1. |
Four Horseman
03:25
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Instrumental
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2. |
Highway 40 Blues
02:55
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Well these Highway 40 blues
I've walked holes in both my shoes
Counted the days since I've been gone
And I'd love to see the lights of home
Wasted time and money too
Squandered youth in search of truth
But in the end I had to lose
Lord above I've paid my dues
Got the Highway 40 blues
The highway called when I was young
Told me lies of things to come
Fame and fortune lies ahead!
That's what the billboard lights had said
Shattered dreams my mind is numb
My money's gone stick out my thumb
My eyes are filled with bitter tears
Lord I ain't been home in years
Got the Highway 40 blues
You know I've rambled all around
Like a rolling stone from town to town
Met pretty girls I have to say
But none of them could make me stay
Well I've played the music halls and bars
Had fancy clothes and big fine cars
Things a country boy can't use
Dixieland, I sure miss you
Got the Highway 40 blues
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3. |
Walk On Boy
04:01
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I was born one mornin'
The rain is pourin' down
Heard my mammy say to my pappy
"Let's call him John Henry Brown"
Walk on, boy
Walk on down the road
Ain't nobody in this whole wide world are gonna help you carry your load
I left my mammy and pappy
Just about the age of ten
Lord, I got me job a workin' on the levee
Toting water for the hard working men
Walk on, boy
Walk on down the road
Ain't nobody in this whole wide world are gonna help you carry your load
The rich man makes all the money
While the poor man does all the work
The rich mans there Sittin high on his horse
While the poor mans livin on dirt
One day my pappy told me
"Some advice I wanna give to you
Son, find a good woman, be good to her
And she's gonna be good to you"
Walk on boy
Walk on down the road
There ain't nobody in this whole wide world are gonna help you carry your load
If anyone ever should ask you
"Just who is that fella Brown?"
You can tell him I'm the boy that left his hammer smokin'
Where he beat that steam drill down
Walk on boy
Walk on down the road
There ain't nobody in this whole wide world are gonna help you carry your load
Walk on boy
Walk on boy
Walk on boy
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4. |
Gloryland
03:28
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I’ve a home prepared where the saints abide,
Just over in the gloryland;
And I long to be by my Savior’s side,
Just over in the gloryland.
Refrain:
Just over in the gloryland,
I’ll join the happy angel band,
Just over in the gloryland;
Just over in the gloryland,
There with the mighty host I’ll stand,
Just over in the gloryland.
I am on my way to those mansions fair,
Just over in the gloryland;
There to sing God’s praise, and His glory share,
Just over in the gloryland. [Refrain]
What a joyful thought that my Lord I’ll see,
Just over in the gloryland;
And with kindred saved, there forever be,
Just over in the gloryland. [Refrain]
4 With the bloodwashed throng I will shout and sing,
Just over in the gloryland;
Glad hosannas to Christ, the Lord and King,
Just over in the gloryland.
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5. |
Peacock Rag
03:04
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Instrumental
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6. |
Love Please Come Home
02:46
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As you read this letter that I write to you
Sweetheart, I hope you'll understand
That you're the only love I knew
Please forgive me if you can
Sweetheart, I beg you to come home tonight
I'm so blue and all alone
I promise that I'll treat you right
Love, oh love, oh please come home
That old wind is cold and slowly creeping around
And the fire is burning low
The snow has covered up the ground
Your baby's hungry, sick and cold
Sweetheart, I beg you to come home tonight
I'm so blue and all alone
I promise that I'll treat you right
Love, oh love, oh please come home
Sweetheart, I beg you to come home tonight
I'm so blue and all alone
I promise that I'll treat you right
Love, oh love, oh please come home
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7. |
Fire On the Mountain
03:32
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Took my family away from our Carolina home
Had dreams about the west and started to roam
Six long months on a dust covered trail
They say heaven's at the end
But so far it's been hell
And there's fire on the mountain
Lightening in the air
Gold in them hills and it's waiting for me there
We were digging and shifting from five to five
Selling everything we found just to stay alive
Gold flowed free like the whiskey in the bars
Sinning was the big thin Lord
And Satan was the star
And there's fire on the mountain
Lightening in the air
Gold in them hills and it's waiting for me there
Dance hall girls were the evening treat
Empty cartridges and blood lined the gutters of the street
Men were shot down for the sake of fun
Or just to hear the noise of their 44 guns
And there's fire on the mountain
Lightening in the air
Gold in them hills and it's waiting for me there
Now my widow, she weeps by my grave
Tears flow free for her man she couldn't save
Shot down in cold blood by a gun that carried fame
All for a useless and no good worthless claim
And there's fire on the mountain
Lightening in the air
Gold in them hills and it's waiting for me there
Fire on the mountain
Lightening in the air
Gold in them hills and it's waiting for me there
Waiting for me there
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8. |
Falling Leaves
05:56
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Falling leaves that lie scattered on the ground
The birds and flowers that were here now can't be found
All my friends that I once had are not around
They are scattered like the leaves upon the ground
Some folks drift along through life and never thrill
To the feeling that a good deed brings until
It's too late, and they are ready to lie down
They're beneath the leaves that's scattered on the ground
To your grave, there's no use taking any gold
You cannot use it when it's time for hands to fold
When you leave this earth for a better home someday
The only thing you'll take is what you gave away
Lord, let my eyes see every need for every man
Make me stop and always lend a helping hand
Then when I'm laid beneath that little grassy mound
There'll be more friends around than leaves upon the ground
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Dixie Pig
02:35
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See that place where the Rite Aid is? That used to be the Dixie pig, all-around route one the best place to eat, anytime you go you get a treat.
Don't ask nobody else just look there for yourself
The Dixie pig has said goodbye, and left us all to sit and cry, where will we get our barbecue? Or bacon eggs and steak on the grill?
Trucks going south on a long long haul, or victims two of urban sprawl, at the Dixie pig they all took five, now it's pedal to the metal down 95
Don't ask nobody else just look there for yourself
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10. |
Red Haired Boy
03:19
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Instrumental
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11. |
United We Shall Stand
05:11
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So come along my brothers
Sisters take my hand
All across America
United We Shall Stand
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12. |
Rusty All the Time
03:40
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Once I was a young man
Strong and in my prime
I went out dancing every night
And drank a little wine
But the years have come and gone
They sure have been unkind
Now I’m just rusty all the time
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13. |
Dream of a Miners Child
04:28
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A miner was leavin' his home for his work
When he heard his little child scream
He went to the side of the little one there
Oh, Daddy, I've had such a dream
Oh, Daddy, don't go to the mines today
For dreams have so often come true
Oh, Daddy, dear Daddy, please don't go away
I never could live without you
I dreamed that the mines were all blazing with fire
And the miners all fought for their lives
The families seemed changed, and the mouth of the mine
Was covered with sweetheart and wives
Oh, Daddy, don't go to the mines today
For dreams have so often come true
Oh, Daddy, dear Daddy, please don't go away
I never could live without you
Go down to the village and tell all your friends
As sure as the bright sun does shine
There's something that's going to happen today
Oh , Daddy, don't go to that mine
Oh, Daddy, don't go to the mines today
For dreams have so often come true
Oh, Daddy, dear Daddy, please don't go away
I never could live without you
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Returning to my hometown got the pedal of the truck down to the floor,
Get there by the interstate don’t have to use the back roads anymore,
Been too long since I’ve been there my life is going nowhere, Always rushing to forget the past
I’m looking back
The Dairy Queen and corner store, the flag still in the center of the town,
The river winds its way between old mine-shafts where silent whistles sound
Finally got up the nerve, sent my truck around the curve, down the lane where memories remain,
I’m looking back
From the road it looked the same,
Bricks laid by my Uncle’s loving hand
Strangers planting flowers where the giant weeping willow use to stand
Didn’t let them see my face, now satisfied no need to race,
Took my time, went the back roads home
I’m looking back
I’m looking back
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King Street Bluegrass Washington, D.C.
2023 WAMMIE award finalists.
Although based in DC, the members have rural, farm and coal miner family roots,
from the mountains of West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Southern Virginia.
Supporters of Stroke Awareness.
Thier releases have had favorable reviews and international radio airplay.
Regaling audiences with familiar bluegrass country, Americana and original tunes since 2008.
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