Booster Sheet Songs
The follow are the ‘first words’ and other basic information for all the songs in the book.

Notice the numbers to the right of the song title. Take, for example the first song below: -1,5,4~5 6 5!.   The first set of numbers, 1,5,4, are the chords of the song. These are separated by a ~ from the beginning tone and the tone range of the song. In this example, 5 6 5! , 5 is the tone on the first down beat tone of the song. When learning to play by ear, it helps to know which tone to begin picking first. 

Next comes 6 (superscript), the highest tone in the song, followed by 5, the lowest tone in the song. Knowing these two helps you figure out the best key to sing the song for your particular vocal range, and also helps you figure out the best key to play a song to fit other peoples ranges who are going to sing harmony.  The last symbol, the !, indicates that this song range is more than an octave. 

Cut and paste songs from this list into your word processor. If you format in 2 to 4 columns you can get plenty of  songs on one page, and after folding it accordion style, it will clip neatly in the holder.

Adieu to Cold   -1,5,4~5 6 5!
My love is on the ocean, I
Now in the quiet afternoon
The last time I saw him was
	
Ain't Gonna Work  -1,4,5~1 5 1
I’ve been all around this
I love my mama and papa
I'm leaving you this lone-

Alabama Bound  -1,4,5~1 5 5
Well the preacher got drunk
Well I've been in New York 
I jumped in the river,

All the Good Times  -1,4,5~3 3 5
I wish to the Lord I'd never 
Oh don't –  passenger train
Oh don't – lonesome dove, 
Come back, come back my

Amazing Grace   -1,4,5~5 5 5
Amazing grace, how sweet 
'Twas grace that taught my
Through many dangers, toils
How sweet the name of
When we've been here ten 

Angel Band  -1,4,5~5 3 5
My latest sun is sinking fast
Oh, bear my longing heart to
I know I'm joining holy ranks
I've almost reached my 

Are You Tired   1,4,5~1 2 3
Are you tired of me my dar -
Do you ever rue the spring -  

Are You Washed  -1,4,5~1 3 3
Have you been to Jesus for
Are you walking daily by
Lay aside these garments

Banks of Ohio   -1,5,4~3 5 1
I asked my love to take a
I asked your mother, for you
I drew my knife across her
I took her by her lily white
Returning home 'tween
The very next mornin' about

Barb'ry Ellen   -1,5~1 6 5!
In Scarlet town, where I was
‘Twas in the merry month of
When he was dead and in
She on her deathbed as she
They buried her in the old
They grew to the top of the

Beautiful Eyes  -1,4,5~3 4 1
Willie, oh Willie, I love you
Seven long years I've been
Down to the barroom he 

Big Ball in Boston  -1,4,5~1 6 1
Big ball in Boston, big ball
Little glass of sherry, little
My love's in jail boys, my
Work on the railroad, sleep 
Look at all the pretty girls
I'll stay in Asheville, I'll stick
Get on your big shoes, get
Get drunk in Asheville,
You shake it here, babe,

Beautiful Life  -1,4,5~1 3 1!
Each day I'll do a golden 
While going down life's 
I'll help some one in time of
To be a child of God each
The only life that will endure

Bile Cabbage   -1,4,5~3 5 1
Took my gal to the blacks-
Once I had an old grey mule
How that mule would kick!

Black Eyed Susie  -1,4,5~5 5 5!
All I want in this creation
All I need to make me happy
One named Paul, the other
Up red oak and down salt
Black eyed Susie went huck-
Love my wife, love my baby,
Goin' back home with a

Blue & Lonesome  -1,4,5~3 5 3!
The lonesome sound of a
In the still of the night, in the

Boll WeeviL   -1,5~1 1 1
Boll - “You’d better treat me
Boll - “You’ll need no Ford
I don’t see no water, But I’m
I seen a spider, runnin’ up

Bound to Ride  -4,1,5~4 5 5
Coming down from Tennes
Going to Atlanta, just to look
Riding on a streetcar, look-
Working on a railroad, sav-
Standing on a corner, 10,000
Now if I die a railroad man
See that train a coming,
	
Bravest Cowboy  -1,4,5~1 3 1!
I am the bravest cowboy, 
In eighteen hundred and 
I went out on the prairie, 
I wore a wide brim high hat,
I courted her for beauty, For 

Bring Wandering Boy  -1,4,5~3 5 5
Out in the cold world and 
Out in the hallway, there
Well I remember those part

Brown's Ferry Blues  -1,4,5~5 7 5!
Hard luck pappa counting
Two old maids a-sitting in 
Early to bed and early to 
Hard luck pappa standin' in

Buffalo Gals   -1,5~1 6 7
Buffalo gals, won't you
I danced with a gal with a
As I was walking, down the
I asked her if she'd, stop
I asked her if she'd stop and 

Bury Me Willow   -1,4,5~5 5 5
My heart is sad and I am
Tomorrow was our wedding
She told me that she dearly
Place on my grave a snow-

Cabin Mountain  -1,4,2,5~5 6 5!
There's a cabin on a moun-
Now my ramblin' days are

Can the Circle   -1,4,5~1 5 5
I was standing by the 
Lord, I told the undertaker,
Yes I followed close behind 
Went back home, Lord, cold

Careless Love  -1,5,4~3 6 5!
I'm lonely, lonely, oh to 
Sometimes I think that I will 
Go hand me down my old 
Goodbye, goodbye, now we

Charles Guiteau   -1,5~1 6 5
Come all you Christian 
I tried to play off insane, but
And now I'm at the scaffold

Cluck Old Hen  -1,7,4,5~5 1 7!
My old hen's a good old hen, 
My old hen, she won't do,
The old hen she's raised on
Had a little hen, she had a

Come Back Dream  -1,4,5~5 6 5!
Oh I'm sending a prayer up 
When the bright moon 
It seems I'll never more see

Cindy   -1,5,4~5 6 5
You ought to see my Cindy,
I wish I was an Apple, A hang
I wish I was a needle, As fine
Cindy got religion, She had
The first time I saw Cindy,
She took me to the parlor,
She hugged me and she kiss

Columbus Stockade  -1,5,4~1 6 1
Way down in Columbus, 
Last night as I lay sleeping,
Many hours with you I've

Corina  -1,4,5~1 3 5
CC, where'd you stay last 
CC, where you been so long,
CC, what's the matter now,
I got a bird to whistle, got a
CC, far across the sea,.
I love Corina, God knows I 
If you don't love me, why 
I love Corina, tell the world I
Goodbye Corina, it's fare you

Cowboy Jack  -1,4,5~3 1 2
Jack he was a cowboy, with
They learned to love each
Your sweetheart waits for
He joined a band of cowboys
Jack dreamed of a fair 
But when he reached that
She said as she was dying

Come Home  -1,4,5~3 4 5!
Papa, Oh papa come home
Oh Benny is sick and now
The fire is all out and the
Now we are alone and poor

Coo Coo Bird  -1m,7~3 5 5
Gonna build me, Log cabin
Jack of Diamonds, Jack of
Oh, – Don't I wish she, Was
I've played cards, In England 
Oh,– She wobbles, As she

Cotton Eyed Joe  -1,4~5 6 5
Way down yonder a long 
Made him a fiddle and made
Corn stalk fiddle and shoe
I fell down and stubbed my
Would have been married

Cripple Creek  -1,4,5~1 1 5!
I got a gal at the head of 
Girls on the CC 'bout half 
CC's wide and CC's deep, I'll
I got a gal, An' she loves me
Drive in a buggy, That's for
I went down, To CC, To see

Crawdad Song  -1,5,4~1 6 5!
You get a line and I'll get a
Get up old man you slept 
Get up old woman you slept
Along come a man with a
A-sitting on the bank till my
CCcrawdad, you better dig
A sittin' on the ice till my
What you–  lake goes dry,
What you –  crawdads die,
I heard the duck say to the

Cumberland Gap  -1,6m,4~3 6 5!
Lay down, boys, and take a
Cumberland Gap's a devil of
Pretty little girl if you don't
If it ain't here when I get 
Me an' my wife an' my wife's
Lay down, boys, and take a
CGap ain't my home, I'm

Dark Hollow  -1,5,4~5 3 1!
I'd rather be in some dark
So blow your whistle, freight
I'd rather be in some dark
It's so lonesome in this big

Darling Cory  -1,5~1 3 1!
Wake up, wake up, Darling
Dig a hole, Dig a hole in the
The first – lookin' out on the
The next – had a wine glass
Go 'way, go 'way, Darling 
The last time I seen Darling
Don't you hear them blue

Darling  Joe   -1,4,5~3 4 5
What will the birds do,
What will old Thomas the
I saw the tears come in his 
Mother, dear mother, you

Darling Nelly   -1,4,5~5 1 7!
There's a low green valley by
One night I went to see her 
My canoe is underwater and
My eyes are getting blinded

Diamond Joe  -1,4,5~5 6 5!
Diamond Joe come and get
sack of flour, Cook hoecake
piece of meat, Cook me a
sack of meal, Take a hoe
jug of whiskey, Gonna make
jug of rum, Gonna give my 

Do You Call Religion  -1,5~3 6 1
Well the preacher in his
Well, you claim that you've
Well, last Sunday when the

Don't Go out  -1,5~3 5 5
Now, don't go out tonight 
I hear a knockin' at my door
Now he's dying, yes he's 

Don't Let Deal  -6(mj),2,5,1~6 6 6
Well, I've been all around 
Where did you get that 
I left my little girl crying',

Don't this Road   -1,4,5~1 5 1 
Darling, I have come to tell
Don't you hear the night bird
One more kiss before I leave

Down among Roses  -1,5,4~1 6 5!
Little sweetheart we have  
Now this parting gives me
Darling, meet me up in 

Down Willow  -1,6m,5,4~1 6 5!
Down in the willow garden,
I drew my saber through her
He's sitting now at his own

Down in Valley  -1,5~3 5 5
Down in the valley, valley so
If you don't love me, love 
Write me a letter, send it
Build me a castle, forty
Roses love sunshine, violets
Bird in a cage love, bird in

Down the Road  -1,6m,5~1 3 5
Down the road about a mile
Now anytime you want to
Now every day and Sunday
Now every time I get the
Now her old man he owns
It may rain, it may snow,

Dream of a Miner  -1,4,5~1 5 5
A miner was leavin' his 
I dreamed that the mines
Go down to the village and

Drifting Too Far  -1,5,4~3 6 1
Out on the perilous deep,
Today the tempest rolls high
Why meet a terrible fate,

Drunkard's Hell   -1,5~3 1 1
It was a dark and starless
I started home to change my
I told her not to cry - weep
I took her by her trembling
The preacher Paul who once

Duncan and Brady  -1,5~3 5 1!
Well it's twinkle, twinkle,
Well, Duncan, Duncan was
Brady, Brady, Brady, well
Well, ol' King Brady was a
High tail carriages just a
When the women all heard

East Virginia   -1,4,5~3 6 1
I was born in East Virginia,
Oh, well her hair, was dark
Oh, in my heart, you are my
I'd rather be in some dark
I'll go back to East Virginia
Well in the night I'm dream
Well when I'm dead and in

Faded Coat   -1,4,2,5~5 1 1
My brave boy sleeps in his 
He cried give me water and
No dear one was near him

Fair Tender Ladies  -1,5,2m~5 5 1
Come all ye fair and tender
They'll tell to you some lovin'
If I had known before I court
I wish I was a little sparrow,
But I am not a little sparrow

Footprints Snow   -1,4,5~1 3 1!
Now some folks like the sum
I went out to see her, There
Now she's up in heaven,

Forty Years Ago   -1,4,5~5 5 5
I wandered to the village,
The spring still bubbles be-
My heart was very sad, dear
Some now are in the church

Foggy Mountain Top  -1,4,5~5 5 5
Oh, if I'd only listened to 
Oh, she's caused me to 
Now if you see that girl of

Gathering Flower  -1,4,2,5~3 5 5
Death is an angel sent down
Loved ones are passing 
Let us be faithful till life's

Gentle Annie   -1,4,5~1 2 1!
Thou wilt come no more,
We have roamed and loved
Oh, the hours grow sad

Girl on Greenbriar  -1,4,5~5 1 1
'Twas in the year of '92, In
My mother dear, she came
But I was young and reck
Her hair was dark and curly
The years rolled on and the

Give Me the Roses  -1,5,4~3 4 5
Wonderful things of folks
Faults are forgiven when
Let us not wait till souls

Girl I Left Sun   -1,4,5,2~3 5 5
On one morning bright and
As the train drew up at last
Then I whispered mother,

Git Little Dogie   -1,4,5~3 1 1
As I was a walking one morn
Early in the springtime we'll
It's whooping and yelling 
Some boys goes up the trail
When night comes on and we
Your mother she was raised
Oh, you'll be soup for Uncle

Golden Vanity   -1,5~1 1 5!
Oh I had a little ship, And she
Oh we had not been out for
Well our little cabin boy, he
Oh he had a little tool, it 
Well the mate he picked 'em
Oh they wrapped him in his

Going to Georgia  -1,4,5~1 5 1
Had a dream the other night 
Beef when I'm hungry, whiskey
Going down to Georgia,
Going to Atlanta, just to look

Gospel Plow  -1,7~5 1 1
Well, I got my hands on the
Well, Matthew, Mark, Luke
I never been to heaven, but
Sister Mary was bound in

Green Pastures  -1,4,5~1 3 5
Trouble and trials often 
Those who have strayed
We will not heed the voice of

Greenback Dollar  -1,4,5~3 6 1
Papa says we can not marry
Once I had a blue eyed 
Oh when I'm dead and in my

Gold Watch & Chain  -1,4,5~1 3 5!
Darling, how can I stay here
Take back all the gifts you
Tell me why that you do not

Great Speckled   -1,4,5~5 5 5
All the other birds flocking
All the other churches are
Desiring to lower her stand-
She is spreading her wings
In the presence of all her
I am glad I have learned of
When He cometh descend-

Handsome Molly  -1,5,4~5 5 5
I wish I was in London or
Her hair was dark as raven
Do you remember Molly,
But now you've broken
I saw you in church last Sun
I'll go down to the river,

Hills of Roan County  -1,4,5~5 6 1
In the beautiful hills way back
I was thirty years old when I
For twenty-five years this
I was captured and tried in
When the train pulled out,
No matter what happens to
In the scorching hot sun of

Hard Time Come   -1,5,4~3 1 1
Let us pause life’s pleasure
While we seek mirth and
There's a pale drooping 
It's a sigh that is wafted

Hold to God's Hand  -1,5~1 5 5
Time is filled with swift 
Trust in Him who will not
Covet not this world's vain
When your journey is com-

Hot Corn,Cold Corn  -1,5~3 3 5
Hot corn, cold corn, bring
Well it's upstairs, down-
Well it's old Aunt Peggy 
Well, yonder come the 
All I want to keep me happy
Preachers in the pulpit

Hear Jerusalem Moan  -1,5,4~3 3 5
Well, the Methodist preacher
Well, the Baptist preacher you
Well, the Holy Roller preacher
Well, the Presbyterian

Honey in Rock  -1,5,6m~1 5 5
I've got a home in that rock
God gave Noah the rainbow
Oh, I'm climbing up the King

Hold Fast to Right  -1,4,5~3 6 1!
Kneel down by the side of
You will find in your satchel
You will leave here to seek
I gave you to God in your

I Am a Pilgrim   -1,5,4~2 5 5
I am a Pilgrim, and stranger
I got a mother, a sister and a
As I go down, to that river 

I Never Will Marry  -1,5,4~1 6 1
One morning I rambled, Down
Crying, “My lover's gone, He
“The shells in the ocean, Shall

I Wish I Was Mole  -1,5,4~5 3 1!
I wish I was a mole in the 
Oh, Kimpy wants a nine-
I been in the pen so long. 
I don't like them railroad
I wish I was a lizard in the

I Wonder Old Folk  -1,4,2,5~3 3 5
Well, I wonder how the old
Just a village and a home-
Well the years have passed

I'll Be All Smiles   -1,4,5~5 3 2!
I'll deck my brow with roses,
And when the room he enter
And when the dance was 

I'll Fly Away  -1,4,5~3 5 5
Some bright morning when
When the shadows of this
Just a few more weary days

I'll Be Rested  -1,4,6m,5~1 5 5
I'll be rested when the role
No more sorrow..shoutin'..
Meet my elders...mother ...

I’m Going West   -1,5,4~5 3 3
You say you will not go with
I'll leave you here in the 
In this land I'll stay no more,
Three years have passed

I'm Troubled  -1,4,5~5 6 1
A meeting is a pleasure, And
I'm going to Geogia, I'm go-
I'm sad and I'm lonely, My

In the Pines  -1,4,5~1 5 1
The longest train I ever saw,
Little girl, little girl, what
I wish to the Lord I'd never
The longest train I ever did
I asked my captain for the
Tell me where did you get
Black girl, black girl, tell me

It's Hard and   -1,4,5~3 6 1
There is a house in this old
The first time I seen my true
Don't go to drinkin' and to

In Heaven We'll  -1,4,5~1 5 5
In the Bible we read of the
Then we read of the earth's

Jacob's Vision  -1,5~1 5 5
Hallelujah to Jesus who died
As Jacob was travelin' was
This ladder was tall and yet

Jealous Lover   -1,5,4~1 5 1
Down in the Lone Green 
She died not broken-hearted
One night when the moon was
Come love, let's take a ram-
The way grows dark and
Retrace your steps, no never
Farewell, my loving parents

Jesse James   -1,4,5~3 4 5
Jesse James was a lad, he
Oh, Jesse was a man, and a
How the people held their
It was on a Saturday night,
It was Robert Ford that dirty
Now Jesse goes to rest with
This song it was made by

John Hardy   -4,1,5~4 7 5!
John Hardy was a desperate
John Hardy stood at the
John Hardy took that yellow
John Hardy drew a four card
John Hardy made for the 
I've been to the East and I've
They took him to scaffold

John Henry   -1,5~1 1 1
When J.H. was a little baby.
Well, the captain said to J.H.
J.H. said to his captain, “A
J.H. was driving on the
J.H. said to his shaker-sing?
J.H. said to his shaker-pray?
J.H., he drove fifteen feet,
They took J.H. to the grave

Jordan Am   -1,5,4~1 2 7!
If you want to do well, go
Daddy caught a turkey in 
David and Goliath had a

Johnson Boys  -1,5,4~3 5 5
J.B. were raised in the ash
J.B. they went a huntin',
J.B. they went a courtin',
J.B. they went to the city,
J.B.'ll never get married,
J.B. getting mighty sassy
J.B. play your fiddle, J.B.
J.B. mowin' in the meadow

Jordan  -1,5,2,4~1 5 5
Oh comin' as you tread life's
That awful day of judgement

Just Closer Walk   -1,4,5~5 3 3
Just a closer walk with Thee
Through the days of toil that
When my feeble life is o'er

Just over Glory   -1,4,5~1 3 5
I've a home prepared where
I am on my way -mansions
What a joyful thought that
With the blood washed throng

Katy Dear  -1,4,5~1 2 3
Oh Katy dear, go ask your
I cannot go and ask my
Oh Katie dear –  father,
Oh Willy dear, I can not ask
Then he pick’d up that silver
Then she pick’d up – bloody

Keep on Sunny Side  -1,4,5~1 5 5
There's a dark and a trouble
Oh, the storm and its fury
Let us greet with a song of
Knoxville Girl  -1,4,2,5~5 6 5!
I met a little girl in Knoxville
She fell down on her bended
I took her by her golden curl
I started back to Knoxville
I called for me a candle to
They carried me down to

Keep Your Lamp  -1,7,5~1 3 5
Troubles and trials almost
Heaven's journey going's on
Brother don't you worry,
Now, sinner don't, don't stop

Late Last Night  -4,1,5~4 5 5
It was late last night when
One old shirt is about all I've
Wish I was down in old Balt-
Wish I had a needle and a
Last time I seen my momma
If I'd a-listened what my

Leaning on   -1,4,5~3 3 5
What a fellowship, what a
What have I to dread, what
Oh how sweet to walk in the

Little Bessie   -1,5~1 5 1
Hug me closer, mother
Something hurts me here
All the day while you were
Just before the lamps were
Come up here, my little Bes-
In the solemn hour of mid-
Now up yonder at the portal

Life's Railway   -1,4,2,5~3 5 5
Life is like a mountain rail-
You will roll up grades of
You will often find obstruc-
As you roll across the trestle	

Little Birdie  -1,5~1 3 5
LB, LB, Won't you sing to me
LB, LB, What makes you
I'd rather drink muddy water
LB. LB, - makes head red?
LB. LB, - makes wings blue?
Rather be in some dark
LB, LB, Won't you sing to me

Little Orphan Girl  -1,5,4~5 3 1!
“No home, no home,” said 
Her clothes were thin and
As the little girl still tremb-
Then the rich man went to
The rich man slept on his
The hours rolled on through
When morning came the

Letter Edged   -1,4,5~3 1 1
I was standing by - window
He rang his bell so gently as
With trembling hands I took
“Those angry words I wish 

Little Glass of Wine  -1,4,5~5 6 1
Come little girl, let's go get
Oh Willie dear, let's both
He went to the ball where
He went to the bar and he
While they were at the bar
She laid her head over on
He laid his head over on
They fold their arms around

Little Log   -1,4,5~5 6 5!
Oh, I'm getting old - feeble
Oh, the happiest times to 
Well the paths they have 
Well I ain't got long to stay 

Little Maggie   -1,7,5~1 5 7
Over yonder stands little
Oh how can I ever stand it
Pretty flowers were made
Sometimes I have a nickel,
Lay down your last ol' dollar
Last time I saw little Maggie
Go’way, go'way little Maggie
I'm going down to - station

Little Sadie  -1,7,5~5 7 5!
Went out last night makin'
Woke up next mornin' 'bout
Made a pretty good run but
Young man, young man is
Well they locked me up and

Little White  -1,4,2,5~5 4 3!
There's a little white church
They would sing the old 

Lonesome Road  -1,4,5~5 6 5!
I'm going down the road
I'm goin' where the climate
Two dollar shoes hurt my
Ten dollar shoes suit me
I'm cold, lonely and I'm
Goin' where the chilly winds
I'm looking for a job with
I'm goin' if I never get back
I ain't got no shoes on my
Goin' where the water tastes
They feed me on cornbread

Liza Jane  -1,6m,4,5~3 6 5!
When I go a-courtin', I'll go
The hardest work I ever did
When I went -met me at the
When I went - wrung her
I ask little Liza to marry me
You can climb the cherry

Lonesome Valley  -1,4,5~1 3 5
You've gotta walk that lone-
If you can preach like Peter
Some say John, he was a
Your mother's got to walk
Jesus had to walk that lone-

Long Journey Home  -1,4,5~5 5 5
Black smoke's arising, Sure
Lost all my money but a two
Homesick and lonesome and
Dark and a rainin' and I got
Cloudy in the east and it
Little girl a waitin', on down
I'm on my way, and I'll soon

Lulu Walls   -1,4,5~5 6 5
One evening getting dark,
If she were only mine I 
One evening getting late, I

Lord I'm Coming   -1,4,5~3 3 5
I've wandered far away from
I've wasted many precious
I'm tired of sin and straying,
My soul is sick, my heart is
My only hope, my only plea,
I need His cleansing blood

Mama Don't 'Low  -1,5,4~1 3 5
Mama don't 'low no hillbilly
guitar strumin–banjo pickin
fancy fiddlin–mando chopin
foot stompin

Man of Constant  -1,4,5~5 5 1
I am a man of constant sor-
For six long years I've been
It's fare you well, my own
You can bury me in some
Maybe your friends think I'm

Maple on Hill   -1,4,5~5 6 5!
Near a quiet country village
We would sing love songs
We are gettin' old an' feeble,
Don't forget me little darling
I will soon be with the angel

Mary Wild Moor   -1,5,2,4~5 6 5
It was on a cold dark winter
“Oh, why did I leave this fair
“Oh father, dear father” she
But the old man was deaf to
Oh, how must that old man
The old man with grief pined
But the villagers point out 

May I Sleep in  -1,5,4~3 5 5
One night it was dark and
I have no tobacker nor 
It was two years ago, in the
The next night I came home
But what should I find, but a
This note said my wife and

Meet Me Moonlight  -1,4,5~3 3 5
I'm a go'in to the Newgate
If I had the wings of an
If I had a ship on the ocean
I've always loved you my
O, I wish I had someone to

Midnight Train  -1,4,5~5 5 5
No matter what I say or do
Oh, why on Earth was I ever

Methodist Pie   -1,4,5~1 7 7
I went to the camp meetin'
There was old Uncle Daniel
They all took hands and

Midnight Stormy Deep  -1,5,4~3 1 1
Twas midnight on the storm
I never shall forget the day
Oh, Willie don't go back to
The deep, deep sea may us
I never have been false to
Then fare thee well, I'd

My Native Home   -1,7,4~5 1 1
I'd like to see my native
Sometimes I dream of home
I'd like to see my hearts de-
It fills my heart with fondest
Nine or ten years have pass

My Dixie Darling   -1,5,4~5 6 5!
Way down below the Mason
Girls up north in their gay
Goin down south to have a
And I’m singing songs about

More Pretty Girls  -1,5,4~3 1 1
My mama told me last night
Look –  Hang down your 
Look – Before you travel on

My Old Kentucky   -1,4,5~3 6 6
The sun shines bright on my
The young folks roll on the
They hunt no more for the 
The day goes by –  shadow
The head must bow and the
A few more days for to tote

My Home's Across   -1,5~3 5 5
My home's across the Blue
Goodbye my honey, sugar    
Rock my honey feed her 
I'm leavin' on a Monday  
Where's that silver ring I

Nearer My God   -1,4,5~3 6 5!
Nearer my God to Thee, near
Or if on joyful wings, cleavin
There let Thee way appear,
Still all my songs shall be,

New River Train  -1,5,4~5 6 1
Honey, you can't love one
two – And your little heart
three – And still love me, 
four – And love me anymore,

Nine Hundred Miles  -1,7,5~5 1 1
I’m a-riding on this train
Well, this train I ride on, is
Well, I'll pawn you my watch
If my woman says so, I'll

Nine Pound Ham   -1,4,5~1 5 5
This nine pound hammer is
There ain't a hammer, In 
An' this old hammer, Rings
This here hammer, It killed
It's a long way to Harlem, It's
Now John Henry, He left his
Well when I die, You can
I went up on the mountain,

Oh Death   -1,4,5~3 6 1
What is this that I can’t see
My wealth is all at your 
You close my eyes so I can’t
Oh death, oh death, please

Oh, Susanna   -1,5,4~5 6 5!
I come from Alabama with a
I had a dream the other
I soon will be in New Orlean

Old Black Joe   -1,4,2,5~1 2 1!
Gone are the days when my
Why do I weep, when my
Where are the hearts once

Old Cross Roads  -1,5~1 5 5
Oh, my brother take this warn-
One road leads up to heaven,
Soon your life will be over,

Old Dan Tucker   -1,5~1 3 5
Well I come to town the
Now old DT –  Riding a billy
Now old DT – Swinging the
Now old DT – Fell in the fire

Old Folks Home   -1,4,5~3 2 1!
Way down upon the Swanee
All 'round the little farm I 
One little hut among the

Old Joe Clark  -1,5,7~5 7 7
Wished I had a nickel
I will not marry an old maid
I ask'd my girl to marry me
Wish I was a sugar tree,
I wish I had a sweetheart;
I used to live on mountain

Old Time Religion  -1,5,4~1 4 5
Now give me that old time
It was good for our mothers
Makes me love everybody.
It was good for our fathers
It was good for the Hebrew
It was good for Paul and
It will do when I am dying
It was good for the prophet
It was tried in the fiery
It'll take me home to heaven
It's good for all my people

Omie Wise   -1,4,5~5 6 4!
I'll tell you all a story about
He promised to marry at
He gave her no money, but
She got up behind him away
“Now Omie, poor Omie, I'll 
“O pity your intent & spare
But he kicked her & cuffed
Now Omie is missing, as we
Two little boys were fishing
They found her a-floating on
They arrested John Lewis,
My name is John Lewis, my
“Go hang me or kill me, for I

On Top Smoky   -1,4,5~1 1 1
On top of Old Smoky, All
Now courtin's a pleasure
For a thief he will rob you,
And the grave will decay you
They'll hug you and kiss you
They tell you they love you,
So come you young maiden
For the leaves they will 

One Way Train  -1,5,4~5 3 1!
Dark night comes in on big
You're taking my whole life
Oh hound dog howling at the
How can you leave me here

Palms of Victory  -1,5~1 5 5
I saw the wayward traveler,
The summer sun was shinin
The songsters in the arbor,
I saw him in the evening,
While gazing on the city,

Pallet on Floor  -4,1,3(mj),5~1 3 5
Make me a pallet on your
I'd be more than satisfied,
These blues is everywhere I
Come all ye good-time friend

Pass Me Not  --1,4,5~3 5 5
Pass me not, oh gentle
Let me at the throne of mercy
Trusting only in thy merit,
Thou the spring of all my

Picture on the Wall  -1,5,4~3 6 1
There's an old and faded
How the children all have
Yes I lost my dear oldMother

Pictures Far   -1,4,2,5~5 4 5
Just a picture from life's
Now the first scene is that
The last scene is by a deep

Pig in a Pen  -1,4,5~1 5 5
I got a pig at home in a pen
Goin' up on a mountain to
Black smoke a-risin', sure
Yonder comes that gal of
Bake them biscuits, baby,

Please Mommy Please  -1,5~1 5 5
A mother went out on a 
Her mother joined the merry
She left the party feeling
So mommies don't neglect

Poor Ellen Smith   -1,4,5~5 5 5
Poor Ellen Smith, how she
Her clothes were all scatter
They picked up her body
They picked up their rifles
I got a letter yesterday, I
Some day I'll go home and
I've been in this prison for
The warden just told me
My days in this prison are

Precious Memories  -1,4,5~5 5 5
Precious memories, unseen
Precious father, loving
As I travel on life's pathway
In the stillness of the mid-

Pretty Polly   -1,5~1 5 5
Oh Polly, pretty Polly, come
Oh he led her over mountains
Oh Willie, little Willie, I'm
Oh Polly, pretty Polly, your
Oh she knelt down before him
Oh Polly, pretty Polly that
Oh he stabbed her in the heart
Oh he went to the jailhouse

Put My Little   -1,4,5~3 6 5!
Come and bathe my fore
Go and tell my little play-
Santa Claus, he brought
Soon the baby will grow
Now I'm growing tired, dear

Raise a Rukus  -1,5,4~1 5 5
My ol’ mistress promise me
My ol’ mistress say to me,
My ol’ mistress never die,
Ol’ mosser likewise promise
All them ‘taters in that oven
Way down yonder on Chit’lon

Rabbit in Log   -1,5,4~5 6 1
There's a rabbit in the log
I'll build me a fire and I'll
I'm going down the track

Railroad Blues  -1,4,5~5 7 5!
Went down to the depot and
Where was you, mama when
Met a little Gypsy in a for-

Rain and Snow  -1,7~5 1 1
Well I married me a wife,
She come downstairs, comb-
Well I done all I could do, 
Well, she came into the 

Rank Stranger  -1,5~3 3 1!
I wandered again, to my
They've all moved away

Red Rockin' Chair  -1,6m,5~5 1 6!
Ain't got no use for your
Its who'll rock the cradle,
I'll rock the cradle, I'll sing
I've done all I can do, done
Done all I do to try to live

Riddle Song   -1,4,5~5 5 5
I gave my love a cherry that
How can there be a cherry
A cherry when it's blooming

Reuben's Train   -1,5~5 5 1
Well, Reuben built a train
Reuben and his train run
Well, I don't know for sure

Roll in My Sweet  -1,5,4~3 4 5
Well, I ain't gonna work on
Now where was you last Fri-
I know your parents don't
Mama's a ginger cake baker
Sometimes there's a change

Rosewood Casket   -1,5,4~1 1 7!
There's a little rosewood
Come and sit beside me
Read them gently to me
When I'm dead and in my
Take his letter and hislocket

Roving Gambler   -1,4~5 5 5
I'm a roving gambler, gam-
I had not been in Washing
She took me in her parlor,
“Wouldn't marry a gamblin'
I left her in Washington, I
He put his money in the pot
Now I'm down in prison, got

Roll on Buddy, Roll  -1,4,5~1 5 5 ~
I'm going to that east pay
My home is down in Tenness
I've got a good woman just

Run Mountain  -2,1,5~2 4 6
Went up on the mountain
When I was real hard at work
Me six miles from my home
lf I had a needle and thread
I went up on the mountain

Sad and Lonesome  -1,5,4~3 5 5
Today has been a lonesome
Tomorrow was our wedding
Did you ever hear a church
Oh, they carried my mother to
Oh, dig my grave with a sil-
There's one kind favor I ask

Sail Away Ladies  -1,5,4~3 6 5
Ever I get my new house
Children, don't you grieve
Come along, girls, and go
I got a letter from Shiloh
I chew my tobacco and I spit

Sal Got Meatskin  -1,5~1 1 5!
Sal got a meatskin hid away
Sal a-sailing in the sea
Went to see my Sally Grey,
Love my Sally more and
Reckon I love my Sally Grey

Sally Ann  -1,4,5~5 6 5!
Going to the wedding, Sally
Did y'ever see a muskrat,
Shake that little foot, Sally
Pass me the brandy, Sally
Make my living in sandy

Salty Dog  -6(mj),2,5,1~5 6 1
Salty dog, salty dog, I don't
Standin' on a corner with
Now look'a here Sal, I know
I's down in the wildwood,
I pulled that trigger and the
I got a nickel, I got a dime
God made a woman, He 
Worst day I had in my life
Little fish, big fish, swim-
I'm so glad the world's

Shady Grove  -1,5~3 3 5
Coffee grows on the white
Did you think my little miss
Every time I take that road
If I had no horse at all, I'd

Short Life  -1,4,(6m),5~3 6 5!
Remember what you promis
Now you've broken your
Now you've gone and left me
I hear the train a-comin', I
My right foot's on the plat-

Saro Jane  -1,6m,4,5~1 5 5
Now I've got a gal that's
Now I've been a rambler all
Now you get a line and I'll

Seeing Nelly   -1,4,5~5 3 5
In the sky the bright stars
On my arm a soft hand rest
In my life new hopes are 
On my lips a whisper tremb-

Short'nin' Bread  -1,5~1 1 1
Put on the skillet, put on the
Three little fellers, lying in
Slip to the kitchen, slip up
Caught me with the skillet,
Then th' little chillins, sick

Single Girl  -1,5~3 3 5
SG, SG, go to the store and
MG, MG, rocks the cradle
SG, SG, go and dress so fine
MG, MG, she wears just any
SG, SG, goin' where she 
MG, MG, with a baby on her
SG, SG, there's nothin' to run
MG, MG, works till the sun

Sittin' Top World  -1,4,6m,5~5 5 5
Twas in the spring, One sun-
She called me up from El 
Don't like my peaches, don't
Don't you come here runnin',
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust
Mississippi River long, deep

She'll Be Comin'   -1,4,5~1 5 5
She'll be comin' 'round the
She'll be drivin' six white 
Oh, we'll all go out to meet
We'll be singing "Hallelujah"

Snow Dove  -1,3b~5 5 1
She went upstairs to make
Oh mother, dear mother, I
He gets her down upon his
He went upstairs to make
Go dig my grave both wide

Somebody's Tall  -1,5,4~5 6 1
I see the postman coming,
Now somebody came to see
Now somebody's tall and
There's gonna be a weddin'

Sourwood Mountain  -1,5~5 5 5
Chickens a-crowin' on Sour-
My true love's a blue-eyed
Big dogs bark and little ones
My true love's a blue-eyed
My true love lives at the
My true love lives over the
Ducks in the pond, geese

Standing in Need  -1,5~3 3 5
Not my mother, not father
Not my preacher, not sinner
Not my brother, not sister
I've been down so long,
It's a mighty rough road
Help me thru th' night

Streets Laredo   -1,5,4~5 5 5
As I walked out in the street
I see by your outfit that you
Twas once in the saddle I
Get six jolly cowboys to 
Oh, beat the drum - Play the
We beat the drum - bitterly

Sweeping Through  -1,4,5~5 3 3!
I am now a child of God,
Oh, the blessed Lord of light
I'll go sweeping through the
Christ will burst these

Sugar Babe  -1,7,3b~1 1 1
Some old rounder come a
Well it's all I can do, it's all
Laid her in the shade, Gave
I gave her every cent I made

Sweet Thing  -1,5,4~1 5 5
“What will you do when the
When I'm dead don't bury
A bottle of liquor on my

Sweet Sunny   -1,5,4~1 5 5
Take me home to the place
I think with regret of the
Take - my little ones sleep
Take - orange trees grow
The path to our cottage they
Take me home, let me see
But yet I'll return to the

Swing Low,   -1,4,5~3 5 5
I looked over Jordan and
If you get there before I do
I'm sometimes up and some
I never been to heaven, but
The brightest day that ever I

Take this Hammer  -1,5,4~1 5 5
Take this hammer, carry it
If he ask you, was I runnin?
If he ask you, was I laugh'?
I don't want your, cold i'on
I don't want no peas and
Cap'n called me “a nappy
Cap'n got a big gun and he
I'm go'n make these few day

This World Is Not  -1,4,2,5~3 5 5
This world is not my home,
Lord, Oh Lord, I have no
Over in glory land, there is
They're all expecting me,
I have a loving mother, over

There’s No Hiding  -1,5,4~5 7 1!
Sister Mary, she wears gold-
Now, the Devil, he wears 
I’ll pitch a tent on the old
The rock cried, I’m burning
Sinner man, he stumbled and

This Train   -1,5,4~1 5 5!
This train is bound for glory
"  don't carry no gamblers,
"  don't carry no liars, This
"  is built for speed, now,
"  don't carry no rustlers,

Train Forty Five  -1,5,4~5 5 1
Well that black smoke's a'
Oh I'm going down the track
If my woman says so, I'll 
Well I'm going down the ties
If I die a railroad man you 

Tom Dooley   -1,5~5 3 5
I met her on the mountain, I
Tonight I'll pick my banjo,
When this time comes tom-
Oh, what my mother told me
This time tomorrow, Reckon

Train Carried Girl  -1,5~1 1 1
Where were you when the
I wish to the Lord that train
Ration on the table, coffee's
There goes my girl, some-
Ashes to ashes and dust to

Tragic Romance  -1,4,5~5 5 5
Nestled in the heart of those
I courted a maiden so sweet
I'll tell you the reason why I
I went to my home with a
While dining one day in a
When he heard my story to
Now I am the man you saw

Twenty One   -1,5,4~5 6 7
The judge said, “Stand up,
Six months have gone by,
I've counted on you, babe,
Come all you young fellows,

Uncle Ned   -1,4,5~3 3 5
There was an old man an'
His fingers was long like the
I remember the day when

Water Bound  -1,4,6m,5~3 6 5!
Chickens are crowin' in the
Say old man, I want your
Tell me boy, what you want
To break my bread & share
If you don't let her go, we're
The old man's mad, and I
Get up Jenny, and let's go

Wabash   -1,4,5~5 5 4!
I stood on the Atlantic 
Now the eastern states are
She come down from Bir-
Here's to Daddy Claxton, 

Waves on Sea  -1,4,5~3 1 1
One dark night as I lay upon
Oh, the waves on the sea,
Oh, the first on the deck
Then three times around
Oh the moon shines so
Well, I left my dear darling

Way down Old  -1,4,5~5 3 5
I'd rather be in Richmond in 
I went down to Mobile to 
Well, Dondi, oh dear Dondi,
Well, Knoxville is a pretty
I'm going to build me a scaf-
Well my wife died a Friday

White Rose  -1,4,5~1 3 5
They tell me it's sinful to
Oh Willie she said with a
Oh darling, oh darling he
Next morning poor Willie

Watermelon   -1,4,5~5 5 5
See that water melon a 
You may talk about your 
I went to get that melon,

Wayfaring  -1m,4,5~1 1 7b!
I'm just a poor wayfarin'
I know dark clouds will
I'll soon be freed from
I want to wear a crown

When Bees   -1,4,5,2~5 3 3
By the old mill sits the mil-
But soon her song of joy
By the old mill sits the lone-
Long years she's waited

Where the Soul  -1,5~3 6 1
To Canaan's land I'm on my
A rose is blooming there for
A love light beams across
My life will end in deathless
I'm on my way to that fair

Were You There  -1,4,5~1 5 5
Were you there when they
...nailed Him to the cross?..
...pierced Him in the side?..
...the sun refused to shine?.
...laid Him in the tomb?.

When the Roll   -1,4,5~3 6 5!
When trumpet of the Lord
On that bright and cloudless
Let us labor for the Master

Who's Gonna Shoe  -1,4,5~1 1 7!
Who's gonna shoe your
Mama's gonna shoe my
The longest train I ever saw
I wished to the Lord I'd 

Who Will Sing  -1,4,5~5 4 3!
Oft I sing for my friends,
I wonder (I wonder) who,
So I'll sing 'til the end, And

White House Blues  -1,4,5~5 6 1
Look here you rascal, see
The doctor came a-runnin',
McKinley hollered, McKinley
He jumped on his horse, he
Yonder comes a train, it's
Roosevelt's in the White

Who's Going Town  -1,5,4~1 6 7
Whiskey by the gallon, sugar
Once I had an old fool dog,
Once I had a little girl, I

Who's That Knock  -1,5~1 1 1
Who's that knocking at my
Go 'way, go 'way, don't wake
I've come to whisper in your
Go way, go way, don't wake
I wish I was some little

Willie Moore  -1,5,4~2 5 5
Willie Moore was a king, his
He courted her both night
She threw herself in Willie
It was about the tenth of
Sweet Ellen was loved both
She was taken by her weep
Her parents now are left
This song was composed in

Wild Bill Jones  -1,5~1 5 1
As I walked out for to take a
He said his age, it is twenty
He reeled and he staggered
So pass around that long
They sent me to prison for

Wildwood   -1,5,4~5 3 1!
I'll twine 'mid the ringlets of
I'll sing and I'll dance, my
I'll think of him never, I'll be
He told me he loved me and
He taught me to love him, he

Will You Miss   -1,4,5 ~5 3 5
When death shall close
Perhaps you planted flowers
On a cold dark Sunday morn-
When these footsteps ne’re

Wind & Rain   -1,7,4~5 7 1
Two lovely sisters were a
She floated on down to the
He hooked her up by the
He made fiddle strings
He made fiddle screws
The only tune that the fiddle

Worried Man Blues  -1,4,5~5 3 5
I went across the river, and
I asked that judge, what's
The train pulled in, sixteen
I looked down that track just
Thirty-two links of chain
Twenty one years to pay my
If anyone should ask you

Wreck of Old 97   -1,4,5~3 2 1!
They gave him his orders at
He looked round and said to
It's a mighty rough road 
He was going down grade
So, now, ladies you must

Working Building  -1,5~1 1 1
If I was a sinner, I'd tell you
If I was a gambler, I'd tell
If I was a drunkard, I'd tell
If I was a preacher, I'd tell

You're a Flower  -1,4,5~5 3 3
On one evening long ago when
Then a letter came to me
Now he can't return to me,