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Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash was and still is a vastly influential country music singer and songwriter. In a career that spanned almost five decades, Cash was the personification of country music to many people around the world, despite his distaste for the Nashville mainstream. Yet, Cash was a musician who transcended genre. His diversity was evidenced by his presence in three major music halls of fame: the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
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Get Rhythm
Johnny Cash
- Credits
- Lyrics
- Sheet Music
WRITERS
Johnny Cash
THEMES
Baby/Children
Celebration
Inspirational
Money
GENRES
Country and Western
Rock 'n' Roll
YEAR
1956
Hey, get rhythm when you get the blues
Come on get rhythm when you get the blues
Get a rock and roll feelin' in your bones
Put taps on your toes and get gone
Get rhythm when you get the blues
I met a shoeshine boy never gets low down
But he's got the dirtiest job in town
Bendin' low at the peoples feet
On the windy corner of the dirty street
When I asked him while he shined my shoes
How'd he keep from gettin' the blues
He grinned as he raised his little head
Popped a shoeshine rag and then he said
Get rhythm when you get the blues
Come on get rhythm when you get blues
A jumpy rhythm makes you feel so fine
It'll shake all the trouble from your worried mind
Get rhythm when you get the blues
Hey, get rhythm when you get the blues
Come on get rhythm when you get the blues
Get a rock and roll feelin' in your bones
Put taps on your toes and get gone
Get rhythm when you get the blues
Well, I sat down to listen to the shoeshine boy
And I thought I was gonna jump for joy
Slapped on the shoe polish left and right
He took a shoeshine rag and he held it tight
He stopped once to wipe the sweat away
I said you're a mighty little boy to be workin' that way
He said I like it with a big wide grin
Kept on a poppin' and he said again
Get rhythm when you get the blues
Come on get rhythm, when you get the blues
It only cost a dime, just a nickel a shoe
It does a million dollars worth of good for you
Get rhythm when you get the blues
Come on get rhythm when you get the blues
Get a rock and roll feelin' in your bones
Put taps on your toes and get gone
Get rhythm when you get the blues
I met a shoeshine boy never gets low down
But he's got the dirtiest job in town
Bendin' low at the peoples feet
On the windy corner of the dirty street
When I asked him while he shined my shoes
How'd he keep from gettin' the blues
He grinned as he raised his little head
Popped a shoeshine rag and then he said
Get rhythm when you get the blues
Come on get rhythm when you get blues
A jumpy rhythm makes you feel so fine
It'll shake all the trouble from your worried mind
Get rhythm when you get the blues
Hey, get rhythm when you get the blues
Come on get rhythm when you get the blues
Get a rock and roll feelin' in your bones
Put taps on your toes and get gone
Get rhythm when you get the blues
Well, I sat down to listen to the shoeshine boy
And I thought I was gonna jump for joy
Slapped on the shoe polish left and right
He took a shoeshine rag and he held it tight
He stopped once to wipe the sweat away
I said you're a mighty little boy to be workin' that way
He said I like it with a big wide grin
Kept on a poppin' and he said again
Get rhythm when you get the blues
Come on get rhythm, when you get the blues
It only cost a dime, just a nickel a shoe
It does a million dollars worth of good for you
Get rhythm when you get the blues
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Girl In Saskatoon
Johnny Cash
- Credits
- Lyrics
- Sheet Music
WRITERS
Johnny Cash
Johnny Horton
THEMES
Love
Weather
Country/Nature
Places
GENRES
Rock 'n' Roll
Country and Western
YEAR
1968
I left a little town, a little south of Hudson Bay
I couldn't find a thing, to make a rounder want to stay
I fought the wind across the barren waste in the crystal doom
Going for to marry the girl in Saskatoon
I'm glad, I realized that no one could take her place
My heart was beating for her, like the winter beat my face
But knowing that I'd see her made my spirit bright as June
I'm freezing, but I'm burning, for the girl in Saskatoon
South and West and following the cold December sun
I bedded down in the Carragana when my daily trek was done
Then up and pressing onward by the light of the morning moon
A prodigal returning to the girl in Saskatoon
Then I found the trail that had packed beneath the snow
I made the final miles where the prairie lilies grow
A steeple on a church glistened by the prairie moon
I'm freezing, but I'm burning, for the girl in Saskatoon
My journey was forgotten when I held her in my arms
My wanderlust was stifled by possession of her charms
And even beneath the steeple where we couldn't wait till June
I found eternal spring with the girl in Saskatoon
I couldn't find a thing, to make a rounder want to stay
I fought the wind across the barren waste in the crystal doom
Going for to marry the girl in Saskatoon
I'm glad, I realized that no one could take her place
My heart was beating for her, like the winter beat my face
But knowing that I'd see her made my spirit bright as June
I'm freezing, but I'm burning, for the girl in Saskatoon
South and West and following the cold December sun
I bedded down in the Carragana when my daily trek was done
Then up and pressing onward by the light of the morning moon
A prodigal returning to the girl in Saskatoon
Then I found the trail that had packed beneath the snow
I made the final miles where the prairie lilies grow
A steeple on a church glistened by the prairie moon
I'm freezing, but I'm burning, for the girl in Saskatoon
My journey was forgotten when I held her in my arms
My wanderlust was stifled by possession of her charms
And even beneath the steeple where we couldn't wait till June
I found eternal spring with the girl in Saskatoon
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Give My Love To Rose
Johnny Cash
- Credits
- Lyrics
- Sheet Music
WRITERS
Johnny Cash
THEMES
Love
Places
Time
Clothing/Apparel
Money
Names
Sadness
Baby/Children
GENRES
Country and Western
YEAR
1957
I found him by the railroad track this morning
I could see that he was nearly dead
I knelt down beside him and I listened
Just to hear the words the dying fellow said
He said they let me out of prison down in Frisco
For ten long years I've paid for what I've done
I was trying to get back to Louisiana
To see my Rose and get to know my son
Give my love to Rose please won't you mister
Take her all my money, tell her to buy some pretty clothes
Tell my boy that daddy's so proud of him
And don't forget to give my love to Rose
Won't you tell him I said thanks for waiting for me
Tell my boy to help his mom at home
Tell my Rose to try to find another
Cause it ain't right that she should live alone
Mister here's the bag with all my money
It won't last them long the way it goes
God bless you for finding me this morning
Now don't forget to give my love to Rose
Give my love to Rose please won't you mister
Take her all my money, tell her to buy some pretty clothes
Tell my boy that daddy's so proud of him
And don't forget to give my love to Rose
I could see that he was nearly dead
I knelt down beside him and I listened
Just to hear the words the dying fellow said
He said they let me out of prison down in Frisco
For ten long years I've paid for what I've done
I was trying to get back to Louisiana
To see my Rose and get to know my son
Give my love to Rose please won't you mister
Take her all my money, tell her to buy some pretty clothes
Tell my boy that daddy's so proud of him
And don't forget to give my love to Rose
Won't you tell him I said thanks for waiting for me
Tell my boy to help his mom at home
Tell my Rose to try to find another
Cause it ain't right that she should live alone
Mister here's the bag with all my money
It won't last them long the way it goes
God bless you for finding me this morning
Now don't forget to give my love to Rose
Give my love to Rose please won't you mister
Take her all my money, tell her to buy some pretty clothes
Tell my boy that daddy's so proud of him
And don't forget to give my love to Rose
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God Must Have My Fortune Laid Away
Johnny Cash
- Credits
- Lyrics
- Sheet Music
WRITERS
Ted Harris
THEMES
Dreams
Inspirational
Money
GENRES
Country and Western
YEAR
1962
(God has my fortune laid away)
Oh the world is full of people, with money just to burn
Affording all the things in life, for which a man might yearn
Some can take life easy, but I live from day to day
God has my fortune, laid away (laid away)
I search for sunshine ev'ry day, but there always comes the rain
The hope over my horizon was smoke without a flame
Pockets that stay empty, dreams that go astray
God has my fortune laid away
(God has my fortune laid away, laid away)
Oh how often, I have wondered, why some things have to be
Some people live in riches, while some live just like me
The more I try to work and save, the more I have to pay
But God has my fortune laid away (laid away)
I search for sunshine ev'ry day, but there always comes the rain
The hope over my horizon was smoke without a flame
Pockets that stay empty, dreams that go astray
God has my fortune laid away
Oh the world is full of people, with money just to burn
Affording all the things in life, for which a man might yearn
Some can take life easy, but I live from day to day
God has my fortune, laid away (laid away)
I search for sunshine ev'ry day, but there always comes the rain
The hope over my horizon was smoke without a flame
Pockets that stay empty, dreams that go astray
God has my fortune laid away
(God has my fortune laid away, laid away)
Oh how often, I have wondered, why some things have to be
Some people live in riches, while some live just like me
The more I try to work and save, the more I have to pay
But God has my fortune laid away (laid away)
I search for sunshine ev'ry day, but there always comes the rain
The hope over my horizon was smoke without a flame
Pockets that stay empty, dreams that go astray
God has my fortune laid away
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Going To Memphis
Johnny Cash
- Credits
- Lyrics
- Sheet Music
WRITERS
Johnny Cash
THEMES
Memories/Nostalgia
Country/Nature
Places
GENRES
Rock 'n' Roll
Country and Western
YEAR
1970
[Spoken:]
Ride this train to Pionridge, Mississippi, see that levee there
It's built to hold back the waters of Ol' Man River when he gets on a rampage
And he gets on a rampage believe me
One of these days he's gonna come right over that levee
And we're gonna have to head for the hills again
And you know how that levee was built Mister
Not with machines, it is built with elbow grease
They got the men off the farms out of the houses
Even out of the honky tonks on Saturday night
I don't hardly know how it happened to me it happens fast
I just remember I was in the Green Lantern in Natchez one Saturday night
And somebody pulled a knife and somebody threw the bottle
And the next thing I knew I had a chain on my leg and a shovel in my hand
It seemed like the whole world come down on me
They whipped us like mules and when they did feed us
There was always a fight or a killin' over who's gonna get the biggest piece of meat
Whereas the boss man did't care about the killin'
That is less you killed a good worker then you get killed
If you complain about anything he just liable to give you a chance to get away
You know what I mean
They take the chains off your legs and beg you to run so they can shoot you
[Song:]
Bring a drink of water Leroy
Bring a drink of water, no
If I could get to the mercy man
He'd give me some I know
I got a gal in Vicksburg
Bertha is her name
Wish I's tied to Bertha
Instead of this ball and chain
I'm goin' to Memphis, that's right Lord, yeah
A dude took all my money
Wouldn't let me see the cards
I owe the boss about a hundred years
For sleepin' in his backyard
I'm goin' to Memphis, yeah Memphis
Yeah I'm goin' to Memphis
Like a bitter weed, I'm a bad seed
But when that levee's through and I am too
Let the honky tonk roll on
Come mornin' I'll be gone
I'm goin' to Memphis, yeah Memphis
I never been to Chicago
But it must be a mighty fine place, that's right
I couldn't get past Tennessee
With Mississippi all over my face
I'm goin' to Memphis, that's right Lord, Memphis
Well, the freezin' ground at night
Is my own foldin' bed
Pork salad is my bread and meat
And it will be till I'm dead
Well, I brought me a little water
In a Mr. Prince Albert can
But the boss man caught me drinkin' it
And I believe, he broke my hand
They all call me crazy, for sassin' Mr. Scott
My brother was killed for a deed I did
But I dis remember what, yeah
Well another boy is down
The shovel burned him out
Let me stand on his body
To see what the shoutin's about
I'm goin' to Memphis, yeah I'm goin' to Memphis
Like a bitter weed, I'm a bad seed
But when that levee's through and I am too
Let the honky tonk roll on
Come mornin' I'll be gone
I'm goin' to Memphis, yeah Memphis
Ride this train to Pionridge, Mississippi, see that levee there
It's built to hold back the waters of Ol' Man River when he gets on a rampage
And he gets on a rampage believe me
One of these days he's gonna come right over that levee
And we're gonna have to head for the hills again
And you know how that levee was built Mister
Not with machines, it is built with elbow grease
They got the men off the farms out of the houses
Even out of the honky tonks on Saturday night
I don't hardly know how it happened to me it happens fast
I just remember I was in the Green Lantern in Natchez one Saturday night
And somebody pulled a knife and somebody threw the bottle
And the next thing I knew I had a chain on my leg and a shovel in my hand
It seemed like the whole world come down on me
They whipped us like mules and when they did feed us
There was always a fight or a killin' over who's gonna get the biggest piece of meat
Whereas the boss man did't care about the killin'
That is less you killed a good worker then you get killed
If you complain about anything he just liable to give you a chance to get away
You know what I mean
They take the chains off your legs and beg you to run so they can shoot you
[Song:]
Bring a drink of water Leroy
Bring a drink of water, no
If I could get to the mercy man
He'd give me some I know
I got a gal in Vicksburg
Bertha is her name
Wish I's tied to Bertha
Instead of this ball and chain
I'm goin' to Memphis, that's right Lord, yeah
A dude took all my money
Wouldn't let me see the cards
I owe the boss about a hundred years
For sleepin' in his backyard
I'm goin' to Memphis, yeah Memphis
Yeah I'm goin' to Memphis
Like a bitter weed, I'm a bad seed
But when that levee's through and I am too
Let the honky tonk roll on
Come mornin' I'll be gone
I'm goin' to Memphis, yeah Memphis
I never been to Chicago
But it must be a mighty fine place, that's right
I couldn't get past Tennessee
With Mississippi all over my face
I'm goin' to Memphis, that's right Lord, Memphis
Well, the freezin' ground at night
Is my own foldin' bed
Pork salad is my bread and meat
And it will be till I'm dead
Well, I brought me a little water
In a Mr. Prince Albert can
But the boss man caught me drinkin' it
And I believe, he broke my hand
They all call me crazy, for sassin' Mr. Scott
My brother was killed for a deed I did
But I dis remember what, yeah
Well another boy is down
The shovel burned him out
Let me stand on his body
To see what the shoutin's about
I'm goin' to Memphis, yeah I'm goin' to Memphis
Like a bitter weed, I'm a bad seed
But when that levee's through and I am too
Let the honky tonk roll on
Come mornin' I'll be gone
I'm goin' to Memphis, yeah Memphis
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Goodbye Little Darlin' Goodbye
Johnny Cash
- Credits
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WRITERS
Gene Autry
Johnny Marvin
THEMES
Love
Sadness
GENRES
Country and Western
YEAR
1959
Goodbye little darlin' we're parting Parting don't always mean goodbye
Although we had to part, you're always in my heart
Goodbye little darlin', goodbye
Goodbye little darlin' I'll miss you Miss you like the stars would miss the sky
I hate to see you go I'm gonna miss you so
Goodbye little darlin', goodbye
Goodbye little darlin' I love you
I love you until the day I die
Would you dream a dream of me, wherever you may be
Goodbye little darlin', goodbye
Although we had to part, you're always in my heart
Goodbye little darlin', goodbye
Goodbye little darlin' I'll miss you Miss you like the stars would miss the sky
I hate to see you go I'm gonna miss you so
Goodbye little darlin', goodbye
Goodbye little darlin' I love you
I love you until the day I die
Would you dream a dream of me, wherever you may be
Goodbye little darlin', goodbye
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Great Speckled Bird
Johnny Cash
- Credits
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- Sheet Music
WRITERS
Johnny Cash
THEMES
Inspirational
Animals
GENRES
Country and Western
YEAR
1959
What a beautiful thought I am thinking
Concernin' the great speckled bird
And to know that my name is recorded
On the pages of God's holy word
Desiring to lower her standards
They watch ev'ry move that she makes
They long to find fault with her teaching
But really she makes no mistakes
I am glad I have learned of her meekness
I am glad that my name is on her book
For I want to be one never fearing
The face of my Saviour to look
And when he cometh, descending from heaven
On a cloud like he said in his word
I'll be joyfully carried to meet him
On the wings of the great speckled bird
Concernin' the great speckled bird
And to know that my name is recorded
On the pages of God's holy word
Desiring to lower her standards
They watch ev'ry move that she makes
They long to find fault with her teaching
But really she makes no mistakes
I am glad I have learned of her meekness
I am glad that my name is on her book
For I want to be one never fearing
The face of my Saviour to look
And when he cometh, descending from heaven
On a cloud like he said in his word
I'll be joyfully carried to meet him
On the wings of the great speckled bird
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Green Grow The Lilacs
Johnny Cash
- Credits
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WRITERS
Johnny Cash
THEMES
Love
Country/Nature
Colours
Sadness
GENRES
Country and Western
YEAR
1965
I used to have a sweetheart but now I've got none
Since she's gone and left me I care not for one
Since she's gone and left me contented I'll be
For she loves another one better than me
Green grow the lilacs all sparklin' with dew
I'm lonely my darling since partin' with you
And by the next meeting I hope to prove true
And change the green lilacs to the red, white and blue
I passed my love's window both early and late
The look that she gave me, made my heart ache
The look that she gave me was harmful to see
For she loves another one better than me
Green grow the lilacs all sparklin' with dew
I'm lonely my darling since partin' with you
And by the next meeting I hope to prove true
And change the green lilacs to the red, white and blue
I wrote my love a letter in rosy red lines
She sent me an answer all twisted in twine
Sayin' keep your love letters and I will keep mine
Write to your sweetheart and I'll write to mine
Green grow the lilacs all sparklin' with dew
I'm lonely my darling since partin' with you
And by the next meeting I hope to prove true
And change the green lilacs to the red, white and blue
Since she's gone and left me I care not for one
Since she's gone and left me contented I'll be
For she loves another one better than me
Green grow the lilacs all sparklin' with dew
I'm lonely my darling since partin' with you
And by the next meeting I hope to prove true
And change the green lilacs to the red, white and blue
I passed my love's window both early and late
The look that she gave me, made my heart ache
The look that she gave me was harmful to see
For she loves another one better than me
Green grow the lilacs all sparklin' with dew
I'm lonely my darling since partin' with you
And by the next meeting I hope to prove true
And change the green lilacs to the red, white and blue
I wrote my love a letter in rosy red lines
She sent me an answer all twisted in twine
Sayin' keep your love letters and I will keep mine
Write to your sweetheart and I'll write to mine
Green grow the lilacs all sparklin' with dew
I'm lonely my darling since partin' with you
And by the next meeting I hope to prove true
And change the green lilacs to the red, white and blue
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Greystone Chapel
Johnny Cash
- Credits
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WRITERS
Glen Sherley
THEMES
Body
Inspirational
Places
GENRES
Country and Western
Rock 'n' Roll
YEAR
1968
Inside the walls of prison, my body may be, but my Lord has set my soul free
There's a greystone chapel here at Folsom
A house of worship in this den of sin
You wouldn't think that God had a place here at Folsom
But he saved the soul of many lost men
Now this greystone chapel here at Folsom
Stands a hundred years old made of granite rock
It takes a ring of keys to move here at Folsom
But the door to the House of God is never locked
Inside the walls of prison, my body may be, but my Lord has set my soul free
[Guitar Instrumental]
There are men here that don't ever worship
There are men here who scoff at the ones who pray
But I've got down on my knees in that greystone chapel
And I thank the Lord for helpin' me today
Now this greystone chapel here at Folsom
It has a touch of God's hand on every stone
It's a flower of light, in a field of darkness
And it's given me the strength to carry on
Inside the walls of prison, my body may be, but my Lord has set my soul free
There's a greystone chapel here at Folsom
A house of worship in this den of sin
You wouldn't think that God had a place here at Folsom
But he saved the soul of many lost men
Now this greystone chapel here at Folsom
Stands a hundred years old made of granite rock
It takes a ring of keys to move here at Folsom
But the door to the House of God is never locked
Inside the walls of prison, my body may be, but my Lord has set my soul free
[Guitar Instrumental]
There are men here that don't ever worship
There are men here who scoff at the ones who pray
But I've got down on my knees in that greystone chapel
And I thank the Lord for helpin' me today
Now this greystone chapel here at Folsom
It has a touch of God's hand on every stone
It's a flower of light, in a field of darkness
And it's given me the strength to carry on
Inside the walls of prison, my body may be, but my Lord has set my soul free
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Glen Sherley
Johnny Cash
Johnny Horton
Johnny Marvin
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