MAMA DON'T ALLOW MAMA DON'T ALLOW NO BLUEGRASS PICKIN' ROUND HERE MAMA DON'T ALLOW NO BLUEGRASS PICKIN' ROUND HERE I DON'T CARE WHAT MAMA DON'T ALLOW, GONNA PLAY MY BLUEGRASS ANYHOW MAMA DON'T ALLOW NO BLUEGRASS PICKIN' ROUND HERE FOR ADDITIONAL VERSES SUBSTITUTE "BLUEGRASS" WITH GUITAR, MANDOLIN, BANJO, FIDDLE, BASS, NOSE, ETC. 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 1 1 4 4 1 5 1 1 MAMA'S OPERY SHE GREW UP PLAIN AND SIMPLE IN A FARMING TOWN HER DADDY PLAYED THE FIDDLE AND USED TO DO THE CALLING WHEN THEY HAD HOEDOWNS SHE SAID THE NEIGHBORS WOULD COME AND THEY'D MOVE ALL OF MY GRANDMA'S FURNITURE AROUND THERE'D BE TWENTY OR MORE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FLOOR DANCIN' TO A COUNTRY SONG THE CARTERS AND JIMMY RODGERS PLAYED OUR FAVORITE SONGS ON SATURDAY NIGHT THERE WAS A RADIO SHOW AND SHE WOULD SING ALONG I'LL NEVER FORGET HER FACE WHEN SHE REVEALED TO ME THAT SHE DREAMED ABOUT SINGIN' AT THE GRAND OLD OPERY HER EYES OH HOW THEY SPARKLED WHEN SHE SANG THOSE SONGS WHILE SHE WAS HANGIN' THE CLOTHES ON THE LINE I WAS A KID JUST A-HUMMIN ALONG I'D BE PLAYIN' IN THE GRASS AND TO HER IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN OBLIVIOUSLY BUT THERE AIN'T NO DOUBT ABOUT IT, SHE SURE MADE HER MARK ON ME AND WE'D PLAY OLD GOSPEL RECORDS ON THE PHONOGRAPH SHE'D TURN 'EM UP LOUD AND WE'D SING ALONG, THOSE DAYS ARE PAST JUST NOW THAT I AM OLDER IT OCCURRED TO ME I WAS SINGIN' IN THE GRANDEST OPERY AND WE'D SING "SWEET ROSE OF SHARON, ABIDE WITH ME" TILL I'D RIDE THE GOSPEL SHIP TO HEAVEN'S JUBILEE AND ON THE GREAT TRIUMPHANT MORNING MY SOUL WILL BE FREE MY BURDENS WILL BE LIFTED, MY SAVIOR'S FACE I'LL SEE SO I DON'T WANT TO GET ADJUSTED TO THIS WORLD BELOW I KNOW HE'LL PARDON ME WHEN IT COMES TIME TO GO OH, NOTHING ON THIS EARTH IS HALF AS DEAR TO ME AS THE SOUND OF MY MAMA'S OPERY 1 1 4 4 5 5 1 1 2 2 4 4 4 4 5 5 1 1 4 4 5 5 1 1 2 2 4 4 5 5 1 1 MAN IN THE MIDDLE CHORUS: THREE MEN ON A MOUNTAIN UP ON CALVARY AND THE MAN IN THE MIDDLE WAS JESUS, HE DIED FOR YOU AND ME (repeat) WELL THE MAN ON THE LEFT WAS A SINNER MAN TIED TO THE CROSS HE BLED HE COULD HAVE BEEN FORGIVEN BUT HE MOCKED THE LORD INSTEAD (chorus) YOU SAY YOU ARE THE SON OF GOD THEY NAILED YOU TO THAT TREE COME DOWN, COME DOWN AND SAVE US IF GOD YOUR FATHER BE (chorus) WELL THE MAN ON THE RIGHT WAS A SINNER TOO HE WAS SORRY FOR HIS SINS HE BEGGED THE LORD'S FORGIVENESS AND JESUS SAID TO HIM "FEAR NOT FEAR NOT THIS IS THE PLAN BEFORE THIS DAY IS THROUGH YOU'LL BE WITH ME IN PARADISE ON HEAVEN'S GOLDEN SHORE" (chorus) CHORUS 1 1 1 1 4 1 5 1 1 VERSE 1 1(2 beats) b7 b7 1 1 4 1 5 1 1 MAN OF CONSTANT SORROW I AM A MAN OF CONSTANT SORROW I'VE SEEN TROUBLE ALL MY DAYS I BID FAREWELL TO OLD KENTUCKY THE STATE WHERE I WAS BORN AND RAISED FOR SIX LONG YEARS I'VE BEEN IN TROUBLE NO PLEASURE HERE ON EARTH I FIND FOR IN THIS WORLD I'M BOUND TO RAMBLE I HAVE NO FRIENDS TO HELP ME NOW IT'S FARE-THEE-WELL MY OWN TRUE LOVER I NEVER EXPECT TO SEE YOU AGAIN FOR I'M BOUND TO RIDE THAT NORTHERN RAILROAD PERHAPS I'LL DIE UPON THAT TRAIN YOU CAN BURY ME IN SOME DEEP VALLEY FOR MANY YEARS WHERE I MAY LAY THEN YOU MAY LEARN TO LOVE ANOTHER WHILE I'M SLEEPING IN MY GRAVE IT'S FARE-YOU-WELL MY NATIVE COUNTRY AND THE PLACES I HAVE LOVED SO WELL FOR I HAVE SEEN ALL KINDS OF TROUBLE IN THIS CRUEL WORLD NO TONGUE CAN TELL MAYBE YOUR FRIENDS THINK I'M A STRANGER MY FACE YOU'LL NEVER SEE NO MORE BUT THERE'S ONE PROMISE THAT IS GIVEN I'LL MEET YOU ON GOD'S GOLDEN SHORE (REPEAT VERSE 1) 1 1 1 1 4 4 5 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 5 5 1 1 MANSION ON THE HILL TONIGHT DOWN HERE IN THE VALLEY I'M LONESOME AND OH HOW I FEEL AS I SIT HERE ALONE IN MY CABIN I CAN SEE YOUR MANSION ON THE HILL DO YOU RECALL WHEN WE PARTED THE STORY TO ME YOU REVEALED YOU SAID YOU COULD LIVE WITHOUT LOVE, DEAR IN YOUR LOVELESS MANSION ON THE HILL I'VE WAITED ALL THROUGH THE YEARS, LOVE TO GIVE YOU A HEART TRUE AND REAL 'CAUSE I KNOW YOU'RE LIVING IN SORROW IN YOUR LOVELESS MANSION ON THE HILL THE LIGHT SHINES BRIGHT FROM YOUR WINDOW THE TREES STAND SO SILENT AND STILL I KNOW YOU'RE ALONE WITH YOUR PRIDE DEAR IN YOUR LOVELESS MANSION ON THE HILL 1 5 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 4 4 1 5 1 1 MIDNIGHT FLYER CHORUS (after each verse): OOOOOOO . . . MIDNIGHT FLYER ENGINEER WON'T YOU LET YOUR WHISTLE BLOW OOOOOOO . . . MIDNIGHT FLYER I PAID MY DUES AND I FEEL LIKE TRAVELIN' ON A RUNAWAY TEAM OF HORSES AIN'T ENOUGH TO MAKE ME STAY SO THROW YOUR ROPE ON ANOTHER MAN AND PULL HIM DOWN YOUR WAY MAKE HIM INTO SOMEONE TO TAKE THE PLACE OF ME MAKE HIM EVERY KIND OF FOOL YOU WANTED ME TO BE MAYBE I'LL STOP IN SANTA FE, MAYBE IN SAN ANTONE ANY TOWN IS WHERE I'M BOUND,ANY WAY TO GET ME GONE DON'T YOU THINK ABOUT ME, NEVER LET ME CROSS YOUR MIND EXCEPT WHEN YOU HEAR THAT MIDNIGHT LONESOME WHISTLE WHINE VERSE 4 4 4 4 1 1 4 4 1 1 4 4 4 4 1 6m 4 5 1 1 CHORUS 1 4 1 1 4 4 4 5 1 4 1 6m 2m 2m 5 1 1 MIDNIGHT MOONLIGHT Peter Rowan IF YOU EVER FEEL LONESOME AND YOU'RE DOWN IN SAN ANTONE BEG STEAL OR BORROW TWO NICKELS OR A DIME TO CALL ME ON THE PHONE I'LL MEET YOU AT ALAMO MISSION -- WE CAN SAY OUR PRAYERS THE HOLY GHOST AND THE VIRGIN MOTHER WILL HEAL US AS WE KNEEL THERE CHORUS: IN THE MOONLIGHT, IN THE MIDNIGHT IN THE MOONLIGHT MIDNIGHT MOONLIGHT IN THE MOONLIGHT, IN THE MIDNIGHT IN THE MOONLIGHT MIDNIGHT MOONLIGHT (intro) IF YOU EVER FEEL SORROW FOR THE DEEDS YOU HAVE DONE WITH NO HOPE FOR TOMORROW IN THE SETTING OF THE SUN AND THE OCEAN IS HOWLING WITH THE THINGS THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN AND THE LAST GOOD MORNING SUNRISE WILL BE THE BRIGHTEST YOU EVER SEEN (chorus, intro, & solo) INTRO 1... (8 measures) VERSE 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 5 2m 2m 5 5 4 4 b7 b7 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 5 2m 2m 5 5 6m 5 4 4 CHORUS b7 4 b7 4 b7 4 1 1 b7 4 b7 4 b7 4 1 1 SOLO b3 b3 b3 b3 1 1 1 1 (repeat) (INT/V1/C/V2/C/SOLO/INT/V1/C/C/INT) MIDNIGHT ON THE HIGHWAY Tim O'Brien MIDNIGHT ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE STARS ARE ALL AGLOW AND IT SEEMS I'M ALWAYS DRIVING AND I MISS MY DARLING SO CHORUS (after each verse): MIDNIGHT ON THE HIGHWAY BIG BRIGHT MOON ABOVE IT LIGHTS THE WHITE LINES FOR ME ALL THE WAY HOME TO MY LOVE CAN'T YOU HEAR THE WHEELS A-HUMMIN' AS WE ROLL ON THROUGH THE NIGHT MY DESIRE IS TO HOLD YOU AND I'LL BE HOME BEFORE DAYLIGHT NOW THE SHADOWS PICK THEIR PLACES AS THE TOWN COMES INTO VIEW THREE MORE MILES, MY JOURNEY'S OVER AND AGAIN I'LL BE WITH YOU VERSE 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 1 1 5 5 1 1 CHORUS 6m 6m 1 1 6m 6m 5 5 4 4 1 1 1 5 1 1 MIDNIGHT RIDER I GOTTA RUN TO KEEP IN HIDIN' AND I'M BOUND TO GO ON RIDIN' I GOT ONE MORE SILVER DOLLAR CHORUS (after each verse): AND I AIN'T GONNA LET 'EM CATCH ME, LORD I AIN'T GONNA LET 'EM CATCH THE MIDNIGHT RIDER I DON'T OWN THE CLOTHES I'M WEARIN' SOME OLD BED I'LL SOON BE SHARIN' I GOT ONE MORE SILVER DOLLAR I'VE GONE PAST THE POINT OF CARIN' AND ROAD GOES ON FOREVER I GOT ONE MORE SILVER DOLLAR VERSE 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 CHORUS b3 b3 4 4 1 1 1 1 MISERY RIVER CHORUS (after each verse): OH, MISERY RIVER WON'T YOU TAKE ME ALONG OH, MISERY RIVER CARRY ME BACK HOME WHERE I BELONG WELL, I WAS A FOOL TO HAVE LET THAT GIRL LEAD ME SO FAR FROM MY HOME SHE STOLE ALL THE LOVE IN MY HEART AND ALL SHE LEFT ME WAS A BONE SO MISERY RIVER I'VE COME BACK TO YOU ITS STRANGER, MY ONLY FRIEND TONIGHT SHE'LL BE DRIFTIN' DOWN TO DIXIE SO PLEASE TAKE ME BACK HOME AGAIN SHE LEFT ME IN A LAND FULL OF STRANGERS WHO DON'T CARE IF I LIVE OR DIE AND EVEN THE MAN IN THE MOON DON'T SMILE JUST DID IN THAT OLD SOUTHERN SKY SO MISERY RIVER HAVE A LITTLE MERCY MY HEART HAS BEEN BROKEN AND TORN LET ME WASH MY WOUNDS IN YOUR WATERS TAKE ME BACK TO THE LAND WHERE I WAS BORN CHORUS 4 4 1 1 4 4 1 1 4 4 1 6m 4 5 1 1 VERSE 5 5 1 1 4 1 5 5 5 5 1 1 2 2 5 5 4 4 1 1 4 4 1 1 4 4 1 1 4 5 1 1 MR. ENGINEER Jimmy Martin & Paul Williams CHORUS (after each verse): ENGINEER REACH UP AND PULL THE WHISTLE LET ME HEAR THAT LONESOME SOUND FOR IT BLENDS WITH THE FEELIN' THAT'S IN ME THE ONE I LOVE HAS TURNED ME DOWN THERE'S SIXTEEN CARS BEHIND EACH ENGINE I'LL RIDE THE LAST ONE TO THE END OF THE LINE I DON'T KNOW WHERE I'VE GONE OR WHERE I'LL WIND UP JUST ANY PLACE TO EASE MY WORRIED MIND I'M GONNA CATCH ME A FREIGHT TRAIN LORD I'M LEAVIN' THIS LONESOME TOWN THE ONE I LOVED AND GAVE MY HEART TO FOR SOMEONE ELSE SHE'S TURNED ME DOWN (3/4) 4 5 1 1 4 5 1 1 4 5 1 1 4 5 1 1 MOLLY AND TENBROOKS Bill Monroe RUN OH MOLLY RUN, RUN OH MOLLY RUN TENBROOKS GONNA' BEAT YOU TO THE BRIGHT AND SHININ' SUN BRIGHT AND SHININ' SUN OH LORDY, BRIGHT AND SHININ' SUN TENBROOKS WAS A BIG BAY HORSE, RODE THAT SHAGGY MANE RUN ALL ROUND MEMPHIS AND HE BEAT THE MEMPHIS TRAIN BEAT THE MEMPHIS TRAIN OH LORDY, BEAT THE MEMPHIS TRAIN TENBROOKS SAID TO MOLLY WHAT MAKES YOUR HEAD SO RED RUNNIN' IN THE HOT SUN WITH FEVER IN YOUR HEAD FEVER IN YOUR HEAD OH LORDY, FEVER IN YOU HEAD MOLLY SAID TO TENBROOKS "YOU'RE LOOKIN' MIGHTY SQUIR'L" TENBROOKS SAID TO MOLLY "I'M LEAVIN' THIS OLD WORLD" LEAVIN' THIS OLD WORLD LORDY, LEAVIN' THIS OLD WORLD WOMEN'S ALL A-LAUGHIN', CHILDREN ALL A-CRYIN' MEN ALL A-HOLLERIN', OLD TENBROOKS IS A-FLYIN' OLD TENBROOKS IS A-FLYIN' LORDY, TENBROOKS IS A-FLYIN' OUT IN CALIFORNIA MOLLY DONE AS SHE PLEASED BACK TO OLD KENTUCKY, GOT BEAT WILL ALL EASE BEAT WILL ALL EASE OH LORDY, BEAT WITH ALL EASE GO AND CATCH OLD TENBROOKS AND HITCH HIM IN THE SHADE WE'RE GONNA BURY OLD MOLLY IN A COFFIN READY-MADE COFFIN READY-MADE OH LORDY, COFFIN' READY-MADE 1 1 1 4 4 1 5 1 1 1 5 1 1 MONEY TO BURN WELL THERE'S NOTHIN' TO SOME LADIES LIKE MONEY IN YOUR HAND LOVE IS SOME POETIC THING TO SEE LET THE LADIES HAVE YOUR MONEY AND LET THE DEVIL TAKE HIS TURN WHEN I HAVE MONEY TO BURN WHEN I HAVE MONEY TO BURN WELL, NOW IF I HAD A NICKEL FOR EVERY BROKEN PROMISE THAT I HAVE MADE IN MY LIFE TIME AFTER TIME I NEVER SEEM TO LEARN I WOULD HAVE MONEY TO BURN I WOULD HAVE MONEY TO BURN LIES AND BROKEN PROMISES FLOW GENTLY FROM THE TONGUE AND I WISH I HAD A NICKEL FOR EVERY ONE SIGN YOURS, MOIST, AND SEAL IT, SEND TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN I WOULD HAVE MONEY TO BURN I WOULD HAVE MONEY TO BURN WELL IF I HAD A NICKEL FOR EVERY PRECIOUS MOMENT THAT I HAD SPENT LIKE WATER DAY BY DAY LIKE SOME MEN MADE OF MUD THERE'S A FAR ROAD THAT I TURN I WOULD HAVE MONEY TO BURN I WOULD HAVE MONEY TO BURN 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 1 1 1 4 1 5 4 4 1 5 1 1 A MOTH TO A FLAME Peter Rowan CHORUS (after each verse): LIKE A MOTH TO A FLAME I'M GOING TO GET BURNED YOU'LL TEACH ME A LESSON I NEVER COULD LEARN LIKE A MOTH TO A FLAME THE TABLES HAVE TURNED BUT YOU EASE MY PAIN LIKE A MOTH TO A FLAME IT'S JUST A HEARTBEAT SHY OF THREE A.M., COLD RAIN FALLIN' DOWN THERE'LL BE NO SUNRISE TODAY IN THIS LITTLE COUNTRY TOWN AS I STAND OUTSIDE YOUR WINDOW I SEE YOUR SHADOW ON THE SHADE OH, IT HELPS ME TO REMEMBER ALL THE PROMISES WE MADE I'M AFRAID TO LOOK INTO YOUR EYES THAT SHINE LIKE MIDNIGHT STARS AFRAID OF WHAT I MIGHT FIND THERE, THAT OUR LOVE HAS GONE TOO FAR THERE'S A LIGHT ON IN YOUR WINDOW, I KNOW IT'S WARM INSIDE WHEN YOU PRESS YOUR LIPS TO MINE DEAR I'LL FORGET ALL THE TEARS I'VE CRIED CHORUS 4 4 1 1 5 27 5 1 4 4 1 1 5 5 1 1 VERSE 1 4 1 1 1 2 5 5 1 3 4 4 1 5 1 1 THE MOUNDSVILLE PEN OH A DOUBLE BARRELED SHOTGUN IS A MIGHTY FINE THING THAT'S WHY I'M WEARING THIS BALL AND CHAIN I SHOT JOE TAYLOR, AND THAT'S AN AWFUL SIN NOW I'M DOIN' TIME IN THE MOUNDSVILLE PEN CHORUS (after each verse): WELL THE MOUNDSVILLE PEN'S GONNA BE MY HOME GOT A LIFETIME JOB BREAKIN' UP STONE THE OLD JUDGE LOOKED DOWN AND SAID WITH A GRIN YOU'LL SPEND YOUR LIFE IN THE MOUNDSVILLE PEN WELL I THOUGHT I WAS LUCKY WHEN HE SPARED MY LIFE BUT I FIND OUT DIFFERENT EACH LONELY NIGHT CAN'T FACE THE FUTURE UNDER LOCK AND KEY I'D RATHER HANG, NEVER TO BE FREE WELL YOU KNOW I'M REALLY SORRY FOR THE WRONG I'VE DONE CAN'T CHANGE THE PAST, LORD LORD, AND I SURE CAN'T RUN CAN'T HOLD THE CHILDREN, I CAN'T KISS MY WIFE I'VE BROKEN THE LAW AND I'M HERE FOR LIFE VERSE 1 1-4 1 1 1 1 5 5 1 1-4 1 1 1 5 1 1 CHORUS 4 4 1 1 1 1 5 5 1 1 4 4 1 5 1 1 MOUNTAIN DEW DOWN THE ROAD THERE FROM ME IS AN OLD HOLLOW TREE WHERE YOU LAY DOWN A DOLLAR OR TWO YOU GO ROUND THE BEND AND YOU COME BACK AGAIN THERE'S A JUG OF THAT GOOD OLD MOUNTAIN DEW CHORUS (after each verse): OH THEY CALL IT THAT GOOD OLD MOUNTAIN DEW AND THEM THAT REFUSE IT ARE FEW NOW HUSH UP YOUR MUG AND I'LL FILL UP YOUR JUG WITH THAT GOOD OLD MOUNTAIN DEW THE PREACHER RODE BY WITH HIS HEAD HOISTED HIGH SAID HIS WIFE HAD COME DOWN WITH THE FLU HE THOUGHT THAT I OUGHT TO SELL HIM A QUART OF THAT GOOD OLD MOUNTAIN DEW WELL MY UNCLE MORT HE IS SAWED-OFF AND SHORT HE MEASURES ABOUT FOUR-FOOT-TWO BUT HE FEELS LIKE A GIANT WHEN YOU GIVE HIM A PINT OF THAT GOOD OLD MOUNTAIN DEW 1 1 1 1 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 1 1 MY BABY CAME BACK Charlie and Ira Louvin CHORUS 1: MY BABY GOT TIRED OF A NEW LOVE MY BABY CAME BACK TO A TRUE LOVE AND NOW MY HEART IS BEATING WITH EASE MY LOVE, MY KISS, IS ABLE TO PLEASE 4-1 5 5 5 1-5 1 4 1 5 5 5 1 5 5 5 1 1 CHORUS 2: MY BABY IS LOVING ME BETTER MY BABY IS SWEETER THAN EVER NO MORE SLEEPLESS NIGHTS ALONE AND SO BLACK MY SWEETHEART, MY BABY CAME BACK 4-1 5 5 5 1-5 1 4 1 5 5 5 1 5 5 1 1 SOME LOSE AT LOVE AND THEY NEVER LOVE AGAIN I'M TASTING LOVE THAT I THOUGHT I'D NEVER WIN I THOUGHT MY LOVE WOULD TAKE THE WRONG TRACK I'M GLAD THAT I WAITED, MY BABY CAME BACK (chorus 2) 4 1 5 1 4 1 5 1 5 5 1 1 5 5 5 1 1 (SOLO / VERSE / CHORUS 1 & 2) MY SWEETHEART CAME BACK MY BABY CAME BACK 5 5 1 1 5 5 1 1 MY COMPANION HAVE YOU SEEN MY DEAR COMPANION FOR HE WAS ALL THIS WORLD TO ME I HEAR HE'S GONE TO SOME FAR COUNTRY AND THAT HE CARES NO MORE FOR ME CHORUS 1: I WISH I WERE A SWALLOW FLYING I'D FLY TO A HIGH AND LONESOME PLACE I'D JOIN THE WILD BIRDS IN THEIR CRYING THINKING OF YOU AND YOUR SWEET FACE OH HAVE YOU SEEN MY DEAR COMPANION FOR HE WAS ALL THIS EARTH TO ME BUT NOW THE STARS HAVE TURNED AGAINST ME AND HE CARES NO MORE FOR ME CHORUS 2: OH WHEN THE DARK IS ON THE MOUNTAIN AND ALL THE WORLD HAS GONE TO SLEEP I WILL GO DOWN TO COLD DARK WATERS AND THERE I'LL LAY ME DOWN AND WEEP VERSE 1 1 4 4 1 1 5 5 1 1 4 4 1 5 1 1 CHORUS 4 4 1 1 1 1 5 5 1 1 4 4 1 5 1 1 MY HOME'S ACROSS THE BLUERIDGE MOUNTAINS CHORUS (after each verse): MY HOME'S ACROSS THE BLUERIDGE MOUNTAINS MY HOME'S ACROSS THE BLUERIDGE MOUNTAINS MY HOME'S ACROSS THE BLUERIDGE MOUNTAINS AND I NEVER EXPECT TO SEE YOU ANYMORE HOW CAN I KEEP FROM CRYIN' (x3) FOR I NEVER EXPECT TO SEE YOU ANYMORE I'M GONNA LEAVE HERE MONDAY MORNING (x3) OH, I NEVER EXPECT TO SEE YOU ANYMORE GOODBYE MY LITTLE NASHVILLE DARLIN' (x3) OH, I NEVER EXPECT TO SEE YOU ANYMORE 1 1 1 1 5 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 1 1 MY ROSE OF OLD KENTUCKY SHE LIVED NEAR ME IN A LITTLE VILLAGE IN A CABIN ON A HILL WE MADE OUR VOWS WE'D LOVE EACH OTHER AND I KNOW WE ALWAYS WILL CHORUS (after each verse): SHE'S MY ROSE OF OLD KENTUCKY I WATCHED HER BLOOM AS THE YEARS ROLL BY AND TO ME THERE'LL NO OTHER I'LL LOVE HER TILL THE DAY I DIE OH IN DREAMS I SEE MY DARLING IN A GINGHAM DRESS SHE LOOKS SO SWEET OH HOW I LONG FOR OLD KENTUCKY AND MY DARLING ONCE MORE TO KEEP OH I KNOW YOU OFTEN WONDER SO I'LL TELL YOU THE REASON WHY SHE'S MY ROSE OF OLD KENTUCKY AND I KNOW SHE'LL NEVER LIE VERSE 1 1 4 4 1 1 5 5 1 1 4 4 1 5 1 1 CHORUS 4 4 1 1 1 1 5 5 1 1 4 4 1 5 1 1 MY SWEET BLUE-EYED DARLIN' Bill Monroe CHORUS (after each verse): YOU'RE MY SWEET BLUE-EYED DARLIN' AND MY LOVE BELONGS TO YOU ALL I ASK (ALL I ASK) OF YOU MY DARLIN' (YOU MY DARLIN') IS LOVE ME GOOD (LOVE ME GOOD) AND BE TRUE THINGS COME AND GO BUT I STILL LOVE YOU AND I SEE YOUR SMILIN' FACE TELL ME, LOVE, THAT YOU NEED ME AND NO ONE'S GONNA TAKE MY PLACE IN A DAY I'LL NEED AN ANSWER AND I HOPE THAT YOU WILL SAY YOU DON'T BELONG TO ANOTHER AND IN MY ARMS YOU'RE GONNA STAY 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 1 1 4 5 1 1 MY WALKIN' SHOES DON'T FIT ME CHORUS (after each verse): MY WALKIN' SHOES DON'T FIT ME ANYMORE MY WALKIN' SHOES DON'T FIT ME ANYMORE STAY ON YOUR SIDE OF TOWN, HONEY I WON'T BE AROUND MY WALKIN' SHOES DON'T FIT ME ANYMORE IT'S A LONG WAY FROM HERE TO OVER YONDER MY FEET, THEY'RE GETTIN MIGHTY SORE I AIN'T COMIN' BACK, YOU MADE YOUR MIND TO WANDER MY WALKIN' SHOES DON'T FIT ME ANYMORE I'LL BE A LONG TIME GONE FROM YOU MY BABY YOU'LL NEVER HEAR ME KNOCK UPON YOUR DOOR I THOUGHT I LOVED YOU ONCE BUT I WAS CRAZY MY WALKIN' SHOES DON'T FIT ME ANYMORE 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 1 1 4 4 1 5 1 1