 Genius Lyrics
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Burl Ives – John Henry
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John Henry told his captain that a man was nothin' but a man / Before he'd let that steam drill run him down, he fought it with his hammer in his hand / Fought it with his hammer
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Burl Ives – The Lollipop Tree
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One fine day in early spring, I played a funny trick / Right in the yard behind our house, I planted a lollipop stick / And everyday I watered it well and watched it carefully / I
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Burl Ives – A Holly Jolly Christmas
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[Intro: Chorus] / Ding-dong-ding / Ding-dong-ding / [Verse 1: Burl Ives & Chorus] / Have a holly jolly Christmas (Ding-dong-ding) / It's the best time of the year (Ding-dong-ding
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Burl Ives – The Donut Song
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Chorus: / When you walk the streets you'll have no cares / If you walk the lines and not the squares / As you go through life make this your goal / Watch the donut, not the hole
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Burl Ives – Mr. Rabbit
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[Intro] / Hear, hear, Mr. Rabbit / I want to talk to you / [Verse 1] / Mr. Rabbit, Mr. Rabbit / Your coat's mighty gray / Yes, bless God, it's made that way / Every little soul
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Burl Ives – A Little Bitty Tear
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A little bitty tear let me down, spoiled my act as a clown / I had it made up not make a frown, but a little bitty tear let me down / You said you were leaving tomorrow / That
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Burl Ives – The Eddystone Light
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My father was the keeper of the Eddystone Light / And he slept with a mermaid one fine night / From this union there came three / A porpoise and a porgy and the other was me / Yo
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Burl Ives – Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer
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[Intro] / You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen / Comet and Cupid and Donner and Blitzen / But do you recall the most famous reindeer of all? / [Verse 1] / Rudolph the
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Burl Ives – Lavender Blue (Dilly Dilly)
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[Verse 1] / Lavender blue, dilly, dilly / Lavender green / If I were king, dilly, dilly / I'd need a queen / [Pre-Chorus] / Who told me so? Dilly, dilly / Who told me so? / I told
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Burl Ives – The Grey Goose
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One Sunday morning, Lord, Lord, Lord / The preacher went a hunting, Lord, Lord, Lord / And he carried along a shotgun, Lord, Lord, Lord / And along came a grey goose, Lord, Lord
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Burl Ives – Shanghaied
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I played around in Chinatown / Just a-passin' time away / When blackjack red hit me in the head / And when I woke up next day, I was many miles away / I was shanghaied on an ocean
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Burl Ives – Silent night
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Silent night, holy night / All is calm, all is bright / Round your Virgin Mother and Child / Holy Infant so tender and mild / Sleep in heavenly peace / Sleep in heavenly peace
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Burl Ives – Cowboy's Lament
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As I walked out in the streets of Laredo / As I walked out in Laredo one day / I spied a young cowboy all wrapped in white linen / Wrapped in white linen as cold as the clay / I
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Burl Ives – Christmas Is a Birthday
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Sing now a song of joy / Every Christmas is a birthday / Of that baby born in Bethlehem / Far far away / Ring out ol' bells of joy / Every Christmas is a birthday / Celebrated for
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Burl Ives – Snow For Johnny
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Please send some snow / Some snow for Johnny / He wants to build / A big snowman / It was a week just before Christmas / Way down in Louisiana / A little boy was kneeling by his
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Burl Ives (Ft. The Ralph Hunter Singers) – The Drunken Sailor
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[Verse 1] / What should we do with a drunken sailor / What should we do with a drunken sailor / What should we do with a drunken sailor / Earl-eye in the mornin'? / [Chorus] / Way
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Burl Ives – Silver Bells
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Silver bells, silver bells / It's Christmas time in the city / Ring-a-ling, hear them ring / Soon it will be Christmas day / City sidewalks, busy sidewalks / Dressed in holiday
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Burl Ives – I know an old lady
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Popularity : 52 users have visited this page / Sponsored links / Title: I know an old lady / I know an old lady who swallowed a fly / I don't know why she swallowed the fly / I
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Burl Ives – Wayfaring Stranger
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I'm just a poor wayfaring stranger / Traveling through this world of woe / And there's no sickness, no toil, no danger / In that fair land to which I go / I'm going there to see my
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Burl Ives – Christmas Can't Be Far Away
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A neighbor tipped his hat to me this mornin' / The landlord even smiled and said good day / And I want you to know that a stranger said hello / Christmas can't be far away / Old
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Burl Ives – Waltzing Matilda
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Once a jolly swagman, sat beside the billabong / Under the shade of the coolibah tree / And he sang as he sat and waited by the billiabong / You'll come a waltzing Matilda with me
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Burl Ives – Little White Duck
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There's a little white duck, sitting in the water / A little white duck, doing what he oughter / He took a bite of a lily pad / Flapped his wings and he said, "I'm glad / I'm a
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Burl Ives – Buckeye Jim
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[Intro] / A red bird danced with a green bullfrog / Well that's what this song says and it's called Buckeye Jim / [Chorus] / Way up yonder above the sky / A bluebird lived in a
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Burl Ives – It Came Upon The Midnight Clear
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It came upon the midnight clear / That glorious song of old / From angels bending near the earth / To touch their harps of gold! / Peace on the earth, good will to men / From
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Burl Ives – O Holy Night
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O Holy Night! The stars are brightly shining / It is the night of the dear Saviour's birth / Long lay the world in sin and error pining / Till He appeared and the Spirit felt its
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Burl Ives – Blow Ye Winds
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Blow, ye winds in the morning, and blow, ye winds, high-o! / Clear away your running gear, and blow, ye winds, high-o! / 'Tis advertised in Boston, New York and buffalo / Five
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Burl Ives – White Christmas
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I'm dreaming of a white Christmas / Just like the ones I used to know / Where the treetops glisten / And children listen / To hear sleigh bells in the snow / I'm dreaming of a
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Burl Ives – Winter Wonderland
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Sleigh bells ring, are you listening / In the lane, snow is glistening / A beautiful sight, we're happy tonight / Walkin' in a winter wonderland / Gone away is the bluebird / Here
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Burl Ives – Mother Goose Songs
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As I did walk by Hampstead Fair / I came upon Mother Goose -- so I turned her loose -- / She was screaming / And a foreign student said to me -- / Was it really true there are
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Burl Ives – Fooba Wooba John
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Saw a flea kick a tree / Fooba wooba, fooba wooba / Saw a flea kick a tree / Fooba wooba John / Saw a flea kick a tree / In the middle of the sea / Well, John, ho, John / Fooba
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Burl Ives – Christmas Child
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I heard a knock upon my door midnight Christmas Eve / Half asleep I hurried down, my visitor to receive / At first I thought no one was there, then all at once I saw / A little
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Burl Ives – I Know Where I'm Going
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[Chorus] / I know where I'm going / And I know who's going with me / I know who I love / But my dear knows who I'll marry / [Verse 1] / I have stockings of silk / Shoes of bright
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Burl Ives – Ghost Riders In The Sky
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An old cowpoke went ridin' out one dark and windy day / Upon a ridge he rested as he went along his way / When all at once a mighty herd of red-eyed steers he saw / Plowin' through
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Burl Ives – The Golden Vanity
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There was a ship that sailed it all on the Lowland Sea / And the name of our ship was the Golden Vanity / And we feared she would be taken by the Spanish enemy / As she sailed in
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Burl Ives – The Moon's The Northwind's Cooky
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The moon's the northwind's cooky / He bites it day by day / Until there's but a rim of scraps / That crumble all away / The southwind is a baker / He kneads clouds in his den / And
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Burl Ives – Sweet Betsy From Pike
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Now don't you remember sweet Betsy from Pike / Who crossed the big mountains with her lover Ike / Two yoke of oxen a big yeller dog a tall Shanghai rooster / And one spottled hog
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Burl Ives – The Ninety and Nine
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[Verse 1] / There were ninety-nine that safely lay / In the shelter of the fold / But one was out on the hills away / Far off from the gates of gold / Away on the mountain wild and
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Burl Ives – Happy Birthday, Jesus (A Child's Prayer)
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A house so quiet, so humble / A child beside her bed / Her hands clasped tightly, it's time to pray / So she bows her little head / Happy Birthday, Jesus / Daddy said that You were
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Burl Ives – Beulah Land
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I've reached the land of corn and wine / And all it riches freely mine / Now shines undimmed the blistful day / But all my sins are cast away / Oh, Beulah Land, sweet Beulah Land
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Burl Ives – Funny Way of Laughin'
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12. FUNNY WAY OF LAUGHING / CHORUS: It's just my funny way of laughin' / Yes, my funny way of laughin' / Your leavin' didn't bother me / It's just my funny way of laughin' / Yes
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Burl Ives – I Know An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly
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I know an old lady who swallowed a fly / I don't know why she swallowed the fly / I guess she'll die / I know an old lady who swallowed a spider / That wriggled and jiggled and
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Burl Ives – Ave Maria
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Ave maria / Maiden mild! / Oh, listen to a maiden's prayer / For thou canst hear amid the wild / 'Tis thou, 'tis thou canst save amid despair / We slumber safely till the morrow
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Burl Ives – Wrap Me Up in My Tarpaulin Jacket
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Oh, had I the wings of a turtledove / So high on my pinions I'd fly / Slap-bang to the heart of my Polly love / And in her dear arms I would die / Wrap me up in my tarpaulin jacket
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Burl Ives – One Hour Ahead of the Posse
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[Intro] / There he goes, watch him! / Don't let him get away, man! / Get a rope, we'll go hang him! / [Verse 1] / One hour ahead of the posse / The bloodhounds are hot on my trail
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Burl Ives – Hullabaloo Belay
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Me mother kept a boarding house / Hullabaloo belay / Hullabaloo bela belay / And all the boarders were out to make / Hullabaloo belay / There was a young fellow named Shallo Brown
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Burl Ives – O Bury Me Not On the Lone Prairie
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"O bury me not on the lone prairie." / These words came low and mournfully / From the pallid lips of the youth who lay / On his dying bed at the close of day / He had wasted and
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Burl Ives – The Little Drummer Boy
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Come they told me, pa rum pum pum pum / A new born King to see, pa rum pum pum pum / Our finest gifts we bring, pa rum pum pum pum / To lay before the King, pa rum pum pum pum
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