Old Ballyhoo-Loudon Wainwright III

[ti:Old Ballyhoo] [ar:Loudon Wainwright III] [al:High Wide & Handsome - The Charlie Poole Project] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Old Ballyhoo - Loudon Wainwright III [00:00.70]Mister won't you lend a poor dime a cripple [00:04.11]I'm about a thousand dollars from my home [00:06.75] [00:07.73]Ain't got no mile in my pocket [00:10.01]No head to poke my hole through [00:11.95]And I don't know where I'll die when I go to [00:14.72] [00:15.57]I've tried living in the valley [00:17.18] [00:17.75]And working at the mill [00:19.01] [00:19.66]I like bootlegging better [00:21.34]Running whiskey through these hills [00:23.53]Now I'm back down from the mountain [00:25.59]And living on the barn [00:27.37]If you've got change for five dollars [00:29.32]Why don't you give me some [00:31.40] [00:32.75]Mister won't you lend a poor dime a cripple [00:36.36]I'm about a thousand dollars from my home [00:39.04] [00:40.05]Ain't got no mile in my pocket [00:42.31]No head to poke my hole through [00:44.29]And I don't know where I'll die when I go to [00:47.17] [00:47.85]Hey I could play in your theater [00:49.84]Local church or corner bar [00:52.06]Long as there's fun and money [00:54.01]I ain't too particular [00:55.68]I can sing and dance and whistle [00:57.81]Turn cartwheels through the air [00:59.66]And if I get too tight to stand upright [01:01.78]Just tie me to a chair [01:03.53] [01:05.18]Mister won't you lend a poor dime a cripple [01:08.79]I'm about a thousand dollars from my home [01:11.50] [01:12.47]Ain't got no mile in my pocket [01:14.76]No head to poke my hole through [01:16.71]And I don't know where I'll die when I go to [01:19.63] [01:20.71]Now when this song is over [01:22.56]Gonna pass around my hat [01:24.50]So won't you reach down deep inside [01:26.61]Hey quiet at the back [01:28.39]Did you come to talk or listen folks [01:30.47]Now everybody hush [01:31.84] [01:32.39]'Cause when I hit that high note [01:34.25]I can make a statue blush [01:36.41] [01:38.07]Mister won't you lend a poor dime a cripple [01:41.61]I'm about a thousand dollars from my home [01:44.41] [01:45.36]Ain't got no mile in my pocket [01:47.59]No head to poke my hole through [01:49.50]And I don't know where I'll die when I go to