Swanee River Rock


by Unknown

'way down upon the Swanee River
Far, far away
There's where my heart is turning ever
There's where the old folks stay

All the world is sad and dreary everywhere I roam
Oh, *darling*, how my heart grows weary

Rainy Night in Georgia


by Unknown

Hoverin' by my suitcase, tryin' to find a warm place to spend the night
Heavy rain fallin', seems I hear your voice callin' "It's
all right."
A rainy night in Georgia, a rainy night in Georgia
It seems like it's rainin' all over the world
I feel like it's rainin' all over the world

Neon signs a-flashin', taxi cabs and buses passin' through the night
A distant moanin' of a train seems to play a sad refrain to the night
A rainy night in Georgia, such a rainy night in Georgia
Lord, I believe it's rainin' all over the world
I feel like it's rainin' all over the world

How many times I wondered
It still comes out the same
No matter how you look at it or think of it
It's life and you just got to play the game

I find me a place in a box car, so I take my guitar to pass some time
Late at night when it's hard to rest I hold your picture to my chest and I feel fine
But it's a rainy night in Georgia, baby, it's a
rainy night in Georgia I
feel it's rainin' all over the world, kinda lonely now And it's rainin' all over the world

Oh, have you ever been lonely, people?
And you feel that it was rainin' all over this man's world
You're talking 'bout rainin', rainin', rainin', rainin',
rainin', rainin', rainin',
rainin', rainin' rainin', rainin', rainin'

A Sentimental Blues


by Unknown

A sentimental blues
Will worry you
And make you do
Things that you
Wouldn't do
Only when you
Hear these blues

A sentimental blues
Will wet your eye
You wonder why
You heave a sigh
You start to cry
Each time that you
Hear these blues

Sigh, sigh, sigh
And drool
Cry, cry, cry
You fool
Yes, I know that it's cool

A sentimental blues
Deep down inside
Will make you hide
Your foolish pride
A sentimental blues
Will make you lose
Your mind

{solos}

Sigh, sigh, sigh
And drool
Cry, cry, cry
You fool
Yes, I know that it's cool

A sentimental blues
Deep down inside
Will make you hide
Your foolish pride
A sentimental blues
Will make you lose

Sinner's Prayer


by Unknown

Lord have mercy, lord have mercy on me.
Lord have mercy, lord have mercy on me.
Well if i've done somebody wrong, lord, have mercy if you
Please.

I used to have plenty of money, the finest clothes in town,
But bad luck and trouble overtaken me, bound to get me down.
Please have mercy, lord have mercy on me.
Well if i've done somebody wrong, lord, have mercy if you
Please.

Keep on working now, child.
Lord every morning.

Well if i've been a bad boy, baby, i declare i'll change my
Ways.
I don't want bad luck and trouble to follow me all my days.
Please have mercy, lord have mercy on me.
Well if i've done somebody wrong, lord, have mercy if you
Please.

She's On The Ball


by Unknown

If you beg a date
She says, "You're too late"
Then later, she gives you a call
Don't hesitate, you're in for a break
'Cause Jack, she's on the ball

If she winks at you
Don't you miss that cue
For this is no time for a stall
Man, call a hack, and get to your shack
'Cause Jack, she's on the ball

No use in her denying
You don't have to do much trying
Just remember this, when she gives you her kiss
Her heart, and soul, are pining

So remember Gates
It's never too late
If ever she starts 'n to stall
Just bait your trap, she'll fall just like that
'Cause Jack, she's on the ball



(solos)

No use in her denying
You don't have to do much trying
'Cause remember this, if she gives you her kiss
Her heart, and soul, are pining

So remember-gate
It's never too late
Whenever she starts 'n to stall
Just bait your trap, she'll fall just like that
'Cause Jack, she's on the ball
Mm, Jack, she's on the ball
(I'm tellin' you buddy)
Jack, she's on the ball
(Of course, if she's fine it's understood that)

Look What They´ve Done To My Song, Ma


by Unknown

Hello mama, hello mama it's me
How you feeling mama?
Hm-hmm, that's alright
I've got something i want to talk to you about
If you don't mind
And i ain't mad, mama, no, no no no
Wait a minute, listen mama

Look what they done to my song, ma
Look what they done to my song, ma
The only thing i could do half right and now it's turning out
All wrong, mama
Look what they done to my song
Now listen if you please

Wish i could find a good book, i'd like to live in the thing
Now
Wish i could find a good book, now, hey hey hey
If i could find a real good book, you know i,
I'd never have to come out and look
At what they done to my song

Look what they done to my brain, ma
Look what they done to my brain
Oh mama, it's a shame, you won't believe this, but it's true
They picked it like a chicken bone and i'm-ah, just about to go
Insane mama
Look what they done to my brain

Now girls, if you don't mind, i'd like to hear that some french

Ils ont change ma chanson, ma
(ooh, not bad)
Ils ont change ma chanson
(uh-huh. let me see here {franglish gibberish})
Ils ont change ma chanson
(my french must be pretty bad, i better do this in english)

Look what they done to my song, ma
Look what they done to my song ma
Put it in a plastic bag and they turned the bag upside down ma
Look what they done to my song

(scat)
Maybe it's alright
Maybe it's ok, i don't know
But i tell ya
If my tears were money, i'd be a millionaire today
You know, the only thing i get to have right, now it's turning
Out all wrong, mama
You can't believe what they've done to my song ma, that i wrote
Myself
They put it in a plastic bag and they turned the bag upside
Down, mama

Lord, if i could find a good book,
I'd never have to come out and look at, uh
What they trying to do to my brain
It's a shame mama, you see they
They done pick it like a chicken bone
And i'm-ah just about to go insane
I'm insane, insane, mama
I'm going crazy, mama, that's what it is

Lord knows i don't care what they done to my song
No, i don't care about that, but see
The main thing, mama
What they trying to do to me

You see, well they stole everything i had, mama
And they made a million with it, and you know that hurts
But oh, i'm gonna keep on working on the building,
Just like you taught me, mama
Whoah, yes i will, yes i will, yeah

Mississippi Mud


by Unknown

When the sun goes down, the tide goes out, the people gather
Round and they all
Begin to shout.

Hey, hey uncle dud

It's a treat to beat your feet on the mississippi mud.
It's a treat to beat your feet on the mississippi mud.

What a dance do they do.
Lordy how i'm tellin' you.
They don't need no band.
They keep time by clapping their hands.
Just as happy as a cow chewin' on a cud.

It's a treat to beat your feet on the mississippi mud.

Lordy how they play it.
Goodness how they sway it.

Uncle joe, uncle jim!
How they pound that mire with vigor and vim.

Joy it nearly kill me.
Boy that music trills me.

What a show when they go.

Moonlight In Vermont


by Unknown

Pennies in a stream
Falling leaves, a sycamore
Moonlight in vermont

Icy finger-waves
Ski trails on a mountainside
Snowlight in vermont

Telegraph cables, they sing down the highway
And travel each bend in the road
People who meet in this romantic setting
Are so hypnotized by the lovely...

Ev'ning summer breeze
Warbling of a meadowlark
Moonlight in vermont



Telegraph cables, how they sing down the highway
And they travel each bend in the road
People who meet in this romantic setting
Are so hypnotized by the lovely...

Ev'ning summer breeze
The warbling of a meadowlark
Moonlight in vermont

Alexander's Ragtime Band


by Unknown

Come on and hear come on and hear alexander's ragtime band,
Come on and hear come on and hear , it's the best band in the
Land!

They can play a bugle call like you never heard before, so
Natural that you
Want to go to war
That's just the bestest band what am, honey lamb!

Come on along, come on along, let me take you by the hand up to
The man, up to the man who's the leader of the band, and if you
Want to hear the swanee river
Played in ragtime come on and hear, come on and hear,
Alexander's ragtime

But On The Other Hand Bady


by Unknown

You know I'm hooked for you, mama
That's why you sling your weight around
You know I'm hooked for you, mama
That's why you sling your weight around

Aw, but as long as your
Loving beats your arguing
Little girl, I'll never put you down

You argue when I leave for work
You argue when I get home
Everything I try to do for you
You always say that I'm wrong

I bring you home all my money
Except for the little I keep for expense
And when I get to home to you, mama
You always tell me, Ray
You ain't go no sense

But on the other hand, baby
You, I can't understand
Aw, but when you put your
Loving arms around me, honey
You make me forget about everything

I think about the
Lousy way you treat me
You're always raising sin