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11 Mar 02 - 05:22 PM (#667220) Subject: Who Built This House From: radriano I heard Carol Denney sing this amazing song at a local singer's circle in San Francisco last month. I can't create MP3 files but Carol was kind enough to send me a cassette of herself singing the song if anyone out there in Mudcat Land would be willing to make a MIDI or MP3 of it. I told Carol I'd be posting the song at Mudcat. Who Built This House Composed by Carol Denney (8/13/00) the last day of the August Music Heritage Festival in Elkins, West Virginia Who built this house of wood and stone Whose was the blood, whose was the bone Whose was the sweat that brought to bear This house so fine that's standing there Who built this house Chorus: Who built this house, who carved this stone Who built this house, no hand alone Who built this house you're living in Who built this house Who built this house of wood so fine From forests far away from mine Who mined the silver and the gold Whose was the back that bore this load Who built this house Who built this house upon this land Where all these well-dressed people stand Who built this house, who labored long Where does this wealth in truth belong Who built this house radriano |
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11 Mar 02 - 05:29 PM (#667223) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Who Built This House From: Charley Noble Reminds me a little of the spirit of Fred Small's song "Housewarming", the chorus of which runs: Chorus:
We are building a house growing tall before our eyes, |