We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions

Well we shall live in peace, we shall live in peace We shall live in peace someday Darlin'' here in my heart, yeah I do believe We shall live in peace someday

April 25, 2006 Columbia Records
PRODUCERS:Bruce Springsteen, Jon Landau

1- OLD DAN TUCKER
02- JESSE JAMES
03- MRS MCGRATH
04- O MARY DON''T YOU WEEP
05- JOHN HENRY
06- ERIE CANAL
07- JACOB''S LADDER
08- MY OKLAHOMA HOME
09- EYES ON THE PRIZE
10- SHENANDOAH
11- PAY ME MY MONEY DOWN
12- WE SHALL OVERCOME
13- FROGGIE WENT A COURTIN''

OLD DAN TUCKER

Album''s version

One, two, three, four

Now old Dan Tucker was a fine old man
Washed his face in a fryin'' pan
Combed his hair with a wagon wheel
And died with a toothache in his heel

Get out the way old Dan Tucker
You''re too late to get your supper
Get out the way old Dan Tucker
You''re too late to get your supper

Now old Dan Tucker come to town
Riding a billy goat, leading a hound
The hound dog barked and the billy goat jumped
And landed old Tucker on a stump

Get out the way old Dan Tucker
You''re too late to get your supper
Get out the way old Dan Tucker
You''re too late to get your supper

Now old Dan Tucker got drunk and fell
In the fire and kicked up holy hell
A red-hot coal got in his shoe
And oh my Lord the ashes flew

Get out the way old Dan Tucker
You''re too late to get your supper
Get out the way old Dan Tucker
You''re too late to get your supper

Come on!
Let it go!

Now Old Dan Tucker come to town
Swinging them ladies all round
First to the right then to the left
Then to the gal that he loved best

Get out the way old Dan Tucker
You''re too late to get your supper
Get out the way old Dan Tucker
You''re too late to get your supper
Get out the way old Dan Tucker
You''re too late to get your supper
Get out the way old Dan Tucker
You''re too late to get your supper



JESSE JAMES

Album''s version

Jesse James was a lad that killed many a man
He robbed the Glendale train
He stole from the rich and he gave to the poor
He''d a hand and a heart and a brain

Well it was Robert Ford, that dirty little coward
I wonder now how he feels
For he ate of Jesse''s bread and he slept in Jesse''s bed
And he laid poor Jesse in his grave

Poor Jesse had a wife to mourn for his life
Three children now they were brave
Well that dirty little coward that shot Mr. Howard
He laid poor Jesse in his grave

Now Jesse was a man, a friend to the poor
He''d never rob a mother or a child
There never was a man with the law in his hand
That could take Jesse James when alive

It was on a Saturday night and the moon was shining bright
They robbed the Glendale train
And people they did say o''er many miles away
It was those outlaws, thery''re Frank and Jesse James

Well Jesse had a wife to mourn for his life
Three children now they were brave
Well that dirty little coward that shot Mr. Howard
He laid poor Jesse in his grave

Now the people held their breath when they heard of Jesse''s death
They wondered how he''d ever come to fall
Robert Ford, it was a fact, he shot Jesse in the back
While Jesse hung a picture on the wall

Now Jesse went to rest with his hand on his breast
The devil upon his knee
He was born one day in the County Clay
And he came from a solitary race

Well Jesse had a wife to mourn for his life
Three children now they were brave
Well that dirty little coward that shot Mr. Howard
He laid poor Jesse in his grave
Woah!

Come on boys!


MRS MCGRATH

Album''s version

"Mrs McGrath," the sergeant said,
"Would you like a soldier out of your son Ted?
With a scarlet coat and a big cocked hat
Mrs McGrath will you like that?"

With your too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa
Too-ri-aa fol-did-dle-di-aa too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa

Now Mrs McGrath lived on the shore
And after seven years or more
She spied a ship come into the bay
With her son from far away

"O captain dear, where have ye been?
You been sailing the Mediterranean
Have you news of my son Ted
Is he living or is he dead?"

With your too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa
Too-ri-aa fol-did-dle-di-aa too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa

Then came Ted without any legs
And in their place two wooden pegs
She kissed him a dozen times or two
And said, "my God, Ted, is it you?

Now were ye drunk or were ye blind
When ye left your two fine legs behind?
Or was it walking upon the sea
That wore your two fine legs away?"

With your too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa
Too-ri-aa fol-did-dle-di-aa too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa
With your too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa
Too-ri-aa fol-did-dle-di-aa too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa

"Now I wasn''t drunk and I wasn''t blind
When I left my two fine legs behind
A cannonball on the fifth of May
Tore my two fine legs away"

"My, Teddy boy," the widow cried
"Your two fine legs were yer mother''s pride
Stumps of a tree won''t do at all
Why didn''t ye run from the cannonball?"

With your too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa
Too-ri-aa fol-did-dle-di-aa too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa
With your too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa
Too-ri-aa fol-did-dle-di-aa too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa

"All foreign wars I do proclaim
Live on blood and a mother''s pain
I''d rather have my son as he used to be
Than the King of America and his whole Navy"

With your too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa
Too-ri-aa fol-did-dle-di-aa too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa
With your too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa
Too-ri-aa fol-did-dle-di-aa too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa
With your too-ri-aa fol-ded-dle-di-aa too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa
Too-ri-aa fol-did-dle-di-aa too-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa

Hey!





O MARY DON''T YOU WEEP

Album version

Well if I could I surely would
Stand on the rock where Moses stood
Pharaoh''s army got drownded
O Mary don''t you weep

O Mary don''t you weep, don''t mourn
O Mary don''t you weep, don''t mourn
Pharaoh''s army got drownded
O Mary don''t you weep

Well Mary wore three links and chains
On every link was Jesus'' name
Pharaoh''s army got drownded
O Mary don''t you weep

O Mary don''t you weep, don''t mourn
O Mary don''t you weep, don''t mourn
Pharaoh''s army got drownded
O Mary don''t weep
Go!

Go!

Well one of these nights bout 12 o''clock
This old world is gonna rock
Pharaoh''s army got drownded
O Mary don''t you weep

Well Moses stood on the Red Sea shore
Smote'' the water with a two by four
Pharaoh''s army got drownded
O Mary don''t you weep

Alright!

(O Mary don''t you weep, don''t mourn)
(O Mary don''t you weep, don''t mourn)
(Pharaoh''s army got drownded)
(O Mary don''t you weep)

Well old Mr. Satan he got mad
Missed that soul that he thought he had
Pharaoh''s army got drownded
O Mary don''t you weep

Brothers and sisters don''t you cry
There''ll be good times by and by
Pharaoh''s army got drownded
O Mary don''t weep

Well oh Mary don''t you weep, don''t mourn
O Mary don''t you weep, don''t mourn
Pharaoh''s army got drownded
O Mary don''t you weep

Solo, try it out!
(O Mary don''t you weep, don''t mourn)
(O Mary don''t you weep, don''t mourn)
(Pharaoh''s army got drownded)
(O Mary don''t weep)
Hey!

Drums!

God gave Noah the rainbow sign
"No more water but fire next time"
Pharaoh''s army got drownded
O Mary don''t you weep

O Mary don''t you weep, don''t (you) mourn
O Mary don''t you weep, don''t (you) mourn
Pharaoh''s army got drownded
O Mary don''t weep

O Mary don''t you weep, don''t mourn
O Mary don''t you weep, don''t mourn
Pharaoh''s army got drownded
O Mary don''t weep

Everybody!
(O Mary don''t you weep, don''t mourn)
(O Mary don''t you weep, don''t mourn)
(Pharaoh''s army got drownded)
(O Mary don''t weep)

O Mary don''t you weep, don''t mourn
O Mary don''t you weep, don''t mourn
Pharaoh''s army got drownded
Oooooooh, Mary don''t yoooooou

(O Mary don''t you weep, don''t mourn)
(O Mary don''t you weep, don''t mourn)
(Pharaoh''s army got drownded)
(O Mary don''t weep)



JOHN HENRY

Album''s version

One, two, three

When John Henry was a little baby
Sittin'' on his daddy''s knee
He picked up a hammer and a little piece of steel
And cried, "hammer''s gonna be the death of me, Lord, Lord
Hammer''s gonna be the death of me"

Now the captain he said to John Henry
"I''m gonna bring that steam drill around
I''m gonna bring that steam drill out on these tracks
I''m gonna knock that steel on down, God, God
I''m gonna knock that steel on down"

John Henry told his captain,
"Lord a man ain''t nothin'' but a man
But before I let this steam drill beat me down
I''m gonna die with a hammer in my hand, Lord, Lord
Die with a hammer in my hand"

Ready Sue!

John Henry driving on the right side
That steam drill driving on the left
Says, "''fore I''ll let your steam drill beat me down
I''m gonna hammer myself to death, Lord, Lord
I''ll hammer my fool self to death"

Well, captain said to John Henry
"What is that storm I hear?"
John Henry said, "That ain''t no storm
Captain, that''s just my hammer in the air, Lord, Lord
That''s just my hammer in the air"

John Henry said to his shaker
"Shaker, why don''t you sing?
''Cause I''m swigin'' thirty pounds from my hips on down
Yeah, listen to my cold steel ring, Lord, Lord
Listen to my cold steel ring"

Come on ???!

I wanna hear that banjo now too!

I want it now!

Now John Henry he hammered in the mountains
His hammer was striking fire
But he worked so hard, it broke his heart
John Henry laid his hammer and died, Lord, Lord
John Henry laid down his hammer and died

Well now John Henry he had him a woman
By the name of Polly Ann
She walked out to those tracks, picked up John Henry''s hammer
Polly drove steel like a man, Lord, Lord
Polly drove that steel like a man

Come on!

Well every, every Monday morning
When a bluebird he began to sing
You could hear John Henry from a mile or more
You can hear John Henry''s hammer ring, Lord, Lord
You can hear John Henry''s hammer ring
Set out again!
So you can hear John Henry''s hammer ring, Lord, Lord
You can hear John Henry''s hammer ring
Come on! Woah!

One, two, a one two three four!*

It''s good




ERIE CANAL

Album''s version

I''ve got a mule and her name is Sal
Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal
She''s a good old worker and a good old pal
Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal

We haul''d some barges in our day
Filled with lumber, coal, and hay
We know every inch of the way
From Albany to Buffalo

Low bridge, everybody down
Low bridge, yeah we''re coming to a town
And you''ll always know your neighbor
And you''ll always know your pal
If ya ever navigated on the Erie Canal

We''d better look around for a job, old gal
Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal
You can bet your life I''ll never part with Sal
Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal

Get up mule, here comes a lock
We''ll make Rome ''bout six o''clock
One more trip and back we''ll go
Right back home to Buffalo

Low bridge, everybody down
Low bridge, we''re coming to a town
You''ll always know your neighbor
And you''ll always know your pal
If ya ever navigated on the Erie Canal

Where would I be if I lost my pal
Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal
I''d like to see a mule good as my Sal
Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal

A friend of mine once got her sore
Now he''s got a broken jaw
''Cause she let fly with an iron toe
And kicked him back to Buffalo

Low bridge, everybody down
Low bridge ''cause we''re coming to a town
You''ll always know your neighbor
And you''ll always know your pal
If ya ever navigated on the Erie Canal

Low bridge, everybody down
Low bridge, we''re coming to a town
You''ll always know your neighbor
And you''ll always know your pal
If ya ever made a livin'' on the Erie Canal

Low bridge, everybody down*
Low bridge, we''re coming to a town*
You''ll always know your neighbor*
And you''ll always know your pal*
If ya ever navigated on the Erie Canal*

Low bridge, everybody down
Low bridge, we''re coming to a town
Hooo...


JACOB''S LADDER

Album''s version

We are climbing Jacob''s ladder
We are climbing Jacob''s ladder
We are climbing Jacob''s ladder
Yeah we''re brothers, sisters, all

Every rung goes higher and higher
Every rung goes higher and higher
Every rung goes higher and higher
We are brothers, sisters, all

Come on with me now!

Every new rung just, just makes us stronger
Every new rung just, just makes us stronger
Every new rung just, just makes us stronger
Yeah we are brothers, and sisters, all

???!

Alright, come on horn section!
Get ready, go!

Alright, enough!

Yeah we are climbing Jacob''s ladder
Yeah we are climbing Jacob''s ladder
We are climbing Jacob''s ladder
We are brothers, sisters, and all

Alright, party time!

We are climbing higher and higher
Yeah we are climbing higher and higher
Yeah we are climbing higher and higher
Yeah we are brothers, and sisters, and all

Alright! Alright!

We are climbing, climbing Jacob''s ladder
Yeah we are climbing Jacob''s ladder
We are climbing Jacob''s ladder
We are brothers, sisters, and all

MY OKLAHOMA HOME

Album''s version

When they opened up the strip I was young and full of zip
I wanted some place to call my home
And so I made the race and I staked me out a place
And settled down along the Cimarron

It blowed away (blown away), it blowed away (blown away)
My Oklahoma home, it blown away
Well it looked so green and fair when I built my shanty there
My Oklahoma home, it blown away

Well I planted wheats and oats, got some chickens and some shoats
Aimed to have some ham and eggs to feed my face
Got a mule to pull the plow, I got an old red muley cow
And I also got a fancy mortgage on this place

Well it blowed away (blown away), it blowed away (blown away)
All the crops that I''ve planted blown away
Well you can''t grow any grain if you ain''t got any rain
Everything except my mortgage blown away

Come on!

Well it looked so green and fair when I built my shanty there
I figured I was all set for life
I put on my Sunday best with my fancy scalloped vest
Then I went to town to pick me out a wife

She blowed away (blown away), she blowed away (blown away)
My Oklahoma woman blown away
Mr as I bent to kiss her, she was picked up by a twister
My Oklahoma woman blown away

Well then I was left alone just listening to the moan
Of the wind around the corners of my shack
So I took off down the road, yeah, when the south wind blowed
I traveled with the wind upon my back

I blowed away (blown away), I blowed away (blown away)
Chasin'' that dust cloud up ahead
Well once it looked so green and fair and now it''s up in the air
My Oklahoma farm is over head

Come on!

And now I''m always close to home, it don''t matter where I roam
For Oklahoma dust is everywhere
Makes no difference where I''m walkin'', I can hear my chickens squawkin''
I can hear my wife a-talking in the air

It blowed away (blown away), it blowed away (blown away)
Yeah my Oklahoma home is blown away
But my home Sir, is always near, it''s up here in the atmosphere
My Oklahoma home is blown away

Come on!

Well I''m a roam''n Oklahoman but I''m always close to home
And I''ll never get homesick until I die
''Cause no matter where I''m found, my home''s all around
My Oklahoma home is in the sky

It blowed away (blown away), it blowed away (blownd away)
And my farm down on Cimarron
But now all around the world wherever the dust is swirled
There is some from my Oklahoma home

It blowed away (blown away), it blowed away (blown away)
Yeah my Oklahoma home is blown away
Yeah it''s up there in the sky in that dust cloud over n'' by
My Oklahoma home is blown away

Yeah!

Let me see that horn now, thank you!

Come on one more time!

Well it''s blown away (blown away), blown away (blown away)
Oh my Oklahoma home is blown away
Yeah it''s up there in the sky in that dust cloud over n'' by
My Oklahoma home is the sky

Yeah!


EYES ON THE PRIZE

Album''s version

Paul and Silas bound in jail
Had no money for to go their bail
Keep your eyes on the prize, hold on

Paul and Silas thought they was lost
Dungeon shook and the chains come off
Keep your eyes on the prize, hold on

Freedom''s name is mighty sweet
And soon we''re gonna meet
Keep your eyes on the prize, hold on

I got my hand on the gospel plow
Won''t take nothing for my journey now
Keep your eyes on the prize, hold on

Hold on, hold on
Keep your eyes on the prize, hold on

Soozie!

Only chain that a man can stand
Is that chain o'' hand on hand
Keep your eyes on the prize, hold on

I''m gonna board that big greyhound
Carry the love from town to town
Keep your eyes on the prize, hold on

Hold on, hold on
Keep your eyes on the prize, hold on

Hey!

Hey!

Now only thing I did was wrong
Stayin'' in the wilderness too long
Keep your eyes on the prize, hold on

The only thing we did was right
Was the day we started to fight
Keep your eyes on the prize, hold on

Hold on, hold on
Keep your eyes on the prize, hold on

One, two!
(The only thing we did was wrong)
(Staying in the wilderness too long)
(Keep your eyes on the prize, hold on)

Woah, woah!
(The only thing we did was right)
(Was the day we started to fight)
(Keep your eyes on the prize, hold on)

Hold on, hold on
Keep your eyes on the prize, hold on

Hold on, hold on
Keep your eyes on the prize, hold on

Ain''t been to heaven but I been told
Streets up there are paved with gold


SHENANDOAH

Album''s version

Oh Shenandoah, I love your daughter
Away you rolling river
I''ll take her across the water
Away, bound away
Cross the wide Missouri

My Shenandoah, I long to meet you
Away you rolling river
I''ll not deceive you
Away, bound away
Cross the wide Missouri

Hmmm...

For seven years I''ve been a roller
Away you rolling river
Seven years I''ve been a roller
Away, bound away
Cross the wide Missouri

Shenandoah, I love your daughter
The way you rolling river
I''ll take her across the water
Away, bound away
Cross the wide Missouri

Hmmm...


PAY ME MY MONEY DOWN

Album''s version

I thought I heard the captain say
Pay me my money down
Tomorrow is our sailing day
Pay me my money down

Pay me, pay me
Pay me my money down
Pay me or go to jail
Pay me my money down

Soon as the boat was clear of the bar
Pay me money down
He knocked me down with a spar
Pay me my money down

Pay me, pay me
Pay me my money down
Pay me or go to jail
Pay me my money down

Com''on!

Well if I''d been a rich man''s son
Pay me my money down
I''d sit on the river and watch ''er run
Pay me my money down

Pay me, pay me
Pay me my money down
Pay me or go to jail
Pay me my money down

Horn!

Lets hear the trumpet!

Alright everybody,
Let''s bring it up to B flat
A one two three!

Well I wish I was Mr Gates
Pay me my money down
They''d haul my money in in crates
Pay me my money down

Pay me, pay me
Pay me my money down
Pay me or go to jail
Pay me my money down

Alright somebody
Yello!
Yip!
Woha!
Go!
Come on!

Trumpet!
Once more trumpet!
Woah!

Alright now!
Back to G
A one two, a one two three
Yeah!

Well fourty nights, nights at sea
Pay me my money down
Captain worked every last dollar out of me
Pay me my money down

Pay me, pay me
Pay me my money down
Pay me or go to jail
Pay me my money down

Pay me, pay me
Pay me my money down
Pay me or go to jail
Pay me my money down

Pay me, pay me
Pay me my money down
Pay me or go to jail
Pay me my money down

Everybody solo!

Woah!
Woah!
Woah!






WE SHALL OVERCOME

Album''s version

One, two, three, four*

Hey we shall overcome, we shall overcome
We shall overcome someday
Darlin'' here in my heart, yeah I do believe
We shall overcome someday

Well we''ll walk hand in hand, we''ll walk hand in hand
We''ll walk hand in hand someday
Darlin'' here in my heart, yeah I do believe
We''ll walk hand in hand someday

Well we shall live in peace, we shall live in peace
We shall live in peace someday
Darlin'' here in my heart, yeah I do believe
We shall live in peace someday

Well we are not afraid, we are not afraid
We shall overcome someday
Yeah here in my heart, I do believe
We shall overcome someday

Hey we shall overcome, we shall overcome
We shall overcome someday
Darlin'' here in my heart, I do believe
We shall overcome someday
We shall overcome someday




FROGGIE WENT A COURTIN''

Album''s version

Mr Froggy went a-courtin'' and he did ride, uh-huh
Mr Froggy went a-courtin'' and he did ride, uh-huh
Froggy went a-courtin'' and he did ride
A sword and pistol by his side, uh- huh, uh-huh, uh-huh

He went down to Miss Mousie''s door, uh-huh
He went down to Miss Mousie''s door, uh-huh
He went down to Miss Mousie''s door
Where he had often been before, uh huh, uh-huh, uh-huh

He took Miss Mousie up on his knee, uh-huh
Said "Miss Mousie will you marry me?" uh huh
"Without my Uncle Rat''s consent
I wouldn''t marry the President," uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh

Alright!

Well Uncle Rat he gave his consent, uh-huh
Hey Uncle Rat he gave his consent, uh-huh
Now Uncle Rat he gave his consent
And the weasel wrote the publishment, uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh

Well now where will the wedding supper be? Uh-huh
Where will the wedding supper be? Uh-huh
Well where will the wedding supper be?
Way down yonder in a hollow tree, uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh

Come on Soozie!

Woah!

Yeah the first come in was a flying moth, uh-huh
First come in was a flying moth, uh-huh
First come in was a flying moth
Who laid out the tablecloth, uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh

Well the next to come in was a junie bug, uh-huh
The next to come in was a junie bug, uh-huh
Next to come in was a junie bug
She brought the whiskey in a water jug, uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh

Alright

Next come in was a big black snake, uh-huh
Next come in was a big black snake, uh-huh
Next come in was a big black snake
Chased them all into the lake, uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh

Little piece of cornbread laying on a shelf, uh-huh
Little piece of cornbread laying on a shelf, uh-huh
Little piece of cornbread laying on a shelf
If you want any more, you can sing it yourself, uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh