Trazks on the album:

1. Lilly of the west
2. Can't help falling in love
3. Sarah Jane
4. The ballad of Ira Hayes
5. Mr.Bojangles
6. Mary Ann
7. Big yellow taxi
8. A fool such as I
9. Spanish is the loving tongue

Lily of the west

When first I came to Louisville
Some pleasure there to find
A damsel there from Lexington
Was pleasing to my mind
Her rosy cheeks, her ruby lips,
Like arrows pierced my breast
And the name she bore was Flora
The lily of the West

I courted lovely Flora
Some pleasure there to find
But she turned unto another man
Which sore distressed my mind
She robbed me of my liberty
Deprived me of my rest
Then go, my lovely Flora
The lily of the West

Way down in yonder shady grove
A man of high degree
Conversing with my Flora there
It seems so strange to me
And the answer that she gave to him
It sore did me oppress
I was betrayed by Flora
The lily of the West

I stepped up to my rival
My dagger in my hand
I seized him by the collar and
I boldly bade him stand
Being mad to desperation
I pierced him in the breast
I killed a man for Flora
The lily of the West

I had to stand my trial
I had to make my plea
They placed me in the criminal box
And then commenced on me
Although she swore my life away
Deprived me of my rest
Still I love my faithless Flora
The lily of the West.

SPANISH IS THE LOVING TONGUE

Broke her heart, lost my own
Adios, Mi corazon

Spanish is the loving tongue
Soft as music, light as spray
Twas a girl I learned it from
Living down Sonora way
I dont look much like a lover
Still I say her loved words over
Mostly when Im all alone!
Mi amor, Mi corazon

Havent seen her since that night
I cant cross the line you know
Wanted for a gambling fight
Like as not its better so
Still Ive always kind of missed her
Since that last sad night I kissed her
Broke her heart, lost my own
Adios, Mi corazon

Broke her heart, lost my own
Adios, Mi corazon
Adios, Mi corazon.

SARAH JANE

Ive got a wife and five little children
Im gonna take a trip on the big McMillan
With Sarah Jane (Sarah Jane)
Sarah Jane (Sarah Jane)
Aint nothin' to do
But to set down and sing
And rock about my Sarah Jane

Whistle done blows and the fiddler squalls
Captain gone through hole-in-the-wall
Oh Sarah Jane (Sarah Jane)
Sarah Jane (Sarah Jane)
Aint nothin' to do
But to set down and sing
And rock about my Sarah Jane

Yankee built boats to shoot them Rebels
My gun's steady gonna hold it level
Sarah Jane (Sarah Jane)
Sarah Jane (Sarah Jane)
Aint nothin' to do
But to set down and sing
And rock about my Sarah Jane

Ive got a wife and five little children
Im gonna take a trip on the big McMillan
Sarah Jane (Sarah Jane)
Sarah Jane (Sarah Jane)
Aint nothin' to do
But to set down and sing
And rock about my Sarah Jane.

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