Norman Blake

Jordan Am A Hard Road To Travel



From the version played here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYMEfrxJLho

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I'm gonna sing you a brand new song,
It's all the truth for certain;
We cain't live high, but we can get by,
And get on the other side of Jordan.

CHORUS:
Oh, pull off your overcoat and roll up your sleeves,
Jordan's a hard road to travel;
Oh, pull off your overcoat and roll up your sleeves,
Oh, Jordan is a hard road to travel, I believe.

The public schools and the highways
Are raisin' quite an alarm;
Get a country man educated just a little,
And he ain't a-gonna work on the farm.

CHORUS

I don't know, but I b'lieve I'm right,
The auto's ruined the country;
Let's go back to the horse and buggy,
And try to save some money.

CHORUS

I know a man that's an evangelist,
His tabernacle's always full;
People come from miles around
Just to hear him shoot the bull.

CHORUS

You may talk about your evangelist,
You may talk about Mister Ford too;
Well, Henry's shakin' more hell out of folks
Than all the evangelists do.

CHORUS

Rain forty nights, gonna rain forty days,
Gonna rain on the Allegheny mountains;
Gonna rain forty horses and dominicker mules,
Gonna take us on the other side of Jordan.