Woody Guthrie - Philadelphia Lawyer Lyrics

Lyrics Philadelphia Lawyer - Woody Guthrie



Way out in Reno, Nevada,
Where romance blooms and fades,
A great Philadelphia lawyer
Was in love with a Hollywood maid.
"Come, love, and we′ll go ramblin'
Down where the lights are so bright.
I′ll win you a divorce from your husband,
And we can get married tonight."
Wild Bill was a gun-totin' cowboy,
Ten notches were carved in his gun.
And all the boys around Reno
Left Wild Bill's maiden alone.
One night when Bill was returning
From ridin′ the range in the cold,
He dreamed of his Hollywood sweetheart,
Her love was as lasting as gold.
As he drew near her window,
Two shadows he saw on the shade;
′Twas the great Philadelphia lawyer
Makin' love to Bill′s Hollywood maid.
The night was as still as the desert,
The moon hangin' high overhead.
Bill listened awhile through the window,
He could hear ev′ry word that he said:
"Your hands are so pretty and lovely,
Your form's so rare and divine.
Come go with me to the city
And leave this wild cowboy behind."
Now tonight back in old Pennsylvania,
Among those beautiful pines,
There′s one less Philadelphia lawyer
In old Philadelphia tonight.



Writer(s): Woody Guthrie


Woody Guthrie - The Asch Recordings, Vol. 1-4
Album The Asch Recordings, Vol. 1-4
date of release
17-08-1999

1 This Land is Your Land
2 When the Curfew Blows
3 Car Song
4 Rambling Round
5 Talking Fishing Blues
6 Philadelphia Lawyer
7 Lindbergh
8 Hobo's Lullaby
9 Pastures of Plenty
10 Grand Coulee Dam
11 End of the Line
12 New York Town
13 Gypsy Davy
14 Jesus Christ
15 Do Re Mi
16 Jarama Valley
17 The Biggest Thing That Man Has Ever Done
18 A Picture from Life's Other Side
19 Jesse James
20 Talking Hard Work
21 When That Great Ship Went Down
22 Hard, Ain't It Hard
23 Going Down the Road Feeling Bad
24 I Ain't Got Nobody
25 The Sinking of the Reuben James
26 Why, Oh Why?
27 This Land is Your Land (reprise)
28 Muleskinner Blues
29 The Wreck of the Old 97
30 Sally Goodin'
31 Little Black Train
32 Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet?
33 Baltimore to Washington
34 Rubber Dolly
35 21 Years
36 Sowing On the Mountain
37 Bed On the Floor
38 Take a Whiff On Me
39 Stepstone
40 Put My Little Shoes Away
41 Hen Cackle
42 Poor Boy
43 Stagger Lee
44 Johnny Hart - John Hardy
45 Worried Man Blues
46 Danville Girl
47 Gambling Man
48 Rye Straw
49 Crawdad Song
50 Ida Red
51 Keep My Skillet Good and Greasy
52 Train 45
53 Hard Traveling
54 Farmer-Labor Train
55 Howdjadoo
56 Ship in the Sky
57 I Ain't Got No Home In This World Anymore
58 Mean Talking Blues
59 Better World A-Comin'
60 Miss Pavlichenko
61 So Long It's Been Good to Know You (War Version)
62 New Found Land
63 Oregon Trail
64 Vigilante Man
65 1913 Massacre
66 Talking Columbia
67 Two Good Men
68 Sally Don't You Grieve
69 Talking Sailor (Talking Merchant Marine)
70 What Are We Waiting On
71 Railroad Blues (Cripple Creek)
72 Ludlow Massacre
73 Ladies Auxilary
74 Miner's Song
75 When the Yanks Go Marching In
76 Union Maid
77 The Rubaiyat
78 The Many and the Few
79 Hanukkah Dance
80 Ranger's Command
81 Buffalo Skinners
82 Billy the Kid
83 Cowboy Waltz
84 Pretty Boy Floyd
85 Along in the Sun and the Rain
86 Whoopie Ti-Yi-Yo, Get Along Little Dogies
87 Froggie Went A-Courtin'
88 Buffalo Gals
89 I Ride an Old Paint
90 Poor Lazurus - Dead or Alive
91 Slip Knot
92 Bad Lee Brown - Cocaine Blues
93 Go Tell Aunt Rhodie
94 Chisholm Trail
95 Stewball
96 Wild Cyclone
97 Railroad Blues
98 Red River Valley
99 Fastest of Ponies
100 Stewball (With Leadbelly/Cisco Houston)
101 Snow Deer




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