Swing and Turn Jubilee / Traditional Folk Song / Clawhammer Banjo and singing

Swing and Turn Jubilee is a traditional folk song which is fun to play at a barn dance or out on the porch.

Swing and Turn Jubilee lyrics
Clawhammer Banjo and vocal

All out on the old railroad,
All out on the sea,
All out on the old railroad,
Far as I can see.

Chorus (after each verse):
Swing and turn, Jubilee
Live and learn, Jubilee

Hardest work I ever done,
Working on a farm,
Easiest work I ever done,
Rolling in your arms.

If I had no horse to ride,
I’d be found a-crawlin’
Up and down this rocky road,
Searching for my darlin.

Some will come on Saturday night
And some will come on Sunday
If you give ’em half a chance,
They’ll be back on Monday.

If I had a needle and thread,
As fine as I could sew,
I’d sew my true love to my side
And down the river we`d flow.

I won`t have no widow woman,
Neither does my cousin,
You can get such stuff as that,
Fifteen cents a dozen.

Coffee grows on a white oak tree,
Sugar runs in Brandy,
Girls are sweet as a lump of gold,
Boys as sweet as candy.