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Growing Old In Public

by June Star

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Black Waters 03:29
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Young Emily 03:05
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Just Because 01:40
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When my Savior calls me over yonder I’ll have me a mansion on the other side Gonna tell my neighbor how glad I am to see him When I get home I’m going be satisfied I’ll have me a harp of gold just like David’s When i get over on the other side Gonna sing and play with a band of a million angels When I get home I’m gonna be satisfied I’ll have a little talk with Abraham and Isaac Have a little talk with Peter James and Paul Gonna sit and have a talk with dad and mother Gonna have a talk with Jesus first of all Now when I meet my Savior over yonder I’ll have me a mansion on the other side I’ll leave my worldly troubles here behind me When I get home I’m going be satisfied
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AS TIME DRAWS NEAR, MY DEAREST DEAR WHEN YOU AND I MUST PART HOW LITTLE YOU KNOW OF THE GRIEF AND WOE IN MY POOR ACHING HEART 'TIS BUT I'D SUFFER FOR YOUR SAKE BELIEVE ME DEAR IT'S TRUE I WISH THAT YOU WERE STAYING HERE OR I WAS GOING WITH YOU I WISH MY CHEST WERE MADE OF GLASS WHERE IN YOU MIGHT BEHOLD UPON MY HEART YOUR NAME LAYS WROTE IN LETTERS MADE OF GOLD IN LETTERS MADE OF GOLD, MY LOVE BELIEVE ME WHEN I SAY YOU ARE THE ONE I WILL ADORE UNTIL MY DYING DAY THE BLACKEST CROW THAT EVER FLEW WOULD SURELY TURN TO WHITE IF EVER I PROVED FALSE TO YOU BRIGHT DAY WOULD TURN TO NIGHT BRIGHT DAY WOULD TURN TO NIGHT, MY LOVE THE ELEMENTS WOULD MOURN IF EVER I PROVED FALSE TO YOU THE SEAS WOULD RAGE AND BURN AND WHEN YOU'RE ON SOME DISTANT SHORE THINK OF YOUR ABSENT FRIEND AND WHEN THE WIND BLOWS HIGH AND CLEAR A LIGHT TO ME PRAY SEND AND WHEN THE WIND BLOWS HIGH AND CLEAR THEN SEND YOUR LOVE TO ME THAT I MIGHT KNOW BY YOUR HAND WRITE HOW TIME HAS GONE WITH THEE AS TIME DRAWS NEAR, MY DEAREST DEAR WHEN YOU AND I MUST PART
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I asked my love to take a walk Just a little ways with me And as we walked and we would talk All about our weddingday Darling say that you'll be mine In our home we'll happy be Down beside where the waters flow On the banks of the Ohio I took her by her pretty white hand I let her down that bank of sand I pushed her in where she would drown Lord, I saw her as she floated down Darling say that you'll be mine In our home we'll happy be Down beside where the waters flow On the banks of the Ohio Returning home about twelve or one Thinking "Lord, what a deed I've done?" I killed the girl I love, you see Because she would not marry me Darling say that you'll be mine In our home we'll happy be Down beside where the waters flow On the banks of the Ohio
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Jubilee 02:51
It's all out on the old railroad, It's all out on the sea, All out on the old railroad, Far as I can see. chorus: Swing and turn, Jubilee, Live and learn, Jubilee. Swing and turn, Jubilee, Live and learn, Jubilee. Hardest work I ever done, Workin' on the farm, Easiest work I ever done, Swingin' my true love's arm. If I had a needle and thread, As fine as I could sew, I'd sew my true love to my side And down this creek I'd go. If I had no horse to ride, I'd be found a-callin' Up and down this rocky road Lookin' for my darlin'. Some will come on a Sat'day night, Some will come on Sunday; If you give 'em half a chance They'll be back on Monday. I won't have no other girl Neither will my cousin, You can get such stuff as that For fifteen cents a dozen. Coffee grows on a white oak tree, Sugar runs in brandy, Girls are bright as a lump of gold, And twice as sweet as candy.
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there was an old woman who was skin and bones she lived down by the old graveyard one night she thought she'd take a walk down by the old graveyard she saw the bones a layin' around and she thought she'd sweep the old church house she went to the closet to get a broom she opened the door and...
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Black is the color of my true love's hair. Her face is like some rosy fair, The prettiest face and the neatest hands, I love the ground whereon she stands. I love my love and well she knows I love the ground whereon she goes If you no more on earth I see, I can't serve you as you have me. The winter's passed and the leaves are green The time is passed that we have seen, But still I hope the time will come When you and I shall be as one.
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Short life of trouble A few more words to part Short life of trouble, dear girl For a boy with a broken heart Remember what you promised Not more than a week ago You promised that you'd marry me Standing in your mama's door Now you've gone and left me I don't know what I'll do I'd give this world and half of my life Just to be married to you Now you've broken your promise Go marry whom you may In this old world so big and so wide I'll ramble back some day
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On my first day in court I wish to report Now witness my story so true When the state closed its case a young man raised his face And began all these facts to review Yes, they call it that old Mountain Dew Said those who refuse it are few While I know I've done wrong, the temptation is strong When they call for that Old Mountain Dew The deacon drove by in his auto so they Said his family was down with the flu Said he thought that I ought to just get him a quart Of that good Old Mountain Dew Yes, he called it that Old Mountain Dew Said those who refuse it are few So I thought that I ought to just get him a quart Of that good Old Mountain Dew My attorney began to turn the lid on the can I knew then my case was lost Said his honor to me I will set you free if you will pay the cost For they call it that old Mountain Dew And those who refuse it are few But you acted the man when you took that stand To swear what is so true
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Well now, that's all right, now mama That's all right for you That's all right now, mama Anyway you do But that's all right That's all right That's all right now mama Anyway you do Well, my mama she done tol' me Papa tol' me, toy77 o 'The life your livin, son Now, women be the death of you' That's all right That's all right That's all right, now mama Anyway you do 'Yeah, man!' (guitar & instrumental) Baby, one an one is two Two an two is fo' I love that woman But I got to let her go That's all right That's all right That's all right, now mama Anyway you do Babe, now if you don't want me Why not tell me so? You won't be bothered wit' me 'Round yo house no mo' But that's all right That's all right That's all right, now mama Anyway you do
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I am a poor pilgrim of sorrow, Cast out in this wide world to roam; Uncertain of life for tomorrow, I want to make heaven my home. Sometimes I am both tossed and driven; Sometimes I know not where to roam; I hear of a city called heaven, I am striving to make it my home. They tell me its walls are of jasper, The streets are all paved with pure gold, My Jesus is the building master, He is making a home for my soul. The city is way over yonder, A city that's quite out of sight; I have a few days yet to wander, A few more hard battles to fight. I am now in a waste howling desert, Not a foot of its land to call mine; No cottage nor tent for a shelter, Tho' storms are descending sometimes, I have friends that are now up in heaven, And others still walking in sin; If brothers and sisters don't own me, My Jesus says he'll take me in.
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Oh, go away devil Leave me alone I'm gonna do better From this day on Oh, I ain't gonna worry about you no more ain't gonna worry about you no more Oh, what you gonna do when the lake runs dry when the lake runs dry sit on the banks and watch the lake run dry Oh, go away devil leave me alone I'm gonna do better from this day on
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You know I love everybody deep down in my heart amen amen amen Preacher Deacon Brother Savior Everybody
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Black Sheep 01:54
The wife began to hate the old man More and more each day Once he heard the three declare The old fool’s in the way They then agreed to send him To a poor house which was near When like a flash the black sheep’s Words came ringing in his ear Don’t be angry with me dad Don’t turn me from your door I know that I’ve been wayward But I won’t be anymore Give to me another chance Just put me to the test You’ll find the black sheep loves his dad Far better than the rest A wagon drives up to the door It was the poorhouse men The brothers pointed to their dad Saying, “Sir there is your man.” Just then a manly farmer rose Came pushing through the crowd Stop you brutes you must stop this This cannot be allowed You stole this old man’s property And all that he could save Likewise he sold that little lot Containing his wife’s grave I am his son but not your kin From now til judgment day The old man grabs the black sheep’s hands And the crowd does hear him say Don’t be angry with me lad I turned you from my door I know I was old and foolish And I’ve repented o’er and o’er I wish had gave to you my gold For you have stood the test And I find the Black Sheep loved his dad Far better than the rest
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Come and listen, young fellers, so young and so fine And seek not your fortune in the dark dreary mines It will form as a habit and seep in your soul ‘Til the stream of your blood runs as black as the coal Where it’s dark as a dungeon and damp as the dew Where the dangers are double and the pleasures are few Where the rain never falls and the sun never shines It’s dark as a dungeon way down in the mines There’s many a man who I’ve known in my day Who lived just to labor his whole life away Like a fiend with his dope or a drunkard his wine A man will have lust for the lure of the mines Well I hope when I’m gone and the ages shall roll My body will blacken and turn into coal Then I’ll look from the door of my heavenly home And pity the miner that’s digging my bones
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She went upstairs to make her bed And not one word to her mother said Her mother she went upstairs too Says "Daughter, dear daughter, what troubles you? "Oh Mother, oh Mother, I cannot tell That railroad boy I love so well He courted me my life away And now at home he will not stay" "There is a place in London town Where that railroad boy goes and sits down He takes that strange girl on his knee And he tells to her what he won't tell me" Her father he came in from work And said, "Where's daughter? She seems so hurt" He went upstairs to give her hope But found her hanging on a rope He took his knife and cut her down And in her bosom these words he found: "Go dig my grave both wide and deep Place a marble slab at my head and feet" And over my coffin place a snow-white dove To warn this world that I died for love
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Freight train, freight train, run so fast Freight train, freight train, run so fast Please don't tell what train I'm on They won't know what route I'm going When I'm dead and in my grave No more good times here I crave Place the stones at my head and feet And tell them all I've gone to sleep When I die, oh bury me deep Down at the end of old Chestnut Street So I can hear old Number Nine As she comes rolling by When I die, oh bury me deep Down at the end of old Chestnut Street Place the stones at my head and feet And tell them all I've gone to sleep Freight train, freight train, run so fast Freight train, freight train, run so fast Please don't tell what train I'm on They won't know what route I'm going
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Well I married me a wife, she gave me trouble all my life Left me out in the cold rain and snow Rain and snow………… She left me out in the cold rain and snow She came down the stairs holding back her long yellow hair And her cheeks were as red as a rose As a rose……………….. And her cheeks were as red as a rose Well I’ve done all that I can do to try to get along with you And I ain’t gonna be treated this old way This old way…………… Now I ain’t gonna be treated this old way We’ll she came in to the room where she met her final doom And I ain’t gonna be treated this old way This old way……………… Now I ain’t gonna be treated this old way
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I'm leaving you this lonesome song I'll be gone before too long I hear a train coming down the line When I'm gone you'll be left behind Now don't you cry when I am gone When I hear your name I'll think of home
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High on a mountain wind blowing free Thinking about the days that used to be High on a mountain standing all alone Wondering where the years of my life have flown As I looked at the valleys down below They were green just as far as I could see As my memory returned oh how my heart did yearn For you and the day that used to be High on a mountain wind blowing free Thinking about the days that used to be High on a mountain standing all alone Wondering where the years of my life have flown Oh I wonder if you ever think of me Or if time has blotted out your memory As I listen to the breeze whispers gently through the trees I'll always cherish what you meant to me High on a mountain wind blowing free Thinking about the days that used to be High on a mountain standing all alone Wondering where the years of my life have flown
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Sugar Baby 03:11
Oh I've got no sugar baby now All I can do is to seek peace with you And I can't get along this a-way Can't get along this a-way All I can do, I've said all I can say I'll send it to your mama next payday Send you to your mama next payday I got no use for the red rockin' chair I've got no honey baby now Got no sugar baby now Who'll rock the cradle, who'll sing the song Who'll rock the cradle when I'm gone Who'll rock the cradle when I'm gone? I'll rock the cradle, I'll sing the song I'll rock the cradle when you gone It's all I can do It's all I can say I will send you to your mama next payday Laid her in the shade, give her every dime I made What more could a poor boy do What more could a poor boy do? Oh I've got no honey baby now Got no sugar baby now Said all I can say, I've done all I can do And I can't make a living with you Can't make a living with you
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A GREETING IS A PLEASURE AND PARTING IS GRIEF BUT A FALSE HEARTED LOVER IS WORSE THAN A THIEF A THIEF WILL B MUT ROB YOU AND TAKE WHAT YOU CRAVE BUT A FALSE HEARTED LOVER WILL TAKE YOU TO THE GRAVE I'M TROUBLED, I'M TROUBLED, I'M TROUBLED IN MIND IF TROUBLE DON'T KILL ME I'LL LIVE TILL I DIE THE GRAVE WILL DECAY YOU AND TURN YOU TO DUST THERE AIN'T A GIRL IN A MILLION THAT THIS POOR BOY CAN TRUST THEY'LL HUG YOU AND KISS YOU AND TELL YOU MORE LIES THAN THE CROSS TIES ON THE RAILROAD OR THE STARS IN THE SKY I'M GOING TO GEORGIA I'VE SEEN ROME I'M GOING TO GEORGIA GOING TO MAKE IT MY HOME GOING TO BUILD ME A CABIN IN THE MOUNTAINS SO HIGH WHERE THE JAYBIRDS AND TURTLE DOVE CAN HEAR MY SAD CRY
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Oh yonder stands little Maggie With a dram glass in her hands She’s drinking away her troubles She’s a courting some other man Oh how can I ever stand it Just to see them two blue eyes A shining in the moonlight Like two diamonds in the sky Last time a saw little Maggie She was sitting on the banks of the sea With a forty-four around her And a banjo on her knee Lay down your last gold dollar Lay down your gold watch and chain Little Maggie’s gonna dance for daddy Listen to that old banjo ring Pretty flowers were made for blooming Pretty stars were made to shine Pretty women were made for loving Little Maggie was made for mine
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I'm just an old coal miner And I labored for my bread; This story in my memory I hear told; For the sake of wife and baby How a miner risks his life For the price of just a little lump of coal. Mother Jones is not forgotten By the miners of this field, She's gone to rest above, God bless her soul; Tried to lead the boys to victory. But was punished here in jail, For the price of just a little lump of coal. When a man has toiled and labored 'Til his life it's almost gone, Then the operator thinks he's just a fool: They sneak around and fire him Just because he's growing old, And swear they caught him breaking company rules. Don't forget me, little darling, When they lay me down to rest, Tell my brothers all these loving words I say; Let the flowers be forgotten, Sprinkle coal dust on my grave In remembrance of the UMWA.
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Sun gone down I ain't seen my girl today Sun gone down I ain't seen my girl today Here she comes I wonder what she will say Here she comes She look like she drunk again Here she comes She look like she drunk again She turns to stone When I ask her where she been Girl you could But you can't live here no more Girl you could But you can't live here no more I got another girl Let me show you the door Bye bye Baby goodbye Bye Bye Baby goodbye I hate to leave you But I'm gonna have to try
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Oh, that heart of mine, Oh, that heart of mine, Oh, that heart of mine, God's gonna search this heart o' mine. Well, when I was a sinner jus' like you, God's gonna search this heart o' mine. I prayed in de valley, I came right through. God's gonna search this heart o'mine. I went in de valley and I prayed one day, God's gonna search this heart O' mine. An' who do you reckon I met on de way, God's gonna search this heart o' mine. Well, I met ol' Satan on dis way, God's gonna search this heart o' mine, Well, what do you reckon Ol' Satan say? God's gonna search this heart o' mine. Says “Jesus' dead andmy God's gone away.” God's gonna search this heart o' mine. Made him out a liah and kep' on my way. God's gonna search this heart o' mine. A n' I never shall forget that day, God's gonna search this heart o' mine, When Jesus wash my sins away. God's gonna search this heart o' mine.
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Ain't but one thing grieves my mind, Ain't but one thing grieves my mind, Ain't but one thing ‘at grieves my mind, Judgement day am a tryin' time. Not a-gonna lay my religion down, Not a-gonna lay my religion down, Not a-gonna lay my religion down, Not a-gonna lay my religion down. My poor mother's dead and gone, My poor mother is dead and gone, My poor mother is dead and gone, Left me here to follow on. Not a-gonna lay my religion down, Not a-gonna lay my religion down, Not a-gonna lay my religion down, Not a-gonna lay my religion down. I've been tempted and I've been tried, I've been tempted and I've been tried, I've been tempted and I've been tried, Been to the river and I been baptized. God made me a living soul, God made me a living soul, God made me a living soul, Trained me [?] to sing while the ages roll Not a-gonna lay my religion down, Not a-gonna lay my religion down, Not a-gonna lay my religion down, Not a-gonna lay my religion down.
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Now I'm no teacher nor no teacher's son, But I can teach you how ‘til my papa comes. So say boys, how long must I have to wait? Can I get her now or must I hesitate? Talk about the boll weevil flyin' up in the air, Wherever he lights, he leaves his family there. Oh say boys, how long must I have to wait? Can I get her now or must I hesitate? Workin' on the railroad, sleepin' on the ground, Eatin' Coolidge meat skin at fifty cents a pound. Oh say boys, how much longer must I have to wait? Can I get her now or must I hesitate?

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released July 3, 2017

Andrew Grimm plays all the instruments and stuff... unless otherwise noted on individual tracks.

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June Star Baltimore, Maryland

June Star was started up by Andrew Grimm in 1998. For twenty years they have been changing members and releasing records. What started out as primarily americana type music has now just morphed into music... See you around.

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