Songs:Big Muddy (77080)
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BIG MUDDY Harvest time in a river town Delta cotton hangin’ down Buzzard soars without a sound The house is old and the boards are rotten All I’ve got came from cotton Old times here are best forgotten Along Big Muddy Mississippi octoroon Scans the levee afternoon Bloodhounds bay ‘neath the harvest moon Opelousas’ youngest daughter Ran away but daddy caught her She’ll inherit land and water Along Big Muddy Father of waters, Mother of God Why’d you make my work so hard? The river gives and takes away From Louisiana every day I’m delta-born, I’m here to stay…. Forever Along Big Muddy (I’m delta-born, I can’t run away from Big Muddy) I work these fields of deadly boredom I’d buy some shoes (teeth) but I can’t afford ‘em I swiped two pints where the bossman stored ‘em Lots of folks around here hurtin’ Got a cot, a kettle, and a sheet for a curtain Things ain’t changed much, that’s for certain Along Big Muddy I patch up the bossman’s leaky roof They knock on wood in Waterproof The levee’s only dirt, Lord, ain’t it the truth She comes around me actin’ moody I’ve got no cause to touch that beauty I lower my eyes and I do my duty Along Big Muddy Catahoulas razorback Shuffles ‘round my one-room shack Ducks into the canebrake…. Rifle crack She toys with the poor man, knows she’s got ‘im My brother took a chance and the bossman shot him Now I lay low along the willow bottom Of Big Muddy Bounty-hunters in a pickup truck Missed an eagle…damn the luck It’s man’s dominion – gotta make a buck Country store across from Natchez I buy a beer, a Hustler, and a box of matches Behind the bait-box the sheriff scratches Along Big Muddy Chain gang workin’ on the right-of-way Useless labor in the heat of day Your children watchin’ all ‘long the way Armadillo refugee Snifflin’ ‘round my dungarees Gonna taste mighty good with some black-eyed peas
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 | Folk 5,377 items |
 | Acoustic Guitar 8,681 items |
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