For the record, let's post the lyrics from the Bob Zentz Website
Way Down in North Carolina (Waterbound)
From Shipmates (2011)
Traditional
Waterbound, an' I can't get home (D)
Waterbound, an' I can't get home (A-G-D)
Waterbound, an' I can't get home (D-G)
Down in North Carolina (D-A-D)
1. There's chickens crowin' in the old plowfield (3x)
Down in North Carolina
2. Now the old man's mad, an' I don't care (3x)
Because I love his daughter
3. If he don't give her up, then we're gonna run away (3x)
Way down in North Carolina
4. Well, Nick and Charlie left to go home (3x)
Before that water rises
5. Dance all night an' don't go home (3x)
Just stay with me till morning
6. Well, me an' Sam an' Dave's going home (3x)
Before that water rises
7. Water's wide an' I can't get across (3x)
Ridin' on my ol' gray horse
And for comparison, here are the lyrics from the Digital Tradition:
WATERBOUND
Chickens crowing in the old plowed field
Chickens crowing in the old plowed field
Chickens crowing in the old plowed field
Down in North Carolina
Waterbound, and I can't get home
Waterbound, and I can't get home
Waterbound, and I can't get home
Down in North Carolina
Me and Tom and Dave Goin' home
Me and Tom and Dave Goin' home
Me and Tom and Dave Goin' home
Before the water rises
CHORUS
The old man's mad and I don't care
The old man's mad and I don't care
The old man's mad and I don't care
I'm gonna get his daughter
If he don't give her up we're gonna run away
If he don't give her up we're gonna run away
If he don't give her up we're gonna run away
Down in North Carolina
CHORUS
*I'm goin' home with the one I love
I'm goin' home with the one I love
I'm goin' home with the one I love
Down in North Carolina
CHORUS
Recorded on the New Golden Ring, FSI__
filename[ WATRBOND
DC
*This verse is on the New Golden Ring CD, but not in the Digital Tradition.
And the tune:
X: 1
T:Waterbound
L:1/8
M:2/4
B:Kuntz - Ragged but Right
K:A
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