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Thread #166594 Message #4007203
Posted By: mg
03-Sep-19 - 05:37 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Momma Oh - re trail of slaves
Subject: Lyr Add: Momma Oh re trail of slaves
best song i have heard in two years. greatly singable..country style. tragic story of slaves (and ex slaves) looking for family
heard it at tumbleweed festival by group named appaloosa..it is on a cd and not expensive. best to buy cd to hear tune. i do plan to do record on my cell phone..so people can get the tune but much better to get it from them.
here are words as i heard. undoubtedly needs corrections.
re trail of slaves end of civil war
i was sold to joseph brennan he took me down to new orleans my name then was hanna person purcell? it is now hanna jean it is now hanna jean
momma oh you read that good book you got your marker and it sings the blues momma oh you want to go and dance i'm singing this in dead girl shoes?
momma oh you're a shooting star drift on so fast like the poor folks do momma oh you want to hold our hand not a rabbit's foot nothing left to lose
i was sold to someone other brother sam and annabelle jo who were left without our mother if they're alive i'd like to know
momma oh you read that good book you got your marker and it sings the blues momma ohyou want to go and dance i'm singing this in dead girl shoes?
momma oh you're a shooting star drift on so fast like the poor folks do momma ohyou want to hold our hand not a rabbit's foot nothing left to lose
they're all gone and i'm alone now swept away down the trail of slaves we can write to all the papers praying mama ain't in her grave
momma oh you read that good book you got your marker and it sings the blues momma oh you want to go and dance i'm singing this in dead girl shoes?
momma oh you're a shooting star drift on so fast like the poor folks do momma oh you want to hold our hand not a rabbit's foot nothing left to lose