<br>Lyrics from Monroe Crossing's 'On the Road'



Monroe Crossing- Minnesota's Bluegrass Ambassadors - Lyrics from Monroe Crossing's 'On the Road'

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Hear and purchase a performance of this song on "On the Road" by Monroe Crossing from the Monroe Crossing website store.	THE WALLS OF TIME (Bill Monroe--Peter Rowan) The wind is blowin' 'cross the mountain and down oer the valley way below It sweeps the grave of my darlin' When I die that's where I want to go CHORUS: Lord, send the angels for my darlin' and take her to that home on high I'll wait my time out here on earth, love and come to you when I die Our names are carved upon the tombstone I promised you before you died Our love will bloom forever, darlin' when we rest side by side CHORUS I hear her voice out in the darkness It moans and whispers through the pines I know its my sweetheart a'callin' I hear her through the walls of time
Hear and purchase a performance of this song on "On the Road" by Monroe Crossing from the Monroe Crossing website store.	GOTTA TRAVEL ON (Paul Clayton) CHORUS: I've laid around and played around this old town too long Summer's almost gone and winter's coming on I've laid around and played around this old town too long and I feel like I gotta travel on I wanna see my honey, I wanna see her bad Wanna see her bad, boy, wanna see her bad Wanna see my honey, I wanna see her bad She's the best gal this poor boy ever had CHORUS Papa writes to Johnny, but Johnny can't come home Johnny can't come home, no, Johnny can't come home Papa writes to Johnny, but Johnny can't come home 'cause hes been on the chain gang too long CHORUS Night sheriff and police comin' after me Comin' after me, Lord, comin' after me Night sheriff and police comin after me Think I'll hop a freight and head to Tennessee
Hear and purchase a performance of this song on "On the Road" by Monroe Crossing from the Monroe Crossing website store.	BLAKE'S MARCH (Norman Blake)
Hear and purchase a performance of this song on "On the Road" by Monroe Crossing from the Monroe Crossing website store.	I AM A MAN OF CONSTANT SORROW (Traditional) I am a man of constant sorrow I've seen trouble all my days I'll bid farewell to old Kentucky the place where I was born and raised (The place where he 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 (He has no friends to help him now) You can bury me in some deep valley for many years where I may lay And you may learn to love another while I am sleeping in my grave (While he is sleeping in his grave) Maybe your friends think I'm just a stranger My face you never will see no more But there is one promise that is given I'll meet you on God's golden shore (He'll meet you on God's golden shore) In constant sorrow all though his days
Hear and purchase a performance of this song on "On the Road" by Monroe Crossing from the Monroe Crossing website store.	HEAD OVER HEELS (IN LOVE WITH YOU) (Lester Flatt) I think I'll go across the ocean if I don't change my notion I've just got to forget you if I can CHORUS: I'm feelin' so blue I don't know what to do (Because I'm) head over heels in love with you Every day is sad and lonely for I'm thinking of you only I just can't sleep when I lay down CHORUS Oh, I'd like to be forgiven but this life ain't worth livin' if I have to sit and worry over you CHORUS All the nights are long and dreary All I do is sit and worry I just can't bear the thought of losin' you
Hear and purchase a performance of this song on "On the Road" by Monroe Crossing from the Monroe Crossing website store.	ANGEL BAND (R StanleyYork) My latest sun is sinking fast My race is almost run My longest trials now are passed My triumph has begun CHORUS: Oh, come angel band, come and around me stand Bear me away on your snow white wings to my immortal home Bear me away on your snow white wings to my immortal home Oh, bear my longing heart to Him who bled and died for me Whose blood now cleanses from all sins and gives me victory
Hear and purchase a performance of this song on "On the Road" by Monroe Crossing from the Monroe Crossing website store.	NASHVILLE SKYLINE RAG (Bob Dylan)
Hear and purchase a performance of this song on "On the Road" by Monroe Crossing from the Monroe Crossing website store.	IN THE PINES (Traditional) The longest train I ever saw was sixteen coaches long The only girl I ever loved well, shes on that train an gone CHORUS: In the pines, in the pines, where the sun never shines and you shiver when the cold winds blowwooooo... Well, I asked my captain for the time of day Said he throwed his watch away It's a long steel rail and a short cross tie I'm on my way back home CHORUS Little girl, little girl what have I done that made you treat me so Well, you've caused me to weep, you've caused me to moan You've caused me to leave my home
Hear and purchase a performance of this song on "On the Road" by Monroe Crossing from the Monroe Crossing website store.	UNCLE PEN (Bill Monroe) Oh, the people would come from far away to dance all night till the break of day When the caller hollered, do-si-do we knew Uncle Pen was ready to go CHORUS: Late in the evening about sundown high on the hill and above the town Uncle Pen played the fiddle, oh, how it would ring You could hear it talk, you could hear it sing He played an old tune called the Boston Boy and the one they call the Soldiers Joy The greatest of all was Jenny Lynn To me thats where the fiddlin begin CHORUS Oh, Ill never forget that mournful day when Uncle Pen was called away They hung up his fiddle, they hung up his bow They knew it was time for him to go
Hear and purchase a performance of this song on "On the Road" by Monroe Crossing from the Monroe Crossing website store.	WHY DID YOU WANDER (Bill Monroe--Lester Flatt) It was down in the old Cumberland Mountains down in the hills of Tennessee that he waited alone in the moonlight It was there that he waited for me CHORUS: Oh, why oh why did you wander Why did you ever roam when you know that we always were happy all alone in our old mountain home Oh, why did you leave me little darling Why did you leave me alone when you knew I'd be lonesome without you all alone in our old mountain home CHORUS I hope that you'll always be happy no matter where you may roam And I hope to be with you up in heaven as we were in our old mountain home
Hear and purchase a performance of this song on "On the Road" by Monroe Crossing from the Monroe Crossing website store.	DONT GET ABOVE YOUR RAISIN' (Lester Flatt--Earl Scruggs) Well, I've got a guy that's sweet to me He just ain't what he used to be He's a little high-headed, that's plain to see Don't get above your raisin' Stay down to earth with me Well, look here, son, don't you high-head me I aint forgot what you used to be When you didnt have nothin', that was plain to see Don't get above your raisin' Stay down to earth with me Now, you not need hold your head so high every time you pass me by For it don't mean nothin to me you see Don't get above your raisin' Stay down to earth with me Now, look here hon, you better be yourself and leave that other stuff on the shelf You're my country baby, that's plain to see Don't get above your raisin' Stay down to earth with me
Hear and purchase a performance of this song on "On the Road" by Monroe Crossing from the Monroe Crossing website store.	WHO'S GONNA SHOE YOUR PRETTY LITTLE FEET (Traditional) Where did you get those pretty red shoes dresses you wear so fine Got my shoes from a railroad man Woooooo hoooooo hoo Who's gonna kiss your red rosy cheeks Who's gonna glove your little hand Who's gonna shoe your pretty little feet Woooooo hoooooo hoo Brother's gonna kiss my red rosy cheeks Mama's gonna glove my little hand Papa's gonna shoe my pretty little feet Woooooo hoooooo hoo Where did you get those pretty red shoes Dresses you wear so fine Got my shoes from a railroad man Woooooo hoooooo hoo-ooo
Hear and purchase a performance of this song on "On the Road" by Monroe Crossing from the Monroe Crossing website store.	WAYFARING STRANGER (Traditional) I am a poor wayfaring stranger while traveling through this world of woe Yet theres no sickness, toil or danger in that bright world to which I go CHORUS 1: I'm going there to see my father I'm going there no more to roam I'm only going over Jordan I'm only going over home I know dark clouds will gather round me I know my way is rough and steep Yet beauteous fields lie just before me where God's redeemed their vigils keep CHORUS 2: I'm going there to see my mother She said shed meet me when I come I'm only going over Jordan I'm only going over home
Hear and purchase a performance of this song on "On the Road" by Monroe Crossing from the Monroe Crossing website store.	FRIENDSHIP'S ROAD (Art Blackburn) Friendship is a chain of gold Shaped in God's all-perfect mold Each link a smile, a laugh, a tear A grip of the hand, a word of cheer As steadfast as the ages roll Binding closer soul to soul No matter how far or heavy the load Sweet is the journey on friendship's road Jesus is a friend for life Guiding through all toil and strife No matter how far or heavy the load Sweet is the journey on friendship's road Sweet is the journey on friendship's road (4x)
Hear and purchase a performance of this song on "On the Road" by Monroe Crossing from the Monroe Crossing website store.	ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL (Ervin T Rouse)

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