Roses for mama

She was old, and beautiful, and wise, and She taught the young boy everything he needed to know. All about the land, and the woods and the rivers, and what had happened there even before he was born....

Well, in eighteen-fourteen we took a little trip Along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississip We took a little bacon and we took a little beans And we caught the bloody British at the town of...

Well, I had two weeks vacation comin', so I thought I'd drive down to Florida: spend some time with an old friend, date a few girls, make a few parties, and just kinda live it up again. So I packed up...

Well, I was a poor boy Just a-kickin' around Eighteen, with a head full a' dreams Took some money back then Did a year in the pen For not livin' within my means I worked ev'ry day I did my time the...

Take my duds to the junkman Give 'im ev'rything I got Take my brass belt buckle an' my turquoise ring I gotta get out while I'm hot You ain't a-con-tri-bu-tin' to the way I'm livin', Yer support don't...

Just another Texas bus stop Texas never seems to end On my seventh cup a' coffee Waitress, hit me once again Gotta date in Colorado With the woman in my life I've seen enough of fairgrounds An'...

On a cold November mornin' Back in nineteen-thirty-seven With an early snow a-fallin' On the three-foot tracks at Ames Came a mighty strange contraption Known to trainmen as a motor But to folks in...

Now how many peppers did Peter Piper pick ta get himself a peck a' pickled peppers? But more importantly, how many pickles do you get in a peck, when you can't find no peppers ta pick? And...