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Tom T. Hall

Ballad Of Forty Dollars

Tom T. Hall

Tom T. Hall - Storyteller, Poet, Philosopher

3 MINUTES AND 4 SECONDS • OCT 28 1968

Lyrics
My man who preached the funeral
Said it really was a simple way to die
He laid down to rest one afternoon
And never opened up his eyes
They hired me and Fred and Joe
To dig the grave an...
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Album Tracklist

1
Old Dogs, Children And Watermelon Wine
04:10
2
Magnificent Music Machine
02:18
3
A Million Miles To The City
02:52
4
I Washed My Face In The Morning Dew (Single Version)
02:44
5
The Hitchhiker
03:11
6
Ballad Of Forty Dollars
03:04
7
I Hope It Rains At My Funeral
03:29
8
Turn It On, Turn It On, Turn It On
04:13
9
Strawberry Farms (Single Version)
02:53
10
Watergate Blues (Single Version)
03:03
11
I Want To See The Parade
03:03
12
One Hundred Children (Single Version)
02:34
13
The Year That Clayton Delaney Died
02:45
14
The Son Of Clayton Delaney
02:55
15
The Old Side Of Town
03:03
16
I Can't Dance
02:03
17
Last Of The Drifters [feat. Tom T. Hall]
03:20
18
Mama Bake A Pie (Daddy Kill A Chicken)
02:43
19
A Week In A Country Jail
03:04
20
Spokane Motel Blues (Single Version)
02:43
21
Homecoming (Single Version)
03:19
22
Ravishing Ruby (Single Version)
02:31
23
Hello, We're Lonely
03:13
24
Down At The Mall (Single Version)
03:16
25
Fox On The Run (Single Version)
02:05
26
Shoeshine Man
03:05
27
Flat-Footin' It (Single Version)
02:22
28
Old Five And Dimers Like Me
02:54
29
Willy The Wandering Gypsy And Me
02:25
30
More About John Henry (Single Version)
03:31
31
Give Her My Best
02:51
32
Pamela Brown
02:38
33
I Flew Over Our House Last Night (Single Version)
03:01
34
Molly And Tenbrooks [feat. Bill Monroe]
02:20
35
The Monkey That Became President (Single Version)
03:02
36
That's How I Got To Memphis
03:03
37
Mama's Got The Catfish Blues
02:12
38
I Like Beer
02:54
39
Day Drinkin' (Single Version) [feat. Dave Dudley]
03:22
40
That Song Is Driving Me Crazy
03:08
41
Salute To A Switchblade (Single Version)
03:26
42
Margie's At The Lincoln Park Inn
03:19
43
Subdivision Blues
02:52
44
America The Ugly
03:34
45
Hang Them All (Get The Guilty)
02:46
46
Levi Jones
03:04
47
Faster Horses (The Cowboy And The Poet)
02:53
48
I'm Forty Now
03:30
49
Deal (Single Version)
02:33
50
Me And Jesus (Single Version)
03:19
Tom T. Hall - Storyteller, Poet, Philosopher
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Ballad Of Forty Dollars
℗ This Compilation 1995 UMG Recordings Inc. © 1995 UMG Recordings Inc.