never get out of these blues
Never get out of these blues alive

It Hurts Me Too

( Meldon London )

I love you baby
Ain't gonna lie
Without you darling
I can't be satisfy
If things are going wrong for you
You know it hurts me too

Run here baby,
Put your hands on mine
I've got something to tell you, darling
I wanna change your mind
If things are going wrong for you
You know it hurts me too
Hurts me too

I love you baby
Ain't gonna lie
Without you darling
I can't be satisfy
If things are going wrong for you
You know it hurts me too
You know it hurts me too

How Did the Feeling Feel to You

( Tim Hardin )

Making love has been as much as I could hope it would be
Every night has been like one night to me
You've got me feeling again
The feeling you gave me before
But to you those nights like any other night
Tonight is just one more
Don't try to tell me that you care enough to love me
When you can't even do the things I need you to do
Don't make me listen to words you think will please me
When pleasing me don't mean anything to you
Just one more night makes no difference
As long as there's another night
To make right what you did wrong
The last days we had of one another will have to do
While you're on your way, while you're on your way
How did the feeling feel to you

You've got me feeling again
The feeling you gave me before
But to you those nights like any other night
Tonight is just one more
Just one more night makes no difference
As long as there's another night
To make right what you did wrong
The last days we had of one another will have to do
While you're on your way, while you're on your way
How did the feeling feel to you

Right, Wrong Or Ready

( Major Wiley )

I could have told him about the morning
The daylight always dawning
I could have told him that he'd be resting on my mind
He stays on my mind, he stays on my mind

I could have told him about another time
Another place maybe later, oh
I'm gonna love you better, right, wrong or ready
Right, wrong or ready
If he's right, wrong or ready, he stays on my mind

I could have told him about a man
Who Pays his own dues for his own price
And is home before his own woman
Right, wrong or ready, right, wrong or ready
He stays on my mind, he stays

I could have told him about the morning
The love light always dawning
I could have told him that he'd be resting on my mind
He stays on my mind
If he's right, wrong or ready, he stays on my mind
He stays on my mind, he stays

Down on the Street (Don't You Follow Me Down)

(Huddie Ledbetter)

Don't you follow me down. Don't you follow me down
Follow me down to some old back street in town
Mama told me, papa told me, too
"Living down on the street is gonna be the death of you"

Went to my mama, got down on my knees
Hollering, "Oh, mama, won't you forgive me, please"
Crying, "Oh, mama, won't you forgive me, please
Nobody down on the street will ever cry for me
Oh, cry for me"

Follow me down to some old back street in town
Mm—mm, cry for me
Mm—mm, cry for me

In My Own Time

Something on Your Mind

( Dino Valenti )

Yesterday
Any way you made it was just fine
Saw you turn your days into night-times
Didn't you know
You can't make it without ever even trying
And something's on your mind, isn't it

Let these times
Show you that you're breaking up your mind
Leaving all your dreams too far behind
Didn't you see
You can't make it without ever even trying
And something's on your mind, isn't it

Maybe another day you'll want to feel another way
You can't stop crying
You haven't got a thing to say
You're feeling you want to run away
There's no use trying anyway
I've seen the writing on the wall
Who cannot maintain will always fall
Didn't you know
You can't make it without ever even trying
And something's on your mind, isn't it
Something's on your mind, isn't it
Something's on your mind

When a man loves a woman

( Calvin Lewis / Andrew Wright )

When a man loves a woman
He can do no wrong
He'd tell the world what a good thing he's found
If she is bad, he can't see it
Cause She can do no wrong
He turn his back on his best friend if he put her down

When a man loves a woman
He'll give his very last dime
Trying to hold on to what he needs
And give up all his comforts
And sleep out in the rain
If she tells him that's the way it ought to be

When a man loves a woman
He give up everything he has
Trying to hold on to your precious love
Please don't treat me bad

When a man loves a woman
Deep down in his soul
She can bring him such misery
If she is playing him for a fool
He's the last one to know
Loving eyes can never see

When a man loves a woman
I know exactly how he feels
'Cause that's the way you've always been to me

In my own dream

( Paul Butterfield )

I didn't know
I could be fool
It took me a long time
To find out
My mind
Is upside down
What I was standing on
Too solid ground

To satisfy
That's what I thought I'd be
I kept on living in my own dream
In my own dream

Everyday
I grew blinder
Oh I thought I was so strong
I didn't need nobody's help
Oh but the strongest river
Can't flow up hill

To satisfy
That's what I thought I'd be
I kept on living in my own dream
In my own dream

To satisfy
That's what I thought I'd be
I kept on living in my own dream, own dream
In my own dream

Katie Cruel

( Traditional )

When I first came to town
They call me the roving jewel
Now they've change their tune
They call me Katie Cruel

Through the woods I go
And through the boggy mire
Straight way down the road
'Til I come to my heart's desire

If I was where I would be
Then I would be where I am not
Here I am where I must be
Where I would, I can not

When I first came to town
They brought me drinks plenty
Now they've changed their tune
They bring me the bottles empty

If I was where I would be
Then I would be where I am not
Here I am where I must be
Where I would, I can not

How sweet it is

( Holland Dozier )

How sweet it is to be loved by you
Yes it is
How sweet it is to be loved by you

I close my eyes at night
And wonder what would I be without you in my life
Everything was just a bore
All the things I did seems I'd done them before
But you brighten up all of my days
With you sweet love in so many ways
I want to stop and thank you
I want to stop and thank you

How sweet it is to be loved by you
Yes it is
How sweet it is to be loved by you

I needed the shelter of someone's arms
And there you were
I needed somebody to tell my ups and downs
And there you were
Your sweet love and devotion
Deeply touching my emotions
I want to stop and thank you
I want to stop and thank you

How sweet it is to be loved
How sweet it is to be loved by you

I needed the shelter of someone's arms
And there you were
I needed somebody to tell my ups and downs
And there you were
Your sweet love and devotion
Deeply touching my emotions
I want to stop and thank you, baby
I wanna stop and thank you

How sweet it is to be loved
How sweet it is to be loved by you

How sweet it is to be loved
How sweet it is to be loved by you...

In A Station

( Richard Manuel )

Once I walked through the halls of a station
And someone called your name
In the street I heard children laughing
They all sound the same

Wonder, could you ever know me
Know the reason why I live
Is there nothing you can show me
Life seems so little to give

Once I climbed to the top of a mountain
And ate the wild fruit there
Fell asleep until the moonlight woke me
Dreaming I could touch your hair

Isn't everybody dreaming!
Then the voice I hear is real
Out of all the idle scheming
Can't we have something to feel

Once upon a time leaves me empty
Tomorrow never came
I could hear the sound of your laughter
Still I don't know your name

Must be some way to repay you
After all the good you gave
If a rumour should delay you
Love seems so little to save
Oh save me...

Take Me

( George Jones / L. Payne )

Take me in your darkest room
Close every window and bolt every door
The very first moment I heard your voice
I'd be in darkness no more

Take me to the most barren desert
A thousand miles from the nearest sea
The very moment I saw your smile
It would be like heaven to me

There's not any mountain too rugged to climb
No desert too barren to cross
Darling if you would just show a sign of love
I could bear with all loss

Take me to Siberia
And the coldest weather of the winter time,
And it would be just like spring in California
As long as I knew you were mine

Same Old Man

( Traditional / Arranged by Steve Weber )

It's the same old lady, hanging out her wash
Standing in the rain, wearing a mackintosh
Same old lady standing in the rain
Even the thought of New York was going insane

Hey little leaf, lying on the ground
Now you're turning slightly brown
Why don't you get up on the tree
Turn the color green the way you ought to be

My mind is failing and my body grows weak
My lips won't form the words I speak
I'm floating away on a barrel of pain
New York City won't see me again

The same old man, sitting at the mill
The mill turns around of its own free will
I'm certainly glad to be home
New York City will continue on alone

One night of love

( Joe Tate )

He gives me one night of love
Sometimes he gives me two
Hmm when I'm gone
He don't even think my name
It's got me down
Down to the ground
Looks like this whole world
And my best friend got me down

I gave him all my money
All of my good loving too
Ah, when I'm gone
He don't even mention my name
It's got me down
Down to the ground
Looks like this whole world
And my best friend got me down
It's got me down

I'm just singing this song
I wouldn't do anything wrong
It's got me down
I'm just telling the truth
I can't show you no kind of proof
It's got me down
Got me down
Down to the ground
This whole world
And my best friend got me down
It's got me down

One night of love
Gives me one night of love
One night of love
One night of love
One night of love

Are you leaving for the country

( Richard Tucker )

Are you leaving for the country
You say the city brings you down
Leave the iron clown behind
And feel the circus moving on

Are you leaving for the country
I know a little country town
Where dogs are sleeping in the road
And the flagpole's falling down

Dying vines, hold the wheel in time
Spread their weight and let the planet spin
Do you feel like something's not real
Let the spirit move you again

Are you leaving for the country
Do you feel like something's not real
Let the spirit move you again

Are you leaving for the country
You say the city brings you downg
Leave the iron clown behind
And feel the circus moving on

66

Reason To Believe

(Tim Hardin cover)

If I listened long enough to you
I'd find a way to believe that it's all true
Knowing that you lied straight-faced while I cried
Still I look to find a reason to believe

If I gave you time to change my mind
I'd find a way to leave the past behind
Knowing that you lied straight-faced while I cried
Still I look to find a reason to believe

Someone like you makes it hard to live without
Somebody else
Someone like you makes it easy to give
Never thinking of myself

If I listen long enough to you
I find a way to believe that it's all true
Knowing that you lied straight-faced while I cried
Still I look to find a reason to believe

Katie Cruel

(Traditional)

When I first came to town
They call me the roving jewel
Now they've changed their tune
Call me Katie Cruel

If I was where I would be
Then I'd be where I am not
Here I am where I must be
Where I would be, I cannot

Through the woods I am going
Through the boggy mire
Straight way down the road
'Til I come to my heart's desire

When I first came to town
They bought me drinks of plenty
Now they've changed their tune
Hand me the bottles empty

If I was where I would be
Then I'd be where I am not
Here I am where I must be
Where I would be, I cannot

If I was where I would be
Then I'd be where I am not
Here I am where I must be
Where I would be, I cannot

Cotton Eyed Joe

(Traditional)

Where did you come from
Where did you go
Where did you come from
Cotton Eyed Joe

How far to see you
How far to sing
How far to show you
My diamond ring

If it hadn't been for
Cotton-Eyed Joe
I'd been married
A long time ago

Where did you come from
Where did you go
Where did you come from
Cotton-Eyed Joe

Green Rocky Road

(Traditional)

When I go to Baltimore
Need no carpet on my floor
Get your coat and follow me
I know a man in Galilee

Green, green rocky road
Promenade in green
Tell me who you love
Tell me who you love
Who do you love

Ooka dooka, soda cracker
Does your father chew tobacco
If your father chews tobacco
Ooka dooka, soda cracker

Green, green rocky road
Promenade in green
Tell me who you love
Tell me who you love
Who do you love

See that bird up in the sky
He don't walk 'cause he can fly
He don't walk and he don't run
He just flies into the sun

Green, green rocky road
Promenade in green
Tell me who you love
Tell me who you love
Who do you love

Green, green rocky road
Promenade in green
Tell me who you love
Tell me who you love
Who do you love

Don't Make Promises

(Tom Hardin cover / Feat. Richard Tucker)

It seems the songs we're singing
Are all about tomorrow
Tunes of promises you can't keep
Every moment bringing
A love I can only borrow
You're telling me lies in your sleep

Do you think I'm not aware
Of what you're saying
Or why you're saying it
Is it hard to keep me where
You want me staying
Don't go on betraying
Don't make promises you can't keep

We had a chance to find it
Our time was now or never
You promised me things that I need
But then the things behind it
Took away the chance forever
You're telling me lies in your sleep

Do you think I'm not aware
Of what you're saying
Of why you're saying it
Is it hard to keep me where
You want me staying
Don't go on betraying
Don't make promises you can't keep

Other Side To This Life

(Fred Neil cover / Feat. Richard Tucker)

Would you like to know a secret
Just between you and me
Don't know where I'm going next
I don't know where I'm gonna be
But that's the other side to this life I've been leading
And that's another side of this life

Whole world's in an uproar
My whole world's upside down
Don't know where I'm going next
But I'm always bumming 'round
And that's another side to this life I've been leading
And that's another side of this life

Don't know what I'm doing half the time
Don't know where I'll go
Think I'll get me a sailing boat and sail the Gulf of Mexico
And that's the other side to this life I've been leading
And that's another side of this life

Think I'll go to Nashville
Way down in Tennessee
This ten-cent life I've been leading here
Ain't worth a dime to me
And that's the other side to this life I've been leading
And that's another side of this life

Like to know a secret
Just between you and me
Don't know where I'm going next
I don't know where I'm gonna be
And that's the other side to this life I've been leading
And that's another side of this life

God Bless The Child

(Arthur Herzog, Jr. & Billie Holiday cover)

So the Bible says and it still is true
Mama may have, Papa may have
But God bless the child that's got his own
That's got his own

Yes, the rich gets more and the weak ones fade
Empty pockets sure never make the grade
Mama may have, Papa may have
But God bless the child that's got his own

Money, you've got lots of friends
Hanging 'round your door
When it's gone and the spending ends
They just don't want you no more

Rich relations give a suffering inside
You can help yourself, but don't take too much
Mama may have, Papa may have
But God bless the child that's got his own
That's got his own

Little Bit Of Rain

(Fred Neil cover)

If I should leave you
Try to remember all the good times
Warm days filled with sunshine
And just a little bit of rain

And if you look back
Try to forget all the bad times
The lonely blue and sad times
And just a little bit of rain

And if I should look back
I will remember all the good times
Warm days filled with sunshine
And just a little bit of rain
Just a little bit of rain

While You're On Your Way

(Tim Hardin cover)

Making love has been as much as I could have hoped it would be
Every night has been like one night to me
You've got me feeling again that feeling you gave me before
But to you those nights like any other night is just one more

Don't try to tell me that you care enough to love me
When you can't even do the things I need you to do
Don't make me listen to words you think will please me
When pleasing me don't mean anything to you

Just one more night makes no difference as long
As there's another night to make right what you did wrong
The last days we have of one another will have to do
While you're on your way
While you're on your way
How did the feeling feel for you

2:19 Train

(Mamie Desdume cover)

Two-nineteen train took my baby and gone
Took my baby and gone
I'm gonna bring him back
You know he won't be gone for long

Standing on the corner
My feet got so wet
My feet got so wet
I was standing on the corner
Asking every man I met

If you ain't got a dollar
Give me a lousy dime
Give me a lousy dime
I just wanna fix dine
No good man of mine

Two-nineteen train took my baby and gone
Took my baby and gone
I'm bringing him back
He won't be gone for long
I'm gonna bring him back
He won't be gone for long

Misery Blues

(Ma Rainey cover)

I love my brown, mean I do
There's no use in me being so true
Gave him all my money just to have fun
Wish I could tell you what he went and done

He told me that he loved me, he loved me so
If I'd marry him, I needn't work no more
I'm grieving all the time
Because I didn't know that he was lying

I've got the blues
I've got the blues
I got those misery blues

Saw my baby, he was walking up...

Mole In The Ground

(Traditional / Feat. Richard Tucker)

Wish I was a mole in the ground
Wish I was a mole in the ground
If I was a mole in the ground, I'd root that mountain down
Honey, where you been so long
Honey, where you been so long
Honey, where you been so long
I've been in the bend with those rough and rowdy men
Wish I was a mole in the ground

Tippy wants a nine-dollar shawl
Tippy wants a nine-dollar shawl
I'm coming round the hill with a twenty-dollar bill
Honey, where you been so long
Honey, where you been so long
Honey, where you been so long
I've been in the bend with those rough and rowdy men
Wish I was a mole in the ground

Wish I was a lizard in the spring
Wish I was a lizard in the spring
If I was a lizard in the spring, you'd hear me darling sing
Honey, where you been so long
Honey, where you been so long
Honey, where you been so long
I've been in the bend with those rough and rowdy men
Wish I was a mole in the ground

Shiloh Town

(Traditional / Feat. Richard Tucker)

It is so cold in Shiloh Town
Birds can hardly sing
All the pretty girls gonna leave this town
Won't be back 'til spring

I'll sing hallelujah
You'll sing hallelujah
We'll all sing hallelujah
When they arrive at home

I'll sing hallelujah
(It is so cold in Shiloh Town)
You'll sing hallelujah
(Birds can hardly sing)
We'll all sing hallelujah
(All the pretty girls gonna leave this town)
When they arrive at home
(Won't be back 'til spring)

It is so cold in Shiloh Town
(I'll sing hallelujah)
Birds can hardly sing
(You'll sing hallelujah)
All the pretty girls gonna leave this town
(We'll all sing hallelujah)
Won't be back 'til spring
(When they arrive at home)

I'll sing hallelujah
You'll sing hallelujah
We'll all sing hallelujah
When they arrive at homee

Hallelujah

I'll sing hallelujah
You'll sing hallelujah
I'll sing hallelujah
When they arrive at home

SHUCKIN' SUGAR

Trouble In Mind

(Richard M. Jones cover)

I'm trouble in mind
Won't be blue always
Sun's gonna shine in my back door
Some old rainy day

That man I've being loving
He caught that southbound train
He's married man
I love him just the same

Then you'll get a letter
I laid in your backyard
I come to see, baby
You won't got me far

I think I'll lay my head
Down on some lonesome railroad line
And let that two-nineteen train
Pacify my worring mind

'Cause I'm trouble
Got trouble, trouble everywhere
See so much trouble
Floating 'round everywhere

Trouble in mind
Don't be blue always
Sun's gonna shine in my back door
Some old rainy day

If You're A Viper

(Herb Moren, Horace Malcolm & Rosetta Howard cover)

I dreamed about a reefer five-feet long
Mighty miff, not too strong
You'll be high, not for long
If you're a viper

I'm the queen of everything
Got to be high before I can swing
Light a tea, boy, don't just let it be
If you're a viper

Then your mouth gets dry
You know you're high
Everything is dandy
Off you go to the candy store
Bust your ? on peppermint candy

Then you know your rent is sent
Don't give a damn if you don't pay rent
The sky gets high, so do I
I'm a viper

When First Unto This Country

(Traditional / Feat. Richard Tucker)

When first unto this country
A stranger I came
I courted a fair maid
And Nancy was her name

I courted her for love
Her love I didn't obtain
Do you think I've any reason
Or right to complain

I rode to see my Nancy
I rode both day and night
'Til I spot a ? stallion
Mild green, ? and white

The sheriff's men
They followed and overtaken me
They carted me away
To the penitentiary

They beat me and they banged me
And fed me on dry beans
'Til I wished to my own ?
I'd never been a thief

My hands in my pocket
My cap set on so bold
With my coat of many colors
Like Jacob's clothe of old

My hands in my pocket
My cap set on so bold
With my coat of many colors
Like Jacob's clothe of old

Shiloh Town

(Traditional / Feat. Richard Tucker)

It is so cold in Shiloh Town
Birds can hardly sing
All the pretty girls gonna leave this town
Won't be back 'til spring

I'll sing hallelujah
You'll sing hallelujah
We'll all sing hallelujah
When they arrive at home

I'll sing hallelujah
(It is so cold in Shiloh Town)
You'll sing hallelujah
(Birds can hardly sing)
We'll all sing hallelujah
(All the pretty girls gonna leave this town)
When they arrive at home
(Won't be back 'til spring)

It is so cold in Shiloh Town
(I'll sing hallelujah)
Birds can hardly sing
(You'll sing hallelujah)
All the pretty girls gonna leave this town
(We'll all sing hallelujah)
Won't be back 'til spring
(When they arrive at home)

I'll sing hallelujah
You'll sing hallelujah
We'll all sing hallelujah
When they arrive at homee

Shuckin' Sugar

(Blind Lemon Jefferson cover)

Got your picture, gonna put it in a frame
Got your picture, gonna put it in a frame, shuckin' sugar
So if you leave home, I can find you just the same

Mama told me, papa told me too
Papa told me, my mama told me too, shuckin' sugar
That man you love, he gonna be there, there for me

If you leave, my baby, don't find my black cat home
If you leave, my baby, don't find my black cat home, shuckin' sugar
Every time I try to leave, I turn around and come back home

Got your picture, gonna put it in a frame
Got your picture, gonna put it in a frame, shuckin' sugar
So if you leave home, I can find you just the same

Every Time I Think Of Freedom

(Traditional)

I've been hammering
Since December
Wind so cold
Wind so cold

If I cross that
White oak mountain
I'll go free
I'll go free

Every time I
I think of freedom
Can't keep from crying
Keep from crying

Oh freedom
Oh freedom
I got a rainbow (a rainbow)
? at my shoulder
Ain't gonna rain
Ain't gonna rain

Ribbon Bow

If I had a ribbon bow
To hide my hair
If I had a fancy sash
My own true love would find me fair

My red shoes would go dancing
Whe'er my fancy chose
I'd lark about the sidewalk
And wear them foreign clothes

If I were like city girls
And fair with smile
Not a man in all these parts
Would know my heart

My red shoes would go dancing
Whe'er my fancy would
My love would wish
That he had taken me while he could

If I had a ribbon bow
To hide my hair
If I had a fancy sash
My own true love would find me fair

Blues Jumped The Rabbit

(Traditional)

When the blues jumped up a rabbit
Rabbit he'll run a mile
Poor little rabbit
Crying like a newborn child

Wish I was a headlight
On some Western train
I'd shine my light on
Cool Colorado rain

Wish I was in cool Colorado
Up on some mountain high
I'd seen my darling
As he went riding by

Some like white or yellow
Some crave black or brown
The man I'm craving
Won't never turn me down

Blues jumped up a rabbit
Rabbit he'll run a mile
Poor little rabbit
Cries like a newborn child

Lonesome Valley

(Woody Guthrie cover / Richard Dyer-Bennet's version / Feat. Richard Tucker)

You got to walk that lonesome valley
You got to walk it by yourself
Nobody else could walk it for you
You got to walk it by yourself

Some say John was a Christian
Some say John was a Jew
I say John was a natural man
And he was a preacher too

He had to walk that lonesome valley
Had to walk it by himself
Nobody else could walk it for him
He had to walk it by himself

Jordan River might be chilly
Jordan River might be cold
Are you afraid to cross Jordan alone
Since Jesus saved my soul

Jesus walk that lonesome valley
Jesus walk it by himself
Nobody else could walk it for him
He had to walk it by himself

When I Get Home

(Estil C. Ball cover / Feat. Richard Tucker)

When my savior calls me home up yonder
Gonna have me a mansion on the other side
Gonna tell my neighbor how glad I am to see him
When I get home, I'm gonna be satisfied

Gonna have a little talk with Abraham and Isaac
Gonna have a little talk with Peter, James and Paul
Gonna sit down, talk a little while with my daddy and mama
Gonna have a little talk with Jesus first of all

I'm gonna get me a harp of gold just like David
When I get over on the other side
Gonna sing and play with a band of a million angels
When I get home, I'm gonna be satisfied

I'm gonna get me a harp of gold just like David
When I get over on the other side
Gonna sing and play with a band of a million angels
When I get home, I'm gonna be satisfied

Gonna have a little talk with Abraham and Isaac
Gonna have a little talk with Peter, James and Paul
Gonna sit down, talk a little while with my daddy and mama
Gonna have a little talk with Jesus first of all

In The Pines

(A.k.a. "Black Girl" or "Where Did You Sleep Last Night" / Traditional / Feat. Richard Tucker)

Black girl, black girl
Don't lie to me
Tell me where did you lay last night

In the pines, in the pines
Where the sun never shines
I shiver the whole night through

Your husband was a railroad man
Killed a mile and a half from town

His head was found 'neath the driving wheel
And his body ain't never been found

Them long, long rails
And short cross ties
Don't never end, I hope

I'm going on down
Back railroad track
I'm going where the cold winds blow

Black girl, black girl
Don't lie to me
Tell me where did you lay last night

You caused me to weep
(In the pines, in the pines)
You caused me to moan
(Where the sun never shines)
You caused me to leave my home
(I shiver the whole night through)


Katie Cruel

(Traditional)

I first came to town
They call me the roving jewel
Now they've changed their tune
Call me Katie Cruel

Wish I was where I would be
Then I'd be where I am not
Here I am where I must be
Where I'd be I can not

Through the woods I go
Through the boggy mire
Straight way down the road
'Til I come to my heart's desire

Wish I was where I would be
Then I'd be where I am not
Here I am where I must be
Where I'd be I can not

When I first came to town
They bought me drinks plenty
Now they've changed their tune
They have me the bottles empty

Wish I was where I would be
Then I'd be where I am not
Here I am where I must be
Where I'd be I can not

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