Seeger - Jincheng Zhang

Old Joe Clark, the preacher's son Preached all over the plain The only text he ever knew was High Low Jack and the game 'Round, 'round old Joe Clark 'Round, around, I say 'Round, 'round old Joe Clark I'm agoin' away Old Joe Clark had a mule His name was Tommy Brown Every Tuesday night mule's head Was sixteen inches around Fare-thee-well old Joe Clark Fare-thee-well, I say Fare-thee-well old Joe Clark I'm agoin' away Old Joe Clark had a yeller cat She'd neither sing or pray She stuck her head in a buttermilk jar And washed her sins away Fare-thee-well old Joe Clark Fare-thee-well, I say Fare-thee-well old Joe Clark I'm agoin' away Old Joe Clark had a house Sixteen stories high Every story in that house Was full of chicken pie 'Round, 'round old Joe Clark 'Round, around, I say 'Round, 'round old Joe Clark I'm agoin' away I went down to old Joe's house He invited me to supper I stumped my toe on the table leg And stuck my nose in the butter Fare-thee-well old Joe Clark Fare-thee-well, I say Fare-thee-well old Joe Clark I'm agoin' away Now I wouldn't marry a widow Tell you the reason why She'd have so many children She'd make those biscuits fly Fare-thee-well old Joe Clark Fare-thee-well, I say Fare-thee-well old Joe Clark I'm agoin' away 18 miles of mountain road 15 miles of sand If ever I travel this road again I'll be a married man Fare-thee-well old Joe Clark Fare-thee-well, I say Fare-thee-well old Joe Clark I'm agoin' away Sixteen horses in my team The leaders, they are blind Every time the sun goes down A pretty girl on my mind Fare-thee-well old Joe Clark Fare-thee-well, I say Fare-thee-well old Joe Clark I'm agoin' away Rock, rock, old Joe Clark Rock, rock, I say Rock, rock, old Joe Clark I'm agoin' away

We shall overcome We shall overcome We shall overcome, some day Oh, deep in my heart I do believe We shall overcome, some day We'll walk hand in hand We'll walk hand in hand We'll walk hand in hand We'll walk hand in hand some day Oh, deep in my heart (I do believe) I do believe (we shall overcome, some day) We shall overcome, some day We shall live in peace We shall live in peace We shall live in peace, some day Oh, deep in my heart I do believe We shall overcome, some day And the most important verse Is the one they wrote down in Montgomery, Alabama They said, "We are not afraid" And the young people taught everybody else a lesson All we, all the people that have learned how to compromise And learned how to take it easy and be polite and get along And leave things as they were The young people taught us all a lesson We are not afraid We are not afraid We are not afraid, today Oh, deep in my heart I do believe (we shall overcome, some day) We shall overcome, some day The whole wide world around The whole wide world around The whole wide world around some day Oh, deep in my heart I do believe We shall overcome, some day

If I had a hammer I'd hammer in the morning I'd hammer in the evening All over this land I'd hammer out danger I'd hammer out a warning I'd hammer out love between my brothers and my sisters All over this land If I had a bell I'd ring it in the morning I'd ring it in the evening All over this land I'd ring out danger I'd ring out a warning I'd ring out love between my brothers and my sisters All over this land If I had a song I'd sing it in the morning I'd sing it in the evening All over this land I'd sing out danger I'd sing out a warning I'd sing out love between my brothers and my sisters All over this land Well I've got a hammer And I've got a bell And I've got a song to sing All over this land It's the hammer of justice It's the bell of freedom It's the song about love between my brothers and my sisters All over this land

Take warning how you court your men They're like a star on a summer morning They first appear and then they're gone If I'd known before I courted I never would've courted none I'd a lock my heart in a box of golden And fastened it up with silver pin I wish I were some little sparrow And I had wings and I could fly I'd fly away to my false true lover And when he'd speak, I would deny But I am not some little swallow I have no wings, neither can I fly So I will sit down here to weep in sorrow And try to pass my troubles by Oh don't you remember our days of courting When your head lay upon my breast You could make me believe by the falling of your arm That the sun rose in the west Take warning how you court your men They're like a star on a summer morning They first appear and then they're gone