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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 - 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 - Little Mohee

As I was a-walkin' upon a fine day
I got awful lonesome as the day passed away
I sat down a-musing, alone on the grass
When

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 - 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 - Nell Flaherty's Drake

Oh my name it is Nell and the truth for to tell
I come from Cootehill which I'll never deny
I had a fine drake

Burl Ives - Big Rock Candy Mountain

1. On a summer day
In the month of May
A burly bum came hiking
Down a shady lane
Through the sugar cane
He was

Burl Ives - The crawdad Song

You'll get a line an' I'll get a pole, now, honey
You'll get a line an' I'll get a pole, babe
You'll get a line an'

Burl Ives - The Little Green Valley

see a candlelight down in the little green valley
Where Morning Glory vines are twining 'round my door
Oh, how I

Burl Ives - Will the circle be unbroken ?

I was standing by my window
On a cold and cloudy day
When I saw that hearse come rolling
For to carry my

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 - 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 - Highland Laddie

Was you ever in Quebec?
Bonny laddie, Highland laddie,
Loading timber on the deck,
My bonny Highland laddie.

High-ho,

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 - 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 Old Rugged Cross

On a hill far away, stood an old rugged Cross
The emblem of suff'ring and shame
And I love that old Cross where

Burl Ives - I Left My Gal In The Mountains

I left my gal in the mountains left her standing in the rain
Went down to the railroad caught myself

Burl Ives - Haven of Rest

My soul in sad exile was out on life's sea,
So burdened with sin and distressed,
Till I heard a sweet voice, saying,
"Make

Burl Ives - Throw out the lifeline

Chorus
Throw out the life line
Throw out the life line
Someone is drifting away
Throw out the life line
Throw out

Burl Ives - Since Jesus Came into my heart

What a wonderful change in my life has been wrought
Since Jesus came into my heart;
I have light in my

Burl Ives - Juanita

Well I'm finally gettin' used to the water the way the tarantulas bite
Those Federales didn't believe I only came here to watch

what a give away.  Did you here that, did you here
that, eh?  That's what I'm on about -- did you see him repressing
me, you saw it didn't you?
Scene 4

With thoughts of Christmas and Burl Ives and no wonder

The rain has passed over, the sky is clear with wind and I'm a pearl diver
Tell the cops I was

to Burl Ives
We'll cuddle up close
As we share our lives

There's a blizzard out there
I must declare
Its a snow day
Flakes on the ground 
It's a snow day