Louisiana Hiking Club

Jambalaya

 

Goodbye, Joe, he gotta go, me oh my oh

He gotta go-pole the pirogue down the Bayou

His Yvonne the sweetest one, me oh my oh

Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the Bayou

 

Thibodaux, Fontaineaux the place is buzzin'

Kin-folk come to see Yvonne by the dozen

Dressed in style, go hog wild, me oh my oh

Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the Bayou

 

CHORUS

Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and filé gumbo

For tonight, I'm a-gonna see my, my ma cher amio

Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-oh

Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the Bayou

 

Settle down far from town get him a pirogue

And he'll catch all the fish in the Bayou

Swap his mom to buy Yvonne what she need-oh

Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the Bayou

 

CHORUS

 

 

 

 

Annie’s Song

 

You fill up my senses like a night in a forest

Like the mountains in springtime

like a walk in the rain

Like a storm in the desert

like a sleepy blue ocean

You fill up my senses come fill me again

 

 Come let me love you, let me give my life to you

Let me drown in your laughter,

let me die in your arms

Let me lay down beside you,

let me always be with you

Come let me love you, come love me again

 

(Repeat Chorus)

 

 

Blowin’ In The Wind

 

How many roads must a man walk down
Before you call him a man?
How many seas must a white dove sail
Before she sleeps in the sand?
Yes, and how many times

must the cannonballs fly
Before they're forever banned?

The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind

 

Yes, and how many years must a mountain exist
Before it is washed to the sea?
And how many years can some people exist
Before they're allowed to be free?
Yes, and how many times can a man turn his head
And pretend that he just doesn't see?

The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind

 

Yes, and how many times must a man look up
Before he can see the sky?
And how many ears must one man have
Before he can hear people cry?
Yes, and how many deaths

will it take 'til he knows
That too many people have died?

The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind

 

 

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Brown-Eyed Girl

 

Hey, where did we go?
Days when the rains came
Down in the hollow
Playin' a new game
Laughin' and a-runnin', hey, hey
Skippin' and a-jumpin'

In the misty morning fog

With Our, our hearts a-thumping

 

And You,

My brown-eyed girl

And you, my brown-eyed girl

 

And whatever happened
To Tuesday and so slow?
Going down the old mine with a
Transistor radio
Standing in the sunlight laughing
Hiding 'hind a rainbow's wall
Slipping and sliding
All along the waterfall with you

My brown-eyed girl
You, my brown-eyed girl

Do you remember when we used to sing?
Sha-la-la, la-la, la-la, la-la,

 la-la tee-da
Just like that
Sha-la-la, la-la, la-la, la-la,

la-la tee-da, la-tee-da

 

So hard to find my way
Now that I'm all on my own
I saw you just the other day
My, how you have grown
Cast my memory back there, Lord
Sometimes I'm overcome

thinking 'bout it
Making love in the green grass
Behind the stadium with you

My brown-eyed girl
You, my brown-eyed girl

 

 

 

Down By the Riverside

 

Gonna lay down my sword and shield,
down by the riverside,
down by the riverside,
down by the riverside;
gonna lay down my sword and shield,
down by the riverside,
down by the riverside.

I ain't gonna study war no more.
ain't gonna study war no more,
ain't gonna study war no more,
I ain't gonna study war no more,
ain't gonna study war no more,
ain't gonna study war no moree

 Gonna lay down my burden,
down by the riverside,
down by the riverside,
down by the riverside;
gonna lay down my burden,
down by the riverside,
down by the riverside.

I ain't gonna study war no more.
ain't gonna study war no more,
ain't gonna study war no more,
I ain't gonna study war no more,
ain't gonna study war no more,
ain't gonna study war no more.

 

Five Hundred Miles

 

If you miss the train I'm on,

you will know that I am gone

You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles,

A hundred miles, a hundred miles,

a hundred miles, a hundred miles,

You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles.

 

Lord I'm one, lord I'm two, lord I'm three,

lord I'm four,

Lord I'm 500 miles from my home.

500 miles, 500 miles, 500 miles, 500 miles

Lord I'm five hundred miles from my home.

 

Not a shirt on my back, not a penny to my name

Lord I can't go a home this a way

This a away, this a way, this a way, this a way,

Lord I can't go a home this a way.

 

If you miss the train I'm on,

you will know that I am gone

You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles

A hundred miles, a hundred miles, a hundred miles,

a hundred miles,

You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles.

 

 

Hello Mary Lou

 

He-llo Mary Lou, Goodbye heart

Sweet Mary Lou I'm so in love with you

I knew Mary Lou we'd never part

So Hello Mary Lou, goodbye heart" 

 

You passed me by one sunny day

Flashed those big brown eyes my way

And oo I wanted you forever more

Now I'm not one that gets around

I swear my feet stuck to the ground

And though I never did meet you be-fore 

 

I said "Hello Mary Lou, Goodbye heart

Sweet Mary Lou I'm so in love with you

I knew Mary Lou [B7] we'd never [Em] part

So "He-llo Mary Lou, goodbye heart" 

 

I saw your lips I heard your voice

be-lieve me I just had no choice

Wild horses couldn't make me stay a-way

I thought about a moonlit night

My arms about you good an' tight

That's all I had to see for me to  say 

 

I said Hello Mary Lou, Goodbye heart

Sweet Mary Lou I'm so in love with you

I knew Mary Lou we'd never part

So "He-llo Mary Lou, goodbye heart "

I said, "He-llo Mary Lou, goodbye heart" 

 

 

 

Leaving On a Jet Plane

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All my bags are packed
I'm ready to go
I'm standin' here outside your door
I hate to wake you up to say goodbye
But the dawn is breakin'
It's early morn
The taxi's waitin'
He's blowin' his horn
Already I'm so lonesome I could die

So kiss me and smile for me
Tell me that you'll wait for me
Hold me like you'll never let me go
'Cause I'm leavin' on a jet plane
Don't know when I'll be back again
Oh babe, I hate to go

There's so many times I've let you down
So many times I've played around
I tell you now, they don't mean a thing
Every place I go, I'll think of you
Every song I sing, I'll sing for you
When I come back, I'll bring your wedding ring

 

So kiss me and smile for me,

Tell me that you'll wait for me

Hold me like you'll never let me go

'Cause I'm leavin' on a jet plane

Don't know when I'll be back again

Oh babe, I hate to go

 

Now the time has come to leave you
One more time, Let me kiss you
Then close your eyes and I'll be on my way
Dream about the days to come
When I won't have to leave alone
About the times, I won't have to say

So kiss me and smile for me
Tell me that you'll wait for me
Hold me like you'll never let me go
'Cause I'm leavin' on a jet plane
Don't know when I'll be back again
Oh babe, I hate to go

But, I'm leavin' on a jet plane
Don't know when I'll be back again
Oh babe, I hate to go

 

Puff The Magic Dragon

 

Puff, the magic dragon lived by the sea

And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honah Lee,

Little Jackie Paper loved that rascal Puff,

And brought him strings and sealing wax and other fancy stuff, oh!

 

[Chorus]

Puff, the magic dragon lived by the sea

And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honah Lee,

Puff, the magic dragon lived by the sea

And frolicked  in the autumn mist in a land called Honah Lee.

 

Together they would travel on a boat with billowed sail

Jackie kept a lookout perched on Puff’s gigantic tail,

Noble kings and princes would bow   whene'er they came,

Pirate ships would lower their flag when Puff roared out his name, oh!

 

[Chorus]

 

A dragon lives forever but not so little boys

Painted wings and giant rings make way for other toys.

One grey night it happened, Jackie Paper came no more

And Puff that mighty dragon, he ceased his fearless roar.

 

 

His head was bent in sorrow, green scales fell like rain,

Puff no longer went to play along the cherry lane.

Without his life-long friend, Puff could not be brave,

So Puff that mighty dragon sadly slipped into his cave, oh!

 

[Chorus]

 

 

You Are My Sunshine

 

Chorus

You are my sunshine, my only sunshine

You make me happy when skies are grey

You'll never know dear, how much I love you

Please don't take my sunshine away

 

The other night dear, as I lay sleeping

I dreamed I held you in my arms

When I awoke, dear, I was mistaken

And I hung my head and cried

 

You are my sunshine, my only sunshine

You make me happy when skies are grey

You'll never know dear, how much I love you

Please don't take my sunshine away

 

I'll always love you and make you happy

If you will only say the same

But if you leave me to love another,

You'll regret it all one day

 

Chorus