1.

Drink To Me

(Johnny Cash)

(Drink to me drink to me drink to me drink to me drink to me)

A rose a carnation the lily and an orchid make such a pretty bouquet

But only the orchid was worthy of you so I threw all the others away

Then you took the orchid and you breathed on its petals and after a day or two

The flower still blooms but it scents not the orchids it carries the savor of you

(Drink to me drink to me drink to me drink to me drink to me)

So if you're gonna drink to me drink with your eyes and I'll never cry for wine

Or leave a kiss in an empty coffee cup then pass it from your lips to mine

Cause I've got a thirst burning way down in my soul and honey from a sugar tree

Is not half as sweet as the air that you breathe

Honey come here and drink to me drink to me drink to me

(Drink to me drink to me drink to me drink to me drink to me)

**********

2.

Five Feet High And Rising

(Johnny Cash)

How high is the water mama two feet high and rising

How high is the water papa she said it's two feet high and rising

But we can make it to the road in a homemade boat

Cause that's the only thing we got left that'll float

It's already over all the wheat and oats two feet high and rising

How high is the water mama three feet high and rising

How high is the water papa she said it's three feet high and rising

Well the hives are gone I lost my bees chickens're sleepin' in the willow trees

Cows in water up past their knees three feet high and rising

How high is the water mama four feet high and rising

How high is the water papa she said it's four feet high and rising

Hey come look through the window pane

The bus is coming gonna take us to the train

Looks like we'll be blessed with a little more rain four feet high and rising

How high is the water mama five feet high and rising

How high is the water papa she said it's five feet high and rising

Well the rails are washed out north of town we gotta head for higher ground

We can't come back till the water goes down five feet high and rising

Well it's five feet high and rising

**********

3.

Man On The Hill

(Johnny Cash)

Will we get cold and hungry will times be very bad

When we're needin' bread and meat where we gonna get it dad

We'll get it from the man in the house on the hill

Yes we will from the man on the hill

Ploughin' time is over still the fields are bare

How we gonna make a livin' with twenty acres to share

I'll beg for more land from the man on the hill yes I will

I'll ask the man on the hill

I ain't got no Sunday shoes that I can wear to town

Papa reckon the boss has got a pair of hand-me-downs

I'll go and ask the man in the house on the hill yes I will

I'll ask the man on the hill

Maybe he will help us maybe we'll get by

But who's gonna pay the dyin' bills if we all should die

We'll leave it to the man in the sky when we die

Yes we'll leave it to the man in the sky

**********

4.

Hank And Joe And Me

(Johnny Cash)

In the desert where we searched for gold the days're hot the nights're cold

Hank and Joe and me walked on so bold and brave and free

For days and days we fought the heat I got so thirsty and I got so weak

And when I fell cause I couldn't go I heard Hank say to Joe

He's dyin' (dyin' dyin') for water hear him cryin' (cryin' cryin') for water

Well lay him down in the dust and sand he said Joe you know he's a dyin' man

Leave him there and let him die I can't stand to hear him cry for water

I don't remember how long I lay but when I awoke it was the break of day

Buzzards circled miles ahead I knew Hank and Joe were dead

My eyes were dimmed but I could see a bed of gold nuggets under me

Now I know that it won't be long till they decorate my bones

Cause I'm dyin' (dyin' dyin') for water can't help cryin' (cryin' cryin') for water

Well they laid me down in the dust and sand he said Joe you know he's a dyin' man

Leave him there and let him die I can't stand to hear him cry for water

He couldn't stand to hear me cry for water

**********

5.

Clementine

(Billy Mize - Buddy Mize)

(Oh my darling Clementine)

She knew that Cody was the man she wanted but she had waited nearly all her life

Just one more trip to town to tell the boys goodbye

Then he'd be back to take her for his wife (don't you worry) Clementine

Cody saddled up and left his darling then rode to town to celebrate his plan

He told 'em this would be his last carousing

I'm gonna settle down boys if I can (with my darling) Clementine

Someone said it must have been past midnight when Cody had to face a jealous man

Another story goes that no one really knows

But it seems there was a dancehall girl called Nan (don't you tell) Clementine

We do know that the shot or two was heard from some back room

Then there was a silence in the place

Just one more trip to town but all his chips were down

They found Cody lyin' on his face (softly callin') Clementine

So buddies make a monument to lay down at his head

Sure you hate to leave your pal behind

Mother help your daughter put her weddin' dress away

Cause Cody won't be ridin' back this time (to his darling) Clementine

**********

6.

Great Speckled Bird

(Roy Carter - Guy Smith)

What a beautiful thought I am thinking concerning the great speckled bird

And to know that my name is recorded on the pages of God's holy word

Desiring to lower her standards they watch every move that she makes

They long to find fault with her teaching but really she makes no mistakes

[ guitar ]

I am glad I have learned of her meekness I am glad that my name is on her book

For I want to be one never fearing the face of my Saviour to look

And when he come up descending from heaven on a cloud like he said in his word

I'll be joyfully carried to meet him on the wings of the great speckled bird

**********

7.

I Want To Go Home

(Traditional)

We sailed on the ship John B my grandfather and me

Around Nassau town we did roam

Drinking all night got into a fight

Well I feel so homesick I wanna go home

So hoist up the John B sail see how the mainsail sets

Call for the captain ashore let me go home

Let me go home why don't you let me go home

Well I feel so homesick I wanna go home

The first mate he got drunk broke up the people's trunk

Constable had to come and take him away

Sheriff John Stone why don't you leave me alone

Well I feel so homesick I wanna go home

Then the cook he caught the fits threw out all of my grits

Then he took and ate up all of my corn

Let me go home why don't you let me go home

Well this is the worst trip since I have been born

So hoist up the John B sail...

**********

8.

Caretaker

(Johnny Cash)

I live in the cemetery ol' caretaker they call me

In the wintertime I rake the leaves and in the summer I cut the weeds

When a funeral comes the people cry and pray

They bury their dead and they all go away

But through their grief I still can see their hate and greed and jealousy

So here I work and I somehow hide from a world that rushes by outside

And each night when I rest my head I'm contented as the peaceful death

But who's gonna cry when old John dies who's gonna cry when old John dies

Once I was a young man dashing with the girls

Now no one wants an old man I lost my handsome curls

But I wanna say when my time comes lay me facing the rising sun

Put me in the corner where where I buried my pup

Tell the preacher to pray then cover me up

Don't lay flowers where my head should be maybe God let some grow for me

And all the little children that I love like my own

Will they be sorry that old John's gone

Who's gonna cry when old John dies who's gonna cry when old John dies

**********

9.

Old Apache Squaw

(Johnny Cash)

Old Apache squaw how many long lean years you saw

How many bitter winter nights shiverin' in a cold teepee shiverin' in a cold teepee

Old Apache squaw how many hungry kids you saw

How many bloody warriors runnin' to the sea fleein' to the sea

Well now they tell me that you saw Cochise when he made his last stand

He said the next white man that sees my face is gonna be a dead white man

Old Apache squaw how many broken hearts you saw

Have you had misty eyes for years could that mist be tears could that mist be tears

Well now they tell me...

Old Apache squaw

**********

10.

Don't Step On Mother's Roses

(Johnny Cash)

We all were called to come back to the old home on the farm

Mother's passed away what a mournful day

And as my daddy watched his eyes were filled with pain and hurt

When someone stepped upon a rose and crush it in the dirt

Don't step on mother's roses daddy cried

She planted them the day she was my bride

And everytime I see a rose I see her smilin' face

She made my darkest days look bright round the old homeplace

Don't step on mother's roses let them grow

The way they did since many years ago

They'll bloom for me each year and I'll have mother near

Don't step on mother's roses let them grow

Years have passed away and how the old homeplace has changed

Daddy had to go we all miss him so

Children pick the roses as they go along the way

But when their petals are abused I hear my daddy say

Don't step on mother's roses...

**********

11.

My Grandfather's Clock

(arr. Johnny Cash)

My grandfather's clock was too large for the shelf

So it stood ninety years on the floor

It was taller by half than the old man himself

Though it weighed not a penniweight more

It was bought on the morn of the day that he was born

And was always his treasure and pride

But it stopped short never to go again when the old man died

Ninety years without slumbering his life second's numbering

It stopped short never to go again when the old man died

My grandfather said that of those he could hire

Not a servant so faithful he found

For it wasted no time and had but one desire

At the close of each week to be wound

And it kept in its place not a frown upon its face

And its hands never hung by its side

But it stopped short never to go again when the old man died

It rang and alarmed in the dead of the night

An alarm that for years had been dumb

And we knew that his spirit was plumbing for flight

That his hour for departure had come

Still the clock kept the time with a soft and muffled chime

As we silently stood by his side

But it stopped short never to go again when the old man died

Ninety years without slumbering...

**********

12.

It Could Be You (Instead Of Him)

(Vic McAlpin - Glenn D. Tubb)

If you should meet some lonely soul who on this earth can't reach his gold

And he's travelin' down the road so dark and dim

Lend the hand say a prayer give a smile that he might share

But for the grace of God it could be you instead of him

(But for the grace of God it could be you instead of him)

Be friend each stranger in the night help to make his burdens light

Lift up the fallin' ones and be a friend

Shed a tear share a sight Share his fears don't pass him by

But for the grace of God it could be you instead of him

(It could be you instead of him)

Shed a tear share a sight...

**********