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Mississippi River Blues- Hank Snow -Oh you Mississippi riverWith water so deep and wideMy thoughts of you keep risingJust like an evening tideI'm just like a seagullThat's left the seaOh your muddy watersKeep on calling meI'm gonna pack my grip and head that wayYou'll see me hanging 'round again some day'Cause I know that's the only way to loseThe Mississippi river bluesBreak (fiddle / guitar)I'..

Vernon Oxford- Stone -As night time falls these old four walls become a prisonWhere I’m condemned to live on love maned aloneOh I broke the only heart that ever loved meYes I built my own prison stone by stoneWhat a fool, (what a fool)What a fool, (what a fool)Looked in her eyes and told her lies, and she believed meShe trusted me to be just hers and hers aloneI never thought that she’d find out..

Wake Up, Irene- Hank Thompson -For months and months and months around the countryEverybody sang Irene goodnightBut she wouldn't go to bed no matter what they saidThough everybody tried with all their mightShe stayed awake while steel guitars were a-goingIn every honky-tonk she could be seenBut she finally went to bed and covered up her headAnd now there's not a thing can wake IreneWake up, Iren..

Blue Kentucky Girl- Loretta Lynn -You left me for the bright lights of the town a country boy set out to see the worldRemember when those city lights shine downThat big old moon shines on your Kentucky girlI swear I love you by the moon above you howbright is it shinin' in your worldSome morning when you wake up all aloneJust come on home to your blue Kentucky girlDon't wait to bring great riche..