Odetta

My man packed his trunks, said, "I'm a-goin' away," Packed his trunks and said, "I'm goin' away, And I won't be back until ya change your funny ways." And he said, "I'll write...

Hush-a-bye, don't you cry Go to sleepy little baby When you wake, you shall have All the pretty little horses Blacks and bays, dapples and greys All the pretty little horses Way down yonder in the...

Sometimes I feel like a motherless child, Sometimes I feel like a motherless child, Sometimes I feel like a motherless child, A long way from home, a long way from home. Sometimes I feel like I'm...

She was a lass of the low country and he was a lad of a high degree She loved his lordship so tenderly Sing sorrow Sing sorrow For she sleeps in the valley where the wild flowers nod Nobody knows she...

Paul and Silas locked in jail, Didn't have no one to go their bail. Keep your hand on the plow, hold on, hold on, hold on. Keep your hand on the plow, well, hold on. Mary weeped and Martha moaned,...

There was a lofty ship And she put out to see And the name of that ship Was The Golden Vanity She sailed along the lonesome sea She had not been out For two weeks or three When she was overtaken By...

Come gather 'round, people, wherever you roam And admit that the waters around you have grown And accept it that soon you'll be drenched to the bone If your time to you is worth savin' Then you better...

One night as I lay on my pillow Moonlight as bright as the dawn I saw a man come a walkin' 'N he had a long chain on He had a long chain on He had a long chain on He had a long chain on I took him...