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I'm Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail


I'm Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail
Composer(s): Karl Davis; Harty Taylor
Performer(s): The Cumberland Ridge Runners - 1934
Covered by multiple other artists



"I'm not in your town to stay"
Said a lady old and gray
To the warden of the penitentiary
"I'm not in your town to stay
And I'll soon be on my way
I'm just here to get my baby out of jail
Oh warden, I'm just here to get my baby out of jail"

"I tried to raise my baby right
I have prayed both day and night
That he wouldn't follow the footsteps of his dad
I have searched both far and wide
And I feared that he had died
But at last I've found my baby here in jail
Oh warden, at last I've found my baby here in jail"

"It was just 5 years today
When his daddy passed away
He was found beneath the snow so cold & white
'Twas then I vowed to take his ring
And his gold watch and his chain
And the county laid his daddy in the grave
Yes warden, the county laid his daddy in the grave"

"I will pawn you his watch
I will pawn you his chain
I will pawn you my diamond wedding ring
I will wash all your clothes
I will scrub all your floors
If that will get my baby out of jail
Yes warden, if that will get my baby out of jail"

Then I heard the warden say
To the lady old and gray
"I'll go bring your darlin' baby to your side"
2 iron gates swang wide apart
She held her darlin' to her heart
She kissed her baby boy and then she died
But smiling, she kissed her baby boy and then she died

"I'm not in your town to stay"
Said a lady old and gray
"I'm just here to get my baby out of jail
Yes warden, I'm just here to get my baby out of jail"

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Everybody Knows (I Still Love You)


Everybody Knows (I Still Love You)
Composer(s): Barry Mason; Leslie Reed
Performer(s): The Dave Clark Five



Everybody knows you've been treating me bad
Everybody knows you've been makin' me sad

Well you don't have to lie 'cause I'm no fool
I can see you don't want my love at all
I know, I still love you

Everybody knows he's been hanging around
Everybody knows you've been painting the town

He could never love you the way that I do
And maybe I'll find somebody else
But oh, I still love you

Every night I keep on cryin'
And I pray that you'll stop lyin' to me

Everybody knows you will never be mine
Everybody knows I've been wasting my time

I want to forget you as fast as I can
But every time I see you the hurtin' begins again
I still love you

Everybody knows, everybody knows

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I'm Henry VIII I Am


I'm Henry VIII I Am
Composer(s): Fred Murray; R.P. Weston
Performer(s): Herman's Hermits



I'm Henry the eighth I am
Henry the eighth I am, I am
I got married to the widow next door
She's been married seven times before
And every one was an Henry (Henry)
She wouldn't have a Willy or a Sam (no Sam)
I'm her eighth old man, I'm Henry
Henry the eighth I am

I'm Henry the eighth I am
Henry the eighth I am, I am
I got married to the widow next door
She's been married seven times before
And every one was an Henry (Henry)
She wouldn't have a Willy or a Sam (no Sam)
I'm her eighth old man, I'm Henry
Henry the eighth I am

I'm Henry the eighth I am
Henry the eighth I am, I am
I got married to the widow next door
She's been married seven times before
And every one was an Henry (Henry)
She wouldn't have a Willy or a Sam (no Sam)
I'm her eighth old man, I'm Henry
Henry the eighth I am

I'm Henry the eighth I am
Henry the eighth I am, I am
I got married to the widow next door
She's been married seven times before
And every one was an Henry (Henry)
She wouldn't have a Willy or a Sam (no Sam)
I'm her eighth old man, I'm Henry
Henry the eighth I am

H-e-n-r-y
Henry (Henry)
Henry (Henry)
Henry the eighth I am, I am
Henry the eighth I am

Yeah!

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Everybody Is Going To Make It This Time


Everybody Is Going To Make It This Time
Composer(s): George Clinton; Bernie Worrell
Performer(s): Funkadelic



Our mothers and our fathers
They had lives to live
Oh, and today, is proof that mistakes were made
There's not a doubt in my heart
They've done the best that they know how
And there's still time for us to make a change

We got to learn from the mistakes that were made in the past
We got to clean so that we can clean our minds
'Cause in order to get it together
We got to get our heads together
Everybody is going to make it this time (x2)

Our country and our cities, they have been betrayed for money
Ooooh, and somehow, the people, they will make a change, yeah
There's not a doubt in my mind
If hunger and anger place the blame
There won't be a country left to change

We got to see what we're doing in the name of comfort
We've got to see, we've got to feel the warning signs
But in order to get it together
We've got to get our heads together
Everybody is going to make it this time (x2)

We've got to learn from the mistakes
That were made in the past
We've got to clean so that we can use our minds
But in order to get it together
We've got to get our heads together
Everybody is going to make it this time (x2)
(Everybody, make it, yeah whoa!)
Everybody is going to make it this time (x9)
(Got to make it, this time, whoaa! Wooo, woo, woo, hey!)

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I'm Henry The Eight


I'm Henry The Eight
Performer(s): Harry Champion



You don't know who you're looking at; now have a look at me!
I'm a bit of a nob, I am, belong to royaltee
I'll tell you how it came about; I married Widow Burch
And I was King of England when I toddled out of church
Outside the people started shouting, "Hip hip hooray!"
Said I "Get down upon your knees it's Coronation Day!"

I'm Henry the Eighth I am!
Henry the Eighth I am, I am!
I got married to the widow next door
She's been married seven times before
Everyone was a Henry
She wouldn't have a Willie or a Sam
I'm her eighth old man named Henry
I'm Henry the Eighth I am!

I left the "Duke of Cumberland", a pub up in the town
Soon with one or two moochers I was holding up the Crown
I sat upon the bucket that the carmen think their own
Surrounded by my subjects I was sitting on the throne
Out came the potman, saying, "Go on, home to bed!"
Said I, "Now say another word and off'll go your head!"

I'm Henry the Eighth I am!
Henry the Eighth I am, I am!
I got married to the widow next door
She's been married seven times before
Everyone was a Henry
She wouldn't have a Willie or a Sam
I'm her eighth old man named Henry
I'm Henry the Eighth I am!

Now at the Wax-work Exhibition not so long ago
I was sitting among the kings, I made a lovely show
To good old Queen Elizabeth, i shouted "Wotcher Liz!"
While people poked my ribs and said, "I wonder who this is!"
One said , "It's Charley Peace!" and then I got the spike
I shouted "Show your ignorance!" as waxy as you like

I'm Henry the Eighth I am!
Henry the Eighth I am, I am!
I got married to the widow next door
She's been married seven times before
Everyone was a Henry
She wouldn't have a Willie or a Sam
I'm her eighth old man named Henry
I'm Henry the Eighth I am!

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Everybody Is A Star


Everybody Is A Star
Composer(s): Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart
Performer(s): Sly & The Family Stone;
and various other artists



Everybody is a star
Who can rain, chase the dust away
Everybody wants to shine
Ooh, come out on a cloudy day
'Til the sun that loves you proud
When the system tries to bring you down
Every hand to shine tonight
You don't need darkness to do
what you think is right
Ba pa-pa-pa ba
pa-pa ba ba ba
pa-pa ba pa-pa ba
pa-pa ba ba ba
ba-pa ba-pa ba ba
ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Everybody is a star
I can feel it
when you shine on me
I love you for who you are
Not the one you feel you need to be
Ever catch a falling star
Ain't no stopping
'til it's in the ground
Everybody is a star
One big circle going round and round
Ba pa-pa-pa ba
pa-pa ba ba ba
pa-pa ba pa-pa ba
pa-pa ba ba ba
ba-pa ba-pa ba ba
ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ba pa-pa-pa ba
pa-pa ba ba ba
pa-pa ba pa-pa ba
pa-pa ba ba ba
ba-pa ba-pa ba ba
ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ba pa-pa-pa ba
pa-pa ba ba ba
pa-pa ba pa-pa ba
pa-pa ba ba ba
ba-pa ba-pa ba ba
shine, shine, shine, shine
(repeat)

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I'm Happy When The Band Plays Dixie


I'm Happy When The Band Plays Dixie
Composer(s): Earl J. Benham; William J. Vanderveer



Have you ever felt a strange sensation
When the band begins to play
Have you noticed how you'll march along
And follow the band all day
Like a soldier boy you're sure to fall in line to hear the music sweet
Troubles you forget now you're marching yet oh it surely is a treat
When they play, "My country tis of thee"
every body cheers the good old band
But there's one more tune they'll play it soon
it's a song of dear Dixie land

Thro' dear Dixie old
Hi Henry with his minstrel show was booked to play
With his singers grand and one fine band
in town he stayed just one day
On the billboard fence he advertised
that thro' the streets they would parade
To be water boy was my greatest joy
to the opera house I made
There they dressed me up as Uncle Sam
and handed me the flag to wave
Dixie they played loud to please the crowd
then for dear Dixie land we raved

I'm happy when the band plays Dixie
It's the land that I love so dear
Where the sweet magnolias rare
Scent that good old southern air
Now for dear Dixie I will cheer
Sweet strains of that old grand song Dixie
Bring back thoughts of my childhood days
I wish I was in Dixie, I do, I do
I'm happy when the band plays Dixie

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Everybody Does It In Hawaii


Everybody Does It In Hawaii
Composer(s): Jimmie Rodgers; Elsie McWilliams
Performer(s): Hank Snow;
and various other artists



Now talk about Hawaii I didn't know it was so grand
I pick me out a hula hula girl before my boat could land
Everybody does it in Hawaii
Now she's got it here and she's got it there
Her lips are red her little ole feet are bare
She shy on close but I don't care 'cause everybody does it in Hawaii

Now when I leave Hawaii when I leave ole Waikiki
I'm goin' to take my hula hula girl and bring her back with me
Cause everybody does it in Hawaii
She's got two pretty legs with dimple knees
Two brown arms and they know how to squeeze
A perfect form and I'm hard to pelase but everybody does it in Hawaii

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I'm Happy That Love Has Found You


I'm Happy That Love Has Found You
Composer(s): Ellison Chase; William Haberman; Arthur Jacobson
Performer(s): Jimmy Hall



We could make it happen
If we try a little harder
I could tell by lookin'
There was love in your heart
I could stay forever with you
Right here where we started
In this side of heaven
That I found here in your arms

'Cause you make me feel like someone new
You make me feel so good
You make me realize what your love could do

I'm happy that love has found you
Let it flow as the river runs wild
I'm happy that love has found you
Now I know this love will never run dry

You keep setting fire
To the soul that burns inside me
I won't let you go until I fill you with its light
We can make it happen if we try a little harder
I could tell by lookin' there was love in your heart

'Cause you make me feel so wonderful
You make me feel brand new
You made my hopeless dreaming come true

'Cause you make me feel so wonderful
You make me feel brand new
You made my hopeless dreaming come true

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Everybody Come And Clap Your Hands


Everybody Come And Clap Your Hands
Composer(s): Jeff Barry; Ellie Greenwich
Performer(s): The Searchers; Moody & The Deltas



Everybody come and clap your hands
Don't you know when you dance
You got to smile, oh you can't cry
Try it a while you'll be surprised

Baby, it's rock 'n roll music
I said can't you hear that music
Well all right (well all right)
Well all right (well all right)
Well all right now, yeah

Try the monkey, it's a somethin' new
But I don't care what you do
'long as you dance and move your feet
Get in a trance feelin' the beat

Children, it's rock 'n roll music
I said can't you hear that music
Well all right (well all right)
Well all right (well all right)
Well all right now, yeah

Yeah, yeah (yeah, yeah)
Yeah, yeah (yeah, yeah)
Yeah, yeah (yeah, yeah)
Yeah (ahh-yi-yi-yi)

Well all right (well all right)
Well all right (well all right)
Well all right now, yeah

Everybody come and clap your hands
Don't you know when you dance
You got to smile, oh you can't cry
Try it a while you'll be surprised

Baby, it's rock 'n roll music
I said can't you hear that music
Well all right (well all right)
Well all right (well all right)
Well all right now, yeah

Try the monkey, it's a somethin' new
But I don't care what you do
'long as you dance and move your feet
Get in a trance feelin' the beat

Children, it's rock 'n roll music
I said can't you hear that music
Well all right (well all right)
Well all right (well all right)
Well all right now, yeah

Yeah, yeah (yeah, yeah)
Yeah, yeah (yeah, yeah)
Yeah, yeah (yeah, yeah)
Yeah (ahh-yi-yi-yi)

Yeah, yeah (yeah, yeah)
Yeah, yeah (yeah, yeah)
Yeah, yeah (yeah, yeah)
Yeah (ahh-yi-yi-yi)

Yeah, yeah (yeah, yeah)
Yeah, yeah (yeah, yeah)

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Don't Make A Beggar Of Me


Don't Make A Beggar Of Me Composer(s): Benny Goodman; Al Sherman; Axel Stordahl Performer(s): Frank Sinatra



Don't make me beg for your kisses
Beg for your tender embrace
I want your love, not your sympathy
Please don't make a beggar of me

Since I looked in your direction
Your tenderness is all I seem to crave
But when I look for your affection
You smile, my dear, and tell me to behave

Don't make me beg for your kisses
Beg for your tender embrace
I want your love, not your sympathy
Please don't make a beggar of me

While I sigh and keep confessing
The love I have for you will never die
Somehow, you always keep me guessing
And wondering how long I'll have to cry

Don't make me beg for your kisses
Beg for your tender embrace
I want your love, not your sympathy
Please don't make a beggar of me

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Everybody (Tommy Roe)


Everybody
Composer(s): Tommy Roe
Performer(s): Tommy Roe



Everybody, everybody
everybody's, had a broken heart now
Everybody, everybody
everybody's had the blues

Everybody, everybody
everybody's, blue when they're lonesome
Everybody, everybody
everybody's had the blues

One time or other everybody listen to me
you lose somebody you love
But that's no reason for you to break down and cry

I said a hey, everybody, everybody
everybody's, had a lonely moment
Everybody, everybody
everybody's had the blues

One time or other everybody listen to me
you lose somebody you love
That's no reason for you to break down and cry

I said a hey, everybody, everybody
Everybody's, had a lonely moment
Everybody, everybody
everybody's had the blues

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I'm Happy Just To Dance With You


I'm Happy Just To Dance With You
Composer(s): John Lennon; Paul McCartney
First release by: The Beatles - 1964
Covered by multiple other artists



Before this dance is through
I think I'll love you too
I'm so happy when you dance with me
I don't want to kiss or hold your hand
If it's funny, try an' understand
There is really nothing else I'd rather do
'Cos I'm happy, just to dance with you
I don't need to hug or hold you tight
I just wanna dance with you all night
In this world there's nothing I would rather do
'Cos I'm happy just to dance with you
Just to dance with you is everything I need
Before this dance is through
I think I 'll love you too
I'm so happy when you dance with me
If somebody tries to take my place
Let's pretend, we just can't see his face
In this world there's nothing I would rather do
'Cos I'm happy just to dance with you
Just to dance with you everything I need
Before this dance through
I think I'll love you too
I'm so happy when you dance with me
If somebody tries to take my place
Let's pretend, we just can't see his face
In this world there's nothing I would rather do
I've discovered, I'm in love with you
Oh, oh 'cos I 'm happy just yo dance with you
Oh, oh...

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Every Woman In The World


Every Woman In The World
Composer(s): Dominic Bugatti; Frank Musker
Performer(s): Air Supply



Every night seems dinner and wine
Saturday days
I was never in love, never had the time
In my hustle and hurried world
Laughing my self to sleep, waking up lonely
I needed someone to hold me, oh

It's such a crazy home town
It can drag you down
Till you run out of dreams
So you party all night to the music and lights
But you don't what happiness means
I was dancing in the dark with strangers
No love around me
When suddenly you found me, oh

Girl, you're every woman in the world to me
You're my fantasy, you're my reality
Girl, you're every woman in the world to me
You're everything I need,
You're everything to me
Oh girl

Everything good, everything fine
That's what you are
So put your hand in mine and together we'll climb
As high as the highest star
I'm living the life time in every minute
That we're together
And I'm staying right here forever, oh

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I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair


I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair Composer(s): Richard Rogers; Oscar Hammerstein II First performance by: Mary Martin - 1949 Covered by multiple other artists



I'm gonna wash that man right outa my hair
I'm gonna wash that man right outa my hair
I'm gonna wash that man right outa my hair
And send him on his way

I'm gonna wave that man right outa my arms
I'm gonna wave that man right outa my arms
I'm gonna wave that man right outa my arms
And send him on his way

Don't try to patch it up
Tear it up, tear it up!
Wash him out, dry him out
Push him out, fly him out
Cancel him and let him go!
Yeah, sister!

I'm gonna wash that man right outa my hair
I'm gonna wash that man right outa my hair
I'm gonna wash that man right outa my hair
And send him on his way

If a man don't understand you
If you fly on separate beams
Waste no time, make a change
Ride that man right off your range
Rub him out of the roll call
And drum him out of your dreams

If you laugh at different comics
If you root for different teams
Waste no time, weep no more
Show him what the door is for
Rub him out of the roll call
And drum him out of your dreams

Oh, no
Oh, no
I'm gonna rub, wash, wave, rub
The man right outa my hair
I'm gonna rub, wash, wave, rub
The man right outa my hair

Don't try to patch it up
Tear it up, tear it up!
Wash him out, dry him out
Push him out, fly him out
Cancel him and let him go!
Yeah, sister!

I'm gonna wash that man right outa my hair
I'm gonna wash that man right outa my hair
I'm gonna wash that man right outa my hair
And send him on his way
And send him on his way
I'm gonna send him, send him on his way

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Every Which Way But Loose


Every Which Way But Loose
Composer(s): Steve Dorff; M. Brown; Tommy Garrett
Performer(s): Eddie Rabbitt



I've always been the kind of man who doesn't believe in strings
Long term obligations are just unnecessary things
But girl you've got me thinkin', while I'm drinking one more beer
If I'm headed for a heartache, then why the hell am I still here

I'm testin' my resistance and its wearin' mighty thin
I got the feelin' I should leave before the roof caves in
My mind tells me to move along but my body begs me stay
And now I feel the need to hold you close and love the night away

Chorus:

While you're turnin' me
Every which way but loose
You turn me every which way but loose
Inside the fire's burnin' me
In mind you just keep turnin' me
Every which way but loose
Baby there's no excuse
To turn me every which way but loose

When the sun comes up in the mornin' it should find me someplace new
But right this minute all I want is to lay here next to you
Those memories still keep callin' me from somewhere in my past
Better hurry if they want me cause I can feel me fading fast

(Chorus)

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I'm Gonna Tie One On Tonight


I'm Gonna Tie One On Tonight
Composer(s): Lee Nichols
Performer(s): The Wilburn Brothers; Ernest Tubb & The Texas Troubadors



Things down at my house just ain't going right I'm gonna tie one on tonight
I'm sick and tired of coming on and that gal ain't in sight
I'm gonna tie one on tonight
I wonder what she does all day I wonder where she goes
When I get home she's always gone dressed in her best clothes
I'm going out and live it up chase every girl in sight I'm gonna tie one on tonight

My baby she's out on the town and I think just for spite I'm gonna tie one on tonight
She thinks she's gonna worry me but I'll show her all right
I'm gonna tie one on tonight
I'm gonna dance with all the girls and have myself as free
Then I get home and find her there crying over me
When I come in at three a.m. there'll prob'ly be a fight
But I'm gonna tie one on tonight I'm gonna tie one on tonight

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Every Time You Say Goodbye


Every Time You Say Goodbye
Composer(s): John Pennell
Performer(s): Alison Krauss; Emily Singleton



Look at the sky baby
What do you see?
Looks like the tears that I cry
Fallin' down like rain on the ground
Every time you say goodbye

Take a look around now
Why don't you feel
The way that cold wind stings and bites
And your words just are like arrows through my heart
Every time you say goodbye

There's a restless feeling knocking at my door today
There's a shadow hanging 'round my garden gate
I read between the lines of words you can't disguise
Love has gone away, and put these tears in my eyes

Look at the sky baby, see how it cries?
Ain't it just like my tears
Fallin' down like rain on the ground
Every time you say goodbye

There's a restless feeling knocking at my door today
There's a shadow hanging 'round my garden gate
I read between the lines of words you can't disguise
Love has gone away, and put these tears in my eyes

There's a restless feeling knocking at my door today
There's a shadow hanging 'round my garden gate
I read between the lines of words you can't disguise
Love has gone away, and put these tears in my eyes

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I'm Gonna Take You There


I'm Gonna Take You There
Composer(s): Graham Gouldman
Performer(s): Dave Berry



There is a place where we can go
And no one cares just what you know
Or what you wear
I'm gonna take you there

You can go there too
You can go there
You can go there
To the part of town where everybody gaters round
You know that everybody there
They don't even have a care

There is a place where we can go
And no one cares just what you know
Or what you wear
I'm gonna take you there

You can go there too
You can go there
Where the lights are oh so low
And no one cares
Just what you know
Or who you are
I'm gonna take you there

Where the lights won't shine too brightly
Everybody gathers round
You know that everybody there
They don't even have a care

There is a place where we can go
And no one cares just what you know
Or what you wear
I'm gonna take you there

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Every Time I Roll The Dice


Every Time I Roll The Dice
Composer(s): Max D. Barnes; Troy Seals
Performer(s): Gary "U.S." Bonds; Coastline Band;
Chris LeDoux; Delbert McClinton; Sammy O'Banion



She's got a roof that don't leak
When the rain's pouring down
She's got a place I can sleep, ya’ll
Where I'm save and sound

She's got a lock on her door
But she gave me a key
She don't walk the floor
But she worries about me

Her love has no strings, shackles or chains
But I'm holding on for dear life
She's like a rolling seven
Every time I roll the dice

She's got a big oldsmobile
She's got a dog that don't bite
She's got a heart I can steal
Just like a thief in the night

She's got a slow burning fire
She keeps her radio low
And when she gets inspired
Lord, we let the good times roll

Her love has no strings, shackles or chains
But I'm holding on for dear life
She's like a rolling seven
Every time I roll the dice

Her love has no strings, shackles or chains
But I'm holding on for dear life
She's like a rolling seven
Every time I roll the dice

Every time I roll
Every time I roll
Every time I roll
Every time I roll the dice

Every time I roll
Every time I roll
Every time I roll
Every time I roll the dice

Every time I roll
Every time I roll
Every time I roll
Every time I roll the dice

Every time I roll
(every time I roll)
Every time I roll
(every time I roll)
Every time I roll
Every time I roll the dice

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