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Thread #11268   Message #83029
Posted By: Gene
31-May-99 - 02:04 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Freeborn Man (bluegrass, from J Martin)
Subject: Lyr Add: FREEBORN MAN (from Jimmy Martin)
Give or take a few grunts & groans...


FREEBORN MAN
Recorded by: Jimmy Martin
Writer: K. Allison & M. Lindsey

I was born in the Southland
Twenty some odd years ago
I ran away for the first time
When I was four years old.

CHORUS
I'm a freeborn man
My home is on my back
I know ever' inch of highway
Ever' foot of back road
Ever' mile of railroad track.

Got a gal in Cincinnati
Got a woman in San Antone
I always loved the girl next door
But anyplace is home.

CHORUS

Well I got this worn-out guitar
I carry in-a old tow-sack
I hocked it about two-hundred times
But I always get it back.

CHORUS

Well, you may not like my appearance
And you may not like my song
You may not like the way I talk
But you'll like the way I'm gone.

CHORUS

JIMMY MARTIN'S GREATEST BLUEGRASS HITS
1978 GUSTO RECORDS GT-0003

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