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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 - 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
and ninetieth lay.

Now we are bound into Tonbas, that blasted whaling port,
And if you run away, my boys, you surely will get caught.

Now we are bound into
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 - 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
was two score,
My love was not a spinster,
She'd been married twice before;
And they could not say it was her wealth
That stole my heart away.
For she
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 - 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 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 - 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 - 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 - I've got no use for women

I have got no use for the women, a true one may never be found.
They'll stick by a man for his money and when
before
It made his heart leap when he heard the loud roar
The lookout he cried that a whale he had spied
Begod, says poor Pat, I'll be ate by and by

Now
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 - 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 - How Great Thou Art

O Lord my God, When I in awesome wonder,
Consider all the worlds Thy Hands have made;
I see the stars, I hear
Burl Ives - Come back Paddy Reilly

The Garden of Eden has vanished they say
But I know the lie of it still
Just turn to the left at the bridge
Burl Ives - Will there be any stars ?

I am thinking today of that beautiful land
I shall reach when the sun goeth down
When through wonderful grace
#2:  It could be carried by an African swallow!
GUARD #1:  Oh, yeah, an African swallow maybe, but not a European
swallow, that's my point.
GUARD #2:
love diamonds and pearls
I wish she was my girl
But she is nuts like squirrel
Growin' crazy like a burl
This girl gon' make me twirl
Aye cut the music
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 - 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 - 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 - I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes

'Twould been better for us both had we never
In this wide and wicked world had never met,
But

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