I ride an old Paint, I'm leadin' old Dan I'm goin' to Montana just to throw the houlihan They feed in the coulees, they water in the draw Their tails
While we are on the subject of hard work I just wanted to tell you that, "I am a man who likes hard work" I was born working and I worked my way up by
Have you heard of a ship called the good Reuben James Manned by hard fighting men both of honor and fame? She flew the Stars and Stripes of the land of
My mother called me to her bedside These words she said to me If you don't quit your rambling ways They're gonna get you in the penitentiary Gonna get
Gonna tell you the story About old Lost John Lost John was a boy that got loose From a chain gang down in Louisiana About sixteen bloodhound, took in
It was early spring time that the strike was on They moved us miners out of doors Out from the houses that the company owned We moved into tents at old
I see they're lowering a right new coffin I see they're letting down a right new coffin Way over in that union burying ground And the new dirt's falling
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song It takes a worried man to sing a worried song It takes a worried man to sing a worried song I'm worried
John Henry, when he was a baby Settin' on his mammy's knee Picked up an hammer in his little right hand Said, "Hammer be the death of me, me, me Hammer
I'm standin' on the rock, Vanzetti Standin' on the rock, Vanzetti Standin' on the rock, Vanzetti Where men like you have stood I see the tourists, Vanzetti
I went down to the railroad yard, watch that train come by, Knew the train would roll that day, but I did not know what time. I did not know what time
Come all you old time cowboys And listen to my song Please do not grow weary I'll not detain you long Concerning some wild cowboys Who did agree to go
I'll sing you a true song of Billy the Kid I'll sing of the desperate deeds that he did Way out in New Mexico, long long ago When a man's only chance
Ten hundred books Could I write you about her? 'Cause I felt if I could know her I would know all women And they've not been any too well known For brains
Did you ever see a hangman tie a hangknot? Did you ever see a hangman tie a hangknot? I've seen it many a time and he winds, he winds, After thirteen
On Springfield Mountain there did dwell A lovely youth I knowed him well Too roo de nay, too roo de noo This lovely youth one day did go Down to the
I just got my army call And I run down to the army hall. Sally come a-runnin' like a cannonball And I told her not to grieve after me. It's-a when I'
(My Daddy) Well, a curly-headed girl with a bright shining smile Heard the roar of a plane as it sailed through the sky To her playmates she said, with