1534 Jimmie Rodgers and Carter Family - In The Jailhouse Now and Wildwood Flower

Thank you, my friend CW5 Jack Cardwell for posting the audio track of Jimmie Rodgers and Carter Family performing In The Jailhouse Now and Wildwood Flower

In the Jailhouse Now written by Jimmie Rodgers
Lyrics
"I had a friend named ramblin' bob
he used to steal, gamble, and rob
he thought he was the smartest guy around
well i found out last monday
that bob got locked up sunday
they've got him in the jailhouse way downtown
He's in the jailhouse now
he's in the jailhouse now
well i told him once or twice
to stop playin' cards and a-shootin' dice
he's in the jailhouse now
(yodel)
ah di o-dalee eehee dee-o ti
ah di o-dalee ee oh dee-o ti
yodelayee-hee
yodelayee-hee
yodelay-eeee
Bob like to play his poker
pinochle, whist and euchre
but shootin' dice
was his favorite game
but he got throwed in jail
with nobody to go his bail
the judge done said that he refused the fine
He's in the jailhouse now
he's in the jailhouse now
well i told him once or twice
to stop playin' cards and a-shootin' dice
he's in the jailhouse now
(yodel)
ah di o-dalee eehee hee
ah di o-dalee eehee hee
yodelayee-hee
yodelayee-hee
yodelay-eeee
Well i went out last tuesday
met a girl named susie
i said i was the swellest guy around
well, we started to spendin' my money
and she started to callin' me honey
we took in every cabaret in town
We're in the jailhouse now
we're in the jailhouse now
i told that judge right to his face
i don't like to see this place
we're in the jailhouse now
(yodel)
ah di o-dalee eehee o hee
ah di o-dalee eehee deeo ti
yodelayee-hee
yodelayee-hee
ah yodelay-eeee"


Wildwood Flower written by A.P. Carter
Lyrics
"I will twine mid my ringlets of raven black hair
The lilies so pale and the roses so fair
And the myrtle so bright with an emerald hue
The pale amaryllis and violets so blue
I will dance I will sing and my laugh will be gay
I'll cease this wild weeping drive sorrow away
Tho my heart is now breaking, he'll never know
His name made me tremble, my pale cheeks to glow
He told me he loved me and promised to love
Through ill and misfortunes all others above
Now another has won him, oh misery to tell
He left me in silence no word of farewell
He taught me to love him, he called me his flower
That blossomed for him all the brighter each hour
But I awoke from my dreaming, my idol was clay
My visions of love have all faded away
I'll think of him never, I'll be wildly gay
I'll charm every heart and the crowd I will sway
I'll live yet to see him regret the dark hour
He won and neglected the frail wildwood flower"

FYI COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Stephen C. LTC (Join to see) Lt Col Charlie Brown Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. Maj William W. "Bill" PriceSGT Jim Arnold Maj Robert Thornton Cynthia Croft SSgt Boyd Herrst TSgt Joe C. SGT John " Mac " McConnell SP5 Mark Kuzinski CPL Dave Hoover SPC Margaret Higgins SSG William Jones PO3 Craig Phillips PVT Mark Zehner Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen

Maj Marty Hogan What a great old song.