Song Category: Old-time

I’ve been workin’ out in the rain Tied to the dirty old ball and chain Oh dear mother I’ll come home some old day Some sweet day the’ll ...

Standing at the sidetrack at the south end of the town On a dry hot dusty August day the steam pipe blowing down The fireman with his long oil can oiling the ol...

There’s a dark and a troubled side of life There’s a bright and a sunny side, too Though we meet with the darkness and strife The sunny side we also...

We have been so close together Each a candle, each a flame All our dangers were outside us And we knew them all by name    See how the bramble and the rose     ...

   Oh the green rolling hills of West Virginia    Are the nearest thing to heaven that I know    Though the times are sad and drear and I cannot linger here    ...

In a dreary Yankee prison where a revel soldier lay. By his side there stood a preacher Ere his soul should pass away. And he faintly whispered: “Parson&#...

Trouble in mind I’m blue But I won’t be blue always ‘Cause the sun’s gonna shine On my back door someday I’m gonna lay down my hea...

Where the wild wild flowers grow and winter waters flow There’s a place that I’ve always loved the best When at last I lay me down final peace and r...

Beyond the night dear as I lay sleeping I dreamed I held you in my arms But when I woke dear I was mistaken And I hung my head and I cried    You are my sunshin...

Lord lordy me, and it’s lord lordy my Oh honey you lead me to the wrong Some people born with silver and gold Others have husbands and wifes I never had a...