The Songs He Sang
Travel On: Lyrics
As performed by Cisco Houston
Words: Paul Clayton; Music: W.C. Handy
Appears on:I've laid around and played around this old town too long Summer's almost gone and winter's coming on I've stayed around and laid around this old town too long I feel like I want to travel on The chilly winds will soon begin and I'll be on my way Gone a lonesome day, Lord, gone a lonesome day The chilly winds will soon begin and I'll be on my way I feel like I want to travel on I've laid around and played around this old town too long Summer's almost gone and winter's coming on I've laid around and played around this old town too long And I feel like I gotta travel on There's a lonesome freight at 6:08, coming through this town I'll be homeward bound, boys, I'll be homeward bound Lonesome freight at 6:08, that's coming through this town I feel like I've gotta to travel on I've waited here for 'most a year waiting for the sun to shine Hoping you'd be mine, just waitin' for the sun to shine I've waited here for 'most a year waiting for the sun to shine I feel like I gotta travel on I've laid around and stayed around this old town too long Summer's almost gone and winter's coming on I've laid around and stayed around this old town too long And I feel like I gotta travel on
Of note:
Some of Cisco's finest guitar playing, very simple, yet quite evocative. A strong bass line captures the sadness wonderfully. And a verse often not in other versions, explaining the sadness, works equally well. The forlorn lover, clearly not a forceful character, getting ready to head home, wherever that may be.
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