Lyrics Ninety-Nine Years Is Almost for Life - Earl Scruggs , Lester Flatt
The
courtroom
was
crowded
the
judge
waited
there
My
mother
was
crying
when
I
left
my
chair
The
sentence
were
sharpful
they
cut
like
a
knife
For
ninety
ninety
years
folks
is
almost
for
life
I
dreamed
of
the
whistle
I
heard
the
bells
ring
My
sweetheart
was
coming
some
good
news
to
bring
I
knew
that
she
loved
me
and
that
she'd
be
true
She
said
she
would
save
me
I'm
guilty
as
you
She
went
for
a
pardon
or
else
for
parole
I
know
she'll
come
back
for
she's
part
of
my
soul
If
she
ever
fails
me
I'd
be
mighty
blue
I'll
stay
in
this
jailhouse
I'll
die
in
here
too
[ Dobro
]
They
said
I
was
a
criminal
and
to
my
despair
They
sent
me
to
Nashville
and
shaved
off
my
hair
So
come
hear
my
story
I'll
tell
you
my
fate
I'm
serving
in
Nashville
for
another
man's
hate
I
just
got
a
letter
from
Nashville
town
and
after
I
read
it
my
spirit
broke
down
It's
sad
that
my
sweetheart
and
the
judge
would
be
wed
And
here
in
this
jailhouse
I
wish
I
was
dead
No
matter
how
right
folks
a
man
he
may
be
Bad
company
will
sent
him
to
prison
like
me
So
take
a
good
woman
and
make
her
your
wife
For
ninety
ninety
years
folks
is
almost
for
life
1 My Native Home
2 When I Left East Virginia
3 Pastures of Plenty
4 New York Town
5 Over the Hills to the Poorhouse
6 McKinley's Gone
7 I'll Be No Man's Wife
8 Hear the Wind Blow
9 Philadelphia Lawyer
10 The Legend of the Johnson Boys
11 Too Old for a Broken Heart
12 Hear That Whistle Blow (A Hundred Miles)
13 What About You
14 Mama Don't Allow
15 Rainbow
16 Tennessee Wagner
17 Golden Slippers
18 Soldier's Joy
19 Old Fiddler
20 Sally Goodin
21 Old Joe Clark
22 Po' Rebel Soldier
23 Little Birdie
24 The Train That Carried My Girl from Town
25 My Saro Jane
26 I'm Troubled
27 Rambling Gambler
28 Where Will I Shelter My Sheep
29 Home Sweet Home (Instrumental)
30 Shuckin' the Corn (Instrumental)
31 I've Lost You Forever
32 The Great Historical Bum
33 Reuben (Instrumental)
34 Joy Bells
35 Heaven
36 Take Me in Your Lifeboat
37 I'll Never Be Lonesome Again
38 When the Angels Carry Me Home
39 John Henry (Instrumental)
40 Lonesome Road Blues (Instrumental)
41 Jimmie Brown, The Newsboy
42 On the Rock Where Moses Stood
43 Worried Man Blues
44 The Storms Are on the Ocean
45 The Homestead on the Farm
46 Pickin' in the Wildwood
47 Welcome to the Club
48 If I Should Wander Back Tonight
49 I Ain't Gonna Work Tomorrow
50 Sally Ann (Instrumental)
51 Little Darlin', Pal of Mine (Instrumental)
52 Sally Goodwin (Instrumental)
53 Handsome Molly
54 Mountain Dew
55 I Hung My Head and Cried
56 Little Darlin', Pal of Mine
57 You Can't Stop Me From Dreaming
58 He Will Set Your Fields on Fire
59 Let the Church Roll On
60 Wildwood Flower
61 Old Leather Britches
62 Yonder Stands Little Maggie
63 Reuben
64 Mama Blues
65 Gotta Travel On
66 Drowned in the Deep Blue Sea
67 Bound to Ride
68 Dixie Home
69 George Alley's F.F.V.
70 Coal Miner's Blues
71 Durham's Reel
72 Georgia Shuffle
73 Billy in the Lowground
74 Black Mountain Rag
75 Angel Band
76 Coal Loadin’ Johnny
77 Fire Ball Mail (Instrumental)
78 All I Want Is You
79 Bubbling in My Soul
80 Get on the Road to Glory
81 Give Me Flowers While I'm Living
82 Cumberland Gap (Instrumental)
83 Gathering Flowers from the Hillside (Instrumental)
84 Forsaken Love
85 Foggy Mountain Top
86 False Hearted Lover (Instrumental)
87 Cold, Cold Loving
88 Flint Hill Special
89 Dig a Hole in the Meadow
90 Footprints in the Snow
91 Fiddle and Banjo
92 Foggy Mountain Rock
93 Big Ball in Brooklyn
94 Old McDonald Had a Farm
95 Ninety-Nine Years Is Almost for Life
96 All the Good Times Are Past and Gone
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