SEARCH HERE: BROWSE 409412 LYRICS BY ARTIST/BAND NAME: #A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z SITE MENU Last Updates Request Lyrics Submit / Correct Popularity Charts VISITORS Login / Register Your Thoughts My Playlists [ More The Kingston Trio lyrics ] add to playlist     see a mistake?    comment Artist/Band: The Kingston Trio Lyrics for Song: Reverend Mr. Black Lyrics for Album: Other Songs - The Kingston Trio He rode easy in the saddle, he was tall and lean At first you thought nothing but a streak of mean Could make a man look so downright strong But one look in his eyes and you knowed you was wrong He was a mountain of a man And I want you to know he could preach hot hell or freezin' snow He carried a Bible in a canvas sack And folks just called him The Reverend Mr. Black He was poor as a beggar But he rode like a king Sometimes in the evening I could hear him sing "I got to walk that lonesome valley I got to walk it by myself Oh, nobody else can walk it for me I got to walk it by myself" If ever I could have thought that this man in black Was soft and had any yellow up his back I gave that notion up the day A lumberjack came in and it wasn't to pray Yeah, he kicked open the meeting house door And he cussed everybody up and down the floor And then when things got quiet in the place He walked up and cussed in the preacher's face He hit that Reverend like a kick of a mule And to my way of thinkin' it took a pure fool To turn the other cheek to that lumberjack But that's what he did, The Reverend Mr. Black He stood like a rock, a man among men Then he let that lumberjack hit him again And then with a voice as kind as could be He cut him down like a big oak tree when he said "You've got to walk that lonesome valley You've got to walk it by yourself Oh, nobody else can walk it for you You've got to walk it by yourself" It's been many years since we had to part And I guess I learned his ways by heart I can still hear his sermons ring Down in the valley where he used to sing I followed him, "Yes, sir", and I don't regret it Hope that I'll always be a credit to his memory 'Cause I want you to understand The Reverend Mr. Black was my old man You've got to walk that lonesome valley You've got to walk it by yourself Oh, nobody else can walk it for you You've got to walk it by yourself You've got to walk that lonesome valley You've got to walk it by yourself Oh, nobody else can walk it for you You've got to walk it by yourself Album Lyrics: Other Songs - The Kingston Trio The Kingston Trio "Other Songs - The Kingston Trio" 1. 500 Miles 2. A Little Soul Is Born 3. A Round About Christmas 4. A Worried Man 5. Adieu To My Island 6. Adios Farewell 7. Ah, Woe, Ah, Me 8. All My Sorrows 9. Ally Ally Oxen Free 10. Aspen Gold 11. Away Rio 12. Babe, You've Been On My Mind 13. Bad Man's Blunder 14. Ballad Of The Quiet Fighter 15. Banua 16. Bay Of Mexico 17. Big Ball In Boston 18. Big Ship Glory 19. Bimini 20. Blue Eyed Gal 21. Blue Tattoo 22. Bonny Hielan' Laddie 23. Bottle Of Wine 24. Brown Mountain Light 25. Buddy Better Get On Down The Line 26. Bye, Bye, Thou Little Tiny Child 27. C'mon Betty Home 28. Carrier Pigeon 29. Children Of The Morning 30. Chilly Winds 31. Colorado Trail 32. Colours 33. Come All Ye Fair And Tender Ladies 34. Come Along, Julie 35. Como Se Viene, Se Va 36. Coo Coo U 37. Coplas 38. Corey, Corey 39. Cortelia Clark 40. Dancing The Distance 41. Darlin' Are You Dreaming 42. Deportee 43. Desert Pete 44. Dogie's Lament 45. Dorie 46. Early Morning Rain 47. Easy To Arrange 48. En El Agua 49. Everglades 50. Fairwell Captain 51. Fast Freight 52. Folksinger's Song 53. Follow Now, O Shepherds 54. Four Strong Winds 55. Gaze On Other Heavens 56. Genny Glenn 57. Georgia Stockade 58. Getaway John 59. Glorious Kingdom 60. Go Tell It On The Mountain 61. Go Where I Send Thee 62. Goin' Away For To Leave You 63. Gonna Go Down The River 64. Goo Ga Gee 65. Goober Peas 66. Goodnight, My Baby 67. Green Grasses 68. Greenback Dollar 69. Guardo El Lobo 70. Gue Gue 71. Gypsy Rose And I Don't Give A Curse 72. Hangman 73. Hanna Lee 74. Hard, Ain't It Hard 75. Hawaiian Night 76. High Heeled Shoes 77. Hobo's Lullaby 78. Home From The Hill 79. Honey, Are You Mad At Your Man? 80. Hope You Understand 81. I Bawled 82. I Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound 83. I'm Going Home 84. If I Had A Ship 85. If You See Me Go 86. Inter Changeable Love 87. It Was Very Good Year 88. Jackson 89. Jocko And The Trapeze Lady 90. Karu 91. La Bamba 92. Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream 93. Leave My Woman Alone 94. Lei Pakalana 95. Lemon Tree 96. Let's Get Together 97. Little Maggie 98. Long Black Veil 99. Long Time Blues 100. Looking For The Sunshine 101. Love Comes A-Trickling Down 102. Love's Been Good To Me 103. Low Bridge 104. Mangwani Mpulele 105. Marktwain 106. Mary Mild 107. Medley: Tanga Tika/toerau 108. Merry Minuet 109. Midnight Special 110. Molly Dee 111. Mta 112. My Lord What A Mornin' 113. My Ramblin' Boy 114. New York Girls 115. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) 116. Nothing More To Look Forward To 117. O Ken Karanga 118. Oh, Cindy 119. Oh, Miss Mary 120. Oh, Yes, Oh 121. Old Joe Hannah 122. Old Kentucky Land 123. Oleanna 124. One More Town 125. One Too Many Mornings 126. Parchment Farm Blues 127. Pastures Of Plenty 127. Patriot Game 127. Poor Ellen Smith 127. Portland Town 127. Poverty Hill 127. Put Your Money Away 127. Raspberries, Strawberries 127. Red River Shore 127. Remember The Alamo 127. Reverend Mr. Black 127. Rider 127. River Run Down 127. Rocky 127. Rollin' Stone 127. Rolling River 127. Roving Gambler/this Train 127. Ruben James 127. Ruby Red 127. Run The Ridges 127. Runaway Song 127. Running Out Of Tomorrow 127. Rusing In The Rain 127. Sally, Don't You Grieve 127. Salty Dog 127. San Miguel 127. Santy Anno 127. Saro Jane 127. Scarlet Ribbons 127. Scotch And Soda 127. Sea Fever 127. Senora 127. Shady Grove/lonesome Traveller 127. Sing We Noel 127. Sloop John B. 127. Some Fool Made A Soldier Of Me 127. Someday Soon 127. Somerset Gloucestershire Wassail 127. Sometimes Love Is Better When It's Gone 127. Song For A Friend 127. South Coast 127. Speckled Roan 127. Stay Awhile 127. Stories Of Old 127. Strange Day 127. Take Her Out Of Pity 127. Tattooed Lady 127. Texas Across The Tiver 127. The Escape Of John Webb 127. The First Time 127. The Lion Sleeps Tonight 127. The Mountains O'mourne 127. The New Frontier 127. The Seine 127. The Shape Of Things 127. The Streets Of Laredo 127. The Tijuana Jail 127. The Unfortunate Miss Baily 127. The Way Old Friends Do 127. The White Snows Of Winter 127. Them Poems 127. These Seven Men 127. Thirsty Boots 127. This Land Is Your Land 127. This Mornin', This Evenin', So Soon 127. Those Brown Eyes 127. Those Who Are Wise 127. Three Jolly Coachmen 127. Three Song 127. Tic, Tic, Tic 127. To Morrow 127. Tom Dooley 127. Try To Remember 127. Turn Around 127. Two-Ten, Six-Eighteen 127. Uta Wena 127. Verandah Of Millium August 127. Watsha 127. Weeping Willow 127. When I Was Young 127. Where Are You Going Little Boy? 127. Where Have All The Flowers Gone? 127. Whistling Gypsy 127. Who's Gonna Hold Her Hand 127. Will You Love Me If I Don't Do Coke? 127. Wimoweh 127. With Her Head Tucked Underneath Her Arm 127. With You My Johnny 127. World I Used To Know 127. Yes I Can Feel It 127. Young Roddy Mccorley 127. Zombie Jamboree 127. Coast Of California 127. Gotta Travel On 127. Honey, Are You Mad At Your Man 127. Softly As I Leave You 127. The Spinnin' Of The World 127. When My Love Was Here 127. Where Are You Going Little Boy 127. Where Have All The Flowers Gone 127. Will You Love Me If I Don't Do Coke