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Two little babes
Lyin’ in bed
Both of them so hungry
They can’t lift up their heads
Lord I wish I was a single girl again!
Dishes to wash and the spring to go to
When you are married
You got it all to do
Lord I wish I was a single girl again!
When I was single
Marryins all I craved
Now that I am married
I go troubled to my grave
Lord I wish I was a single girl again!
When I was single
I dressed so fine
Now that I am married
I go ragged all the time!
Lord I wish I was a single girl again!
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Humans
03:30
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HUMANS
Its a long steel rail where many stories lie
And the roads hold the bones, and the tracks keep em tied
It’s a lonesome land, sometimes you don’t feel well
Make people cry, from the stories that you tell
We could travel this world from sea to shining sea
But it seems that it’s just human
to want what you can’t be.
It’s raining down while the west side is on fire
And a coastline sinks while walls are built higher
What kind of place would have such a scene?
Where the call to action is just to watch it on their screens
We could travel this world from sea to shining sea
But it seems that it’s just human
to want what you can’t be.
It’s a lonesome land, from our head it goes so deep
Yes, It’s just the cards we’re dealt Thrown out in front to sweep
There’s a king on that card, a real winner too
It’s all left to chance and the hand your family threw
We could travel this world from sea to shining sea
But it seems that it’s just human
to want what you can’t be.
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Handsome Molly
03:11
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Handsome Molly
Well I wish was in London
Or some old seaport town
Step my foot in a steamboat
And I’d sail the world around
Sailing across the ocean
Sailing across the sea
Think of Handsome Molly
Wherever she may be
Her hair was as dark as a Raven’s
Her eyes were black as coal
Teeth as white as lillies
Out in the morning cold
Don’t you remember Molly
When you give me your right hand
Said that we would marry
And I would be your man
Now you’ve broken your promise
Go marry whom you please
Still my heart is achin’
‘Til I give it ease
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Katie Cruel
03:25
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When I first came to town
They called me the roving jewel
Now they've changed their tune
And they call me Katie Cruel
Well I’m walking through the woods
Across the boggy mire
Goin down the road
'Til I come to my heart's desire
If I was where I would be
Then I'd be where I am not
Here I am where I must be
Where I would be, I am not
When I first came to town
They bought me drinks aplenty
Now they've changed their minds
And hand me the bottles empty
If I was where I would be
Then I'd be where I am not
Here I am where I must be
Where I would be, I am not
When I first came to town
They called me the roving jewel
Now they've changed their tune
And they call me Katie Cruel
If I was where I would be
Then I'd be where I am not
Here I am where I must be
Where I would be, I am not
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Big Eyed Rabbit
02:54
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Ooooooo
Catch that Rabbit....
Dead and Gone
Ooooooo
No more worries..
I found home
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When I was just a little flower
I would rest in the field for hours
When I was just a little bird
I would sing maybe you have heard
Come A Ti Yi Yippy Yi Yay
Heaven ain't on the range
Not in the sky or up on high
It's right here in your ryes
You will say that you'll never leave
But you'll haunt only my memories
Like the scars on an old oak tree
You have cut so deep in me
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Top of the World
03:31
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I’m on top of the world
On top of the sky
No Matter what goes down.
I’m gonna stay so high.
I’m ahead of the curve
Sitting right on the Sun
Couldn’t Feel any better
A Million to One
It’s always springtime baby,
just another sunny day
On top of the world
I’m on top of a cloud
Ready to fly
You couldn’t hold me back
But you can give it a try.
There ain’t a knife
That can pierce this skin.
There ain’t a heart, that will let you in.
Oh death, Ain’t gonna trap me
Oh death, I’ve found a way
Oh death, ain’t gonna trap me
Not this time, but you can find me, on top of the world.
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Let it Ring
03:07
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One of these nights was a drizzlin rain
I woke up with a neck full of pain
Hard times and a dreadful bed
Can’t make a living with a worry in your head.
Hard shadow comes near my door
Won’t be coming round here no more
Make me a life and make it great
I’ll be living till I’m 108
If you’re young and never been kissed
You’ve probably know there’s more than this
If you’re old and had some fun
You’ve kissed many more than one
Take your head out of a vice
Drink something so good an nice
If the whisky ain’t quite right
At least your heads not on so tight
Let it ring, let it ring, let your spirit soar
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Poor Bird
03:26
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See down the road
A sparrow flies
No matter how I try
It’s much too far and wide
I wish to my soul
That I could be so free
So grabbed his little wing
And rose above the trees
Oooo Sparrow in the sky
Poor bird and I
Ooooo Sparrow in the sky
Poor bird and I
1,000 sounds
came down for me
Those notes try to speak
Lift’n me off my feet.
We fly and fly
the bags out of my eyes
Ain’t from lack of trying
Got no use for crying
Oooo Sparrow in the sky
Poor bird and I
Ooooo Sparrow in the sky
Poor bird and I
From my hands
He made his wings, he made his wings
Those were the darkest things
From my chest
he made his nest
he made his nest
Where his soul could rest
Oooo Sparrow in the sky
Poor bird and I
Ooooo Sparrow in the sky
Poor bird and I
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Backwater Blues
03:33
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Backwater's up people are runnin'
I'm a-goin' up, up on a mountain
Fare thee well, oh my little darlin'
Lord, lord, ain't I gone
I love you and you can't help it
You love me, but you won't confess it
No you don't, oh my little darlin’
Lord, lord, ain't I gone
Oh I love, a lonesome road
Oh I love, a lonesome world 2x
Two little children lyin' in the bed
The water was a-risin' over their head
mother's up town, never was found
Lord, lord, ain’t it sad
I heard a man talkin' to a feller
The water was a-risin' in his cellar
Rise any more a-comin' through the floor
Lord, lord, open the door
CHORUS
Nashville is our favorite town
The back water's got us a-runnin' around
Lord have mercy, ain't I gone
Lord, lord, ain't I gone
The Lonesome Road is where we’re going
A home that lost ain’t worth owning
Backwater up, backwater down
Lord lord send us outta town
CHORUS
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Frog Song
03:09
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Payday at Coal Creek
02:47
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Payday, oh payday
Payday at coal creek tomorrow 2x
Bye bye oh bye bye
Bye bye my honey I’m gone 2x
You’ll miss me you’ll miss me
You’ll miss me my honey i’m gone 2x
Easy rider, easy rider
Oh easy rider but you’ll ride that rail sometime 2x
I’m a poor boy I’m a poor boy
I”m a poor boy and a long way from home 2x
Payday payday
oh payday don’t come no more
payday don’t come no more
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Single Girl Married Girl
03:16
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Single girl, single girl, she's going dressed fine
Oh, she's going dressed fine
Married girl, married girl, she wears just any kind
Oh, she wears just any kind
[Instrumental break]
Single girl, single girl, she goes to the store and buys
Oh, she goes to the store and buys
Married girl, married girl, she rocks the cradle and cries
Oh, she rocks the cradle and cries
[Instrumental break]
Single girl, single girl, she's going where she please
Oh, she's going where she please
Married girl, married girl, baby on her knees
Oh, baby on her knees
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upon old-time, bluegrass, and classic country from a different era, to present a truly unique show with energy, joy, and virtuosity.
Hilary Hawke (banjo), Brian Geltner (drums/percussion), Jesse Lenat (guitar) and Sam Kulik (Tuba, trombone),
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