lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

MULE SKINNER BLUES (BLUE YODEL NO. 8)

(Jimmie Rodgers - George Vaughn) « © '31 Peer International, BMI »
Well good mornin' Captain
Good mornin' to you sir hey hey yeah
Do you need another mule skinner
Down on your new mud run hey hey yeah
[ yodel] Well I'm a lady mule skinner
From down old Tennessee way hey hey
And I can make any mule listen
Or I won't accept your pay hey hey
I won't take your pay
[ yodel] Well hey hey little water boy
Come boy bring your water round hey hey
If you don't like your job
Well you can throw your bucket down
Throw it down boy throw it down
[ yodel] Well I've been worked it down in Georgia
At the Greasy Spoon Cafe hey been workin' in Georgia
Just to let a no good man go and spend pay hey hey
I'm sick of this mule skinner
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2.

DOWN FROM DOVER

(Dolly Parton) « © '68 Velvet Apple Music, BMI »
I know this dress I'm wearing doesn't hide the secret I have tried concealing
When he left he promised me that he'd be back by the time it was revealing
The sun behind a cloud just casts the crawling shadow o'er the fields of clover
And time is running out for me I wish that he would hurry down from Dover

He's been gone so long when he left the snow was deep upon the ground
And I have seen a spring and summer pass and now the leaves are turning brown
And anytime a tiny face will show itself cause waiting's almost over
But I won't have a name to give it if he doesn't hurry down from Dover

My folks weren't understanding when they found out they sent me from the homeplace
My daddy said if folks found out he'd be ashamed to ever show his face
My mama said I was a fool and she did not believe it when I told her
That everything would be all right cause soon he would be coming down from Dover

I loved him more than anything and I could not refuse him when he needed me
He was the only one I'd loved and I just can't believe that he was using me
He couldn't leave me here like this I know it can't be so it can't be over
He wouldn't make me go through this so long oh he'll be coming down from Dover

My body aches the time is here it's lonely in this place where I'm lying
Our baby has been born but something's wrong it's much too still I hear no crying
I guess in some strange way she knew she'd never have a father's arms to hold her
And dying was her way of telling me he wasn't coming down from Dover
From Dover from Dover
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3.

MY BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAIN BOY

(Dolly Parton) « © '69 Velvet Apple Music, BMI »
From a shack by a mountain stream to a room in New Orleans
So far from my blue ridge mountain home
The men I meet ain't warm and friendly like the one in old Virginy
They ain't real like my blue ridge mountain boy
I was just a little past eighteen when I came to New Orleans
I've never been beyond my home state line
There was a boy who loved me dearly but I broke his heart severely
When I left my blue ridge mountain boy
Life wad dull in my hometown lights were out when the sun went down
And I thought the city life was more my style
But nights get lonely way from home and it's easy to go wrong
The men ain't kind like my blue ridge mountain boy
[ steel ] New Orleans held things in store things I've never bargained for
Every night a different man knocks on my door
But late at night when all is still I can hear a whippoorwill
As I cry for my blue ridge mountain boy
But I can't ever go back home since the boy I loved is gone
He grew tired of waiting for me to return
They say he'd married last October but I never will get over
Oh the sweet love of my blue ridge mountain boy blue ridge mountain boy
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4.

IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS (WHEN TIMES WERE BAD)

(Dolly Parton) « © '68 Velvet Apple Music, BMI »
We'd get up before sunup to get the work done up
We'd work in the fields till the sun had gone down
We've stood and we've cried as we've helplessly watched
A hailstorm a beatin' our crops to the ground
We've gone to bed hungry many nights in the past
In the good old days when times were bad

No ammount of money could buy from me the mem'ries that I have of them
No ammount of money could pay me to go back and live through it again
[ guitar ] I've seen daddy's hands break open and bleed
And I've seen him work till he's stiff as a board
And I've seen mama lay and suffer in sickness
In need of a doctor we couldn't afford
Anything at all was more than we had
In the good old days when times were bad

We've got up before and found ice on the floor
Where the wind would blew snow through the cracks in the wall
And I couldn't enjoy then havin' a boyfriend
I had nothing decent to wear at all
So I longed for a love that I never had
In the good old days when times were bad

No ammount of money...
In the good old days when times were bad
In the good old days when times were bad
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5.

GYPSY JOE AND ME

(Dolly Parton) « © '69 Velvet Apple Music, BMI »
We might have slept in a may-use yard or camped by the river banks
We fed ourselves from the fruit of the land and quenched our thirst with rain
We never did allow no roots to grow beneath our feet
Life just had no pattern for Gypsy Joe and me

All we had was each other and the rags upon our back
The closest thing to a home we knew was some abandoned shack
But we had all we wanted and the rest we didn't need
Life was free and simple for Gypsy Joe and me

Now Gypsy was my little dog I found by the road in a ditch
And so I named him Gypsy cause that name just seemed to fit
Oh and Joe he was my man the flower of my soul
Though he never said he loved me I just always seemed to know

While standing by the highway a thumbing for a ride
The speeding wheels of a passing car took Gypsy's life
I lost him where I found him and his loss was misery
Now there's no more Gypsy there's just Joe and me

Well the winter came and the snow did fall and the night was cold and still
And the rags we wore were not enough and Joe he caught the chill
And he told me how he loved me and in my arms he went to sleep
Now there's no more Gypsy no more Joe there's just me

While standing here on the edge of this bridge looking down I see
The face of Joe and Gypsy looking up at me
And somewhere in the distance I can hear them calling me
Tonight we'll be together again Gypsy Joe and me
Yeah tonight we'll be together again Gypsy Joe and me
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6.

IN THE GHETTO

(Mac Davis) « © '68 Cherry River Music, BMI / Chrysalis Songs, BMI / ATV Songs, BMI »
As the snow flies
On a cold and gray Chicago morn a poor little baby child is born
In Ghetto and his mama cries
Cause there's one thing that she don't need
It's another little hungry mouth to feed in the Ghetto
People don't you understand the child needs a helping hand
He'll grow to be an angry young man someday
Take a look at you and me are we too blind to see
Do we simply turn our heads and look the other way while the world turns

A hungry little boy with a running nose
Plays in the streets as the cold wind blows
In Ghetto and his hunger burns
So he starts to roam the streets at night
And he learns how to steal and he learns how to fight in Ghetto
Then one night in desperation the young man breaks away
And he buys him a gun and he steals a car and he tries to run
But don't get far and his mama cries

As a crowd gathers round and the angry young man
Paces down the street with a gun in his hand
In Ghetto and the young man dies
On a cold and gray Chicago morn another little baby child is born
In Ghetto and his mama cries
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7.

JUST BECAUSE I'M A WOMAN

(Dolly Parton) « © '67 Velvet Apple Music, BMI »
I can see you're disappointed by the way you look at me
And I'm sorry that I'm not the woman you thought I'd be
Yes I've made my mistakes but listen and understand
My mistakes are no worse than yours just because I'm a woman

So when you look at me don't feel sorry for yourself
Just think of all the shame you might have brought somebody else
Just let me tell you this then we'll both know where we stand
My mistakes are no worse than yours just because I'm a woman

Now a man will take a good girl and he'll ruin her reputation
But when he wants to marry well that's a different situation
He'll just walk off and leave her to do the best she can
While he looks for an angel to wear his wedding band

Now I know that I'm no angel if that's what you thought you'd found
I was just a victim of a man that let me down
Yes I've made my mistakes but listen and understand
My mistakes are no worse than yours just because I'm a woman
No my mistakes are no worse than yours just because I'm a woman
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8.

DADDY COME AND GET ME

(Dolly Parton - Dorothy Jo Hope) « © '68 Velvet Apple Music, BMI »
In this mental institution looking out through these iron bars
How could he put me in here how could he go that far
Yes I need help but not this kind he didn't love me from the start
But it's not my mind that's broken it's my heart

Oh daddy come and get me and take me home with you
I'm depending on you daddy there's nothing I can do
And you said that I could come to you if I ever was in need
But daddy I can't come to you you'll have to come to me

When he said he loved another I was crazy with jealousy
That's cause I was crazy over him and I couldn't stand to set him free
And I couldn't stand to lose him and I cried and cried for days
And he said that I was crazy he just put me in here to get me out of his way
Daddy come and get me

Oh daddy come and get me...
Oh daddy come and get me
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9.

HOW GREAT THOU ART

(Stuart K. Hine) « © '53 Manna Music, ASCAP »
Oh Lord my God when I in awesome wonder
Consider all the worlds Thy hands have made
Now I see the stars I hear the rolling thunder
Thy art throughout the universe displayed

Then sings my soul my Saviour God to Thee
How great Thou art oh how great Thou art
Then sings my soul my Saviour God to Thee
How great Thou art how great Thou art

When Christ shall come with shouts of acclamation
To take me home what joy shall fill my heart
Then I shall kneel in humble adoration
And then proclaim my God how great Thou art

Then sings my soul my Saviour God to Thee...
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10.

JUST THE WAY I AM

(Dolly Parton) « © '68 Velvet Apple Music, BMI »
If you hear me crying in the night
Pretend that you don't hear me it's all right
Don't ask me why I'm crying please don't make a sound
I don't know why it's just the way I am

If you think I act a little strange
And you don't understand when I do things
Like running through the fields while the rain is pouring down
I don't know why it's just the way I am

Even though you may not understand me
I hope that you'll accept me like I am
For there are many sides of me my mind and spirit must be free
I might smile while other folks would frown
I don't know why it's just the way I am

I might go out chasing butterflies
And if I fail to catch 'em I might fly
If you want me you might find me in the meadow walking round
I don't know why it's just the way I am

I might be home and busy cleaning house
And in the middle of my work I might go out
And go play game to children at the playground
It makes me happy that's just the way I am

Even though you may not understand me
I hope that you'll accept me like I am
For there's a childish side in me my mind and spirit must be free
I might smile when you think I should frown
I don't know why it's just the way I am
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