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Words & Music by Abigail Washburn & Ben Sollee

I know, I know, I know you
I know you know you know me too

So, when the sun went down
And I lost your eyes
I prayed to God let the light
Shine off you again
It ain't easy leavin' you

Without a sound
I remove your crown
Your green dress glows
As the stars go round
I pray to God let the darkness
Cheat the dawning light

Musical interlude

So, when the sun went down
And I lost your eyes
I prayed to God let the light
Shine off you again
It ain't easy leavin you

I know, I know, I know you
I know you know you know me too

Old Timey Dance Party by Bela Fleck

Written and Arranged by The Sparrow Quartet

Words & Music by Abigail Washburn

Dark sky's here, no one's near
Except I think I feel you
Sun comes round, and no sound
Except the ringing blue
All too loud
Everywhere I go I look for you
Do you look for me where you go too?

Coldest day is here, skies are clear
Except your blinding constellation
Still you fall behind the west
Except this beating tune
in my chest
Everywhere I go I look for you
Do you look for me where you go too?

Tomorrow is here, I'm further near
Except this losing revelation
You are closer yet in my mind
They say the tardy fruit's
a fuller wine
Everywhere I go I look for you
Do you look for me where you are too?

Public Domain arranged by The Sparrow Quartet

There are strange things that happen everyday
I said there're strange things that happen everyday
There is one thing I do know, that things are happenin' never happened before
Strange things are happening everyday

Well ships are sinking in the ocean
Planes are having collusion in the air
Well people you may not believe it
But there's something wrong somewhere
Well no matter where you go you'll hear bout a thing you never heard before
Strange things are happening everyday

Some poor wish that they were dead
Some are glad to be alive
We have some who are killin' eachother
Some are commitin' suicide
Well there is a better way if you just fall on your knees and pray
Strange things are happening everyday

My God is riding on the water
And he's riding thru the stormy land
Well, churches/people you better get ready
Do as my God command, he says
As you see me go today, I'll be back the same ol way
Strange things are happening everyday

Words by Abigail Washburn , Music by The Sparrow Quartet

You can tell a flower to bloom
On the other side of the moon
But for you and me it's hard to see her glory in the sun
Even if she climbs high into an ashen sky
A fading light for out of sight
will signal her blooming day

So a spaceship we must build
Set off from our window sill
The journey's long to carry on, especially in the dark
Even if we ask a distant star where the blooming flowers are
She may shoot us back on her jumbled ray
To the land from whence we came
But from space we'll see

They built a great big wall in China
Built it up to the pearly gates
I wanna land right beside her
Hither come what may

The storyteller stands
Upon the city gate and says,
“I too have seen a coming dream
I talked to stars
Got close to mars, and
Got shot back to where we are
I wish all could see what I have seen
The trembling light of a distant flower in the night”

They built a great big wall in China
Built it up to the pearly gates
Gotta take down the banner boys
Hope it's not too late

Traditional Chinese folk song arranged by The Sparrow Quartet

Words and Music by Abigail Washburn

Grain fallin' from the sky
What a vision oh-me-oh-my
Leave the chaffe for a bitter rain
The Gods knew you'd call my name

No, I don't know why, I don't know why,
No, I don't know why you love me
No, I don't know why but, oh, ya do

Spider crawling up my thigh
What a vision oh-me-oh-my
Laid its silk along my vein
The God's knew you'd stake this claim

Celestial body in your blinking eye
What a vision oh-me-oh-my
Stayed its course to ease my pain
The God's knew which stars to hang

Words by Abigail Washburn & Ben Sollee
Music by Abigail Washburn, Ben Sollee and Bela Fleck

Oh the water, oh the water, so clear and blue and free

Thought I heard old big leg lula
Callin me boys, singing come on home

If I can just make it through Jan and Feb
I'll march on thru boys, I'll march on thru

Oh the water, oh the water, so clear and blue and free

I asked the foreman what time of day it was
He was so hard-hearted, he just walked away

I asked the judge what be my crime
He said if I don't hang you I'll give ya 99

If you wanna please your captain
Sink'em low boys, raise'em high
Sink'em low boys, sink'em low boys
sink'em low boys, raise'em high

Hail the Captain, hail his gun
Hail the chiefman and his prodigal son

I've seen him preaching, and I've seen him run
I've read his bible, I don't owe him none

I don't owe him none boys, I don't owe him none
I'll be a witness o the rising sun

If you wanna please your captain
Sink'em low boys, raise'em high
Sink'em low boys, raise'em high

Public Domain, Arranged by Ma Mu'er & The Sparrow Quartet

Public Domain arranged by The Sparrow Quartet

Goin' around this world baby mine
Goin' around this world baby mine
Goin' around this world, I'm a banjo pickin' girl
I'm goin' around this world baby mine

Goin' to Tennessee baby mine
Goin' to Tennessee baby mine
Goin' to Tennessee don't you try and follow me
Goin' to Tennessee baby mine


Goin' around this world baby mine
Goin' around this world baby mine
Goin' around this world, I'm a banjo pickin' girl
I'm goin' around this world baby mine


Goin' to Chattanooga baby mine
Goin' to Chattanooga baby mine
Goin' to Chattanooga and from there on to Cuba
Goin' to Chattanooga baby mine

Goin' to North Carolina baby mine
Goin' to North Carolina baby mine
Goin' to North Carolina and from there off to China
I'm goin' off to China baby mine

I'm goin' across the ocean baby mine
I'm goin' across the ocean baby mine
I'm goin' across the ocean no, now don't you change my notion
I'm goin' across the ocean baby mine

Traditional Chinese folk song arranged by The Sparrow Quartet
Old Timey Dance Party by Bela Fleck

Words by Abigail Washburn , Music by The Sparrow Quartet

They been thinking all day and th'day before
But now they're tired don't wanna think no more
So they call you sugar and they call you pie
They say you're pretty and they get you high
And that's alright with me
Cuz there's nothing wrong with feelin good, nothin' wrong with feelin fine

He been drinking all day and the day before
Got so tired, he'd never drink no more
So he went down to 5th street and MLK
Bought some cocaine and there he stayed

I sat up all night an' the night before
Thought he'd come back, sure as I was born
So I turned on the TV, watchin' reality crime
Strapped'er up, waitin' for the end of time
But that's all right with me
Cuz there's nothing wrong with feelin' good, nothin' wrong with feelin' fine

I been sorry all day and the day before
But now I'm tired, don't wanna hurt no more
I'm gonna get on a plane, go up to the sky
Clouds won't bother, won't ask me why

So call me sugar and call me pie
Say I'm pretty and get me high
Cuz there's nothing wrong with feelin' good, nothin' wrong with feelin' fine

Words & Music by Abigail Washburn & Ben Sollee

I know, I know, I know you
I know you know you know me too

So, when the sun went down
And I lost your eyes
I prayed to God let the light
Shine off you again
It ain't easy leavin' you

Without a sound
I remove your crown
Your green dress glows
As the stars go round
I pray to God let the darkness
Cheat the dawning light

Musical interlude

So, when the sun went down
And I lost your eyes
I prayed to God let the light
Shine off you again
It ain't easy leavin you

I know, I know, I know you
I know you know you know me too

Words & Music by Abigail Washburn & Jingli Jurca

(arranged by a. washburn, b. fleck, c. driessen and b. sollee)

I fall on my knees, pray to you
Come and stay with me, come and stay with me

Look up look down that long lonesome road
‘Fore ya travel on, ‘fore ya travel on

I wish to the Lord I'd never been born
Or died when I was young, or died when I was young

I would never have seen those two blue eyes
Or heard your lying tongue, or heard your lying tongue

You told me one, told me two
You told me ten thousand lies, told me ten thousand lies

You told me more lies than the stars in the sky
You'll never get to heaven when you die, never get to heaven when you die

So, call up my sheep, feed my little lambs
Goodbye little darlin I'm gone I am, goodbye little darling I'm gone

My suitcase is packed, trucks even gone
Godbye little darling I'm gone, goodbye little darling I'm gone

Look up look down that long lonesome road
Hang your head and cry, hang your head and cry

I fall on my knees, pray to you
Come and stand by me, come and stand by me

(arranged by a. washburn, b. fleck, c. driessen and b. sollee)

Hear that music nice and sweet
Come on baby let's warm our feet
Everbody does it now, come on let me show you how
Work it Ms Fanny, everybody does it now

Went upstairs to drink some cider
Seen a big bug lovin a spider
Everybody does it now, come on let me show you how
You'll get real freakish, everybody does it now

Doctors, lawyers, jiggolos, cops
all come here to heat their chops
Everybody does it now come on let me show you how
Don't get ‘dicted, everybody does it now

Grampa Jarrell lay me low
I'm putting new tunes in this old banjo
Everybody does it now, let me show you how
Watch'em do the shimmy, everybody does it now

Two time mamas all in dutch
Out the backdoor, men too much
Everybody does it now, let me show you how
Try to catch'em at it, everybody does it now

Mamas keep their papas broke
and lose them because they lost their stroke
Everybody does it now, come on let me show you how
You really can't blame'em, everybody does it now

(arranged by a. washburn, b. fleck, c. driessen and b. sollee)

I've got the keys to the kingdom, the world can't do me no harm

Go Gabrielle get the trumpet, move on down to the sea
Don't you sound that trumpet, til you hear from me

I've got the keys to the kingdom, the world can't do me no harm

Take ol'John on the Island, place him in a kettle of oil
Then the angels came from heaven down, told him that the oil wouldn't boil

I've got the keys to the kingdom, the world can't do me no harm

Take ol'Paul and Silas, place ‘em in jail below
Then the angels came from heaven down and unlocked that prison house door

I've got the keys to the kingdom, the world can't do me no harm

When I get in trouble, I know I done no crime
Wake up central in Glory, and Jesus come to the phone

I've got the keys to the kingdom, the world can't do me no harm
I got the keys to the kingdom, the world can't do me no harm

(arranged by a. washburn, b. fleck, c. driessen and b. sollee)

Why should I feel discouraged and why should the shadows fall
Why should my heart be lonely and long for heavenly home
Well Jesus is my potion, my constant friend is he
His Eye is on the Sparrow, and I know he watches me
His Eye is on the Sparrow, and I know he watches me

Well, I sing because I'm happy, I sing because I'm free
His eye is on the sparrow and I know he watches me

(a. washburn, arr. with j. mcconnell)

Lonely lake in Minnesota
Dying tree in Ashtabula
Rains came in yesterday
Fleeting hearts are here to stay
Sometimes I change my mind
Sometimes I think its fine

Crying boy in Baton Rouge
Troubled men in this town too
Passing strangers touch my sleeve
All I do is think of me
Sometimes I change my mind
Sometimes I think its fine

Burning house in tupelo
Devil's fire from down below
Politician sang to me
Someday girl we'll all be free
Sometimes I change my mind
Sometimes I think its fine

(a. washburn, b. stapleton)

Me and Dixie, we'd waste away
Sleep thru the night and all the next day
Sleep thru the sun, rain, and moon
here in this room

Oh, rockabye my Dixie child
Oh, rockabye my Dixie child

Me and Dixie, we rolled and dreamed
Time held us alone in this world it seemed
Then morning broke and awoke
you from me

So, come back Dixie, I'll rock you to sleep
Back to our dreams, our twisted sheets
Cradle your fading stars
in my arms

(a. washburn, b. stapleton)

Some folks say the times are hard
I just say oh my lord
Coffee's cold and I been sold for half a dollar bill

Every seed that I do sow
harvest time nothin's grown
Coffee's cold and I been sold for half a dollar bill

Fore I have ten dollars saved
I'll be resting in my grave
Coffee's cold and I been sold for half a dollar bill

I been broke a thousand times
no one cares to spare a dime
Coffee's cold and I been sold for half a dollar bill

When I lay my burden down
peace nor comfort have I found
Coffee's cold and I been sold for half a dollar bill

Angels I am on my knees
but you'll never sing for me
Coffee's cold and I been sold for half a dollar bill

Some folks say the times are hard
I just say, oh my lord
Coffee's cold and I been sold for half a dollar bill

(a. washburn)

I must've been four when you touched my arm.
Skies were red and blazing.
I heard a moan in the elms above,
and I knew that day was ending.

I knew you'd seen your happiest day
when the next morn the birds were singing.
We felt the same cold from the earth.

It took the moon to hold the tide
and set our hearts a-spinning.
You'd wait for dark to never come again.

I'll turn my back to the calling sun
if you'll rise and meet me.
I'll walk the road I took from you.

Oh, stay a while in the red skies blazing.
Touch my arm and feel my burning
for the day you left for the elms above
to meet those birds a-singin.

(a. washburn)

If a single drop of honey would bring you to me
I'd break that sweet rock open
and hold it out for thee

She asked him for a penny
He gave her a dime
She asked him to stay forever
He said "all will come in time"

She prayed for him to come back
He sent a voice true
She barely heard the words
He said "I'm not so far from you"

She grew old holding on
He called her from afar
"You desire more than men are able.
Find me in your heart."

(a. washburn)

Old folks told me you're not coming home.
Old folks told me gotta move along.
Like a ripe ol' fruit on a borrowed vine
I hang around, oh, lord, I hang around.

Eve stole the apple from the tree good lord
I know she could be me, I know she could be me

Big brother told me I got something wrong.
Big brother told me sing a different song.
Like a tolling bell in its final hour
I'll make a sound, oh, lord, I'll make one sound.

Another man done gone he sang this song good lord
I know he could be me, I know he could be me

'Round the mountain there's another shore.
'Round the corner there's another door.
Like a bleeding man on his native soil
I'll stand my ground, oh lord, I'll stand my ground.

They nailed him to the cross for no sin good lord'
I know he could be me, I know he could be me

They nailed him to the cross
Another man done gone
Eve stole the apple
from the tree good lord
I know she could be me
I know she could be me
I know she could be me

(trad. arr. by a. washburn)

Who's gonna shoe your pretty little feet
Who's gonna glove your hand
Who's gonna kiss your red ruby lips
Who's gonna be your man

Poppa's gonna shoe my pretty little feet
Momma's gonna glove my hand
Sister's gonna kiss my red ruby lips
I don't need no man

Fastest train I ever did ride
Was a hundred coaches long
The only woman I ever did love
was on that train and gone

On that train and gone boys
On that train and gone
Only woman I ever did love
was on that train and gone

Who's gonna shoe your pretty little feet
Who's gonna glove your hand
Who's gonna kiss your red ruby lips
Who's gonna be your man

Poppa's gonna shoe my pretty little feet
Momma's gonna glove my hand
Sister's gonna kiss my red ruby lips
I don't need no man

I don't need no man
I don't need no man
Sister's gonna kiss my red ruby lips
I don't need no man

(trad. arr. by a. washburn, b. sollee)
Traditional tunes handed down by Riley Baugus/George Gao.

(a. washburn, j. jurca)

Trans:
Zai na yaoyuan de guxiang
In that far distant land I call home

Wo shiluo liao yi ge gulao de meng
I lost the ancient dream

Yi ge youshang de meng
A sorrowful dream

Zai na yangyu wo de difang
In that place that raised me

Wo fenbian buliao muse he chenguang
I cannot discern the growing shadows of dusk and (first light) the first faint rays of the morning sun

Wo yanjuanliao chenmo he sixiang
I've wearied in the silence and searching

Feng nanchui you zhuanxiang beifang
Wind blows south and turns again north

Jianghe ben hai, hai que bu zhang
River flows to the sea, yet the sea does not rise

Wo xin manliao choucheng
My heart is filled with melancholy

Yu lai you shi qing bu jiuchang
The rains come, clear skies will follow soon

Fuzu tianbuman linghun de kewang
Even fortune and good blessings cannot quench the soul's thirst

Zhihui dangbukai yongsheng de shuangjiang
Wisdom cannot relieve us our eternal lot

Wo,
Wo shi
Yi zhi
Mitu de gaoyang
I am a lost lamb

Shei neng ying wo zouchu mimang
Who will lead me from this haze?

Nar you wo chongsheng de xiwang
What will bring me hope again?

O, muyangren ah.
Oh, shepherd

Ni zai hefang?
Where are you?

(trad. arr. by a. washburn)

Nobody's fault but mine
Nobody's fault but mine
If I die and my soul be lost
nobody's fault but mine

I had a mother who could pray
I had a mother who could pray
If I die and my soul be lost
nobody's fault but mine

I had a mother who could sing
I had a mother who could sing
If I die and my soul be lost
nobody's fault but mine

Nobody's fault but mine
If I die and my soul be lost
If I die and my soul be lost
nobody's fault but mine

(a. washburn, a. carvell)

Dark is the night
Gray is the day
It's cold outside
but his halo lights my way

He says to me
I wanna light you up
I wanna light you up
in the dark and the day
My halo's bright
Follow the way

It's hard to see
It's hard to say
I'm without knowing
but his halo lights my way

The water is wide
This side I can't stay
I don't know where I'm going
but his halo lights my way

(a. washburn)

Trans:
World sits outside the door
Men wai you ge shijie

A voice in your heart is calling
Xinzhong you ge shengyin

The ends of the world await
Sifang jiu deng ni lai

Traveling daughter
Younu

Feel the sunshine on your face
Lianshang gandao taiyang

Starlight guides your feet
Jiaobu suizhao xingguang

Earth and Sky will carry you
Tiandi zai ni zouyou

Journey after journey
Zoule yi shan you yi shan

One mountain to the next
Zhe shan guole ne shan lai

Voice in your heart is calling
Xinzhong you ge shengyin

(a. washburn, b. stapleton)

Deep in the night
I hear the darkness
Bones tell the body
rest in its arms
I hear the calling
of life's sweet embrace
resting too soon

Deep in the night
I feel the stardust
Blue tells the heavens
fall from the sky
I feel the shadows
of time's own longing
falling away

Deep in the night
I pray a candle
to tell the snowfall
wait for sunrise
I pray a halo
of man's cold morning
holds to the light

I pray a halo
of man's cold morning
holds thru the night

(a. washburn, b. fleck, b. stapleton, t. lauer)

Momma, please tell me truly
even though life ain't what it should be
where can I go to fix these things inside

Cause, momma, it's hard to feel free
when it's you running thru me
Just take me now or throw away the key

and so it goes...

Life isn't easy and truth's a dreadful beauty
and everyone wants to know where they go
when they die

Momma, I can't help feeling
that this pain is of your willing
cool rain from a cloud of strickenine

But maybe, just maybe
this soul will die before my body
and I'll live on earth in peace for evermore

and so it goes...

Lately I've thought about me
separate from your woeful morning
and I can see a light ringing thru the sky

It sings of coming glory
strangely tied to this awful story
it lifts the heart and gives us wings to fly

and so it goes...