Harry Belafonte [보컬,제작자]

The sea will wash against the rock
The rock stands strong, the rock is strong
The sea will wash against the rock
But before too long the rock is gone

The wind will blow against the stone
The stone stands strong, the stone is strong
The wind will blow against the stone
but before too long the stone is gone

Patience gentlemen, we move closer every day
Patience gentlemen, the stone will soon give way

Chorus
We are the wave,
We are the flow
We are the wind
And soon the rock must go
We are the wave,
We are the flow
We are the wind
And soon the rock must go

You cannot hold back the tide
The tide must rise the tide must rise
It's the law of earth and skies
The tide will rise, the tide will rise
It's as natural as day to night
As day to night, day to night
As natural as black and white
Black and white, black and white

Patience gentlemen, the flower can grow up through the stone
Patience gentlemen, it's a truth that we have always known

This is my island in the sun
Where my people have toiled since time begun
Though I may sail on many a sea
Her shores will always be home to me

chorus
Oh, island in the sun
Willed to me by my father's hand
All my days I will sing in praise
Of your forest, waters, your shining sand

When morning breaks the heaven on high
I lift my heavy load to the sky
Sun comes down with a burning glow
Mingles my sweat with the earth below

chorus
Oh, island in the sun
Willed to me by my father's hand
All my days I will sing in praise
Of your forest, waters, your shining sand

I see woman on bended knee
Cutting cane for her family
I see man at the waters side
Casting nets at the surging tide

chorus
Oh, island in the sun
Willed to me by my father's hand
All my days I will sing in praise
Of your forest, waters, your shining sand

I hope the day will never come
That I can't awake to the sound of drum
Never let me miss carnival
With calypso songs philosophical

chorus
Oh, island in the sun
Willed to me by my father's hand
All my days I will sing in praise
Of your forest, waters, your shining sand

HB=Harry Belafonte
DR=Diane Reeves, LaTanya Hall, Jennifer Warnes or Sara Mann

HB:
She does not lazy dance
Her hands on me
She does not talk, no pretty talk
She pleasures silently
But with her, I am summer
I warm easy to her heat
She fill me full, she fill me full
She make me complete

chorus:
Skin to skin
Skin to skin
No cold wind blow on me
No cold wind blow on me

DR:
Skin to skin
Skin to skin
The light, it shine on me
The light it shine on me

He is a secret soldier
With pieces inside broke
He hides in his own darkness
His fire has no smoke
And, when my body songs begin
When he holds me tight
He chases all my shadows
And I burn so bright

chorus:
Skin to skin
Skin to skin
No cold wind blow on me
No cold wind blow on me

HB/DR:
Skin to skin
Skin to skin
The light, it shine on me
The light it shine on me

HB:
Winter inside of me
Ice to fight the storm
She cannot see
What I hide in me
I can't be strong
Beside her warm

DR/HB chorus
Skin to skin (she's too close)
Skin to skin (much too close)
No cold wind blow on me (she's got a hold on me)
No cold wind blow on me (she's got a hold on me)

Skin to skin (she touches soft)
Skin to skin (ah, much too soft)
The light, it shines on me (her fire is burning me)
The light, it shines on me (her fire is burning me)

Skin to skin (she's too close)
Skin to skin (much too close)
No cold wind blow on me (she's got a hold on me)
No cold wind blow on me (she's got a hold on me)
Skin to skin (she touches soft)
Skin to skin (ah, much too soft)

Here comes mister Dudo flyin' up the street
Running like a fire burning under his feet
Castin' his eye to the left and to the right
Lookin' for a place where he can duck out of sight

Interlude:
Here come the gumba, gumba rumblin' up the road
Lookin' for some bodies to fill up her load
A big fat cap he hangin' off the back
Scoopin' up the stragglers, and givin' them a whack

Chorus:
Come on boy, jump inside (Ka Kwela)
Come on boy, we're gonna take you for a ride
It's an excursion where you don't have to pay (Ka Kwela)
At the end of the line you'll find a place to stay.

Kwela, Kwela
You gotta listen to the man (Yo Bo Baas)
Kibela, Kwela
Everybody jump in the van
Kwela, Kwela
You better listen to the man (Hear him talkin')
Kibela, Kwela
Everybody jump in the van

Now dudo he doin, doing pretty well
He got a private room in the blue hotel
Every day he gets a complimentary meal
Maybe, check out soon if he can make a deal
If you want to play music out on the street
Be sure you got your tackys tied on your feet
You better make sure that you stay outta sight
'cause the chacklas van 'as got a big appetite

Chorus:
Come on boy, jump inside (Ka Kwela)
Come on boy, we're gonna take you for a ride
It's an excursion where you don't have to pay (Ka Kwela)
At the end of the line you'll find a place to stay.
Kwela, Kwela, you better listen to the man
Kibela, Kwela
Everybody jump in the van

Matilda, Matilda, Matilda,
She take me money and run Venezuela.
Everybody ! Matilda, Matilda, Matilda
She take me money and run Venezuela.

Five hundred dollars, friends, I lost
Woman even sell me cat and horse
Hey, Matilda, Matilda, Matilda,
She take me money and run Venezuela.
Everybody ! Matilda, Matilda, Matilda
She take me money and run Venezuela.

Well, the money was to buy me house and land
Then she got a serious plan
(chorus)...
Well, the money was just inside me bed
Stuck up in a pillow beneath me head
Don't you know Matilda,

She found me money and...Everybody
(chorus)
Women over 40...
(chorus)
Well, me friends, never to love again
All me money gone in vain! …

Try to remember the kind of September
When life was slow and oh so mellow
Try to remember the kind of September
When grass was green and grain was yellow
Try to remember the kind of September
When you were a young and callow fellow
Try to remember and if you remember
Then follow, follow, follow

Try to remember when life was so tender
And no one wept except the willow
Try to remember when life was so tender
And dreams were kept beside your pillow
Try to remember when life was so tender
When love was an ember about to billow
Try to remember and if you remember
Then follow, follow

Deep in December it's nice to remember
Although you know the snow will follow
Deep in December, it's nice to remember
Without a hurt, the heart is hollow
Deep in December, it's nice to remember
The fire of September, that made us mellow
Deep in December our hearts should remember
And follow...follow

Background solo by Arthur Williams, Demetrius Harvey, Anthony Mills or ...

Finda, finda the card is quick
If you catch the black eye, you catch the trick
So make your move, baas, but it could fool you
That's paradise here in Gazankulu
(Oh yes, ha ha ha)
Watch the card, don't watch the hand
It could take you to the promised land

Ah, Sissanyana, my sheebin queen
(Ah ah ah ah)
She ain't too pretty, but she body mean
(Whoop)
Lot's of good things that she'll do to you
(Oh no)
That's paradise here in Gazankulu
(Ahh ahh ya way na coh thu ku ki laka gaza)

How much you pay, how much it worth
(Ahh ahh ya way na coh thu ku ki laka gaza)
To get a bit o' heaven here on earth. (Eh)

Ah the bells of Zion tell you to pray
For the life hereafter, they make you pay. (Whoop)
But I'm just dealin' not tryin' to rule you (Oh yes ha ha)
That's paradise here in Gazankulu
(Ahh ahh ya way na coh thu ku ki laka gaza)

Take a chance, and I'll show you how
(Ahh ahh ya way na coh thu ku ki laka gaza)
You can go to glory, now
(Ahh ahh ya way na coh thu ku ki laka gaza)

Watch the card, don't watch the hand
(Ahh ahh ya way na coh thu ku ki laka gaza)
Try to catch me, if you can
I ain't no tsotsi, I ain't that mean
My cards are tricky, but my game is clean

How much you pay?
How much it worth?
To get a little heaven right
Here on earth?
(Kunjani, Uh)

I'm the Shangaan
Pope of hope.
I do the African
Rope-a-dope
(Sikoni, ahh ahh ya way na coh thu ku ki laka gaza, baas)

How you see it
Now you see it
Sometimes you get it
Sometimes you won't

Ah well, in case you forget
Here's a reminder
The best game in town
Is finda, finda

(Ahh ahh ya way na coh thu ku ki laka gaza)
(Sax solo)

(Amandla)
(Synthesizer solo)

(Ahh ahh ya way na coh thu ku ki laka gaza)

(Ga way tu)
(Guitar solo)

(Ahh ahh ya way na coh thu ku ki laka gaza)

I said I ain't no tsotsi, I ain't that mean
My cards are tricky, my game is clean
How much you pay? How much it worth
To get a bit of heaven here on earth?
Gazan ku-uh-Gazankulu (Repeat several times)

Mandela - Zwalaki Sisulu
Free Mandela - Zwalaki Sisulu
Gazan ku-uh-Gazankulu (Repeat several times)

Steven Biko - Zwalaki Sisulu
Gazan ku-uh-Gazankulu (Repeat)
Oliver Tambo - Zwalaki Sisulu
Gazan ku-uh-Gazankulu (Repeat several times)

Mandela - Zwalaki Sisulu
Free Mandela - Zwalaki Sisulu
Gazan ku-uh-Gazankulu (Repeat several times)

In Jamaica, Calypso isle,
ev'rybody dancing with a happy smile.
All but a young man along the pier,
he had a song to sing that was sad to hear:

I must sail away across the sea,
leave the girl, who only loves me.
Although I say "Farewell Jamaica" today,
I know that I'll come back to her another day.

Down the way where the nights are gay
and the sun shines daily on the mountain top,
I took a trip on a sailing ship
and when I reached Jamaica I made a stop.

But I'm sad to say I'm on my way,
won't be back for many a day.
My heart is down, my head is turning around,
I had to leave a little girl in Kingston town.

Sounds of laughter everywhere
and the dancing girls swaying to and fro.
I must declare my heart is there
although I've been from Maine to Mexico.

But I'm sad to say I'm on my way,
won't be back for many a day.
My heart is down, my head is turning around,
I had to leave a little girl in Kingston town.

Day-o, day-ay-ay-o
Daylight come and he wan' go home
Day, he say day, he say day,
he say day, he say day, he say day-ay-ay-o
Daylight come and he wan' go home

Work all night on a drink a'rum
(Daylight come and he wan' go home)
Stack banana till thee morning come
(Daylight come and he wan' go home)

Come, Mr. Tally Mon, tally me banana
(Daylight come and he wan' go home)
Come, Mr. Tally Mon, tally me banana
(Daylight come and he wan' go home)

It's six foot, seven foot, eight foot, BUNCH!
(Daylight come and he wan' go home)
Six foot, seven foot, eight foot, BUNCH!
(Daylight come and he wan' go home)

Day, he say day-ay-ay-o
(Daylight come and he wan' go home)
Day, he say day, he say day,
he say day, he say day, he say day..
(Daylight come and he wan' go home)

A beautiful bunch a'ripe banana
(Daylight come and he wan' go home)
Hide thee deadly black tarantula
(Daylight come and he wan' go home)

It's six foot, seven foot, eight foot, BUNCH!
(Daylight come and he wan' go home)
Six foot, seven foot, eight foot, BUNCH!
(Daylight come and he wan' go home)

Day, he say day-ay-ay-o
(Daylight come and he wan' go home)
Day, he say day, he say day,
he say day, he say day, he say day..
(Daylight come and he wan' go home)

Come, Mr. Tally Mon, tally me banana
(Daylight come and he wan' go home)
Come, Mr. Tally Mon, tally me banana
(Daylight come and he wan' go home)

Day-o, day-ay-ay-o
(Daylight come and he wan' go home)
Day, he say day, he say day,
he say day, he say day, he say day-ay-ay-o
(Daylight come and he wan' go home..)

Sylvie, Sylvie, I'm so hot an' dry
Sylvie, Sylvie, can't you hear
Can't you hear me crying

Bring me a little water Sylvie
Bring me a little water now
Bring me a little water Sylvie
Ev'ry little once in a while

Sylvie say she loves me
But I believe she lie
She hasn't been to see me
Since the last day of July

She brought me a little coffee
She brought me a little tea
Well she brought my nearly ev'ry damn thing
But she didn't bring the jailhouse key

A little drink of water wouldn't satisfy me

Bring it in a bucket Sylvie
Bring it in a bucket now
Bring it in a bucket Sylvie
Ev'ry little once in a while
Ev'ry little once in a while

Look a look a yonder
What is that I see
Well I thought is was little Sylvie
A coming after me.

When I was a little baby,
My Mama would rock me in the cradle
In them there, ol' cotton fields at home
When I was a little baby,
My Mama would rock me in the cradle
In them there, ol' cotton fields at home

Oh when them cotton balls bet rotten
You can't pick very much cotton
In them there, ol' cotton fields at home
It was down in Louisiana,
Just a mile from Texarkana
In them there ol' cotton fields at home.

Now it may sound very funny,
But you didn't make very much money,
In them there, ol' cotton fields at home
Yes it might sound very funny,
But you didn't make very much money,
In them there, ol' cotton fields at home

Oh when them cotton balls bet rotten
You can't pick very much cotton
In them there, ol' cotton fields at home
It was down in Louisiana,
Just a mile from Texarkana
In them there ol' cotton fields at home.

I was over in Arkansas,
When the sheriff asked me
What did you come here for ?
In them there, ol' cotton fields at home
Yes I was over in Arkansas,
When the sheriff asked me
What did you come here for ?
In them there, ol' cotton fields at home

Oh when them cotton balls bet rotten
You can't pick very much cotton
In them there, ol' cotton fields at home
It was down in Louisiana,
Just a mile from Texarkana
In them there ol' cotton fields at home.

John Henry he could hammer,
He could whistle, he could sing
He went to the mountain early in the mornin'
Just to hear his hammer ring, Lord, Lord
Just to hear his hammer ring.
Just to hear his hammer ring, Lord, Lord
Just to hear his hammer ring.

When John Henry was a little baby,
Sittin' on his daddy's knee
He picked up a hammer, a little piece of steel,
Said hammer be the death of me, Lord, Lord
Said hammer be the death of me
Said hammer be the death of me, Lord, Lord
Said hammer be the death of me

When John Henry's fam'ly needed money,
Said he didn't have but a dime
If you wait 'til the red sun goes down
I'll get it from the man in the mine, Lord, Lord
I'll get it from the man in the mine
I'll get it from the man in the mine, Lord, Lord
I'll get it from the man in the mine

Well John Henry went to the Captain
Said the captain, what can you do
I can hoist a jack, I can lay a track
I can pick and shovel too, Lord, Lord
I can pick and shovel too
I can pick and shovel too, Lord, Lord
I can pick and shovel too

Well the captain said to John Henry,
Gonna bring me a steam drill 'round
Gonna bring me a steam drill out on the job
Gonna whup that steel on down, Lord, Lord
Whup that steel on down

Well John Henry said to the captain,
Oh a man ain't nothin' but a man
'Fore I'd let your steam drill beat me down,
I'd die with my hammer in my hand, Lord, Lord
Die with my hammer in my hand

Well John Henry said to the captain,
Looka yonder what I see,
Hole done choke, drill done broke,
And you can't drive steel like me, Lord, Lord
Can't drive steel like me
Oh no, you can't drive steel like me, no no
Can't drive steel like me

Well John Henry drove into the mountain,
His hammer was strikin' fire
He drove so hard he broke his poor heart
And he laid down his hammer and he died, Lord, Lord
Laid down his hammer and he died
He laid down his hammer and he died, Great God
Laid down his hammer and he died

Oh they took John Henry to the White House
And they buried him in the sand
Every locomotive come roarin' by
Says there lies a steel drivin' man, Lord, Lord
There lies a steel drivin' man
Says there lies a steel drivin' man, Lord, Lord
There lies a steel drivin' man


Shaker why don't you sing,
I'm throwin' twelve pounds from my hips on down,
Just listen to the cold steel ring,
Just listen to the cold steel ring

Well the Captain says to John Henry
I believe this mountains cavin' in
John Henry said to the Captain,
'Tain't nothin' but my hammer suckin' wind,
'Tain't nothin' but my hammer suckin' wind

The man that invented the steamdrill,
Thought he was mighty fine,
John Henry made his fifteen feet,
The steamdrill only made nine,
The steamdrill only made nine

Well John Henry had a little woman,
And her name was Polly Ann

Oh, when the saints, go marching in,
Yes when the saints go marching in.
Oh Lord I want to be in that ever lovin' number
When the saints go marching in.

Oh, when the saints, go marching in,
Yes when the saints go marching in.
Oh Lord I want to be in that number
When the saints go marching in.

Oh yes, I had a dear old mother,
And if you should see her before I do,
Won't you tell her that you saw me coming,
I was struttin' straight on through
Oh, when the saints, go marching in,
Yes when the saints go marching in.
Oh Lord I want to be in that number
When the saints go marching in.

Day-o, day-ay-ay-o
Daylight come and he wan' go home
Day, he say day, he say day, he say day, he say day, he say day-ay-ay-o
Daylight come and he wan' go home

Work all night on a drink a'rum
(Daylight come and he wan' go home)
Stack banana till morning come
(Daylight come and he wan' go home)

Come, Mr. Tally Mon, tally me banana
(Daylight come and he wan' go home)
Come, Mr. Tally Mon, tally me banana
(Daylight come and he wan' go home)

It's six foot, seven foot, eight foot, BUNCH!
(Daylight come and he wan' go home)
Six foot, seven foot, eight foot, BUNCH!
(Daylight come and he wan' go home)

Day, he say day-ay-ay-o
(daylight come and he wa'n go home)
Day, he say day, he say day, he say day, he say day, he say day

(Daylight come and he wan' go home)

A beautiful bunch a'ripe banana
(daylight come and he wan' go home)
Hide thee Deadly black tarantula
(Daylight come and he wan' go home)

It's six foot, seven foot, eight foot, BUNCH!
(Daylight come and he wan' go home)
Six foot, seven foot, eight foot, BUNCH!
(Daylight come and he wan' go home)

Day, he say day-ay-ay-o
(Daylight come and he wan' go home)
Day, he say day, he say day, he say day, he say day, he say day

(Daylight come and he wan' go home)

Come, Mr. Tally Mon, tally me banana
(Daylight come and he wan' go home)
Come, Mr. Tally Mon, tally me banana
(Daylight come and he wan' go home)

Day-o, day-ay-ay-o
(Daylight come and he wan' go home)
Day, he say day, he say day, he say day, he say day, he say day-ay-ay-o
(Daylight come and he wan' go home)

Down the bay where the nights are gay
And the sun shines daily on the mountain top
I took a trip on a sailing ship
And when I reached Jamaica I made a stop

But I'm sad to say I'm on my way
Won't be back for many a day
My heart is down, my head is turning around
I had to leave a little girl in Kingston town

Down the market you can hear
Ladies cry out while on their heads they bear
`Akey' rice, salt fish are nice
And the rum is fine any time of year

Sounds of laughter everywhere
And the dancing girls sway to and fro
I must declare my heart is there
Though I've been from Maine to Mexico

I wonder why nobody don't like me
Or is it the fact that I'm ugly?
I wonder why nobody don't like me
Or is it the fact that I'm ugly?

I leave my whole house and home
My children don't want me no more
Bad talk inside de house dey bring
And when I talk they start to sing

Mama, look a bobo they shout
Their mother tell them shut up your mouth'
That is your daddy, oh, no
My daddy can't be ugly so
Shut your mout' Go away

Mama, look at bobo dey
Shut your mout' Go away
Mama, look at bobo dey

I couldn't even digest me supper
Due to thee children's behavior
John (Yes, pa)-come here a moment
Bring de belt, you're much too impudent
John says it's James who started first
James tells thee story in reverse
I drag my belt from off me waist
You should hear dem screamin' round de place

Mama, look at bobo they shout
Their mother tell them shut up your mout'
That is your daddy, oh, no
My daddy can't be ugly so
Shut your mout' Go away

Mama, look at bobo dey (oh)
Shut your mout' Go away
Mama, look at bobo dey (oh)

So I began to question de mother
These children ain't got no behavior
So I began to question de mother
These children ain't got no behavior

They're playing with you my wife declared
You should be proud of them, my dear
These children were taught too bloomin' slack
That ain't no kind of joke to crack

Mama, look at bobo they shout
Their mother tell them shut up your mout'
That is your daddy, oh, no
My daddy can't be ugly so
Shut your mout' Go away

Mama, look at bobo dey (ooh)
Shut your mout' Go away

Mama, look at bobo dey (ooh)
Shut your mout' Go away'

Every time I'm away from Liza
Water come to me eye
Every time I'm away from Liza
Water come to me eye

Come back Liza, come back girl
Wipe the tear from me eye
Come back Liza, come back girl
Wipe the tear from me eye

I remember when love was new
Water come to me eye
There was one but now there's two
Water come to me eye

Come back Liza, come back girl
Wipe the tear from me eye
Come back Liza, come back girl
Wipe the tear from me eye

When the evening starts to fall
Water come to me eye
I need to hear my Liza's call
Water come to me eye

Come back Liza, come back girl
Wipe the tear from me eye
Come back Liza, come back girl
Wipe the tear from me eye

Standing there in the market place
Water come to me eye
Soon I'll feel her warm embrace
Water come to me eye

Come back Liza, come back girl
Wipe the tear from me eye
Come back Liza, come back girl
Wipe the tear from me eye

In the shadow I stand awhile
Water come to me eye
Soon I'll see my Liza's smile
Water come to me eye

Come back Liza, come back girl
Wipe the tear from me eye
Come back Liza, come back girl
Wipe the tear from me eye

Every time I'm away from Liza
Water come to me eye
Every time I'm away from Liza
Water come to me eye

I say let us put man and a woman together
To find out which one is smarter
Some say man but I say no
The woman got the man de day should know

And not me but the people they say
That de man are leading de women astray
But I say, that the women of today
Smarter than the man in every way
That's right de woman is uh smarter
That's right de woman is uh smarter
That's right de woman is uh smarter, that's right, that's right

Ever since the world began
Woman was always teaching man
And I you listen to my bid attentively
I goin' tell you how she smarter than me

Samson was the strongest man long ago
No one could a beat him, as we all know
Until he clash with Deliah on top of the bed
She told them all the strength was in the hair of his head

You meet a girl at a pretty dance
Thinking that you would stand a chance
Take her home, thinking she's alone
Open de door you find her husband home

I was treating a girl independently
She was making baby for me
When de baby born and I went to see
Eyes was blue it was not by me

Garden of Eden was very nice
Adam never work in Paradise
Eve meet snake, Paradise gone
She make Adam work from that day on

Methuselah spent all his life in tears
Lived without a woman for 900 years
One day he decided to have some fun
The poor man never lived to see 900 and one

Hava Nageela Hava Nageela
Hava Nageela Vay Nis ma cha

Hava Nageela Hava Nageela
Hava Nageela Vay Nis ma cha

Hava Nay Ran Nee Nah
Hava Nay Ran Nee Nah
Hava Nay Ran Nee Nah Vay Nis Ma Cha

Hava Nay Ran Nee Nah
Hava Nay Ran Nee Nah
Hava Nay Ran Nee Nah Vay Nis Ma Cha

Oo Ru Oo Ru Achim
Oo Ru Achim Belev Sah May Ach
Oo Ru Achim Belev Sah May Ach
Oo Ru Achim Belev Sah May Ach
Oo Ru Achim Belev Sah May Ach

Oo Ru Achim Oo Ru Achim
Belev Sah May Ay Ay Ay Ay Ay Ach

(repeat all above once)

A time, a time of strife
The place, the place is Ireland This Irish legend had it
And the last rose of summer fell and all the young men of Ireland Were together to stake a
blow
For Ireland's freedom and Ireland's liberty There' songs for those who stayed at
home and songs for those who went away and all o'er Ireland were sad

Oh Danny boy the pipes the pipes are calling
From glen to glen and down the mountain side
The summer's gone and all the roses falling
It's you it's you must go and I must bide

But come ye back when summer's in the meadow
Or when the valley's hushed and white with snow
It's I'll be here in sunshine or in shadow
Oh Danny boy, oh Danny Boy I'll love you so

But if you fall as all the flowers are dying
And you are dead as dead you well maybe
I'll come and fine the place where you are laying
And kneel and say an Ave there for thee

Dicen que por las noches
nomas se le iba puro liorar
dicen que no com ia
Nomas se le iba en puro tomar
Juran que el mismo cielo
se extremecia al o'ir su llanto
como sufrio por ella
pue hasta en su muerta la fue llamando

Ayayayay Cantaba
Ayayayay Comia
Ayayayay Cantaba
de pasion mortar moria

Que una paloma triste
muy de manana leva a cantar
a la casita sola
con sus puertias de par en par
juran que esa paloma
no es otracosa maspue su alma
wue todavia la espera
a pue regresa la desdichada

Cu cu ru cu cu paloma
Cu cu ru cu cu no llores
las piedras jamas paloma
pue van a saber de amores

Cu cu ru cu cu
Cu cu ru cu cu
Cu cu ru cu cu
Paloma, yanola llores

Oh Shenandoah, I long to hear you,
Away you rolling river,
Oh Shenandoah I long to hear you,
Away I'm bound away,
'Cross the wide Missouri

Oh Shenandoah, I love your daughter,
Away you rolling river,
Oh Shenandoah I love your daughter,
Away I'm bound away,
'Cross the wide Missouri

Oh Shenandoah, I'm bound to leave you,
Away you rolling river,
Oh Shenandoah I'll not deceive you,
Away I'm bound away,
'Cross the wide Missouri

Oh Shenandoah, I long to hear you,
Away you rolling river,
Oh Shenandoah I long to hear you,
Away I'm bound away,
'Cross the wide Missouri

Matilda, Matilda, Matilda,
She take me money and run Venezuela.
Everybody ! Matilda, Matilda, Matilda
She take me money and run Venezuela.

Five hundred dollars, friends, I lost
Woman even sell me cat and horse
Hey, Matilda, Matilda, Matilda,
She take me money and run Venezuela.
Everybody ! Matilda, Matilda, Matilda
She take me money and run Venezuela.

Well, the money was to buy me house and land
Then she got a serious plan
(chorus)...
Well, the money was just inside me bed
Stuck up in a pillow beneath me head
Don't you know Matilda,

She found me money and...Everybody
(chorus)
Women over 40...
(chorus)
Well, me friends, never to love again
All me money gone in vain! …

Day o Day o
Daylight come and we want go home
Day is a day is a day
is a day is a day is a day o
Daylight come and we want go
Work all night on a drink of rum
Daylight come and we want go home
Stack banana til the morning come
Daylight come and we want go home
Come Mister Tally Man tally me banana
Daylight come and we want go home
Come Mister Tally Man tally me banana
Daylight come and we want go home
6 foot 7 foot 8 foot bunch
Daylight come and we want go home
6 foot 7 foot 8 foot bunch
Daylight come and we want go home
Day is a day o
Day is a day is a day is a day
Daylight come and we want go home
A beautiful bunch of ripe banana
Daylight come and we want go home
Hide the deadly black tarantula
Daylight come and we want go home
It's 6 foot 7 foot 8 foot bunch
Daylight come and we want go home
6 foot 7 foot 8 foot bunch
Daylight come and we want go home
Day is a day o
Daylight come and we want go home
Day is a day is a day is a day
Daylight come and we want go home
Come Mister Tally Man Tally me banana
Daylight come and we want go home
Come Mister Tally Man tally me banana
Daylight come and we want go home
Day o Day o
Daylight come and we want go home
Day is a day is a day is a day
is a day is a day o
Daylight come and we want go home

Long time ago in Bethlehem
So the Holy Bible say
Mary's boy child, Jesus Christ
Was born on Christmas day.

Hark, now hear the angels sing
A new King born today
And man will live forever more
Because of Christmas day.

While shepherds watched their flock by night
And see a bright new shining star
And hear a choir sing
The music seem to come from afar.

Now Joseph and his wife Mary
Come to Bethlehem that night
And find no place to borne she child
Not a single room was in sight.

Hark, now hear the angels sing
A new King born today
And man will live forever more
Because of Christmas day.

By and by they find a little nook
In a stable all forlorn
And in a manger cold and dark
Mary's little boy was born.

Hark, now hear the angels sing
A new King born today
And man will live forever more
Because of Christmas day.

Silent Night, Holy night, all is calm, all is bright
'Round yon Virgin Mother and Child
Holy Infant so tender and mild
Sleep in Heavenly peace
Sleep in Heavenly peace

Silent Night, Holy night, shepherds quake at the sight
Glories stream from Heaven a far
Heavenly hosts sing Alleluia
Christ the Savior is born
Christ the Savior is born

Silent Night, Holy night, Son of God, love's pure light
Radiant beams from Thy holy face
With the dawn of redeeming grace
Sleep in heavenly peace
Sleep in heavenly peace

Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat
Please put a penny in the old man's hat
Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat
Please put a penny in the old man's hat
Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat
Please put a penny in the old man's hat
Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat
Please put a penny in the old man's hat

If you haven't got a penny, a ha' penny will do,
If you haven't got a ha' penny, then God bless you

I heard the bells on Christmas day
Their old familiar carols play
And wild and sweet
The words repeat
Of peace on earth, good will to men

I thought, as now this day had come
The belfries of all Christendom
Had rung so long
The unbroken song
Of peace on earth, good will to men

And in despair I bowed my head
There is no peace on earth, I said
For hate is strong
And mocks the song
Of peace on earth, good will to men

Then pealed the bells more loud and deep
God is not dead nor doth He sleep
The wrong shall fail
The right prevail
With peace on earth, good will to men

There's a star in the east on Christmas morn
Rise up shepherd and follow
It'll lead to the place where the Savior's born
Rise up shepherd and follow

Leave your ewes and leave your lambs
Rise up shepherd and follow
Leave your sheep and leave your rams
Rise up shepherd and follow

Follow, follow
Rise up shepherd and follow
Follow the Star of Bethlehem
Rise up shepherd and follow

If you take good heed to the Savior's words
Rise up shepherd and follow
You'll forget your flocks
You'll forget your herds
Rise up shepherd and follow

Leave your ewes and leave your lambs
Rise up shepherd and follow
Leave your sheep and leave your rams
Rise up shepherd and follow

Follow, follow
Rise up shepherd and follow
Follow the Star of Bethlehem
Rise up shepherd and follow

Come to Bethl'em, come to Bethl'em
Dooy dai dooy dai dooy dai da
Come children all, to the lonely stall
Where the little Jesus sleeps

Bring Him flowers, bring him flowers
Dooy dai dooy dai dooy dai da
Make of them a crown, gently lay it down
Where the little Jesus sleeps

Many times I've been told by the wise and the old
Something good I'm supposed to remember
If my first love I'll found in, in the warm of July
It'll cool in the, in the nip of September

Now they point to the skies
To the old and wise
And they speak of a chill in the air
But I don't care

Oh, still I love my summertime love
Still I love the kissing and the codding
Still I love my summertime love
With a heart still summertime true

Still I love my summertime love
Still I want her walking close beside me
Still I love my summertime love
Let the seasons change as they do

Oh, still I love my summertime love
Still I love the kissing and the codding
Still I love my summertime love
With a heart still summertime true

Try to remember the kind of September
When life was slow and oh
so mellow.
Try to remember the kind of September
When grass was green and grain was yellow.
Try to remember the kind of September
When you were a tender and callow fellow.
Try to remember and if you remember
then follow
follow.

Try to remember when life was so tender
When noone wept except the willow.
Try to remember when life was so tender
When dreams were kept beside your pillow.
Try to remember when life was so tender
When love was an ember about to billow.
Try to remember and if you remember
then follow
follow.

Deep in December it's nice to remember
Although you know the snow will follow.
Deep in December it's nice to remember
Without a hurt the heart will hollow.
Deep in December
it's nice to remember
The fire of September that made you mellow.
Deep in December our hearts should remember and follow
follow.

It's as dark as a dungeon way down in the mine

I never will forget one time when I was on a little visit down home in Ebenezer, Kentucky.
I was a-talkin' to an old man that had known me ever since the day I was born, and an old friend
of the family. He says, "Son, you don't know how lucky you are to have a nice job like you've got
and don't have to dig out a livin' from under these old hills and hollers like me and your pappy
used to." When I asked him why he never had left and tried some other kind of work, he says,
"Nawsir, you just won't do that. If ever you get this old coal dust in your blood, you're just
gonna be a plain old coal miner as long as you live." He went on to say, "It's a habit
sorta like chewin' tobaccer."

Come and listen you fellows, so young and so fine,
And seek not your fortune in the dark, dreary mines.
It will form as a habit and seep in your soul,
'Till the stream of your blood is as black as the coal.

It's dark as a dungeon and damp as the dew,
Where danger is double and pleasures are few,
Where the rain never falls and the sun never shines
It's dark as a dungeon way down in the mine.
It's a-many a man I have seen in my day,
Who lived just to labor his whole life away.
Like a fiend with his dope and a drunkard his wine,
A man will have lust for the lure of the mines.

I hope when I'm gone and the ages shall roll,
My body will blacken and turn into coal.
Then I'll look from the door of my heavenly home,
And pity the miner a-diggin' my bones.

Four strong winds that blow lonely
Seven seas that run high
All those things that don't change come what may
But our good times are all gone
And I'm bound for moving on
I look for you if I'm ever back this way

Think Ill go out to Alberta
Weathers good there in the fall
Got some friends I can go to working for
Still I wish you change your mind
If I asked you one more time
But we've been through that a hundred times or more

If I get there before the snow flies
And if things are going good
You could meet me if I send you down the fare
But by then it would be winter
ain't too much for you to do
And those winds sure can blow cold way out there

Day o Day o
Daylight come and we want go home
Day is a day is a day
is a day is a day is a day o
Daylight come and we want go
Work all night on a drink of rum
Daylight come and we want go home
Stack banana til the morning come
Daylight come and we want go home
Come Mister Tally Man tally me banana
Daylight come and we want go home
Come Mister Tally Man tally me banana
Daylight come and we want go home
6 foot 7 foot 8 foot bunch
Daylight come and we want go home
6 foot 7 foot 8 foot bunch
Daylight come and we want go home
Day is a day o
Day is a day is a day is a day
Daylight come and we want go home
A beautiful bunch of ripe banana
Daylight come and we want go home
Hide the deadly black tarantula
Daylight come and we want go home
It's 6 foot 7 foot 8 foot bunch
Daylight come and we want go home
6 foot 7 foot 8 foot bunch
Daylight come and we want go home
Day is a day o
Daylight come and we want go home
Day is a day is a day is a day
Daylight come and we want go home
Come Mister Tally Man Tally me banana
Daylight come and we want go home
Come Mister Tally Man tally me banana
Daylight come and we want go home
Day o Day o
Daylight come and we want go home
Day is a day is a day is a day
is a day is a day o
Daylight come and we want go home

When shadows fall and stars appear
A pain I feel I cannot bear
If I could relive that faithful day
I would not turn my love away

I reveal how I do adore her
Hang my heart on my sleeve just for her
All my love thru-out life assure her
If this moment I could Amour her.

When I think of her tender lips
Gentle touch of her finger-tips
Reminisce on her eyes so fair
Moonlight soft on her downy hair

I reveal how I do adore her
Hang my heart on my sleeve just for her
All my love thru-out life assure her
If this moment I could Amour her.

If some day I should see her smile
Hold her hand and me heart beguile
Feel her warmth in her earnest prayer
Darling shield me from all despair

I reveal how I do adore her
Hang my heart on my sleeve just for her
All my love thru-out life assure her
If this moment I could Amour her.

Now I'm standing alone and sad
Thinkin' upon the joys I've had
Time makes fools of men they say
Take me back to that distant day

I reveal how I do adore her
Hang my heart on my sleeve just for her
All my love thru-out life assure her
If this moment I could Amour her

Will his love be like his rum,
Yes it will, yes it will,
Intoxicating all night long,
Yes it will, yes it will, everybody,

Drink, drink this toast,
Drink this wedding toast,
Drink oh drink this toast,
To the two we love the most,

Did he wed her in the spring,
Yes he did, yes he did,
Did he give her finger ring,
Yes he did, yes he did,

Will her cooking be the best,
Yes it will, yes it will,
Make his belly split his best,
Yes it will, yes it will,

Will she be a perfect wife,
Yes she will, yes she will,
Make him work hard all his life,
Yes she will, yes she will,

Will we dance and sing all night-a,
Yes we will, yes we will,
Eat up evrything inside,
Yes we will, yes we will

Every time I'm away from Liza
Water come to me eye
Every time I'm away from Liza
Water come to me eye

REFRAIN:
Come back Liza, come back girl
Wipe the tear from my eye
Come back Liza, come back girl
Wipe the tear from my eye

I remember when love was new
Water come to me eye
There was one, but now there's two
Water come to me eye

REFRAIN:
Come back Liza, come back girl...

When the evening starts to fall
Water come to me eye
I need to hear my Liza's call
Water come to me eye

REFRAIN:
Come back Liza, come back girl...

Standing there in the marketplace
Water come to me eye
Soon I'll feel her warm embrace
Water come to me eye

REFRAIN:
Come back Liza, come back girl...

In the shadow I stand a while
Water come to me eye
Soon I'll see my Liza's smile
Water come to me eye

REFRAIN:
Come back Liza, come back girl...

Every time I'm away from Liza
Water come to me eye
Every time I'm away from Liza
Water come to me eye

REFRAIN:
Come back Liza, come back girl...

I say let us put man and a woman together
To find out which one is smarter
Some say man but I say no
The woman got the man de day should know

And not me but the people they say
That de man are leading de women astray
But I say, that the women of today
Smartre than the man in every way
That's right de woman is uh smarter
That's right de woman is uh smarter
That's right de woman is uh smarter, that's right, that's right

Ever since the world began
Woman was always teaching man
And I you listen to my bid attentively
I goin' tell you how she smarter than me

Samson was the strongest man long ago
No one could a beat him, as we all know
Until he clash with Deliah on top of the bed
She told them all the strength was in the hair of his head

You meet a girl at a pretty dance
Thinking that you would stand a chance
Take her home, thinking she's alone
Open de door you find her husband home

I was treating a girl independently
She was making baby for me
When de baby born and I went to see
Eyes was blue it was not by me

Garden of Eden was very nice
Adam never work in Paradise
Eve meet snake, Paradise gone
She make Adam work from that day on

Methuselah spent all his life in tears
Lived without a woman for 900 years
One day he decided to have some fun
The poor man never lived to see 900 and one

Try to remember the kind of September
When life was slow and oh
so mellow.
Try to remember the kind of September
When grass was green and grain was yellow.
Try to remember the kind of September
When you were a tender and callow fellow.
Try to remember and if you remember
then follow
follow.

Try to remember when life was so tender
When noone wept except the willow.
Try to remember when life was so tender
When dreams were kept beside your pillow.
Try to remember when life was so tender
When love was an ember about to billow.
Try to remember and if you remember
then follow
follow.

Deep in December it's nice to remember
Although you know the snow will follow.
Deep in December it's nice to remember
Without a hurt the heart will hollow.
Deep in December
it's nice to remember
The fire of September that made you mellow.
Deep in December our hearts should remember and follow
follow.

Gotta jump down, spin around and pick a bale of cotton
Gotta jump down, spin around and pick a bale a day
Gotta jump down, spin around and pick a bale of cotton
Gotta jump down, spin around and pick a bale a day

I saw 'skeeter on my head,
Blinked his eye and I killed him dead
Gotta jump down, spin around and weed a patch o'turnip,
Gotta jump down, spin around and weed a patch a day
Gotta weed a patch o' turnip
Gotta jump down, spin around and weed a patch o'turnip
Gotta jump down, spin around and weed a patch a day

I saw a gal in calico,
She tripped and fell, and she didn't say hello
Gotta jump down, spin around and cook a mess o'greens,
Gotta jump down, spin around and cook a pot a day
Gotta cook a mess o'greens
Gotta jump down, spin around and cook a mess o'greens
Gotta jump down, spin around and cook a pot a day

I got a pig who's nice and greasy,
All you ladies shake it easy
Gotta jump down, spin around and tote a pail o' water,
Gotta jump down, spin around and tote a pail a day
Gotta tote a pail a day
Gotta jump down, spin around and tote a pail o' water
Gotta jump down, spin around and tote a pail a day

I don't know but I've been told,
A gopher really don't live in a hole
Gotta jump down, spin around and sweat a pail o' water,
Gotta jump down, spin around and sweat a pail a day
Gotta sweat a pail a day
Gotta jump down, spin around and sweat a pail o' water
Gotta jump down, spin around and sweat a pail a day