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Riders in the Sky

Peggy Lee

History of Pop Radio, Vol. 15: 1950-1951[OSA/Radio History]

2000

versions by Peggy Lee (# 2), Bing Crosby 
(#14), and Burl Ives (# 21) were all charted as just "Riders In the Sky"
Later, The Ramrods took it to # 30 in

Burl Ives - Maid of the Sweet Brown Knowe

Come all ye lads and lasses, and hear my mournful tale,
Ye tender hearts that weep for love to sigh you

Burl Ives - Ghost Riders In The Sky

An old cowboy went riding out one dark and windy day
Upon a ridge he rested as he went along his way
When all

Burl Ives - Roving Gambler

I am a roving gambler
I've gambled all around
When ever I meet with a deck of cards
I lay my money down

I've gambled

Burl Ives - John Hardy

John Hardy was a desperate little man
He carried two guns every day
He shot down a man on that West Virginia line
You ought

Burl Ives - Bonnie Wee Lassie

I come tae a cross and I met a wee lass
Said I, "Ma wee lass, are ye willin' tae go
Tak' share o' a gill?" She cried,

Burl Ives - The Whale

(spoken) Here's a song about a whale
with a most amazing appetite.

(sung)
In San Francisco town there lived a whale
Who ate

Burl Ives - John Henry

John Henry he could hammer,
He could whistle, he could sing
He went to the mountain early in the mornin'
Just to hear his

Burl Ives - Darlin' cory

Wake up, wake up darlin cory
Tell me what makes you sleep so sound
The revenue officers are comin
Gonna tear your still

Burl Ives – Pretty Polly

I courted pretty Polly the live long night
I courted pretty Polly the live long night
But I slept on her grave the best

Burl Ives - Leather-Winged Bat

Hi," said the little brown leather winged bat,
"I'll tell you the reason that,
the reason that I fly in the night's

Burl Ives - High Barbaree

Look ahead, look astern, look the weather and the lee,
Blow high !  Blow low !  and so sailed we.
I see a wreck

Burl Ives - O Holy night

O Holy Night! The stars are brightly shining,
It is the night of the dear Saviour's birth.
Long lay the world in sin

Burl Ives - Mrs. McGrath

"Now, Mrs. McGrath," the sergeant said,
"Would you like to make a soldier
Out of your son, Ted?
With a scarlet cloak

Burl Ives - The Bold Soldier

Soldier, oh soldier,
A-coming from the plain
He courted a lady for honor and for fame
Her beauty shone so bright
That

Burl Ives - Ben Backstay 

Ben Backstay was a boatswain,
A very jolly boy,
No lad than he more merrily
Could pipe all hands ahoy.
And when unto his

Burl Ives - Froggie went A-courtin

Mister Frog went a-courtin, he did ride, uh-huh, uh-huh.
Mister Frog went a-courtin, he did ride, uh-huh, uh-huh.

Burl Ives - Rolling Home

Up aloft, amid the rigging
Swiftly blows the fav'ring gale,
Strong as springtime in its blossom,
Filling out each bending

Burl Ives - Count your blessings

When upon life's billows you are tempest tossed,
When you are discouraged, thinking all is lost,
Count your many

Burl Ives - Mother Goose Song

As I did walk by Hampstead Fair
I came upon Mother Goose -- so I turned her loose --
she was screaming.
And a foreign

Burl Ives - Love lifted me

I was sinking deep in sin, far from the peaceful shore.
Very deeply stained within, sinking to rise no more;
But

Burl Ives - Lily of the Valley

I am forever searching high and low
But why does ev'ryone tell me no
Neptune of the seas an answer for me please

Burl Ives - Are ye able ? (said the Master)

Are ye able, said the Master,
To be crucified with Me?
Yea, the sturdy dreamers answered,
To the death

Burl Ives - Walzing Matilda

Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong
Under the shade of a coolibak tree.
And he sang as he watched and waited till