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Lady Hamilton
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Cherokee Shuffle
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The Lakes of Champlain
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Verse I:
Let us pause in life's pleasures and count its many tears,
While we all sup sorrow with the poor.
There's a song that will linger forever in our ears
Oh, hard times come again no more.
Chorus:
'Tis the song, the sigh of the weary,
Hard times, hard times, come again no more.
Many days you have lingered around my cabin door
Oh, hard times come again no more.
Verse 2:
While we seek mirth and beauty and music light and gay,
There are frail forms fainting at the door.
Though their voices are silent, their pleading looks will say
Oh, hard times come again no more.
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Verse I
I've been a good old donkey but they turned me out to die
They had me on the common where the grass don't grow so high
But now I'm in the clover in the fields of golden grain
I'm back in old Columby in the same old stall again
Verse 2
They had me up Salt River but I kicked the stable down
I knew that Mr Roosevelt would ride me in to town
He mounted to the saddle, he grabbed the bridle rein
I'm back in old Columby in the same old stall again
Chorus
Hee haw hallelujah, hee haw hallelujah
I'm back in old Columby in the same old stall again.
Verse 3
He shouted on to Washington clear the track and let us by
You never saw a donkey in your life that jumped so high
I carried him to victory, he rode me on to fame
I'm back in old Columby in the same old stall again
Verse 4
The Rooster and the Eagle fought a duel in the sky
While I was kicking gravel in the big white elephant's eye
The rooster whipped the Eagle, he proved that he was game
I'm back in old Columby in the same old stall again
Chorus
Hee haw hallelujah, hee haw hallelujah
I'm back in old Columby in the same old stall again
Verse 5
They had me on the racetrack for another stake this Fall
Mr Roosevelt, he rode me to the presidential hall
When he led me to the manger to feed my hungry frame
I was back in old Columby in the same old stall again.
Verse 6
You'll see my handsome profile in the papers everywhere
And soon you'll hear them singing all about me on the air
The world is gonna miss me when I am dead and gone
But when the angels find me I'll be sleeping in the White House barn
Chorus
Hee haw hallelujah, hee haw hallelujah
I'm back in old Columby in the same old stall again.
Hee haw hallelujah, hee haw hallelujah
The Democratic donkey is in his stall again
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Who's that knocking at my window
Knocks so loud but won't come in
It is your own true-hearted lover
Go rise you up and let him in
Go 'way go 'way don't wake my mother
For love's a thing she can't endure
She's been the ruin of many a lover
She'll be the ruin of many a more
I've come to whisper in your ear, love
Do you think it's any harm
I've come to win you of your mother
Pray trust yourself in your darling's arms
Go 'way go 'way don't wake my father
For he lies on his bed of rest
And on his breast he carries a weapon
To kill the one that I love best
I wish I was a little sparrow
I'd circle like a turtle dove
I'd fly away to a lonesome valley
And settle down in the land of love
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Ben Paley Brighton, UK
Ben is constantly in demand for his versatility and musicianship.
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Beauty And Butchery
by The Long Hill Ramblers
When I'm not playing on my own, I love playing with my talented bandmates.
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Fresh From The Board: Music From The Ocean State Songster, Volume 1
by The Vox Hunters
Fresh, virtuosic, relentlessly traditional and fully modern, energetic and sparkling. This is what happens in Rhode Island, apparently. Why aren't we all there?
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Wealth of Sorrow
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Sweet Old Religion
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Sweet harmonies & strummed melodies; the duo delve into decades-old folk, jazz, and country to find a timeless kind of love and connection.
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