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Skillet Good and Greasy
02:45
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Chorus:
Cornbread and beans
And them good old collard greens
Keep my skillet good and greasy all the time, time, time
Skillet good and greasy all the time
Well if you don't believe I'm right
Well come home with me tonight
We can lay around my shanty all the time, time, time
Lay around my shanty all the time
(Chorus)
Well If you say so
I'll never moonshine no more
I will tear down my still house
And go home, go home
I'll tear down my still house
And go home
(Chorus)
Well if you want to eat right
Well come home with me tonight
I’ll fix you beans and taters any time, time, time
Fix you beans and taters any time
(Chorus)
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Valley Forge
03:25
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One Voice
02:35
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This is the sound of one voice
One spirit, one voice
The sound of one who makes a choice
This is the sound of one voice
This is the sound of one voice
This is the sound of voices two
The sound of me singing with you
Helping each other to make it through
This is the sound of voices two
This is the sound of voices two
This is the sound of voices three
Singing together in harmony
Surrendering to the mystery
This is the sound of voices three
This is the sound of voices three
This is the sound of all of us
Singing with love and the will to trust
Leave the rest behind it will turn to dust
This is the sound of all of us
This is the sound of all of us
This is the sound of one voice
One people, one voice
A song for every one of us
This is the sound of one voice
This is the sound of one voice
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Holloway
03:04
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Grub Springs
03:22
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The Cuckoo
04:02
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Oh the cuckoo she’s a pretty bird
And she warbles as she flies
She never hollers coo-coo
'Til the fourth day of July
Oh the cuckoo she’s a pretty bird
How I wish that she were mine
She’d never drink water
She’d only drink wine
Well I've played cards in Texas
And I've played cards in Maine
I'll bet you ten dollars
I'll beat you at your game
Jack of diamonds, Jack of diamonds
Oh I know you of old
You’ve robbed my poor pockets
Of my silver and my gold
Gonna build me a log cabin
On a mountain so high
So I can see my Willie
As he goes riding by
Oh the cuckoo she’s a pretty bird
And she warbles as she flies
She never hollers coo-coo
'Til the fourth day of July
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I've Endured
02:52
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Born in the mountain, fifty years ago
Climbed these hills and valleys through the rain and snow
Seen the lightning flashing, I’ve heard the thunder roll
I've endured, I've endured, how long can one endure
Barefoot in the summer, on into the fall
Too many mouths to feed, they couldn't clothe us all
Sent to church on Sunday to learn the golden rule
I've endured, I've endured, how long can one endure
I've worked for the rich, I've lived with the poor
I've seen many a heartache, there’ll be many a more
I've lived loved and sorrowed, been to success's door
I've endured, I've endured, how long can one endure
I've endured, I've endured, how long can man endure
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Little Bird of Heaven
02:59
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Well, I lit out from your back door
Kicked an old can fifty miles or more
Written right there on the side of the can
There's a little bird of heaven right here in your hand
Well, I looked up and I looked back
Walked a hundred miles down the railroad track
All's I can tell from where I stand
There's a little bird of heaven right here in your hand
Chorus:
So toss it up or pass it round
Pay mind to what you're carryin' round
Keep it close, hold it while you can
There's a little bird of heaven right here in your hand
Well love they tell me is a fragile thing
It's hard to fly on broken wings
Lost my ticket to the promised land
There's a little bird of heaven right here in your hand
Chorus
Fallen hearts and fallen leaves
Starlings light on the broken trees
I find we all need a place to land
There's a little bird of heaven right here in your hand
Chorus
Hmmmm
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North Carolina Breakdown
02:36
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12. |
Angelina Baker
04:43
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Way down yonder on the old plantation that’s where I was born,
I used to beat the whole creation hoein' in the corn:
Oh! then I worked and then I sang, so happy all the day,
‘Till Angelina Baker came and stole my heart away.
Chorus:
Angelina Baker! Angelina Baker's gone
She left me here to weep a tear and beat on the old jaw bone.
I've seen my Angelina in the spring time and the fall,
I've seen her in the corn field and I've seen her at the ball;
And every time I met her she was smiling like the sun,
But now I'm left to weep a tear ‘cause Angelina's gone.
Chorus
Angelina is so tall she never sees the ground,
She has to take a wellumscope to look down on the town
Angelina likes the boys as far as she can see them,
She used to run old Massa ‘round to ask him for their freedom.
Chorus
Early in the morning of a lovely summer day
I ask for Angelina, and they say she's gone away
I don’t know where to find her, ‘cause I don't know where she's gone,
She left me here to weep a tear and beat on the old jaw bone.
Chorus
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Fall On My Knees
03:09
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Fall On My Knees
Well, I fall on my knees and I pray to you
Come and stay with me, little girl
Come and stay with me
Look up, look down that long lonesome road
Before you travel on, little girl
Before you travel on
I wish to the Lord I’d never been born
Or died when I was young, little girl
Or died when I was young
I would never have seen those two blue eyes
Or heard your lying tongue, little girl
Heard your lying tongue
You told me one, you told me two
You told me ten thousand lies, little girl
Told me ten thousand lies
Well you told me more lies than the stars in the sky
You’ll never get to heaven when you die, little girl
Never get to heaven when you die
My suitcase is packed and my trunk she’s done gone
It’s goodbye little woman I’m gone, I’m gone
It’s goodbye little woman I’m gone
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I’m Your Dog Blues
02:57
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I spend my day at home alone
I cannot wait ‘til you come home
You write about me on your blog
I’m your profile picture, I’m your dog
Woman’s best friend I hear they say
I’m by your side most everyday
Wherever you go I ride along
I’ve got shotgun, I’m your dog
When lightning cracks I’ll be right there
I’ll let you know there’s nothing to fear
I may be long as you are tall
But I’ll climb in your lap ‘cause I am your dog
I roll in the mud, I do it for you
I roll in some things that make you go “eww”
My favorite scent is Eau de frog
I like it dirty, I’m your dog
Won’t you let me lie at the foot of your bed
A nice soft place to rest my head
You’re counting sheep, I’m sawing logs
You’ll never sleep while I’m your dog
I spend my day at home alone
I cannot wait ‘til you come home
You write about me on your blog
I’m your profile picture, I’m your dog
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The Battleaxe Band Greenville, South Carolina
The Battleaxe Band is an all-female string band based out of Upstate South Carolina. Members include Amy Buckingham on fiddle and guitar, Lucy Allen on guitar, Brooke Lauer on banjo, and Nancy Hamilton on upright bass. The band loves to play hard-driving Old-Time dance tunes as well as singer-songwriter songs. The Battleaxes, are best known for their powerful vocal harmonies. ... more
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