Biography:
Rosalie Sorrels (Rosalie Ann Stringfellow, Boise, Idaho, June 24, 1933 - June 11, 2017) was an American folk singer, guitarist and songwriter.
She began her public career as a singer and collector of traditional folksongs in the late 1950s. During the early 1960s she left her husband and began traveling and performing at music festivals and clubs throughout the United States. She and her five children traveled across the country as she worked to support her family and establish herself as a performer.
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Other songs:
- Borderline Heart
- Brigham Young
- Come And Be My Driver
- Death Of Kathy Fiscus
- Goodbye Joe Hill
- Goodnight Loving Trail
- Gospel Snake
- I Think Of You
- If I Could Be The Rain
- Ive Got A Home Out In Utah
- Nevada Moon
- Old Buddy Goodnight
- Philadelphia Lawyer
- Rock Me To Sleep
- Some Other Place Some Other Time
- Starlight On The Rails
- That Girl Played Injun With Me
- The Fox
- The Wreck Of The Old Number Nine
- Tying Knots In The Devils Tail
- Utahs Dixie
- Way Out In Idaho
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[Verse 1]
C
I was walking around in Denver
G Em
One luckless rainy day,
C
When Kilpatrick's mancatcher
C
Came up to me and did say
F
I'll lay you down five dollars
C
Quickly as I can
G
If you'll hurry up and catch the train,
C
She's starting from Cheyenne.
[Chorus]
C
Way out in Idaho,
Bm C
Way out in Idaho,
C
A-workin' on the narrow gauge
G C
Way out in Idaho.
[Verse 2]
C
Well he laid me down five dollars,
C
Like many another man,
C
And I hurried to the depot
C
As happy as a clam
F
When I got to Pocatello
C
My troubles begin to grow,
C
I was waitin' in the sagebrush
G
The rain, the wind, the snow.
[Chorus]
C
Way out in Idaho,
C
Way out in Idaho,
C
A-workin' on the narrow gauge
D C
Way out in Idaho.
[Verse 3]
C
When I got to American Falls,
Bm C
It was there I met Fat Jack,
C
He kept a little hotel tent
C
Along beside the track.
F
Now says he, you are a stranger,
C
Perhaps your funds are low,
C
Well yonder stands me hotel tent,
C
The best in Idaho.
[Chorus]
C
Way out in Idaho,
Bm C
Way out in Idaho,
C
A-workin' on the narrow gauge
G C
Way out in Idaho.
[Verse 4]
Em
Well I followed my conductor
Em
Into his hotel tent,
Em
And for one square and hearty meal,
Em
I paid him my last cent.
F
Now Jack's a jolly fellow,
C
You'll always find him so,
C
A-working on the narrow gauge,
Bm C
Way out in Idaho.
[Chorus]
C
Way out in Idaho,
C
Way out in Idaho,
C
A-workin' on the narrow gauge
Bm C
Way out in Idaho.
[Verse 5]
C
Well he put me to work next morning
C
With a cranky cuss called Bill,
C
They gave me a ten pound hammer
C
To strike upon the drill
F
They said if I didn't like it,
C
I could take my shirts and go,
C
And they'd keep my blankets for my board
D C
Way out in Idaho.
[Chorus]
C
Way out in Idaho,
C
Way out in Idaho,
C
A-workin' on the narrow gauge
Bm C
Way out in Idaho.
[Verse 6]
C
Well it filled my heart with pity,
G Em
As I walked along the tracks,
Em
To see so many old bundlers
Em
With their packs upon their backs
F
They said the work was heavy,
C
The grub they could not go
C
Around Kilpatrick's dirty tables
Bm C
Way out in Idaho.
[Chorus]
C
Way out in Idaho,
C
Way out in Idaho,
C
A-workin' on the narrow gauge
Bm C
Way out in Idaho.
[Verse 7]
C
Well, now I'm well and working
Bm C
Down in the harvest camps,
F C
And there I will continue
C
Till I make a few more stamps
Am
I'll go back to New Mexico,
C
Marry a girl I know,
C
And we'll buy us a horse and buggy
G C
And go back to Idaho.
C
I was walking around in Denver
G Em
One luckless rainy day,
C
When Kilpatrick's mancatcher
C
Came up to me and did say
F
I'll lay you down five dollars
C
Quickly as I can
G
If you'll hurry up and catch the train,
C
She's starting from Cheyenne.
[Chorus]
C
Way out in Idaho,
Bm C
Way out in Idaho,
C
A-workin' on the narrow gauge
G C
Way out in Idaho.
[Verse 2]
C
Well he laid me down five dollars,
C
Like many another man,
C
And I hurried to the depot
C
As happy as a clam
F
When I got to Pocatello
C
My troubles begin to grow,
C
I was waitin' in the sagebrush
G
The rain, the wind, the snow.
[Chorus]
C
Way out in Idaho,
C
Way out in Idaho,
C
A-workin' on the narrow gauge
D C
Way out in Idaho.
[Verse 3]
C
When I got to American Falls,
Bm C
It was there I met Fat Jack,
C
He kept a little hotel tent
C
Along beside the track.
F
Now says he, you are a stranger,
C
Perhaps your funds are low,
C
Well yonder stands me hotel tent,
C
The best in Idaho.
[Chorus]
C
Way out in Idaho,
Bm C
Way out in Idaho,
C
A-workin' on the narrow gauge
G C
Way out in Idaho.
[Verse 4]
Em
Well I followed my conductor
Em
Into his hotel tent,
Em
And for one square and hearty meal,
Em
I paid him my last cent.
F
Now Jack's a jolly fellow,
C
You'll always find him so,
C
A-working on the narrow gauge,
Bm C
Way out in Idaho.
[Chorus]
C
Way out in Idaho,
C
Way out in Idaho,
C
A-workin' on the narrow gauge
Bm C
Way out in Idaho.
[Verse 5]
C
Well he put me to work next morning
C
With a cranky cuss called Bill,
C
They gave me a ten pound hammer
C
To strike upon the drill
F
They said if I didn't like it,
C
I could take my shirts and go,
C
And they'd keep my blankets for my board
D C
Way out in Idaho.
[Chorus]
C
Way out in Idaho,
C
Way out in Idaho,
C
A-workin' on the narrow gauge
Bm C
Way out in Idaho.
[Verse 6]
C
Well it filled my heart with pity,
G Em
As I walked along the tracks,
Em
To see so many old bundlers
Em
With their packs upon their backs
F
They said the work was heavy,
C
The grub they could not go
C
Around Kilpatrick's dirty tables
Bm C
Way out in Idaho.
[Chorus]
C
Way out in Idaho,
C
Way out in Idaho,
C
A-workin' on the narrow gauge
Bm C
Way out in Idaho.
[Verse 7]
C
Well, now I'm well and working
Bm C
Down in the harvest camps,
F C
And there I will continue
C
Till I make a few more stamps
Am
I'll go back to New Mexico,
C
Marry a girl I know,
C
And we'll buy us a horse and buggy
G C
And go back to Idaho.
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