The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #55909   Message #3292430
Posted By: Jim Dixon
18-Jan-12 - 06:04 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Sangarie
Subject: Lyr Add: SANGAREE
This trio, consisting of Tom Paley, James Reams, and Bill Christophersen, has an old-timey sound. They play banjo, guitar, and fiddle.


SANGAREE
As sung by The Mysterious Redbirds on "1992-1998" (2003)

1. Now I've got a home (Sangaree)
Down in Brooklyn town. (Sangaree)
Hear the train a-runnin' (Sangaree)
In my home underground. (Sangaree)
[If I] don't get murdered, (Sangaree)
[And I] don't get killed, (Sangaree)
Now I'm goin' back (Sangaree)
To Louisville. (Sangaree)

CHORUS: Oh, babe, (Sangaree)
Oh, babe, (Sangaree)
Oh, babe, (Sangaree)
Honey babe.

2. Now I've got a shovel. (Sangaree)
My wife's got a hoe. (Sangaree)
If that ain't farmin', (Sangaree)
Buddy, I don't know. (Sangaree)
Well, I tried moonshinin' (Sangaree)
And I lost the still. (Sangaree)
Now I'm goin' back (Sangaree)
To Louisville. (Sangaree) CHORUS