One morning, sometime around the end of 1929 John Hurt found an envelope containing 22 song lyrics in his letterbox. They were sent by their author, W.E. Myer, who was the owner of a small record company called The Lonesome Ace. Myer suggested that John put the lyrics to tunes: they were planning to release the songs under The Lonesome Ace label. A special request of Myers was that John made use of a Jimmy Rodgers song, Waiting For A train. John did so, and although due to Myer’s illness ...
where i live the streets are paved with tar
and i’m just sitting, banging my guitar
double double toil and trouble boy the streets are paved with tar
and i’m just sitting banging banging on my old guitar
where i live we all drink turpentine
and when they ask about it we say it’s mighty fine
double double toil and trouble boy we all drink turpentine
when people ask about it we just say it’s mighty fine
pass me that bottle of turpentine boy
we build our houses out of straw ...
Submission Sam
submission Sam come a-
limping along with a
smile and a whimper a-
shambling along
what on earth do you want me to do
if my shame was a shiver in an old man
it would shake the poor thing all the doggone time
o lord have mercy on my wicked soul
i’ve been trampled on since i was born
submission sam come bull-
dozing along with a
grin and a dog whip a-
trampling along.
what on earth do i want you to do
if my shame was a ring in a bull’s nose
it would tear the poor ...
the queen of spades ain't made of money at all she knows
she ain't worth her weight in golg so she
cracks a smile turns her head
heaves a sigh takes what she can get
jack o' diamonds made me cry we all
going to gamble till the day we die with
loaded guns loaded dices
ideologies and discount prices
the king of hearts slams all the doors
locks 'em tight he can take no more
sees the speck not the beam
beats the jack beats the queen
(words, ...
got up this morning bought the papers and i read the news
so much trouble everywhere i got them mean bubonic blues
read the papers and i got the blues
number on the paper paper in the file
you know 'bout that they got your number ain't no use to hide
number on the paper in the file
two and two is four
four and two is six
if you want some law and order we know
where to get your kicks
paper on the ocean paper on the sea
these charts and ...
Waiting On Me
waking walking sleeping’s all we ever seem to do now
some day when i get lucky and take off my walking shoes and get off the treadmill
will you be there waiting on me
the lord is on my shoulder the devil’s on my back
i guess i’m overloaded but there’s no turning back now so i’m only asking
will you be there waiting on me
monday hides his head in the chimney pot tuesday’s weeping wednesday cries how long
my heart’s a ...
