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Thread #3924   Message #20720
Posted By: Barry
05-Feb-98 - 01:58 PM
Thread Name: Levee Moan/Honey Your Hair Grows Too Long
Subject: RE: Levee Moan/Honey Your Hair Grows Too Long
O baby where you been so long, Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord
O baby where you been so long, (2X)

O honey let your hair hang down, Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord
O honey let your hair hang down, (2X)

O honey your hair grows to long, Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord
O honey your hair grows to long (2X)

Version A, same as above

Ah'm going where nobody knows my name......

Ah'm going where they don't shovel no snow

Ah'm going where the chilly winds don't blow

Ah'm going on that ol KC line

Sandburg (excuse the above word play on his name, couldn't resist) says it was found on both the Mississippi & Ohio river levees. A side note to the levees. Though they're not considered one of the man made wonders of the world, it took more lives, material & labor to build & is longer than the Great Wall of China.
Barry