Carter Family songs lyrics

I am a stern old bachelor My age is forty four I do declare I'll never live With women anymore I have a stove that's worth ten cents A table worth...

You can wash my jumper starch my overalls Catch that train they call the Cannonball From Buffalo to Washington Yonder comes the train coming down...

Suns gonna shine in my back door some day Suns gonna shine in my back door some day Suns gonna shine in my back door some day March winds gonna...

You have heard of little Moses in the bull rush You have heard of fearless David and his sling You have heard the story told of dreaming Joseph And...

I'm going away to leave you love I'm going away for a while But I'll return to see you sometime If I go ten thousand miles The storms are on the...

My spark of life was spinning down the troubled seas of time When first I saw your smiling face and youth was in its prime Oh I'll never forget you...

Once I loved your fond affection All my hopes on you was spent Till a dark eyed girl persuaded And you care no more for me Go on and leave me if you...

Jack and May Sweethearts were they They were engaged to be wed Many a promise he made her Many a love word he said As most lovers do They quarreled...

Mid the green fields of Virginia In the veil of Shenandoah There's an ivy covered homestead that I love With it's white old fashioned chimney And...

Darlin', we are growing old And show the silver in our hair Since time has stolen all the gold That made your youthful tresses fair But years can...

There is a precious volume of pages worn and old In that little log cabin by the sea It is the old old bible more precious now than gold It's the...

Just one year ago today love I became your happy bride Changed a mansion for a cottage To live by the river side You told me I'd be happy But no...

A crowd of young fellas one night at a ball Were telling of sweethearts they'd had All seemed hardy except one lad Who seemed downhearted and sad ...

In the night, while you lay sleeping Dreaming of your amber skies Was a poor boy broken hearted Listening to the winds that sigh My little darling,...

I'm waiting watching and longing That beautiful sight to behold When I shall awake some bright morning In that city with streets of pure gold My...

There's a little black train a comin Set your business right There's a little black train a comin And it may be here tonight Go tell that ball...

Last night while I lay sleeping Last night while in a dream I saw my dear old mother Down by a misting stream Don't ask me why I'm weeping Don't...

Sweet as the flowers in May time Sweet as the dew on the rose I would rather be somebody's darling As a poor girl who nobody knows Oh momma...

All the people today they are going far away To the mountains the lakes or the sea There's a little plot out west That I always love the best And...

Wonderful things of folks are said When they have passed away Roses adorn the narrow bed Over the sleeping clay Give me the roses while I live ...