Carter Family songs lyrics

Mama sent me to the spring, she told me not to stay I fell in love with a pretty little girl, and could not get away Chawing chewing gum, chewing...

Oh, I'll twine with my mingles and waving black hair With the roses so red and the lilies so fair And the myrtle so bright with the emerald hue The...

I once did have a dear companion Indeed I thought his love my own Until a dark eyed girl betrayed me And then he cares no more for me Just go and...

I was standing by the bedside of a neighbor Who was just about to cross the swelling tide I asked if she would do me a favor Just take a message to...

Today has been a lonesome day Today has been a lonesome day Today has been a lonesome day And tomorrow 's gonna be the same old way Oh, they...

Am I a soldier of the cross A follower of the lamb And shall I fear to own His cause Or blush to speak His name On the sea (the sea the sea) Of...

Takes a rocking chair to rock takes a rubber tire to roll Takes the man I love to satisfy my soul Because I'm jealous jealous hearted me I said I'm...

At my window sad and lonely Often do I think of you And I wonder little darling If you're thinking of me to Don't forget me little darling When...

Who's that knocking at my window Knocks so loud and won't come in It is your own true-hearted lover Rise you up and let him in Awake, awake, don't...

My mother died when I was young My sisters they were sad They lay there hands upon my head And ought me how to pray So now my mother she's gone to...

When this evening sun goes down Then in heaven I will be found I will end life's other side When I cross the great divide When this evening sun goes...

I'm a broken down tramp without money My clothes are all tattered and torn And I am so sad and so lonely I wish I had never been born All through...

I will not be your sweetheart I'll tell you the reason why My mother always told me To pass a drunkard by Beautiful isle o'er the sea Beautiful...

Twas on one Saturday evening About the hour of ten In a little mining town Where trouble did begin Everybody there were drinking There were whiskey...

Jim Blake your wife is dying Went over the wires tonight The message was brought to the depot By a lad all trembling with fright He entered the...

There are gongs from a gage Like a beautiful dream And I seek there in vain By the meadow and stream Oft I breathe out your name To the wind floating...

Got sweet heaven in my view hallelujah On my journey I press on praise the lord For I'm bound for that holy city Got sweet heaven in my view Oh...

I first met you down in lover's lane You were just like an angel with angels golden wings We walked along we'd sing a song the birds are sing too...

Hello central give me heaven For I know my mother's there And you'll find her with the angels Over on the golden stair She'll be glad it's me a...

Neath the shadow down the meadow Leaves lying on each side By the river flowers shiver Fading dying in their pride Someone straying long delaying Sad...