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40. World Gone Wrong
1. World Gone Wrong
Traditional, arranged by Bob Dylan
[World Gone Wrong - 1993]
Strange things have happened that [like?] never before
My baby told me I would have to go
I can't be good no more, once, like I did before
I can't be good, baby. Honey, because the world gone wrong.
Feel bad this morning, ain't got no home
No use in worrying 'cause the world goin' wrong
I can't be good no more, once, like I did before
I can't be good, baby. Honey, because the world goin' wrong.
I told you baby, right to your head,
If I didn't leave you I would have to kill you dead
I can't be good no more, once, like I did before
I can't be good, baby. Honey, 'cause the world goin' wrong.
I tried to be lovin', and treat you kind
But it seem like you're never right, you got no loyal mind
I can't be good no more, once, like I did before
I can't be good, baby. Honey, 'cause the world's goin' wrong.
'F you had a woman and she don't treat you kind
Praise [Pray to?] the good Lord to get her out of your mind
I can't be good no more, once, like I did before
I can't be good, baby. Honey, because the world goin' wrong.
Say it when you be good now, can't do no more
Just tell her kindly, there is the front [a blue?] door
I can't be good no more, once, like I did before
I can't be good, baby. Honey, because the world's goin' wrong.
Pack up my suitcase, give me my hat
No use to ask me, baby, 'cause I'll never be back
I can't be good no more, once, like I did before
I can't be good, baby. Honey, because the world gone [goin'?] wrong.
2. Love Henry
Traditional, arranged by Bob Dylan
[World Gone Wrong - 1993]
"Get down, get down, Love Henry" she cried
"And stay all night with me
You can have gold chains and the finest I have,
I'll apply them all to thee."
"I can't get down and I shan't get down
Or stay all night with thee
There's a pretty little girl in Cornersville
I love far better than thee."
He laid his head on a pillow of down
Kisses, she gave him three
With a penny knife that she held in her hand
She murdered mortal he.
"Get well, get well, Love Henry," she cried
"Get well, get well," said she
I don't want to see my own heart's blood
A-flowing down so free."
She took him by his long yellow hair
And also by his feet.
She plunged him into well water where
It runs both cold and deep.
"Lie there, lie there, Love Henry," she cried
"Till the flesh rots off your bones
Some pretty little girl in Cornersville
Will mourn for your return."
"Hush up, hush up, my parrot," she cried
"Don't tell no news on me
All these costly beads around my neck,
I'll apply them all to thee."
"Fly down, fly down pretty bird," she cried
"And light [land?] on my right knee.
The doors to your cage shall be decked with gold
And hung on a willow tree."
"I won't fly down, I can't fly down
And light [land?] on your right knee
A girl who would murder her own true love
Would kill a little bird like me."
3. Ragged & Dirty
Traditional, arranged by Bob Dylan
[World Gone Wrong - 1993]
Lord, I'm broke, I'm hungry,
Ragged and dirty too
Broke and hungry,
Ragged and dirty too
If I clean up, sweet mama,
Can I stay all night with you?
Lord, I went to my window,
Babe, I couldn't see through my blinds
I went to my window,
Babe, I couldn't see through my blinds
Heard my best friend a-coming [now and/down?]
I thought I heard my baby cry.
Lord, if I can't come in here, baby
Then just let me sit down in your door
If I can't come in here, baby
Then just let me sit down in your door
And I will leave so soon
That your man won't never know.
Ah, how can I live here, baby,
Lord, and feel at ease?
How can I live here, baby
Lord, and feel at ease?
But that woman that I got,
Man, she just does what she feels.
Lord, you shouldn't mistreat me
Baby, because I'm young and wild
Shouldn't mistreat me, baby
Because I'm young and wild
You must always remember,
Baby, you was once a child.
[Lord/'Cos?], I'm leaving in the morning
If I have to ride the blind
Leaving in the morning
If I have to ride the blind
Well, I've been mistreated
And I swear it, I don't mind dyin'.
4. Blood In My Eyes
Traditional, arranged by Bob Dylan
[World Gone Wrong - 1993]
Woke up this morning, feeling blue
Seen a good looking girl, can I make love with you
Hey, hey babe, I got blood in my eyes for you.
Hey, hey babe, I got blood in my eyes for you.
I got blood in my eyes for you, baby,
I don't care what in the world you do.
I went back home, put on my tie
Gonna get that girl that money will buy
Hey, hey babe, I got blood in my eyes for you.
Hey, hey babe, I got blood in my eyes for you.
Got blood in my eyes for you, baby,
I don't care what in the world you do.
She looked at me, begin to smile
Said hey, hey, man can't you wait a little while
No, no babe, I got blood in my eyes for you.
No, no babe, I got blood in my eyes for you.
Got blood in my eyes for you, baby,
I don't care what in the world you do.
No, no, ma'am, I can't wait,
You got my money, now you're trying to break this date
Hey, hey babe, I got blood in my eyes for you.
Hey, hey babe, I got blood in my eyes for you.
Got blood in my eyes for you, baby,
I don't care what in the world you do.
I'll tell you something, tell you the facts
'F you don't want me, give my money back
Hey, hey babe, I got blood in my eyes for you.
Hey, hey babe, I got blood in my eyes for you.
I got blood in my eyes for you, baby,
I don't care what in the world you do.
5. Broke Down Engine
Blind Willie McTell
[World Gone Wrong - 1993]
Feel like a broke down engine
Ain't got no drivin' wheel
Feel like a broke down engine
Ain't got no drivin' wheel.
You all been down and lonesome
You know just how a poor man feel.
Been shooting craps and gamblin'
Mama and I done got broke
Been shooting craps and gamblin'
Mama and I done got broke.
I done pawned my pistol, baby
And my best clothes been sold.
Lawdy Lord, Lawdy Lawdy Lord
Lawdy Lawdy Lawdy, Lawdy Lord.
I went down to my praying ground
Fell on my bended knee
Went down to my praying ground
Fell on my bended knee.
I ain't cryin' for no religion,
Lord, give back my good gal, please.
If you give me back my baby
I won't worry you no more
Give me back my baby
I won't worry you no more.
Don't have to put her in my house
Lordy, just lead her to my door.
Lawdy Lord, Lawdy Lawdy Lord
Lawdy Lord, Lawdy Lawdy Lord.
Can't you hear me, baby
Rappin' on your door?
Can't you hear me, baby
Rappin' on your door?
[Got the evil lemon/Got me hero's lemon?]
[Tapped it/Tappin'?] across [the/your?] floor.
Feel like a broke down engine
Ain't got no drive at all
Feel like a broke down engine
Ain't got no drive at all
What made me love my woman
She can really do the Georgia Crawl.
Feel like a broke down engine
Ain't got no whistle or bell
Feel like a broke down engine
Ain't got no whistle or bell
You're a real hot mama
Come an' drive away Daddy's weepin' spell.
6. Delia
Traditional, arranged by Bob Dylan
[World Gone Wrong - 1993]
Delia was a gamblin' girl
Gambled all around
Delia was a gamblin' girl
She laid her money down.
All the friends I ever had are gone.
Delia's dear mother
Took a trip out west
When she returned
Little Delia'd gone to rest.
All the friends I ever had are gone.
Delia's Daddy weept [weeped/wept?],
Delia's Mama moan [moaned?]
Wouldn't have been so bad
If the poor girl [girl'd?] died at home.
All the friends I ever had are gone.
Cuddy's looking high
Cuddy's looking low
He shot poor Delia down
With a cruel .44.
All the friends I ever had are ... gone.
High upon the housetops
High as I can see
Looking for them rounders
Looking out for me.
All the friends I ever had are gone.
Man in Atlanta
Trying to pass for white
Delia's in the graveyard, boys
Six feet out of sight.
All the friends I ever had are gone.
Judge says to Cuddy
"What's this noise about?"
"All about them rounders, judge,
Tryin' to cut me out."
All the friends I ever had are gone.
Cuddy said to the judge
"What might be my fine?"
Judge says, "Poor boy,
You got 99."
All the friends I ever had are gone.
Cuddy's in the jailhouse
Drinking from an old tin cup
Delia's in the grave yard
She might never, never get up.
All the friends I ever had are gone.
Delia, oh Delia
How can it be?
You loved all them rounders
Never did love me.
All the friends I ever had are gone.
Delia, oh Delia
How could it be?
You wanted all them rounders
Never had time for me.
All the friends I ever had are gone.
7. Stack-a-Lee
Traditional, arranged by Bob Dylan
[World Gone Wrong - 1993]
Harland Alley, on a dark and grizzly night
Billy Lyons and Stack-a-Lee had one terrible fight
All about that John B. Stetson Hat.
Stack-a-Lee walked to the barroom and he called for a glass of beer
Turned around to Billy Lyons, said, What you doin' here?
Waitin' for a train, [east to my woman homelease now go on home?]
Stack-a-Lee, oh Stack-a-Lee please don't take my life
Got three little children and a weepin' loving wife
You're a bad man, a bad man Stack-a-Lee.
God Bless your children and I'll take care of your wife
You stole my John B. now I'm bound to take your life
All about that John B. Stetson Hat.
Stack-a-Lee turned to Billy Lyons and he shot him right through the head
Only take him one shot to kill Billy Lyons dead
All about that John B. Stetson Hat.
Sent for the doctor, well the doctor he did come
Just pointed out [at?] Stack-a-Lee and said Now what have you done?
You're a bad man, a bad man Stack-a-Lee.
Six big horses and a rubber-tired hack
[Taking him to/Take him into?] the cemetery, but they failed to bring him back
All about that John B. Stetson Hat.
[All then, Ali/Harland Alley?], I thought I heard a bulldog bark
Must of been old Stack-a-Lee stumblin' in the dark
He's a bad man, but they led him right back [in/to] jail.
Our police walked on to Stack-a-Lee, he was lyin' fast asleep
My police kicked Stack-a-Lee and he jumped forty feet!
He's a bad man, gonna let him right back [in/to] jail.
Well he got old Stack-a-Lee and they led him right back [in/to] jail
Couldn't get a man around to go Stack-a-Lee's bail
All about that John B. Stetson Hat.
Stack-a-Lee turned to the jailer, he said "Jailer, I can't stay
'Round my bed time Billy Lyons begin to grieve
All about that John B. Stetson Hat."
8. Two Soldiers
Traditional, arranged by Bob Dylan
[World Gone Wrong - 1993]
He was just a blue-eyed Boston boy
His voice was low with pain
I'll do your bidding, comrade mine,
If I ride back again.
But if you ride back and I am left
You'll do as much for me
Mother, you know, must hear the news
So write to her tenderly.
She's a-waiting in a home like a patient saint
Her fallen face paled with woe
Her heart would be broken when I am gone
I'll see her soon, I know.
Just then the order came to charge
For an instant hand touched hand
They said "aye" and away they rode
That brave and devoted band
Straight was the track to the top of the hill
The rebels they shot and shelled
Plowed furroughs of death through the toiling ranks
And guarded them as they fell.
There soon came a horrible dying yell
From heights that they could not gain
And those whom doom and death had spared
Rode slowly down again.
But among the dead that were left on the hill
Was the boy with the curly hair
The tall dark man who rode by his side
Lay dead beside him there.
There's no one to write to the blue-eyed girl
The words that her lover had said
Mama, you know, awaits the news
And soon only know he's dead.
9. Jack-A-Roe
Traditional, arranged by Bob Dylan
[World Gone Wrong - 1993]
Oh, there was a wealthy merchant, in London he did dwell
He had a lovely daughter, the truth to you I'll tell
Oh, the truth to you I'll tell.
She had sweethearts a-plenty and men of high degree
There was none but Jackie Frazier, her true love e'er could be
Oh her true love e'er could be.
"Oh daughter, oh daughter your body I will confine
If none but Jack the Sailor would ever suit your mind"
Oh, would ever suit your mind.
"This body you may imprison, my heart you can't confine
There's none but Jack the Sailor would have this heart of mine"
Oh, can have this heart of mine.
Now, Jack he's gone a-sailing with trouble on his mind
To leave his native country and his darling girl behind
Oh, his darling girl behind.
She went into the tailor shop and dressed in men's array
Then she went into a vessel to convey herself away
Oh, convey herself away.
"Before you step on board, sir, your name I'd like to know"
She smiled all in her countenance, said "They call me Jack-a-roe,
Oh, they call me Jack-a-roe."
"Your waist is light and slender, your fingers neat and small
Your cheeks too red and rosy for to face the cannonball"
Oh, to face the cannonball.
"I know my waist is slender and my fingers they are small
But it would not make me tremble for to see ten thousand fall"
Oh, to see ten thousand fall.
The war soon being over, they hunted all around
Among the dead and dying, her darling boy she found
Oh, her darling boy she found.
She picked him up all in her arms and carried him into town
And sent for a physician to come and he healed his wound
Oh, quickly healed his wound.
This couple they got married, so well did they agree
This couple they got married, so why not you and me?
Oh, so why not you and me?
10. Lone Pilgrim
B.F. White & A.M. Pace
[World Gone Wrong - 1993]
I came to the place where the Lone Pilgrim lay
And pensively stood by his tomb
When, in a low whisper, I heard something say
"How sweetly I sleep here alone
The tempest may howl and the loud thunder roar
And gathering storms may arise
But calm is my feeling, at rest is my soul
The tears are all wiped from my eyes
The cause of my master compelled me from home
No kindred or relative nigh
I met the contagion and sank to the tomb
My soul flew to mansions on high
Go tell my companion and children, most dear
To weep not for me now I'm gone
The same hand that led me through scenes most severe
Has kindly assisted me home."
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