Lauderdale is a long narrow geographical district in the Scottish Borders, Scotland, being the valley of the Leader Water, (a tributary of the River Tweed), above which rivulet St. Cuthbert had a vision of St. Aidan's soul being conducted to heaven. It is traversed from end to end by the A68 trunk road which terminates at Edinburgh.
Many ancient camps, and many tumuli, are found in Lauderdale. The Roman road into Scotland, Dere Street, which means 'the road into the country of the wild animals', crossed a ford at Newstead, near Melrose, where there had been a Roman fort and garrison, and entered Lauderdale. Dere Street is said to have been reconditioned by King Malcolm Canmore and probably used by him in his almost constant warfare against England. The Roman road has now been traced from the Tweed through Lauderdale to Soutra.
The valley is said to take its name from the principal town of Lauderdale, the Royal Burgh of Lauder, The town is said to derive its name from the ancient family of the same name. The name of the river between 1124 and 1165 was spelt Leder and Ledre, whilst the name of the town has always been spelt Lauueder, Lawedir, Laudre, Lawder, Lawedere, Lauueder, &c. In a charter of William the Lion (1165 - 1214) both Lauueder and Lauuederdale are mentioned, as is Loweder in another document of the same reign.
Jim Lauderdale is a musician & singer-songwriter who performs bluegrass and country music. He has recorded since 1986 and has released nineteen studio albums. Artists who have recorded his material include George Strait, Vince Gill and Patty Loveless.
James Russell Lauderdale was born in Troutman, North Carolina on April 11, 1957. His father, the late W.C. Lauderdale, was a minister and his mother, the late Barbara Lauderdale a retired music teacher. Growing up in Due West, South Carolina , he played drums in high school, attended the North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem, NC (in the Drama Department as an actor) and after he graduated, he decided to become a solo performer in New York. He began singing backing vocals for various artists including Carlene Carter and Dwight Yoakam before scoring it big in Nashville after writing hits for George Strait, the Dixie Chicks, Patty Loveless, and more. His solo 1990s recordings have gained him much critical acclaim and a loyal cult following. In 2003, Lauderdale was joined by roots/jam band Donna the Buffalo on the album Wait 'Til Spring.
Hey girl we've been friends for so long
And I've always been your shoulder when you cried
Now your asking how to end your heartache
I'm telling your right now take my advice
If I were you then I'd love me forever
And I'd be here in these arms where you belong
And I'd spend my life being happy
If I were you I'd hold me from now on
There's no point in taking chances
You want someone you know will always stay
I've always been here when you've needed someone
To help you make it through your darkest days
If I were you then I'd love me forever
And I'd be here in these arms where you belong
I'd spend my life being happy
If I were you I'd hold me from now on
And I'd spend my life being happy
If I were you I'd hold me from now on
I've been waiting by the way
Chill of night and heat of day
I can't even count the hours
Wasted in these ivory tower
When in doubt and deep despair
Call for me, I will be there
If I cannot come myself
Please, don't call on no one else
I will wait for you in the morning
I will wait for you in the dawn
I will wait for you, my darling
I will wait for you till I'm gone
Blood red birds sing in the sky
Sun is spinning, my oh my
Stuck up on this barren hill
Pray for rain, it never will
I will tell you once again
Case you didn't hear before
You won't find a better ride
No one else will love you more
I will wait for you in the morning
I will wait for you in the dawn
I will wait for you, my darling
I will wait for you till I'm gone
If how I love you is a crime
I will gladly do my time
Count the days until parole
With silver chalk marks on my soul
I will wait on burning sand
Wade to you through rivers and
Make your every dream come true
If that is given me to do
I will wait for you in the morning
I will wait for you in the dawn
I will wait for you, my darling
I will wait for you till I'm gone
Seven horses dressed in gray
Come to bear my heart away
Nothing ventured, nothing lost
I would rather pay the cost
Set my reason on the line
Wreck my health and lose my mind
Grit my teeth, ignore the pain
Smile at loss and count it gain
I will wait for you in the morning
I will wait for you in the dawn
I will wait for you, my darling
I will wait for you till I'm gone
When I first saw you long ago
There was nothing else to know
I was yours, you were mine
Whatever else came down the line
Once upon a wintertime
Sun broke through the clouds to shine
Summers come and summers go
Can't say where but this I know
I will wait for you in the morning
I will wait for you in the dawn
I will wait for you, my darling
I will wait for you till I'm gone
I will wait for you in the morning
I will wait for you in the dawn
I will wait for you, my darling
I will wait for you till I'm gone
I will wait for you till I'm gone
Call me trashcan tomcat
I'm as lonesome as a song
Call me trashcan tomcat
And you will never call me wrong
Meet me in the silver starlight
When the dusty day is through
Wiggle through the door to midnight
I'll be waiting there for you
Baby set aside some downtime
Well baby take off your chain
Baby if you got the incline
I can ease you of your pain
Even madness has it's season
Well you know it's difficult
Never ask to know the reason
When you can judge by the result
Call me trashcan tomcat
I'm as lonesome as a song
Call me trashcan tomcat
And you will never call me wrong
Here among the bones and fish tails
Beneath the Mississippi moon
I'll speak of love that never fails
I will even sing the tune
Call me trashcan tomcat
I'm as lonesome as a song
Call me trashcan tomcat
Lonely as the day is long
I will leave you in the morning
When my alley run is through
Disappear without a warning
But I will never leave you blue
I will search among the tatters
And the scaps of people's dreams
Sift the ash for all that matters
Try to tell you what it means
Call me trashcan tomcat
I'm as lonesome as a song
Call me trashcan tomcat
Lonely as the day is long
Just call me trashcan tomcat
Well, I was coolin' my heels down in Flacktown
They was blazin' from a footrace with a hellhound
My heart was up on blocks from my last go-round
When you came roarin' in upon the rebound
You got me rollin' the dice, you got me breakin' 'em twice
You got me jammin' like ol' Billy on the low ground
You got me rollin' the dice, you got me breakin' 'em twice
You got me on the rebound
You're like a midnight doctor on a sick call
You're like a big flash flood upon the river
You're like a Salvador Dali on a brick wall
Where the others only talk you deliver
You got me rollin' the dice, you got me breakin' 'em twice
Ridin' shotgun in a Caddy with the top down
You got me rollin' the dice, you got me breakin' 'em twice
You got me on the rebound
You got me rollin' the dice, you got me breakin' 'em twice
You got me jammin' like ol' Billy on the low ground
You got me rollin' the dice, you got me breakin' 'em twice
You got me on the rebound
You're like an ace high straight with all the chips down
You're like a shot of white lightnin' in a night gown
You're like a wreckin' ball rider on a tear-down
Come a crashin' in my life upon the rebound
You got me rollin' the dice, you got me breakin' 'em twice
You got me jammin' like ol' Billy on the low ground
You got me rollin' the dice, you got me breakin' 'em twice
You got me on the rebound
You got me on the rebound
You got me rollin' right to you on the rebound
Well, I was coolin' my heels down in Flacktown
They was blazin' from a footrace with a hellhound
My heart was up on blocks from my last go-round
When you came roarin' in upon the rebound
You got me rollin' the dice, you got me breakin' 'em twice
You got me jammin' like ol' Billy on the low ground
You got me rollin' the dice, you got me breakin' 'em twice
You got me on the rebound
You're like a midnight doctor on a sick call
You're like a big flash flood upon the river
You're like a Salvador Dali on a brick wall
Where the others only talk you deliver
You got me rollin' the dice, you got me breakin' 'em twice
Ridin' shotgun in a Caddy with the top down
You got me rollin' the dice, you got me breakin' 'em twice
You got me on the rebound
You got me rollin' the dice, you got me breakin' 'em twice
You got me jammin' like ol' Billy on the low ground
You got me rollin' the dice, you got me breakin' 'em twice
You got me on the rebound
You're like an ace high straight with all the chips down
You're like a shot of white lightnin' in a night gown
You're like a wreckin' ball rider on a tear-down
Come a crashin' in my life upon the rebound
You got me rollin' the dice, you got me breakin' 'em twice
You got me jammin' like ol' Billy on the low ground
You got me rollin' the dice, you got me breakin' 'em twice
You got me on the rebound
You got me on the rebound
Hot winds blew down from the north
Cold winds blew up from the south
Sleigh bells ringing on July fourth
So help me baby shut my mouth
My wheels started running on low cost gas
Without a single knock or a ping
The birds in the trees began barking so fast
My hound dog started to sneeze
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My whole world turned upside down
The day you rambled into to town
The sun set east, the sun rose west
And the fish in the river did drown
The devil he handed out cookies and cake
Angels swore and spit on the ground
My whole world turned for heaven's sake
The day you started hanging around
My heart started running fast as it could
I felt love deep down in my feet
But turn it back around if you only would
Your love would make my life complete
[Chorus]
The clocks ran backwards, going tock-tick-tock
The telephone chimed the hour
I put my shoe on under my sock
Added sugar to my coffee turned sour
I don't dare tell you that I love you so
The words would only come out wrong
I'm just hoping you will somehow know
That baby that's the short and long
[Chorus]
My whole world turned upside down
I'm gonna sit right here all day and night
That's what I said, reckon you heard me right
Don't care about fame or fortune in the eyes of men
Just take what the law allows and say "Amen"
I heard the Memphis train speak to the moon
Whipped out my fountain pen, wrote down the tune
Don't care if it's been sung, I don't know when
Such a good old tune I'll sing again
I'll sing again (I'll sing again)
I'll sing again (I'll sing again)
Of busted dreams and god-forsaken men
Of lonesome roads that never seem to end
And when I'm done, get up and sing again
Heard old lonesome coyote's midnight song
A-howling at the moonlight all night long
I grabbed my pen and wrote down on my sleeve
How hearts that love, they sometime got to grieve
I'll sing again (I'll sing again)
Yes, sing again (Yes, sing again)
Just as long and loudly as I can
Some say the coyote howls, some say the moon
But only broken hearts can sing that tune
I hear a guitar ring 'bout half past nine
Plays watermelon hanging on the vine
The baby wakes up crying down the hall
And the undertaker's beating on the wall
I'll sing again (I'll sing again)
Yes, sing again (Yes, sing again)
Like any evening train heard round the bend
I mean to speak if it don't offend
But if I happen to I'll sing again
I mean to speak if it don't offend
Alone
Downtown
It's late
Three a.m.
It's cold
It's dull
As being all lone and on my own again
Joanne
I'm still
In love with you alone
Don't make
No sense
But I just can't chase you from this heart of mine
I found who I was looking for
I lost her sure as rain
If I can find her one more time
I swear I won't lose her again
How sad
My heart
How still
Is the rain
That taps
Upon
This old downtown hotel, dirt-streaked window pane
If you
Forgive
What I
Left undone
The worst
I did
Not say, I promise you I'll never run away
I found who I was looking for
I lost her sure as rain
If I can find her one more time
I swear I won't lose her again
I found who I was looking for
I lost you sure as rain
If I can find you one more time
I swear I won't lose you again
Well I forded the river
I paid all my bills
Gave a gift to the giver
Now I'm headed for the hills
I paid back my borrows
Likewise all my dues
I'll be gone tomorrow
Nothing here I can use
Headed for the hills
Headed for the hills
I can't hear 'em calling
Headed for the hills
Once I had a a woman
Deaf and mute and blind
Only one could hear me
When I tried to speak my mind
Once I had a fiddle
Once I had a bow
There's nothing on the griddle
But I paid back all I owed
Headed for the hills
Headed for the hills
I can't hear 'em calling
Headed for the hills
Can't roll off to glory
Much less Arkansas
Or freedom teritory
Till you satisfy the law
No love, lock and chain
Provides me the key
No blood-soaked law of Cain
Can set my spirit free
Headed for the hills
Headed for the hills
I can't hear 'em calling
Headed for the hills
Last thing I got to do
One thing before I go
To say my love for you
Was all the love I know
If you don't forget me
I'll do the same for you
Forever in your memory
To pay back all that's due
Headed for the hills
Headed for the hills
I can't hear 'em calling
Headed for the hills
Headed for the hills
Headed for the hills
I can't hear 'em calling
Headed for the hills
I can't hear 'em calling
I went out walking up high timberline
Snow fell like kisses, the air sweet as wine
Calling me back to the days you were mine
So close to heaven, up high timberline
So close to heaven up high timberline
Way up on high timberline
Remember my love, do this for me
For I think of you all the time
Whenever the wind howls lonesome and free
From the peaks of the high timberline
Like a vision of angels the higher I climb
A mare and a stallion with traces so fine
Stepping like dancers in three-quarter time
The ghost of white horses of high timberline
The ghost of white horses of high timberline
Way up on high timberline
Remember my love, do this for me
For I think of you all the time
Whenever the wind howls lonesome and free
From the peaks of the high timberline
I love you and I always will
Although we for evermore part
Sierra Nevada remembers us still
Holds our love deep in her heart
For shame that the sun showed its face on the day
You and the rose on your cheeks slipped away
But the promises love made between us still shine
When we rode white horses up high timberline
Dancing white horses up high timberline
Build a mighty edifice to lean against the sky
Carve your name upon the gate in letters ten feet high
Brick, steel, paint and glass, this one thing will last
This alone survive the wrath of the wind's mighty path
Winds howl, flood will rise, earth will open wide
Smoke and thunder fill the skies, there'll be no place to hide
Time is just a shadow on the surface of the sun
Life is just a place to stand until your time is run
Build a mighty edifice to lean against the sky
Are you satisfied with this or do you wish to fly
And having flown will you contented be to die?
Having to yourself been true, or will your heart still sigh?
For bigger things and better things, for greater wealth and fame
Is love a worthy sacrifice at the altar of your name?
Time is just a shadow on the surface of the sun
Life is just a place to stand until your time is run
Far beyond the telling of the tower builder's art
Build yourself a dwelling in a loving human heart
Be kind to all your friends for you know not the hour
Of beginnings nor of ends, you do not have that power
Time is just a shadow on the surface of the sun
Life is just a place to stand until your time is run
A shadow of a shadow on the surface of the sun
Hey girl we've been friends for so long
And I've always been your shoulder when you cried
Now your asking how to end your heartache
I'm telling your right now take my advice
If I were you then I'd love me forever
And I'd be here in these arms where you belong
And I'd spend my life being happy
If I were you I'd hold me from now on
There's no point in taking chances
You want someone you know will always stay
I've always been here when you've needed someone
To help you make it through your darkest days
If I were you then I'd love me forever
And I'd be here in these arms where you belong
I'd spend my life being happy
If I were you I'd hold me from now on
And I'd spend my life being happy
Looking elsewhere, looking around
I sat me down, I sat me down
Looking for answers where they can't be found
I come around, I come around
Elsewhere, that's where I was looking
When I should have been looking right over there
Over and over, never too far
That's where I'll be looking, wherever you are
Looking for good love, for love sweet and true
Looking for you, I was looking for you
I knew when I saw you, that my looking was through
Brought you my heart, and I hope it will do
Elsewhere, that's where I was looking
When I should have been looking right over there
Over and over, never too far
That's where I'll be looking, wherever you are
Looking elsewhere from the sky to the ground
From the sea to the sunset, from the hill to the town
From the creek to the bar room, from the dawn till the sun
Sinks over the mountain and another day is done
Elsewhere, that's where I was looking
When I should have been looking right over there
Over and over, right over there
Sweet apple blossoms twined in your hair
Long ago and far away
Holler up the break of day
Don't get crazy, lay that pistol down
All along the dawn highway
Clouds like angels bend to pray
Looks like this might be our kind of town
Crazy Peg and Darby Doyle
Brought this cook pot to the boil
Dumped in half a sack of coffee grounds
Fire burning, cauldron bubbled
We don't ever borrow trouble
Arkansas or T for Texas bound
This just might be our kind of town
Big enough to turn around
Small enough to spit from side to side
Well this might be our stomping ground
Not too lost, not too found
Not too high, too lonesome or too wide
I ain't going to give my heart away
Save it for another day
Once you give it up, well then it's gone
Crazy is as crazy lives
Thing about old Peggy is
She's not half as odd as she lets on
Peg, you know you got away
Saying what I meant to say
Before I find out what it is myself
Don't need to hear no echo ring
So I won't way another thing
Golden silence, glad to share the well
This just might be our kind of town
Big enough to turn around
Small enough to spit from side to side
Well this might be our stomping ground
Not too lost, not too found
Not too high, too lonesome or too wide
Now Peggy scared me half to death
Take a while to catch my breath
Woke to find you gone but you came back
With two fat catfish on a line
This one yours, that one mine
Fry them later, crawl back in the sack
Don't know what we're running from
Thunder of some distant drum
We been gone so long we plumb forgot
We both wear a wedding ring
Yours of tinfoil, mine of string
If it ain't love at least we laugh a lot
This just might be our kind of town
Big enough to turn around
Small enough to spit from side to side
Well this might be our stomping ground
Not too lost, not too found
Not too high, too lonesome or too wide
Long ago and far away
I am no stranger, I'm not your cousin
A relative from somewhere out of town
Sure ain't no stranger, how's it going?
Gonna to send my loving down
In buckets to the ground
Tales of the sad hotel I'll tell
Until the stars fall down
Nothing less I'll settle for than all your love
I got a message for you it's a token of
The peace that could rain down from up above
Gonna to send my loving down
In buckets to the ground
Tales of the sad hotel I'll tell
Until the stars fall down
Gonna to send my loving down
In buckets to the ground
Tales of the sad hotel I'll tell
Until the stars fall down
Baby of mine, oh baby, why can't you see?
Your uptown circumstance is a fantasy
From time to time I fall on by to see
Gonna to send my loving down
In buckets to the ground
Tales of the sad hotel I'll tell
Until the stars fall down
This is forever, not some halfway place
Where you can choose your face and plan
A getaway when things get out of hand
Gonna to send my loving down
In buckets to the ground
Tales of the sad hotel I'll tell
Until the stars fall down
Gonna to send my loving down
Gonna to send my loving down
Tales of the sad hotel I'll tell
Until the stars fall down
I am no stranger, I'm not your cousin
Railroad bridge is washing down the gorge at Sandy Ford
Where you stand there on the shoreline, oh will you come aboard
Come aboard
This might be the last ketch running, might not be no more
While they bloody up the water upstream, making civil war
Civil war
Oh, Barbara Lee, reckon I got to go
Cross Caroline and points below
By the time tobacco's ripe and ready to be dried
They might come and catch me if I've got no place to hide
Place to hide
If I am rested I might have join the war
One side or another, I may see your face no more
Face no more
Oh, Barbara Lee, reckon I got to go
Cross Caroline and points below
This is my faithful promise which I make of my free will
I may point my gun and fire but I won't shoot to kill
Shoot to kill
I'll keep your picture with me, right here near my heart
Inside this leather notebook, thick enough to stop a dart
Stop a dart
Follow in the footsteps of the wind
As it rolls east to west and back again
Treat me like a stranger if I ever cross your door
Another faceless soldier in the time of civil war
I know you don't love me but you could if you took time
I got a face like Lincoln, and if ugly was a crime
Was a crime
They'd lock me up and throw away the key down clear to hell
But I got a disposition sweet as April in the dell
In the dell
Oh, Barbara Lee, reckon I got to go
Cross Caroline and points below
Sugar in the sugar bin and honey in the hive
I do what I have to do in order to survive
To survive
What they do in civil war, in peacetime they call crime
Climb inside my dream of love and pray for better times
Better times
Oh, Barbara Lee, reckon I got to go
Cross Caroline and points below
Oh, Barbara Lee, reckon I got to go
It's snow and sleet and rain
As I look out the door
The wind she howls in pain
Like she can't take no more
The days go by so slow
Hobbled by on a cane
I'll get up soon and go
No sense to still remain
Chorus
Head for the sun
Head for the sun
Head for the sun
Some day
I'll ride the evening line
That rolls through all my dreams
The whistle sounds so fine
From northern Caroline
[Chorus]
I'll hop the space
Between the track
And I'll dance between the rails
I'll wrap my pack
In gunny sack
While the frosty midnight pales
I'll hop the space
Between the track
And I'll dance between the rails
I'll wrap my pack
In gunny sack
While the frosty midnight pales
The days go by so slow
Hobbled by on a cane
I'll get up soon and go
No sense to still remain
[Chorus]
Head for the sun
I got no wheels
I got no dough
I'm leaving Mobile
I gotta go
Chorus
I gotta go
'Cause I gotta go
I'm leaving Mobile
'Cause I gotta go
I got no reason
To stay here no more
I'm leaving Mobile
To Kentucky's blue shore
[Chorus]
My girl married
Fellow next door
I'm leaving Mobile
Won't come here no more
[Chorus]
I gotta roam
Leaving today
I'm leaving Mobile
I'm on my way
[Chorus]
I'm going to Nashville
Don't know about you
I'm leaving Mobile
'Cause us two are through
I've been waiting by the way
Chill of night and heat of day
I can't even count the hours
Wasted in these ivory tower
When in doubt and deep despair
Call for me, I will be there
If I cannot come myself
Please, don't call on no one else
I will wait for you in the morning
I will wait for you in the dawn
I will wait for you, my darling
I will wait for you till I'm gone
Blood red birds sing in the sky
Sun is spinning, my oh my
Stuck up on this barren hill
Pray for rain, it never will
I will tell you once again
Case you didn't hear before
You won't find a better ride
No one else will love you more
I will wait for you in the morning
I will wait for you in the dawn
I will wait for you, my darling
I will wait for you till I'm gone
If how I love you is a crime
I will gladly do my time
Count the days until parole
With silver chalk marks on my soul
I will wait on burning sand
Wade to you through rivers and
Make your every dream come true
If that is given me to do
I will wait for you in the morning
I will wait for you in the dawn
I will wait for you, my darling
I will wait for you till I'm gone
Seven horses dressed in gray
Come to bear my heart away
Nothing ventured, nothing lost
I would rather pay the cost
Set my reason on the line
Wreck my health and lose my mind
Grit my teeth, ignore the pain
Smile at loss and count it gain
I will wait for you in the morning
I will wait for you in the dawn
I will wait for you, my darling
I will wait for you till I'm gone
When I first saw you long ago
There was nothing else to know
I was yours, you were mine
Whatever else came down the line
Once upon a wintertime
Sun broke through the clouds to shine
Summers come and summers go
Can't say where but this I know
I will wait for you in the morning
I will wait for you in the dawn
I will wait for you, my darling
I will wait for you till I'm gone
I will wait for you in the morning
I will wait for you in the dawn
I will wait for you, my darling
I will wait for you till I'm gone