Ty Robby Songtext
von Rick Shea

Tie Robbie, tie Robbie
Tie Robbie, tie Robbie
Tie Robbie, tie Robbie
Tie Ro-o-o-o
Tie Robbie, tie Robbie
Tie Ro-o-o-o

Dark is the hollow and deep is the pine
Where the lonesome old whippoorwill calls
There was once that I thought I had nothing but time
Back when I stood straight and tall
Back when I stood straight and tall

You tie Robbie, tie Robbie
Tie Robbie, tie Robbie
Tie Robbie, tie Robbie
Tie Ro-o-o-o
Tie Robbie, tie Robbie
Tie Ro-o-o-o


Away on the water and out on the plains
Through deserts too hot to believe
Coloma is where men were staking their claims
Between blacklegs and swindlers and thieves
Blacklegs and swindlers and thieves

And so I buried my hands in a cold mountain stream
And found gold at McCollumney Hill
I was chasing the ghost of the old Spanish dream
And caught a thirst that no liquor could kill
I caught a thirst that no liquor could kill

You tie Robbie, tie Robbie
Tie Robbie, tie Robbie
Tie Robbie, tie Robbie
Tie Ro-o-o-o
Tie Robbie, tie Robbie
Tie Ro-o-o-o

Well a fool and his money will quickly part ways
And a fool I shall evermore be
Gambling and whoring and drinking for days
Shit-faced and too blind to see
Shit-faced and too blind to see


Oh Maggie, sweet Maggie, I′ve nothing but shame
Just a drunk with his last dollar bill
They say that in love no one's ever to blame
And I hear your voice calling me still
I hear your voice calling me still

You tie Robbie, tie Robbie
Tie Robbie, tie Robbie
Tie Robbie, tie Robbie
Tie Ro-o-o-o
Tie Robbie, tie Robbie
Tie Ro-o-o-o

Now the leaves may have fallen and the waters run dry
But the moon it still shines up above
It shimmers and sparkles with silver and gold
In the night like a bright shining dove
In the night like a bright shining dove

You tie Robbie, tie Robbie
Tie Robbie, tie Robbie
Tie Robbie, tie Robbie
Tie Ro-o-o-o
Tie Robbie, tie Robbie
Tie Ro-o-o-o

You tie Robbie, tie Robbie
Tie Robbie, tie Robbie
Tie Robbie, tie Robbie
Tie Ro-o-o-o
Tie Robbie, tie Robbie
Tie Ro-o-o-o