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Thread #114177 Message #2435919
Posted By: Roberto
10-Sep-08 - 03:29 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: No More Cane on the Brazos (from M Platt)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: No More Cane On The Brazos sung by Platt
Can't go no further...
Ain't no cane on this Brazis
Oh, oh, oh
Ain't no cane on this Brazis
Oh, oh, oh
You oughta been on the river in 1910
Oh, oh, oh
They worked poor women
You oughta been on the river in 1904
Oh, oh, oh
You could find a dead man on every turn row
Oh, oh, oh
Dead man …
They
Down by the river …
… ride away
'T ain't no cane on this …
Oh ---
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'T ain't no cane on this Brazis
Oh, oh, oh
They done ground it all up in molasses
Oh, oh, oh
….
Oh, oh, oh
Come on bullies, let …. (under?) …
Oh, oh, oh
….(Nigger?) (jumped in the Brazis with?) …
Oh, oh, oh
He (left?) …(row?) … ground
Oh, oh, oh
'T ain't no mo' cane on this Brazis
Oh, oh, oh
'T ain't no mo' cane on this Brazis
Oh, oh, oh
They ground it all up in molasses
Oh, oh, oh
They ground it all up in molasses
Oh ---