13 Dec 02 - 02:04 PM (#846802) Subject: Lyr Req: Can't Put It Back From: GUEST,Stu I can't find the words to this one anywhere. I have a PARTIAL recording of it that I picked up about 20 years ago on West Virginia Public Radio. It's done a capella style by a male singer. part of it goes: they come and tell me I've got to move make way for their big machines but I'm not a-movin' until they kill me like they killed the fish in my stream I ain't a-movin' outta my tracks cause they can't put it back I never was one to walk in lines picket with placards, carry signs but maybe I'm behind the times you can bet your sweet life they're gonna hear ftom me I ani't gonna take this layin' down cause I'm gettin tired of seein rocks that bleed on the bare guts of the ground I ain't a-movin' outta my tracks cause they can't put it back Thanks in advance!! --Stu Rattlesnake Creek |
13 Dec 02 - 02:31 PM (#846844) Subject: Lyr Add: THEY CAN'T PUT IT BACK (Billy Edd Wheeler From: Sorcha Here are the lyrics, from http://www.ohvec.org/non_html_documents/newsletter_pdf/enotes_1998_10.pdf (Warning: this URL freezes my computer) THEY CAN'T PUT IT BACK
Down the valley, about a mile from me
They come and tell me I've got to move
You can bet your sweet life you're gonna hear from me.
(c) 1956, 1971, Quartet Music and Bexhill Music Co., available on the tape "We Are Not for Sale", produced by the WV Environmental Council, Charleston, WV, 304-346-5891.
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18 Dec 02 - 09:39 PM (#850023) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Can't Put It Back From: Bearheart The original version of this song can be found on They Can't Put It Back by Mike Cline and Rich Kirby, an incredible collection of songs (and a few tunes) about strip mining and the plight of the miner in Appalachia, primarily WV and KY. It was probably this version you heard. Mike is still sining and is involved with the Augusta Heritage Arts Workshops at Davis and Elkins College in Elkins WV, or was a few years ago. The album is still available through June Appal Records. If you go to http://www.appalshop.org/junappal/ and click on Contemporary you'll find it. Many powerful and moving songs sung in the old-time style. Though I really love Celtic music this is one of my all-time favorite recordings. Put out in the 70s it's still very timely. Bekki |
13 Dec 06 - 10:36 PM (#1909029) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Can't Put It Back From: GUEST Thank you mudcat for helping me assemble the lyrics for "They can't put it back. I bought the Country Cooking with The Fiction Brothers record sometime in the last century and I've always loved Nondi Leonard's version of it. But it is one tough song to find. Cheers, Owlkat. |