Reverend Mr. Black (Remastered 1990)

Reverend Mr. Black (Remastered 1990) - The Kingston Trio

He rode easy in the saddle he was tall and lean

And at first ya thought nothin'

But a streak of mean

Make a man look so downright strong

But one look in his eyes

And ya knowed ya was wrong

He was a mountain of a man and I

Want ya to know

He could preach hot hell in the freezin' snow

He carried a bible in a canvas sack

The folks just called him the reverend Mr black

He was poor as a beggar but he rode like a king

And sometimes in the evenin' I could hear him sing

I got to walk that lonesome valley

I got to walk it by myself

For nobody else can walk it for me

I got to walk it by myself

If ever I could have thought this man in black

Was soft had any yellow up his back

I gave that notion up the day

A lumberjack came in and a wasn't a prayin'

Yeah he kicked open the meetin'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 the 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 got to walk that lonesome valley

You got to walk it by yourself

For nobody else can walk it for you

You 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 ya to understand

The reverend Mr black was my old man

You got to walk that lonesome valley

You got to walk it by yourself

For nobody else can walk it for you

You got to walk it by yourself

You got to walk that lonesome valley

You got to walk it by yourself

For nobody else can walk it for you

You got to walk it by yourself