Reverend Mr. Black-Bobby Darin

[00:04.93]He rode easy in the saddle he was tall and lean [00:07.40]And at first you thought nothing but a streak of mean [00:09.87]Could make any man look so down right strong [00:12.32]But one look in his eyes and you knowed you was wrong [00:15.76]He was a mountain of a man and I want you to know [00:18.31]He could preach hot hell or freezing snow [00:20.88]He carried a Bible in a canvas sack [00:23.02]And folks just called him the Reverend Mr Black [00:26.50]He was poor as a beggar [00:27.82]But he rode like a king [00:29.02]Sometimes in the evening [00:30.39]I could hear him sing [00:32.17]I gotta walk that lonesome valley [00:36.97]I got to walk it by myself [00:41.36]Aingt nobody else can walk it for me [00:46.49]I got to walk it by myself [00:51.55]If ever I could have thought this man in black [00:53.92]Was soft and had any yellow up his back [00:56.48]I gave that notion up one day [00:58.56]A lumberjack came in and it wasn't to pray [01:02.06]Yeah he kicked open the meeting house door [01:04.56]And he cussed everybody up and down the floor [01:06.91]Then when things got quiet in the place [01:09.30]He walked up and cussed in the preacher's face [01:12.90]He hit that reverend like the kick of a mule [01:15.24]And to my way of thinking it took one pure fool [01:17.69]To turn the other cheek to that lumberjack [01:19.90]But that's what he did The Reverend Mr Black [01:23.59]He stood like a rock a man among men [01:25.80]Then he let that lumberjack hit him again [01:27.93]And then with a voice as kind as could be [01:30.42]He cut him down like a big oak tree when he said [01:33.60]You gotta walk that lonesome valley [01:38.41]You got to walk it by youself [01:42.90]Oh nobody else can walk it for you [01:48.01]You got to walk it by myself [01:53.22]It's been many years since we had to part [01:55.70]And I guess I learned his ways by heart [01:58.09]Cause I can still hear his sermon's ring [02:00.53]Down in the valley where he used to sing [02:04.03]I followed him yes siree and I don't regret it [02:06.43]I hope I will always be a credit [02:08.14]To his memory 'cause I want you to understand [02:10.96]The Reverend Mr Black was my old man [02:14.22]You gotta walk that lonesome valley [02:19.15]You got to walk it by myself [02:23.53]Oh nobody else can walk it for me [02:28.55]You got to walk it by myself [02:33.61]You got to walk that lonesome valley [02:38.27]You got to walk it by yourself [02:42.87]Oh nobody else can walk it for you [02:48.06]You got to walk it by yourself