The song Old John Robertson is performed by The Byrds in the album named Boxed Set in the year 1990 .
Old John Robertson
He wore a Stetson hat
People everywhere would
Laugh behind his back
No one cared to take
Any time to find out
What he was all about
Fear kept them out
Children laughed and played
And didn't know his name
They could tell when he
Was coming just the same
Walking slow with old John's
Crippled wife by his side
Then she sighed, then she died
Magic words from him
Entrancing children's ears
But they laughed at him
When he went to hide his tears
All in vain was no game
For he'd lost an old friend
In the end, in the end
Old John Robertson
He wore a Stetson hat
People everywhere would
Laugh behind his back
No one cared to take
Any time to find out
What he was all about
Fear kept them out
The Byrds - Boxed Set
Boxed Set
- Mr. Tambourine Man
- I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better
- Chimes Of Freedom
- She Has A Way
- All I Really Want To Do
- Spanish Harlem Incident
- The Bells Of Rhymney
- It'S All Over Now, Baby Blue
- She Don't Care About Time
- Turn! Turn! Turn!
- It Won't Be Wrong
- Lay Down Your Weary Tune
- He Was A Friend Of Mine
- The World Turns All Around Her
- The Day Walk (Never Before)
- The Times They Are A-Changin'
- 5 D (Fifth Dimension) (Single Version)
- I Know My Rider
- Eight Miles High
- Why
- Psychodrama City
- I See You
- Hey Joe (Where You Gonna Go)
- Mr. Spaceman
- John Riley
- Roll Over Beethoven
- So You Want To Be A Rock 'N Roll Star (Single Version)
- Have You Seen Her Face
- My Back Pages
- Time Between
- It Happens Each Day
- Renaissance Fair
- Everybody's Been Burned
- The Girl With No Name
- Triad
- Lady Friend (Single Version)
- Old John Robertson
- Goin' Back (Single Version)
- Draft Morning
- Wasn't Born To Follow
- Dolphin's Smile
- Reputation
- You Ain't Going Nowhere
- The Christian Life
- I Am A Pilgrim
- Pretty Boy Floyd
- You Don't Miss Your Water
- Hickory Wind
- Nothing Was Delivered
- One Hundred Years From Now
- Pretty Polly
- Lazy Days
- This Wheel's On Fire
- Nashville West
- Old Blue
- Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man
- Bad Night At The Whiskey
- Lay Lady Lay
- Mae Jean Goes To Hollywood
- Ballad Of Easy Rider (From the Columbia Motion Picture "Easy Rider")
- Oil In My Lamp
- Jesus Is Just Alright
- Way Beyond The Sun
- Tulsa County
- Deportee
- Lover Of The Bayou
- Willin'
- Black Mountain Rag (Soldier's Joy)
- Positively 4th Street
- Chestnut Mare
- Just A Season
- Kathleen's Song
- Truck Stop Girl
- Just Like A Woman
- Stanley's Song
- Glory, Glory
- I Trust
- I Wanna Grow Up To Be A Politician
- Green Apple Quick Step
- Tiffany Queen
- Bugler
- Lazy Waters
- Farther Along
- White's Lightning Pt. 1
- Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season)
- Mr. Tambourine Man
- He Was A Friend Of Mine
- Paths Of Victory
- From A Distance
- Love That Never Dies