Song Category: Old-time

Standing on the sidetrack at the south end of town on a hot dry dusty august day the steam pipe pouring down the fireman with his long oil can oiling the old va...

Well I wish was in London Or some other seaport town Step my foot in a steamboat And sail the ocean round    Sailing round the ocean    Sailing round the sea   ...

On the Tom Big Bee River so bright I was born In a hut made of husks of the tall yellow corn It was there that I first met my Julah so true And I rowed her arou...

Oh darling I can’t stay here Oh darling I can’t stay here For there’s nothing here but a hard rocking chair Oh darling I can’t stay here...

   Well I ain’t got no honey baby now    I guess she didn’t love me anyhow    Well it’s oh me and oh my    Ain’t got no honey baby now W...

Where did you get them high top shoes And the dress that you wear so fine Got my shoes from a railroad man And the dress is from a driver in the mine     Oh hop...

While walking one day in the country I saw a gathering crowd And as my footsteps drew me closer I smelled the sweet fragrance of flowers It looking like a famil...

I saw a man at the close of day standing by a grocery door His eyes were sunken his lips were parched And I viewed him o’er and o’er His little son ...

I’m going across the sea stay forever more Left my little darlin’ standing in the door Won’t you come and go come and go with me Fly to me my ...

Born in the mountains fifty years ago I’ve trod the hills and valleys through the rain and snow I’ve seen the lightning flashing I’ve heard th...