A Distant Land to Roam: Songs of the Carter Family

On a hill lone and gray In a land far away In a country beyond the blue sea Where beneath that far sky Went a man for to die For the world and for you and for me Oh, it bows down my heart And the tear drops do start When in memory that gray hill I se

It takes a worried man to sing a worried song It takes a worried man to sing a worried song It takes a worried man to sing a worried song I'm worried now, but I won't be worried long I went across the river and I lay down to sleep Went across the riv

I've got a home in that rock Don't you see (don't you see) I've got a home in that rock Don't you see I've got a home in that rock Just beyond the mountaintop Tide me over, Rock of Ages, cleft for me God gave Noah the rainbow sign Don't you see (don'

Away by the river so clear The ladies were winding their way And Pharaoh's little daughter Stepped down in the water To bathe in the cool of the day Before it was dark she opened the ark And found the sweet infant was there Before it was dark she ope

I'm going away to leave you, love I'm a-going away for a while But I'll return to you some time If I go 10,000 miles The storms are on the ocean The heaven may cease to be This world may lose its motion, love If I prove false to thee Oh, who will dre

I hear a low faint voice that says Papa and mama's dead And it comes from the poor orphan child That must be clothed and fed And it comes from the poor orphan child That must be clothed and fed And it comes from the poor orphan child That must be clo