GOODNIGHT PETE SEEGER

GOODNIGHT PETE SEEGER     TIM WILLIAMS MARCH 2014

HELLO  PRETTY POLLY SAW JOHN HENRY TODAY
HE WAS DOWN IN THE VALLEY NEAR THE THREE
BUTCHERS WAY.

JOHN HARDY WAS SINGING SKIP TO MY LOU
WITH THE BUFFALO SKINNERS AND THE 
BLIND FIDDLER TOO.

SO MARY DONT YOU WEEP, FOR A HAYSEED
LIKE ME JUST
ROLL DOWN THE LINE WITH THE GOLDEN
VANITY.

GYPSY DAVY, FRANKIE AND JOHNNY AND
THOSE OLD TEXICAN BOYS
ALL HOME ON THE RANGE AND MAKING
SOME NOISE.

OLD DAN TUCKER THEY SAY THAT HE'S
SIXTY PERCENT.
BEANS ,BACON AND GRAVY A MILL
MOTHERS LAMENT.

ON TOP OF OLD SMOKEY THE WAGONERS
LAD, DOES AN EIGHT HOUR DAY,
AND THE WABASH CANNONBALL SHE'S
COMING OUR WAY.

THE FARMER IS THE MAN, DOWN IN CARLISLE
AND THE FARMERS CURST WIFE,
NAMED BARBARA ALLEN SHE
SMILES.

THERE'S HARD TIMES IN THE MILL THEY
HAVE THE WINNSBORO COTTON MILL BLUES,
MY CHILDREN ARE SEVEN IN NUMBER
WITHOUT ANY SHOES.

THE WRECK OF THE OLD 97' WILL
TAKE PETE SEEGER TO HEAVEN SO GRAND,
SO LONG, IT'S BEEN GOOD TO KNOW YOU,
NOW HE LIES IN THE AMERICAN LAND.