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2009-07-21

Blue Tail Fly

When I was young, I used to wait On the boss and give him his plate And pa*s him the bottle when he got dry And brush away the blue tail fly Jimmy, crack corn and I don't care Jimmy, crack corn and I don't care Jimmy, crack corn and I don't care My master's gone away And When he would ride in the afternoon I'd follow after, with a hickory broom The pony being rather shy When bitten by blue tail fly Jimmy, crack corn and I don't care Jimmy, crack corn and I don't care Jimmy, crack corn and I don't care My master's gone away One day, he ride around the farm The flies so numerous, they did swarm One chanced to bite him on the thigh The devil take the blue tail fly Jimmy, crack corn and I don't care Jimmy, crack corn and I don't care Jimmy, crack corn and I don't care My master's gone away The pony run, he jumped, he pitch He threw my master in the ditch He died and the jury wondered why The verdict was the blue tail fly Jimmy, crack corn and I don't care Jimmy, crack corn and I don't care Jimmy, crack corn and I don't care My master's gone away They lay him under a 'simmon tree His epitaph is there to see "Beneath this stone, I'm forced to lie Victim of the blue tail fly" Jimmy, crack corn and I don't care Jimmy, crack corn and I don't care Jimmy, crack corn and I don't care My master's gone away

Little Bitty Tear

1995-01-01

  1. A Little Bitty Tear
  2. Call Me Mr. In-Between
  3. Blue Tail Fly
  4. Goober Peas
  5. Funny Way Of Laughing
  6. My Gal Sal
  7. The Long Black Veil
  8. Pearly Shells (Pupu O Ewa)
  9. Polly Wolly Doodle
  10. Waltzing Matilda

In Memoriam

1995-10-10

  1. Blue Tail Fly
  2. Little Bitty Tear
  3. The Old Front Porch
  4. Galisteo
  5. Big Rock Candy Mountain
  6. Goober Peas
  7. Comin' After Jenny
  8. Funny Way Of Laughing
  9. Bow Down
  10. Green Green Grass Of Home

Burl Ives - Greatest Hits

1996-05-21

  1. Big Rock Candy Mountain
  2. Blue Tail Fly
  3. Lavender Blue (Dilly Dilly)
  4. One Hour Ahead Of The Posse
  5. On Top Of Ol' Smokey
  6. True Love Goes On And On
  7. Polly Wolly Doodle
  8. A Little Bitty Tear
  9. Royal Telephone
  10. Home On The Range
  11. Funny Way Of Laughing
  12. Call Me Mr. In-Between
  13. Pearly Shells (Pupu O Ewa)
  14. It Never Happens
  15. My Heart Stood Still
  16. By The Light Of The Silvery Moon
  17. Beautiful Brown Eyes
  18. This Is All I Ask

Lavender Blue: Songs of Charm, Humour & Sincerity

2000-11-14

Lavender Blue: Songs of Charm, Humour & Sincerity
  1. The Doughnut Song
  2. Blue Tail Fly
  3. I Know My Love
  4. Lavender Cowboy
  5. The Big Rock Candy Mountain
  6. The Little White Duck
  7. The Goat And The Train
  8. Mr. Rabbit
  9. The Fox
  10. It Makes No Different Now
  11. Cowboy's Lament (Streets Of Laredo)
  12. I've Got No Use For Women
  13. Lavender Blue (Dilly Dilly)
  14. Venezuela
  15. I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes
  16. On the Grand Canyon Line
  17. Sweet Betsy From The Pike
  18. Mr. Froggie Went A-Courtin'
  19. Rodger Young
  20. Foggy, Foggy, Dew
  21. Little Mohee
  22. Frankie And Johnny
  23. The Riddle Song
  24. Riders In The Sky (A Cowboy Legend)
  25. I'm Goin' Down The Road

20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Burl Ives

2001-09-25

  1. A Little Bitty Tear
  2. Funny Way Of Laughing
  3. Lavender Blue (Dilly Dilly)
  4. Blue Tail Fly
  5. Wild Side Of Life
  6. Call Me Mr. In-Between
  7. Pearly Shells (Popo O Ewa)
  8. Mary Ann Regrets
  9. The Same Old Hurt
  10. Big Rock Candy Mountain
  11. Foggy, Foggy Dew
  12. Goober Peas

20th Century Masters: Millennium Collection

2001-09-25

  1. A Little Bitty Tear
  2. Funny Way Of Laughing
  3. Lavender Blue (Dilly Dilly)
  4. Blue Tail Fly
  5. Wild Side Of Life
  6. Call Me Mr. In-Between
  7. Pearly Shells (Popo O Ewa)
  8. Mary Ann Regrets
  9. The Same Old Hurt
  10. Big Rock Candy Mountain
  11. Foggy, Foggy Dew
  12. Goober Peas

Genius of Folk

2005-10-06

  1. Blue Tail Fly [Live]
  2. Little Bitty Tears [Live]
  3. That Old Front Porch [Live]
  4. Galisteo [Live]
  5. Big Rock Candy Mountain [Live]
  6. Goober Peas [Live]
  7. Comin' After Jenny [Live]
  8. Funny Way of Laughin' [Live]
  9. Bow Down [Live]
  10. Green Green Grass of Home [Live]
  11. Snowbird
  12. Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head

The Best Of Burl Ives: Little Bitty Tear

2006-11-21

  1. Blue Tail Fly
  2. Little Bitty Tear
  3. Old Front Porch
  4. Galisteo
  5. Big Rock Candy Mountain
  6. Goober Peas
  7. Comin' After Jenny
  8. Funny Way of Laughing
  9. Bow Down
  10. Green, Green Grass of Home

The Singing Wayfarer

2007-07-06

  1. Big Rock Candy Mountain
  2. The Foggy, Foggy Dew
  3. Blue Tail Fly (With The Andrews Sisters)
  4. Lavender Blue (Dilly, Dilly)
  5. On Top Of Old Smokey
  6. Aunt Rhody
  7. The Erie Canal
  8. Po' Boy
  9. The Turtle Dove
  10. I'm Sad And I'm Lonely
  11. Rodger Young
  12. My Good Old Man
  13. The Cowboy's Lament (The Streets Of Laredo)
  14. On The Grand Canyon Line
  15. Down In The Valley
  16. Lonesome, So Lonesome
  17. This Time Tomorrow
  18. The Little Green Valley
  19. Diesel Smoke, Dangerous Curves
  20. Goober Peas
  21. The Wayfaring Stranger
  22. I Know An Old Lady (Who Swallowed A Fly)
  23. Git Along Little Dogies
  24. Wild Side Of Life
  25. Old Bangum
  26. The Golden Vanity
  27. Hear The Nightingale Sing
  28. The Wealthy Old Maid
  29. Great White Bird
  30. Barbara Allen
  31. The Woman And The Chivalrous Shark
  32. Let's Go A-Hunting
  33. Devilish Mary
  34. Molly Malone
  35. The Devil And The Farmer
  36. St. John's River
  37. Henry Martin
  38. Lolly-Too-Dum
  39. Frankie And Johnny
  40. Mr. Froggie Went-A-Courtin'

Songs From the Big Rock Candy Mountain

2007-08-06

  1. Big Rock Candy Mountain
  2. Blue Tail Fly
  3. I Know an Old Lady
  4. Lavender Blue
  5. On Top of Ol' Smoky
  6. The Fox
  7. Aunt Rhody
  8. Frankie and Johnny
  9. Cowboy's Lament
  10. Old Dan Tucker
  11. Erie Canal
  12. Darlin' Cory
  13. Peter Gray
  14. Sweet Betsy from Pike
  15. Po' Boy
  16. The Golden Vanity
  17. Tam Pierce
  18. Jesse James
  19. The Eddystone Light
  20. The Riddle Song
  21. Turtle Dove
  22. Lolly-Too-Dum
  23. I'm Goin' Down the Road
  24. Edward
  25. The Foggy, Foggy Dew
  26. Git Along Little Dogies
  27. I Know Where I'm Going
  28. I Know My Love
  29. The Three Crows
  30. Leather Winged Bat
  31. Cotton-Eyed Joe
  32. Wee Cooper O'Fife
  33. The Young Man Who Couldn't Hoe Corn