Water boy Where are you hiding? If you don't come right here Gonna tell your pa on you There ain't no hammer On this mountain That ring like mine, boy
Walkin' down this railroad track I got tears in my eyes Tryin' to read a letter from my home If this train runs me right I'll be home tomorrow night I
The river is wide, I can't get o'er Nor do I have like wings to fly Give me a boat that can carry two, And both shall cross my love and I Oh waly, waly
If I had wings Like a north dove I'd fly across the river To the one I love Fare thee well, my honey Fare thee well Woke up this morning It was drizzling
go, tell it on the mountain over the hills and everywhere go, tell it on the mountain that jesus christ is born while shepherds kept their watching over
Can?t you see I gotta be me Ain?t nobody Just like this I gotta be me Baby hit or miss Sitting here All by myself Trying to be Everybody else Can
The fox went out to the chase one night Prayed to the moon to give him light He had many a mile to go that night Before he reached the town-o, town-o
As I went a-walkin' Down by the seashore A wind did whistle And the water did roar I met a young woman Made a pitiful cry Said "I never will marry For
No more auction block for me, no more, no more, no more auction block for me, many thousand gone. No more peck ?o corn for me, no more no more, no more
If all the grasses are yellow Then what color are the tears That are shed for all the young fellows In the armies along the frontiers If all the grasses
Waterboy, where are you hiding If you don't come right here Gonna tell you pa on you There ain't no hammer That's on a this mountain That ring like mine
Why an' why an' why 'an why Why an' why an' why Why an' why an' why an' why Why an' why an' why Why an' why an' why an' why Why an' why an' why Why an
There was a lofty ship And she put out to see And the name of that ship Was The Golden Vanity She sailed along the lonesome sea She had not been out
I never had a pocket full of money I never had a ruby red ring All I ever had was you, babe To sit and listen to me sing I got the blues The empty pocket
Översättning: Odetta. Falska Love.
Översättning: Odetta. Waterboy.
Översättning: Odetta. Whyn Varför.
Översättning: Odetta. The Fox.