Reverend Mr. Black (1990 Digital Remaster)-The Kingston Trio

[ti:Reverend Mr Black] [ar:The Kingston Trio] [al:Very Best Of Kingston Trio] [by:] [offset:0] [00:03.66]Reverend Mr. Black [00:04.52]Reverend Mr Black - The Kingston Trio [00:06.48] [00:08.29]He rode easy in the saddle he was tall and lean [00:11.08]And at first ya thought nothin' [00:12.40]But a streak of mean [00:13.77]Make a man look so downright strong [00:15.97]But one look in his eyes [00:17.49]And ya knowed ya was wrong [00:18.86] [00:19.63]He was a mountain of a man and I want ya to know [00:22.51]He could preach hot hell in the freezin' snow [00:25.06] [00:25.74]He carried a bible in a canvas sack [00:28.06]The folks just called him the reverend Mr black [00:30.74] [00:31.82]He was poor as a beggar but he rode like a king [00:34.86]And sometimes in the evenin' I could hear him sing [00:36.96] [00:38.18]I got to walk that lonesome valley [00:42.18] [00:43.24]I got to walk it by myself [00:48.07]For nobody else can walk it for me [00:52.85] [00:53.85]I got to walk it by myself [00:57.70] [00:59.30]If ever I could have thought this man in black [01:02.02]Was soft had any yellow up his back [01:04.24]I gave that notion up the day [01:06.43] [01:07.22]A lumberjack came in and a-wasn't a-prayin' [01:09.60] [01:11.04]Yeah he kicked open the meetin'house door [01:13.60]And he cussed everybody up and down the floor [01:16.02]And then when things got quiet in the place [01:18.62]He walked up and cussed in the preacher's face [01:21.03] [01:22.26]He hit that reverend like the kick of a mule [01:24.57] [01:25.09]And to my way of thinkin' it took a pure fool [01:27.83]To turn the other cheek to that lumberjack [01:30.08]But that's what he did the reverend Mr black [01:33.08] [01:34.24]He stood like a rock a man among men [01:36.63]Then he let that lumberjack hit him again [01:39.17]And then with a voice as kind as could be [01:41.85]He cut him down like a big oak tree when he said [01:44.71] [01:45.28]You got to walk that lonesome valley [01:50.44]You got to walk it by yourself [01:55.12]For nobody else can walk it for you [02:00.08] [02:00.75]You got to walk it by yourself [02:05.24] [02:06.65]It's been many years since we had to part [02:09.20]And I guess I learned his ways by heart [02:11.78]I can still hear his sermons ring [02:13.79] [02:14.40]Down in the valley where he used to sing [02:16.64] [02:18.26]I followed him yes Sir and I don't regret it [02:20.31] [02:21.32]Hope that I'll always be a credit to his memory [02:23.96]'Cause I want ya to understand [02:25.66] [02:26.20]The reverend Mr black was my old man [02:28.16] [02:29.07]You got to walk that lonesome valley [02:33.80] [02:34.51]You got to walk it by yourself [02:39.28]For nobody else can walk it for you [02:44.57]You got to walk it by yourself [02:49.08] [02:49.76]You got to walk that lonesome valley [02:54.42] [02:55.13]You got to walk it by yourself [02:59.85]For nobody else can walk it for you [03:04.75] [03:05.42]You got to walk it by yourself