The Weavers - On Top of Old Smokey (feat. Terry Gilkyson) Lyrics

Lyrics On Top of Old Smokey (feat. Terry Gilkyson) - The Weavers & Terry Gilkyson



All covered with snow
I lost my true lover
For courtin′ so slow
For courting's a pleasure (for courting′s a pleasure)
But parting is grief (but parting is grief)
And the false hearted lover (and the false hearted lover)
Is worse than a thief (is worse than a thief)
A thief will just rob you (a thief will just rob you)
And take what you have (and take what you have)
But a false hearted lover (but a false hearted lover)
Will lead you to the grave (will lead you to the grave)
And the grave will decay you (and the grave will decay you)
Turn you to dust (and turn you to dust)
Not one boy in a hundred (not one boy in a hundred)
A poor girl can trust (a poor girl can trust)
How do!
They'll hug you and kiss you (they'll hug you and kiss you)
Tell you more lies (and tell you more lies)
Than cross ties on a railroad (than cross ties on a railroad)
Or the stars in the sky (or stars in the sky)
So come all you young maidens (come all you young maidens)
And listen to me (and listen to me)
Never place your affection (never place your affection)
On a green willow tree (on a green willow tree)
For the leaves they will wither (the leaves they will wither)
And roots they will die (the roots they will die)
You′ll all be forsaken (you′ll all be forsaken)
And never know why (and never know why)



Writer(s): Hellerman, Seeger, Gilbert Hays


The Weavers - Goodnight Irene: The Weavers, 1949-1953

1 Hard Ain't It Hard
2 Every Night When the Sun Goes Down
3 Clementine
4 Bay of Mexico
5 Go Tell It On the Mountain
6 Wasn't That a Time
7 Greensleeves (Instrumental)
8 Around the World
9 I Don't Want to Get Adjusted
10 I Know Where I'm Going
11 Along The Colorado Trail
12 Midnight Special
13 So Long, It's Been Good to Know Yuh
14 Dig My Grave
15 Freight Train Blues
16 Love Song Blues
17 The Hammer Song
18 Banks of Marble
19 The Johnson Boys
20 Lousy Dime
21 Talking Blues
22 East Virginia Blues
23 El Quinto Regimento
24 Poor Howard's Dead and Gone (live)
25 Dig My Grave (live)
26 Love Song Blues (live)
27 Washington Square Blues (live)
28 Freight Train Blues (live)
29 The Johnson Boys (live)
30 Lousy Dime (live)
31 The Fireship (live)
32 Tzena, Tzena, Tzena (Hebrew)
33 Suliram (Indonesian Lullaby)
34 Across the Wide Missouri (feat. Terry Gilkyson)
35 On Top of Old Smokey (feat. Terry Gilkyson)
36 Darling Cory
37 Easy Rider Blues
38 Run Home to Ma-Ma
39 Quilting Bee
40 Jig Along Home
41 (Come on and) Join Into the Game
42 Old Paint (Ride Around Little Dogies)
43 The Gandy Dancer's Ball
44 True Love
45 Down in the Valley
46 Rock Island Line (Rock Island Shuffle)
47 Benoni
48 Taking It Easy
49 Lulloo Lullay
50 It's Almost Day
51 Joy to the World
52 Masters in This Hall
53 The Trenton Six, Parts 1 & 2
54 The Peekskill Story, Parts 1 & 2
55 A Train to the Zoo, Parts 1 & 2
56 New York City
57 We Shall Not Be Moved
58 Old Man Atom - Fred Hellerman
59 Pity the Downtrodden Landlord (feat. Fred Hellerman)
60 (Ma Come' Bali) Bela Bimba (feat. Ronnie Gilbert)
61 Calla, Calla (The Bride) (feat. Ronnie Gilbert)
62 Flamenco (feat. Ronnie Gilbert)
63 Just One More Chance (feat. Ronnie Gilbert)
64 Goodnight, Sweet Dreams (feat. Lee Hays & Fred Hellerman)
65 Buddy Rogers Show: November 24, 1950, Interview



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