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The Blackleg Miner
02:09
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Oh, it's in the evening after dark
When the blackleg miner creeps to work
His moleskin pants and dirty shirt
There goes the blackleg miner
Well, he grabs his duds and down he goes
To hew the coal that lies below
There's not a girl in this town row
That'll look at the blackleg miner
Oh, Delaval is a terrible place
Where they rub wet clay in the blackleg's face
Around the heaps they run a race
To catch the blackleg miner
So divvent gan near the Seghill mine
Across the way they stretch a line
To catch the throat and break the spine
Of the dirty blackleg miner
So he grabbed his duds, his picks as well
And they hoy them down the pit of hell
Down you go and fare ye well
You dirty blackleg miner
So join the union while you may
Don't wait until your dying day
For that may not be far away
You dirty blackleg miner
Oh, it's in the evening after dark
When the blackleg miner creeps to work
His moleskin pants and dirty shirt
There goes the blackleg miner
So join the union while you may
Don't wait until your dying day
For that may not be far away
You dirty blackleg miner
You dirty blackleg miner
You dirty blackleg miner
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2. |
Book of the Bedside
02:06
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Lyin’ there in the mornin’
More than 12 hours past noon
And that mind is still mournin’
All the memories in you
Do you know why you want it
Do you know why you grieve?
Do you join the departed
Do they want you to leave?
You may take all you’re after
You can shave off your hairs
But you’ll never be the master
All the rights are all theirs
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3. |
Go Away
03:12
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Let’s go away for a year or a day
We could find us a place that we can call home
We’ll bring all our friends, on endless weekends
We can sit by the fire, all lit in the gloam
Together, we’ll try, and I know we can fly
It might take some time but it’s soon to come true
So welcome my dear to a world without fear
We can lie in the shade of the tall tall dark yew
Lets’ build us a home
Wherever we roam
By land by sea,
By air or by foam
You’re here in my heart, been there since the start
Makin’ a place we both come alight
Are we dancing in time? On this night so divine?
Are we moving as one, will we make it alright?
(Chorus 1)
The stars will align, all in its own time
Is it fate? Is it Luck? Are we lost in the dark?
Or will the glow of our love light us from above
To our home we will hark, and we’re soon to embark
(Instrumental)
(Chorus 1)
(Verse 1)
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I'll be gone in just one day
Rocked to sleep in the ocean's sway
Leave packed the sun baked clothes you wore
Make haste to that distant shore
In the pool of life there's a multitude of
Streams and rivers there for you to choose
Night flight soarin' to the sun
Borders close and open on the run
Life could be filled with joy and fun
Or it could be that your race is done
Fish will swim, and the possum hunts
It seems society's a front
At night I find it hard to sleep
The sun is rollin' much too deep
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5. |
Snufkin Vibes
02:35
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Like vagabonds, we'll travel around
We won't ever let the bastards tie us down
The open road is where we'll be safe and sound
Just come with me, let your wheels touch the ground
Now let me hear you sing and shout
Now let me see you dance about
On this boat we’ll lie, Just rollin’ with the tide
Seein’ you on the bridge, my joy’s just too much too hide
Let the those dogs do crime, they won’t mess with us
They just do their part and they leave us to us
Is this somethin’ that we’re goin’ through
Are we to sail on, past the moon?
Let’s hop aboard the magic bus
Live a life that was made for us
The sun is shinin’ and our engine’s runnin’
The freedom is high and our hearts’ll be hummin’
As we take this path together, what more can we ask?
Feel the air on your back, are you up to the task?
Won’t you come and lie with me?
Underneath this tall oak tree?
Set to sail on the roarnin’ sea
Maybe then we’ll be truly free
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6. |
Freedom's Song
01:56
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Here we go again my friend
(darling don't go down, darling please stay round)
On this road until the very end
(Darling don't leave me, darling I need thee)
Ramblin' and singin' the blues
(Thinking of past times, feels like a lifetime)
On this cruise with whom we choose
(Summer I miss you, oh how I miss you)
Chorus
I know we'll survive apart
Thank you for the brand new start
Believe me, life is hard
(I’m sorry I left you, won’t ever forget you)
But then you came to mend my heart
(You’re always in my heart, Even in the dark
Sheltered me from the painful world
(I hope that you’re okay, in the grave I lay)
While in your arms you kept me furled
(Even when I died, I kept you in my mind)
Chorus
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7. |
Bisquit
03:02
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It’s been a
Long day of nothin’ to do
Why don’t We
Split a biscuit, just we two
While you’re
Keepin’ company with thoughts you’ve acrewed
Murder and
Death’s just too much for you
You’ll find cold comfort in the nighttime
Just wait until they’re are all mine
Hang up, drownin’ the day
You think
You’re ready to be runnin’ away
After the
Sharks all have had-a their way
In the
Sea’s currents you’re layin’ to sway
You’ll find cold comfort in the nighttime
Just wait until your dreams are all mine
Nighttime brings you comfort
Nighttime brings you pain
Nighttime brings you shelter, honey
Nighttime brings you pain
(Harmonica solo)
You’ll find cold comfort in the nighttime
Just wait until your dreams are all mine
Nighttime brings you comfort
Nighttime brings you pain
Nighttime brings you shelter, honey
Nighttime brings you pain
The sea
Fades into black
and now it’s
Asphalt, cool in the rain
And you’re
Laid out, flat on your back
With a
Strange feelin’ creepin’ your brain
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8. |
Handle Like Eggs
02:22
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Between all the lessons I have learned
and all the bridges I have burned
All I ever seem to learn
Is you can't change
So lend me your soul tonight
And let me tell you of my plight
Of the breaking down of love
And of life
Is their love all just an act
Do we know this for a fact
Or is this another farce
Within me
A Cold wind blows against my back
Our old songs are sung in shellac
Oh so brittle, and oh so short
And oh so fast
Please handle my bones like eggs, my love
You may find that the coffin fits like a glove
I’ve been practicing its fit now
For years
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9. |
The Vagabond
02:51
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Summer is fallin’, the leaves slip away
Nightime’s callin’, and it’s come to stay
It breaks my heart to have to leave today
I must depart to keep my mind at bay
Goodbye my dear friends,
Let this winter rest you well
I was born one low and fateful night
My cradle torn and my anchor light
Can’t stay still, no, I must take flight
No winter’s chill ever feels quite right
Though my heart bends
Of my journeys I will tell
Let me go, dear
I’ll be back come spring next year
Solo bit
Verse one
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10. |
Above the Knife
02:59
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Whispers echo out to me
As I go drifting lost at sea
In this exile Far From my home,
The Past is anchored to the tide
An expanse bold, an expanse wide
And I'm alone, my mind of foam
It's where I roam
Voices of the past now spin
Their Villains thought they'd win
And I guess in a way they did
The farm was left a lone dust storm
Where once the mud, like clothes was worn
Sold now to the highest bid
Life now a grid
They cut their hair,
Smoke left the air
And all the people lived in row homes
Or suburbs
Or graves
The Beauty of humanity
Is something I hold close to me
But so many times is tested
The Horrors of mankinds’ acts
With the hand or with the axe
So much must be detested
I can’t feel rested.
But I have my friends, I have the road
And to them all so much is owed
Know that you all saved my life
And though you’re many miles from here
In my heart you all are near
We all will rise above the strife
Above the knife
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11. |
Leavin' This Town
02:16
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I’m leavin’ this town, now
I don’t know where it is I’m bound
Gonna leave this town, now
‘Cause it’s here that I’m feelin’ down
Packed my bags this evenin’
‘Cause it’s ‘bout time I search around
Hopped a train this mornin’
After all, I’m feelin’ drained
Hopped a train this mornin’
All the joy that I had was feigned
Doesn’t matter what I say
‘Cause this bitch’ll wear a different crown
Not sure where I’m headed
Could it be that I’m western bound
Not sure where I’m headed
Could it be where salvation is found?
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12. |
August's Monarch
02:12
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How do you do today, my faithful friend
How’s life going on the other end?
Another year’s gone and passed us by
still, no matter how hard we try
My oh my, how the time flies
The other side of 24 isn’t all that much to you
But if I were you I’d wouldn’t feel too blue
You’re a child of the summer and I from the winter sun
But with the two of us together we can join in autumn’s fun
Dancing in our daydream
Lider de agosto,
eres amige mío
¿Es la gramática correcta?
De de de...
Thank you for being in my life, at all
And here’s wishing you a pleasant fall
Artist or not, I like you quite an awful lot
Thank you for all the things that I’ve got
So here’s to more trips
‘Round the sun
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13. |
November 10, 1968
03:55
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I'm very much in want
Of a residence atop
The place called sugar Mountain
Before all my spirits drop
Oooh, I need a home
Oooh, am I to
Climb the candy cliffside
as I go and reach the top
In the place called sugar Mountain
To harvest some sweetened crop
Oooh, I need to roam
Oooh, far from the foam
Oooh, shall I
Take your hand my Good man
Take your lead in this here scene
In the place called sugar Mountain
Wash my eyes from what they've seen
Oooh, I need a dream
Oooh, how I have been
Oooh, oooh
(Misc. Solo)
How do you do
In this here old room
And have you heard
The new good word?
They say at sugar Mountain
There's a home for everyone
On good old sugar Mountain
No there never is a gun
Oooh, I see the end
Oooh, up around the bend
Oooh, take me
To the place called sugar Mountain
Good old Sugar Mountain
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Cold Station 12 New Jersey
Folk is cool, and part of what makes that cool, to me, is the diy nature of it. Accordingly, I've been teaching myself guitar since roughly 2017 or 2018, and started recording and learning the songs I liked, despite my inexperience and lack of equipment. I've sorta improvised from there. ... more
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