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Long Journey Home

Jim,

(also called Two Dollar Bill, and same tune as Big Ball in Memphis)

Chorus:
Lost all my money but a two dollar bill
Two dollar bill boys, two dollar bill
Lost all my money but a two dollar bill
I'm on my long journey home

Cloudy in the West and it looks like rain
Looks like rain, boys, looks like rain
Cloudy in the West and it looks like rain
I'm on my long journey home

It's dark and a raining and I want to go home
Want to go home, boys, want to go home
Its dark and a raining and I want to go home
I'm on my long journey home

Homesick and lonesome and I'm feeling kind of blue
Feeling kind of blue, boys, feeling kind of blue
Homesick and lonesome and I'm feeling kind of blue
I'm on my long journey home

There's black smoke a rising and it surely is a train
Surely is a train boys, surely is a train
There's black smoke a rising and it surely is a train
I'm on my long journey home

Verse:

I I I IV-I
I I V I

 

Long Black Veil

Jim,

—M.J.Wilkin and D.Dill

Ten years ago on a cold dark night
There was someone killed 'neath the town hall light
There were few at the scene and they all did agree
That the man who ran looked a lot like me.

Chorus:
She walks these hills in a long black veil
She visits my grave where the night winds wail
Nobody knows, no, and nobody sees
Nobody knows but me.

The judge said "Son, what is your alibi?
If you were somewhere else then you won't have to die"
I spoke not a word although it meant my life
I had been in the arms of my best friend's wife.

The scaffold was high and eternity neared
She stood in the crowd and shed not a tear
But sometimes at night when the cold wind moans
In a long black veil she cries over my bones.

Verse:

|: I I I I
V V IV I :|

Chorus:

IV I IV I
IV I IV I
I IV – I IV – V I

 

Lonesome Road Blues

Jim,

I'm going down this road feeling bad (X2)
I'm going down this road feeling bad, lord, lord
And I ain't a gonna be treated this a way

I'm down in the jailhouse on my knees (X2)
Down in the jailhouse on my knees, lord, lord
And I ain't a gonna be treated this a way

They feed me on corn bread and beans (X2)
They feed me on corn bread and beans, lord, lord
And I ain't a gonna be treated this a way

Got two dollar shoes on my feet (X2)
Two dollar shoes they hurt my feet, lord, lord
And I ain't a gonna be treated this a way

It takes a ten dollar shoe to fit my foot (X2)
It takes a ten dollar shoe to fit my foot, Great God
And I ain't a gonna be treated this a way

I'm going where the weather fits my clothes (X2)
I'm going where the weather fits my clothes, lord lord
And I ain't a gonna be treated this a way

Verse:

I I IV I
IV I V I

 

Little Maggie

Jim,

Oh yonder stands little Maggie
With a dram glass in her hands
She's drinking away her troubles
She's a courting some other man

Oh how can I ever stand it
Just to see them two blue eyes
A shining in the moonlight
Like two diamonds in the sky

Last time a saw little Maggie
She was sitting on the banks of the sea
With a forty—four around her
And a banjo on her knee

Lay down your last gold dollar
Lay down your gold watch and chain
Little Maggie's gonna dance for daddy
Listen to that old banjo ring

Pretty flowers were made for blooming
Pretty stars were made to shine
Pretty women were made for loving
Little Maggie was made for mine

Verse:

|: I I VII VII
I V I I :|

 

Little Cabin Home on the Hill

Jim,

Tonight I'm alone without you my dear
It seems there's a longing for you still
All I have to do now is sit alone and cry
In our little cabin home on the hill

Chorus:
Oh, someone has taken you from me
And left me here all alone
Just to listen to the rain beat on my window pane
In our little cabin home on the hill

I hope you are happy tonight as you are
But in my heart there's a longing for you still
I just keep it there so I won't be alone
In our little cabin home on the hill

Now when you have come to the end of the way
And find there's no more happiness for you
Just let you thoughts turn back once more if you will
To our little cabin home on the hill

I I IV I
I I V V
I I IV I
I V I I

Chorus:

IV IV I I
I I V V
I I IV I
I V I I

 

Kentucky Waltz

Jim,

—Bill Monroe

We were waltzing that night in Kentucky
'Neath the beautiful harvest moon
And I was the boy who was lucky
But it all ended too soon

As I sit here alone in the moonlight
And I can see your smiling face
And I long once more for your embrace
In that beautiful Kentucky waltz

¾

Verse:

I I I I
I I V V
V V V V
V V I I
I I I I
I I7 IV IV
IV IV I VI
II V I I

 

Keep on the Sunny Side

Jim,

—Ada Blenkhorn & J. Howard Entwisle 1899, popularized by Carter Family

There's a dark and a troubled side of life
But there's a bright and a sunny side too
Though you meet with the darkness and strife
The sunny side you also may view

Chorus:
Keep on the sunny side, always on the sunny side
Keep on the sunny side of life
It will help us every day, it will brighten all the way
If we'll keep on the sunny side of life

Though the storm and its furies rage today
Crushing hope that we cherish so dear
The cloud and storm will in time pass away
And the sun again will shine bright and clear

Let us greet with a song of hope each day
Though the moment be cloudy or fair
And let us trust in our Saviour always
He'll keep us everyone in His care

Verse:

I IV I I
I I V V
V V I I
V V I I

Chorus:

I I IV I
I I V V
I I IV I
I V I I

 

June Apple

Jim,

—Jenkins, Jarrell & Cockerham

I wish I was a June apple
Hanging on that tree
Every time my true love passed
She'd take a little bite of me

Going across the mountain
I'm going in the spring
It's when I get on the other side
I'm gonna hear my woman sing

Can't you hear that banjo sing
I wish that girl was mine
Don't you hear that banjo sing
I wish that girl was mine

Charlie he's a nice young man
Charlie he's a dandy
Charlie he's a nice young man
Feeds the girls on candy.

Over the river to feed my sheep
Over the river Charlie
It's over the river to feed my sheep
Feed them on barley

I wish I had some sticks and poles
To build my chimney higher
Cos every time it rains and snows
It puts out all my fire

Fiddle Tune Verse:

I I VII VII
I I VII VII

Verse with Words:

I I I IV
I I V I

 

It's Mighty Dark to Travel

Jim,

—Bill Monroe

To me she was my little angel
Sent down to me from God above
When on that day when I first met her
And I told her of my love

It's mighty dark for me to travel
For my sweetheart she is gone
The road is rough and filled gravel
But I must journey on and on

Travelin' down the lonesome highway
Thinkin' of my love that's gone
Knowin' soon we'll be together
She's the only love I've known

Many nights we strolled together
Talkin' of our love so fair
My love for her will never vanish
For I know I'll meet her there

Verse:

I I I I
IV IV I I
I I I I
I V I I

 

In The Pines

Jim,

—Bill Monroe Version:

The longest train I ever saw
Went down that Georgia Line
The engine passed at six o'clock
The caboose went by at nine

Chorus:
In the pines, in the pines, where the sun never shines
And you shiver when the cold wind blows
Whoo whoo hoo hooo……….
Whoo whoo hoo hooo……….

I asked my captain for the time of day
He said he throwed his watch away
It's a long steel rail and a short cross tie
And I'm on my way back home

Little girl, little girl, what have I done
To make you treat me so
You've caused me to weep, you've caused me to mourn
You've caused me to leave my home

Verse and Chorus:

I I IV I
I V I I
I I IV I
I V I I

 

In The Pines
—Leadbelly Version

Little girl, little girl, don't lie to me
Tell me where did you sleep last night?
In the pines, In the pines, Where the sun never shine
I shivered the whole night through.

Little girl, little girl, where will you go
I'm going where the cold wind blows
In the pines, In the pines, Where the sun never shine
I will shiver the whole night through.

Little girl, little girl, don't lie to me
Tell me where did you sleep last night?
In the pines, In the pines, Where the sun never shine
I shivered the whole night through.

My Husband was a Railroad man
Killed a mile and a half from here
His head, was found, In a drivers wheel
And his body hasn't never been found.

Little girl, little girl, where will you go
I'm going where the cold wind blows
You've caused me to weep, you've caused me to mourn
You've caused me to leave my home