Genius Lyrics
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Johnny Horton – Jim Bridger
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Once there was a mountain man who couldn't write his name / Yet he deserves the front row seat in History's Hall of Fame / He forgot more about the Indians than we will ever know
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Johnny Horton – John Paul Jones
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JOHN PAUL JONES / When John Paul Jones was a little boy he pointed to the sea / Said when I get to be a man a fightin' man I'll be / I'll leave my mark on the ocean and my name in
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Johnny Horton – Rock Island Line
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ROCK ISLAND LINE (Johnny's version) / Now this here's the story about the Rock Island Line / Now the Rock Island Line she run down into New Orleans / Just before you get into New
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Johnny Horton – All For The Love Of A Girl
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Well, today I'm so weary / Today I'm so blue / Sad and broken hearted / And it's all because of you / Life was so sweet dear / Life was a song / Now you've gone and left me / Oh
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Johnny Horton – North To Alaska
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Way up north (north to Alaska) / Way up north (north to Alaska) / North to Alaska / We're goin' north, the rush is on / North to Alaska / We're goin' north, the rush is on / Big
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Johnny Horton – Johnny Freedom (Freedom Land)
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When our country was a baby and the redcoats had their way / It was he who had a party tossing tea in Boston Bay / It was he who braved the winter in the days of Valley Forge
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Johnny Horton – Sink The Bismark
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“Sink the Bismark” by Johnny Horton and Tillman Franks was released as a single in 1960.
Inspired by the movie of the same name, this is a 4/4 march that tells the tale of the
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Johnny Horton – Johnny Reb
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[Chorus] / You fought all the way Johnny Reb, Johnny Reb / You fought all the way, Johnny Reb / [Verse 1] / I saw you a-marchin' with Robert E. Lee / You held your head a-high
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Johnny Horton – O'Leary's Cow
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October eighteen seventy one that's when this great big fire begun / The Windy City was a ball of flame and O'Leary's cow was the one to blame / The fire men fought for days on end
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Johnny Horton – Honky Tonk Hardwood Floor
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The fiddles're squeekin' the guitars're speakin' / The piano plays a jelly-roll / The man on the drum is out from dumb / And the bass man he plays from his soul / The tables're
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Johnny Horton – Words
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Words can cause our love to tumble / Jealous words are so unkind / Words can cause a heart to stumble / Or they make a waste of time / Words are sweet when your love speaks them
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Johnny Horton – Snow Shoe Thompson
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In 1855 in old California a man was a looking in the paper one day / Uncle Sam needs a postman to carry the mail / Through the High Sierra Mountains over God forsaken trails / Snow
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Johnny Horton – Sleepy-Eyed John
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Well a-way down yonder on the Candy Creek / I whittled out a fiddle from my wagon seat / I fiddled my fiddle and I rubbed my bow / Play a little tune wherever I go / Sleepy-eyed
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Johnny Horton – I'm Coming Home
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Get your face all pretty and your hair done right / Cause we're gonna do the town tonight / Well I'm comin' into town and right on time I still got your lovin' on my mind / I'm a
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Johnny Horton – First Train Headin' South
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I didn't know my baby loved me so until that letter come to let me know / Now I pack my bags and then I'll go and catch the first train I see headin'south / If I got this letter in
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Johnny Horton – The Train With The Rhumba Beat
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[Verse 1] / Way down in Jamaica in the tropical heat / I met a gal, we took a trip on the train with the rhumba beat / Her eyes were bright and shiny, her lips were red and sweet
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Johnny Horton – Battle Of Bull Run
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[Verse 1] / The sun shown bright and clear that day / We all left Washington / To lick the Rebel boys in grey / At the Battle of Bull Run / They came from Pennsylvania and some
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Johnny Horton – Evil Hearted Me
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Well, when the sun rose this morning / I was feeling mighty bad / My baby said; "good morning" / Hell, it made me mad / Because I was evil, evil hearted me / I'm down right evil
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Johnny Horton – Whispering Pines
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The snowflakes fall as winter comes / And time just seems to fly / Is it the loneliness in me / That makes me want to cry? / My heart is sad like a morning dove / That's lost its
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Johnny Horton – They Shined Up Rudolph's Nose
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[Verse 1] / Rudolph's nose was frosty and it didn't get much light / Santa had his little elves to shine it up so bright / Prancer and the others, are dancing to and fro / They
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Johnny Horton – The Battle of New Orleans
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“The Battle of New Orleans” by Jimmy Driftwood appears on the Johnny Horton album, The Spectacular Johnny Horton (1959).
This is a story song in the first person by one of the
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Johnny Horton – Young Abe Lincoln
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YOUNG ABE LINCOLN / Well he lived in a cabin way down by the creek / He ran through the dust in his bare feet / But they didn't know that one fine day / That he would rule this U.S
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Johnny Horton – Ole Slew Foot
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High on the mountain tell me what you see / Bear tracks bear tracks lookin' back at me / Better get your rifle boy before it's too late / Cause the bear's got a little pig and
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Johnny Horton – Cherokee Boogie
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Well, A Cherokee chief as he dances along / Sings an Indian boogie to a white man's song / Singin' "Hey-ho-a-lina" / "Hey-ho-a-lina" / Singin' "Hey-ho-a-lina / "Hey-ho-a-lina
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Johnny Horton – When It's Springtime in Alaska (It's Forty Below)
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I mushed from Port Barren through a blizzard of snow / Been out prospecting for two years or so / Pulled into Fairbanks the city was a boon / So I took a little stroll to the Red
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Johnny Horton – Got The Bull By The Horns
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I love the brunets the red heads and blonde haired gals / Yeah I done it since I don't know when / Use to go down the line and love 'em all then I'd start all over again I'd start
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Johnny Horton – Big Wheels Rollin’
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I left my sweetheart a long time ago / She cried and she pleaded and begged me not to go / We had a quarrel and I started to roam / Big wheels big wheels carry me home / Oh big
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Johnny Horton – I’m A One-Woman Man
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[Verse 1] / If you told me that you love me I would feel so proud / If you let me hold you honey I'd holler out loud / I'll never love another even if I can / Oh, come to me baby I
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Johnny Horton – Sinking Of The Reuben James
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What were their names tell me what were their names / Did you have a friend on the Good Reuben James / Have you heard of a ship called that good Reuben James / Stand by hard
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Johnny Horton – Comanche (The Brave Horse)
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[Verse 1] / The battle was over at Custer's last stand / And taps were sounding for all the brave men / While one lone survivor wounded and weak / Comanche the brave horse, lay at
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Johnny Horton – Mean, Mean, Mean Son Of A Gun
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I'm a guy that likes his fun / And when I fight, you'd better run / I'm a mean, mean, mean son of a gun / I'm goin' down in a middle of town / I'm goin' to shoot the first man down
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Johnny Horton – Mansion You Stole
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The mansion I own has captured your heart / You said it was love dear but you lied from the start / I wanted true love but you wanted my gold / Someday you'll be sorry for the lies
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Johnny Horton – Golden Rocket
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From old Montana down to Alabam I've been before and I'll travel again / You triflin' women can't keep a good man down / You dealt the cards but you missed a play so hit the road
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Johnny Horton – The Woman I Need
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Oh, the woman I got is sweet indeed / But the woman I got ain't the woman I need / 'Cause the woman I need she gotta want a big time / Gotta be like me and have a honky tonk mind
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Johnny Horton – Mr. Moonlight
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(Mr Moonlight) / [ guitar ] / Nobody really cares where the moon goes to dawn / Just as long as it's around when the sun goes down then it's nothing wrong / Mr Moon and me and baby
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Johnny Horton – Old Dan Tucker
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OLD DAN TUCKER / Traditional / Old Dan Tucker's a fine old man Washed his face in a fryin' pan Combed his hair with a wagon wheel And died with a toothache in his heel Hey get outa
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Johnny Horton – Devilish Love Light
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I like that devilish love light in my Darlin's eyes / I like that devilish smile that made me wise / When I put my arms around her, she seemed just a little bit shy / But still I
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Johnny Horton – I’m Ready, If You’re Willing
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There's abig bright moon above and the night's just made for love / Baby I'm ready if you're willing / If that twinkle in your eye is a darin' me to try baby I'm ready if you'
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Johnny Horton – Go And Wash Your Dirty Feet
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When I was a little boy, bare-footed, I'd like to go / In the spring or summertime, there was no ice or snow / When I was tired and nearly dead, these are the words that Mamma said
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