by Tom Russell on album Song of the West: The Cowboy Collection

My father was a mountaineer His fist was a knotty hammer He was quick on his feet like a runnin' deer And he spoke with a Yankee stammer And some are wrapped in linen fine And some like a godling's s

by Tom Russell on album Song of the West: The Cowboy Collection

Two men rode in from the South, a rainy autumn night (The sky above and the mud below) They walked into the Deacon's bar, they were Mexican by sight (The sky above and the mud below) They threw a hors

by Tom Russell on album Song of the West: The Cowboy Collection

My name is Hallie Lonnigan I married Walter Jones for better or for worse so said the Reverend Dr. Stone but the better times are all used up and the worse times took control then drinking took my Wal

by Tom Russell on album Song of the West: The Cowboy Collection

by Tom Russell on album Song of the West: The Cowboy Collection

I stare out every evening at the distant Northern Star It leads us ever northwards and tells us that we are Lost below the Yellowstone in a land unknown to me Ten thousand miles from loved ones and my

by Tom Russell on album Song of the West: The Cowboy Collection

I'm a rambler, I'm a gambler I'm a long way from my home You people, you don't like me Well just leave me alone For it's a dark night and it's rainin' Lord, the moon gives no light My pony can't hard

by Tom Russell on album The Rose of the San Joaquin

Two men rode in from the South, a rainy autumn night (The sky above and the mud below) They walked into the Deacon's bar, they were Mexican by sight (The sky above and the mud below) They threw a hors

by Tom Russell on album The Man From God Knows Where

Once I rode an orphan train and my brother did the same they split us up in Missourri James was five and I was three He got taken by some parent but for me they did not care We were brave and did not

by Tom Russell on album Hurricane Season

Oh Happy Lands, Oh Happy Lands We have paid for our admission And our dancing clothes are freshly cleaned Now we're drivin' towards the judgement On a dollar's worth of gasoline Julio hits the boulev

by Tom Russell on album Hurricane Season

"Do you know who I am?" said Bill Haley In a pancake house down near the Rio Grande Well the waitress said, "I don't know you from diddley... To me you look like one more tired old man" Well he walke

by Tom Russell on album Hurricane Season

Hurricane season on the home front All the weak of heart are leaving town Well baby and me ain't up to goin' just yet Maybe we'll just drink until we drown Me, I freshen up a pot of coffee Baby puts t

by Tom Russell on album Hurricane Season

Edith Piaf was the Little Sparrow She flew high above the Paris streets Saint of the bars and bistros Chanteuse of a tear-stained sheet She sang for the drunks and the sailor boys Who'd sunk as low as

by Tom Russell on album Hurricane Season

How's the weather in Winnipeg? The broke-down nags with the bandaged legs At Assinboa Downs? The night we painted the town A dark, dark blue Stolen Thunder in Thunder Bay Woke up knowin' that we came

by Tom Russell on album Hurricane Season

Well, she moves like Betty Grable She's an actress waitin' tables And all her tips are kept inside a wishin' well She's got an agent down the hall He's got her photo on his wall She's got a room at th

by Tom Russell on album Hurricane Season

Old man on the corner, singin' my life Playin' guitar with a rusty old knife And every line that he's singin' rhymes with the truth And a promise of something - beyond the blues You and me, darling,

by Tom Russell on album Hurricane Season

He was born in 1890, on the Gulf of Mexico Fought his way around the world with hand, and heart, and soul So trot out all your Great White Hopes, But they'd better bring a gun Jack Johnson's made of i

by Tom Russell on album Hurricane Season

Well I met him in Chicago outside the Union Station He was pickin' up the empties in the rain He said, "May I introduce myself and can you spare a dollar? They call me the Lord of the Trains Yeah, the

by Tom Russell on album Hurricane Season

Have you seen Miranda? She's walking through the town She has got one green eye, the other eye is brown And as she walks the air grows warm, men stare down from rooms She destroys the hidden line betw

by Tom Russell on album Poor Man's Dream

Well it's three eggs up on whiskey toast And home fries on the side You wash it down with the truckstop coffee That burns up your inside It was a canyon, Colorado diner A little waitress I did love We

by Tom Russell on album Poor Man's Dream

Carlos Zaragoza left his home in Casas Grandes when the moon was full No money in his pocket, just a locket of his sister framed in gold He rode into El Sueco, stole a rooster called "Gallo del Cielo"