You’re Gonna Miss Me

01201.0201 You’re Gonna Miss Me
Mike Seeger/Tom Paley/John Cohen/Dave Guard
Bernard Haefner Lyrics and Chords 01201.0201 You’re Gonna Miss Me

Frankie and Johnnie were sweet hearts. They had a quarrel one day. Johnny vowed he would leave her.
He said he was going away. Never coming home. Goin’ away to roam.

“My love, Johnny, please stay. Now, oh, my honey, I’ve done you wrong but please don’t go away.”
Then Johnny sighed while Frankie cried.

Chorus:
“Oh, I’m a-going away. I’m a-goin’ to stay. Never coming home. You’re gonna miss me ,honey, in the days to come
When the winter winds begin to blow, the ground is covered up
And when you think of the way, you’re gonna wish me back, your lovin’ man,
You’re gonna miss me, honey, in the day they say’s to come.”

Frankie done said to her Johnny, “Now man your hour done come.” “Cause from behind her kimono she drew her forty-four gun.
“These love affairs are hard to bear!”
Johnny, he fled down the stairway. “My love, Frankie, don’t shoot!” Frankie done aimed the forty-four
While the town went rooty-toot-toot. As Johnny fell, then Frankie yelled,

(Chorus)

“Send for your rubber tired hearses. Send for your rubber tired hacks. Carry old Johnny to the graveyard, I’ve shot him in the back
With a great big gun as the preacher begun.
Send for some policeman to take me right away. Lock me down in the dungeon cell and throw the key away.
My Johnny’s dead because he said.

(Chorus)

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You Don’t Knock

01200.0200 You Don’t Knock
Bernard Haefner Lyrics and Chords 01200.0201 You Don’t Knock

You don’t knock. (You don’t knock.)
You just walk on in. The door (the door)
into heaven’s inn.
There’s love (there’s love) and joy for you to share (to share) the whole day
through.
I know (I know) my friends are there to rest (to rest) in the heaven’s nest.
You don’t knock, ring, punch a hole. The door’s wide open a-waitin’ for your
soul. You don’t knock just walk on in.

I’ve walked life’s winding road (Oh, yeah!) ’cause I’m tryin’ to bear the load
(Oh, yeah!)
And I traveled both night and day. (Oh, yeah!) So tired I could hardly pray
(Oh, yeah!)
Well, Jesus, my light and guide, (Oh, yeah!) oh, He’s ever by my side. (Oh,
yeah!)
So, I’m walkin’, not a-knockin’, into heaven with pride.

I’ll have no need to fear. (Oh, yeah!) Well, He is ever near. (Oh, yeah!)
He’ll know my work was true. (Oh, yeah!) So glad the day is through. (Yeah!)
Well it wasn’t for me to say. (Oh, yeah!) I didn’t think I’d make my way. (Oh,
yeah!)’
So, I’m walkin’, not a-knockin’, to heaven with pride.

Repeat first verse

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You Can Dig My Grave

01199.0200 You Can Dig My Grave
Bernard Haefner Lyrics and Chords 01199.0201 You Can Dig My Grave

You can dig my grave with a silver spade
You can dig my grave with a silver spade
You can dig my grave with a silver spade
‘Cause I ain’t gonna be here much longer

There’s a long white robe up in heaven for me
There’s a long white robe up in heaven for me
There’s a long white robe up in heaven for me
‘Cause I ain’t gonna be here much longer

There’s a starry crown up in heaven for me
There’s a starry crown up in heaven for me
There’s a starry crown up in heaven for me
‘Cause I ain’t gonna be here much longer

There’s a pair of wings up in heaven for me
There’s a pair of wings up in heaven for me
There’s a pair of wings up in heaven for me
‘Cause I ain’t gonna be here much longer

There’s a golden harp up in heaven for me
There’s a golden harp up in heaven for me
There’s a golden harp up in heaven for me
‘Cause I ain’t gonna be here much longer

You just pluck one string and the whole heavens ring
You just pluck one string and the whole heavens ring
You just pluck one string and the whole heavens ring
‘Cause I ain’t gonna be here much longer

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Yellow Rose of Texas

01198.0200 Yellow Rose of Texas
Bernard Haefner Lyrics and Chords 01198.0201 Yellow Rose of Texas

There’s a yellow rose of Texas
That I am going to see
No other soldier knows her
No soldier, only me.
She cried so when I left her
It like to broke my heart
And if I ever find her
We never more will part.

She’s the sweetest rose of color
This soldier ever knew
Her eyes are bright as diamonds
They sparkle like the dew.
You may talk about your dearest May
And sing of Rosa Lee
But the Yellow Rose of Texas
Beats the belles of Tennessee.

Oh, my heart is feeling weary
And my head is hanging low
I’m goin’ back to Georgy
To find my Uncle Joe.
You may talk about your Beauregard
And sing of Bobby Lee
But the Gallant Hood of Texas
He raised Hell in Tennessee.

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WITH HER HEAD TUCKED UNDERNEATH HER ARM

01197.0200 WITH HER HEAD TUCKED UNDERNEATH HER ARM
(R.P. Weston / Bert Lee)
Stanley Holloway (Monologue)
Bernard Haefner Lyrics and Chords 01197.0201 With Her Head Tucked Underneath Her Arm

In the Tower of London large as life,
The Ghost of Anne Boleyn walks they declare.
For Anne Boleyn was once King Henry’s wife,
Until he made the headsman bob her hair!
Ah, yes, he did her wrong, long years ago
And, she comes up at night to tell him soooo!

With her head tucked underneath her arm
She walks the Bloody Tower
With her head tucked underneath her arm
At the midnight hour.

She comes to haunt King Henry,
She means to give him ‘what for’,
Gadzook! She’s going to tell him off
For having split her gore,
And, just in case the headsman
Wants to give her an encore,
She has her head tucked underneath her arm.

With her head tucked underneath her arm
She walks the Bloody Tower
With her had tucked underneath her arm
At the midnight hour.

Along the draughty corridors,
For miles and miles she goes.
She often catches cold, poor thing,
It’s cold there when it blows.
And it’s awfully awkward for the Queen,
To have to blow her nose,
With her head tucked underneath her arm.

With her head tucked underneath her arm
She walks the Bloody Tower
With her head tucked underneath her arm
At the midnight hour!

Sometimes gay King Henry gives a spread,
For all his pals and gals and ghostly crew.
The headsman carves the joint and cuts the bread
Then in comes Anne Boleyn to ‘queer the do!’
She holds her head up with a wild war whoop!
And Henry cries, “Don’t drop it in the soup!”

With her head tucked underneath her arm
She walks the Bloody Tower
With her head tucked underneath her arm
At the midnight hour.

The sentries think that it’s a football,
That she carries in.
And when they’ve had a few they shout,
‘Is Ars’nal going to win?’
They think it’s Alec James,
Instead of poor old Ann Boleyn,
With her head tucked underneath her arm.

With her head tucked underneath her arm
She walks the Bloody Tower
With her head tucked underneath her arm
At the midnight hour.

One night she caught King Henry
He was in the canteen bar
Said he, “Are you Jane Seymore,
Anne Boleyn or Catherine Parr?”
“How the sweet san fairy ann,
Do I know who you are?”
With your head tucked underneath your arm!

With her head tucked underneath her arm
She walks the Bloody Tower
With her head tucked underneath her arm
At the midnight hour.

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Winkin Blinkin and Nod

01196.0200 Winkin Blinkin and Nod
Bernard Haefner Lyrics and Chords 01196.0201 Winkin Blinkin and Nod

Winkin` and Blinkin` and Nod one night
Sailed off on a wooden shoe
Sailed down a river of crystal light
Into a sea of dew
Now where are you going and what do you wish
The old moon asked the three
Well we`re going out fishing for Herring fish
That live in the beautiful sea
And some silver and gold have we
Said Winkin` and Blinkin` and Nod

The old moon laughed and sang a song
As they rocked in their wooden shoe
And the wind that sped them all night long
Ruffled the waves of dew

While the little stars were the Herring fish
That lived in the beautiful sea
Now cast your nets where ever you wish
Never afeared are we
So sang the stars to the fishermen three
Winkin` and Blinkin` and Nod

All night long their nets they threw
To the stars in the twinkling foam
Then down from the skies came the wooden shoe
Bringing the fishermen home

T`was all so pretty a sight it seemed
As if it could not be
And some folks thought t`was a dream they dreamed
Of sailing the beautiful sea
But I shall name you the fishermen three
Winkin` and Blinkin` and Nod

Now Winkin` and Blinkin` are two little eyes
And Nod is a little head
And the wooden shoe that sailed the skies
Is a wee ones trundle bed

So close your eyes while mother sings
Of the beautiful sights that be
And you will see the wonderful things
As you rock in your misty sea
Where the old moon rocked the fishermen three
Winkin` and Blinkin` and Nod

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Willie The Weeper

01195.0200 Willie The Weeper
Bernard Haefner Lyrics and Chords 01195.0201 Willie The Weeper

Yonder comes Willie the weeper saddest looking sight in all the town
Had a new love but couldn’t keep her now Willie’s crying heart is broken down

You should have seen the smiling face that Willie wore
The day he found the thrill of her embrace
For the first time in his whole life Willie fell in love
But I took the smile right off of Willie’s face took his place
Yonder comes Willie the weeper…

I put on the smiling face that Willie wore and took her round for everyone to see
But she found someone else that she wanted more

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White Coral Bells

01194.0200 White Coral Bells
Bernard Haefner Lyrics and Chords 01194.0201 White Coral Bells

(ROUND)

White Coral Bells
Upon a slender stalk
Lilies of the valley deck my garden walk
Oh, don’t you wish that you might hear them ring?
That will happen only when the fairies sing.

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We Shall Overcome

01193.0200 We Shall Overcome
Bernard Haefner Lyrics and Chords 01192.0201 Wanderer

1. We shall overcome
We shall overcome
We shall overcome some day
CHORUS: Oh, deep in my heart
I do believe
We shall overcome some day
2. We’ll walk hand in hand
We’ll walk hand in hand
We’ll walk hand in hand some day
CHORUS

3. We shall all be free
We shall all be free
We shall all be free some day
CHORUS

4. We are not afraid
We are not afraid
We are not afraid some day
CHORUS

5. We are not alone
We are not alone
We are not alone some day
CHORUS

6. The whole wide world around
The whole wide world around
The whole wide world around some day
CHORUS

7. We shall overcome
We shall overcome
We shall overcome some day
CHORUS

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Wanderer

01192.0200 Wanderer
Bernard Haefner Lyrics and Chords 01192.0201 Wanderer

It’s only been a year or so but it seems so long ago, I packed up my bags and left my home.
Been from Fresno to Maine, even worked a boat in Spain. I ain’t ever had a bed to call my own.

Chorus:
‘Round this time of day I gets to feelin’ low and I wonder who’s my baby’s latest beau.

I have gambled and lost. I’ve been cussed by my boss. Some city gal just took me for a ride.
Hope some day I’ll get back to my little old country shack. Settle down with my baby at my side.

(Chorus)

Someday soon, you hear, gonna save up my fare or maybe I’ll just have to ride the rail.
If that mornin’ train is right, I’ll be home before that night and I hope no one will have to go my bail.

(Chorus)

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