Cover of a 19th century minstrel tune attributed to S.S. Steele, popularize by the late great John Hartford. This is my own arrangement. I use it as a backing track for alive set without the banjo and lead vocal tracks. BTW- that banjo is an…

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(C) 2007 Royal T Music

LAMENT FOR WILD BILL in C - Capo @ 3 The moon shone like diamonds on mirrors in puddles shaped like horse's feet Deadwood was quiet. The smoke had all settled. The blood was dry. Young Jack McCall sat awake in his cell, alone and quiet…

THE WALLET OUTLASTED THE LADY I was 20. She was 15 I was her prince. She was my queen We shared our dreams Yeah, we shared 'em all We shared the large We shared the small It must have been the Christmas of 1963. She took a $10 bill…

SWEET YOUNG THING He lays out a freshly pressed Arrow Clean socks and his new underwear He brushes his teeth with tooth paste There's a charge in the air He thinks about that Sweet Young Thing And how she trembled, the night before He…

All the things I didn't say All the things I didn't do All the times I didn't take the time to tell you All the times we didn't share All the things we didn't see All the times I let you do your thing And you, me There's only today…

This song is akin to REMEMBERING BABE. Another night to Keren's. Almost got caught by the cops. Saw 'em coming so Babe and I hid in the olive orchard until they turned off the spot light and left. THEN, I did what came to be called my Night Ride…

Saw a black man on TV one night. His name was John Ferguson. This is his story. He's not a songwriter. DAMNED IF I DO - G I got thrown in jail for killing a guy Then I went crazy, waiting to die So, now they can't kill me Because I'm…

Kozy West Emily had more regrets than she could ever count She got to feeling crowded so she moved outta town She bought herself a trailer park she called The Cozy West Tried to forget about the past. Just be open to the best...open To…

the source for the longer stretched version of this. no video yet but more mixing..

OH, SCARLETT (capo @ 3 in C positions) If I was a stream I'd flow so free and hope that you would drink of me If I were a cloud and you were the sky I'd savor you as I float by Oh, Scarlett, eyes so bright Oh, Scarlett, hold me tight…

(C) 2006 Royal T Music

(C) 2006 Royal T Music

(C) 2006 Royal T Music

THE DENA WIND The winds, they blow down thru the canyon Blowing so wild and free And the night is my only companion As they're blowing La Dena to me Blowing in the wind Canyons in the wind Fire is in the wind of my life Questions in…

CRY, CRY CRISTI Cristi reads books about radio She sits the children of light Had a child of her own once down in Mexico Now, her body's a dead end at night Cry. Cry, Cristi Tho she left, she's hardly gone I find so much of her still…

CEDRICK Key G Open G tuning (GGDGBD) He gave me 2 rings. Silver with turquoise insets. That was 1974. We were moving from Oregon to Texas in an old Dodge school bus. Towing the Chevy Van behind it. Unhitched the van when we stopped in Albuquerque…

ASA I met a man named Asa today Sweeping an apartment hall way A washer of windows. A painter of walls He moves when the manager calls I was in San Francisco. Visiting with a friend I was at the door, about to walk in Saw this fella…