Lyrics:Telluride,Hobo's Lullabye

[vgoodf...@hotmail.com]

I am looking for the lyrics to Hobo's Lullabye recorded
by Woody Guthrie. I am also looking for words and chords
to Telluride (The Telluride Sawmill) sung by Kate Wolf and
others. I'd appreciate any help.

Thanks,

Val G.
Tucson

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[Phil Geyer]

Here are the lyrics to Telluride, by David West & Cyrus Clarke. Sorry I
don't have the chords:

On my way to the Telluride sawmill, today,
I thought of an old friend who'd long gone away
He took to traveling when he turned seventeen
I stayed at home with the family

A collector of dreams was my old friend
Talked about the times yet to come
But I took to working at the Telluride sawmill
I've been there since I turned twenty-one

And the river keeps rolling past the
south county line
I'd love to roll with it but I've run out of time
The days roll by like the logs on the river
And I know I ain't getting no younger

We were kids growing up in the rockies,
When the mountains were young and so free
He was my friend and my equal
Though in years he was younger by three
We grew up in the usual fashion
Never wanting to grow up at all
Then I found a family and he found the rails
And he left on the train for Saint Paul

Mr. Preacher can you give me an answer
Lord, I can't go on this way
I'm getting old and I don't feel so good
Have I just been wasting my time?

Telluride, Telluride
Have I just been wasting my time?

[deanie]

On Tue, 17 Mar 1998 22:10:02 -0600, vgoodf...@hotmail.com wrote:

>I am looking for the lyrics to Hobo's Lullabye ...

CHORUS
Go to sleep, you weary hobo
Let the towns drift slowly by
Can't you hear those steel rails hummin'?
That's the hobo's lullabye

Don't you worry 'bout tomorrow
Let tomorrow come and go
Tonight you're in a nice warm boxcar
Safe from all the wind and snow.

I know your clothes are torn and tattered
And your hair is turning grey
Rest your head in weary slumber
(or...Lift your head and smile at trouble)
You'll find peace and rest someday.

I know the police give you trouble
They cause trouble everywhere
When you die and go to heaven
There'll be no policemen there.

[matthewa...@gmail.com]

Thanks for posting these lyrics! I've been trying to remember all of them, last few days, myself. It was the verse (or 2nd half of first verse) starting "a collector of dreams" that I couldn't remember.

I think in the Kate Wolf version I learned (on her collection "Gold in California," I believe), there is an alternate to first chorus that she sings before going into second chorus. Went something like:

"And the river keeps rolling past the south county line. I'd love to roll with it but I've run out of time. The days roll by like the logs at the river, >>and I don't often think of my old friend...<<"

Then, "...Mr. Preacher..."

Thanks again!

[matthewa...@gmail.com]

(Sorry, my above reply was for "Telluride," not "Hobo's Lullaby," in case that wasn't clear...)