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12) Go Down Ol’ Hanna
(traditional – arr. border band – last verse m.litton)

Go down ol’ Hanna, don’t you rise up no more
But if you rise up in the mornin’, set the world on fire

It was early one morning, the sun did rise
I was thinkin’ about my pretty baby
Hung my head and I cried

Go down ol’ Hanna, don’t you rise up no more
But if you rise up in the mornin’, bring Judgement Day

Should’ve been down by the river in 1910
They was drivin’ our women like they drove the men
I told the Captain that ol’ John he lay dead
The Captain didn’t do nuthin’, just nodded his head

Go down ol’ Hanna, go down ol’ Hanna

When I went to school, teacher, she asked me one thing
“Say tell me little partner, who learned you to sing?”
I said, “My ol’ daddy, he taught me these songs
“He plowed the hard earth ‘n to the earth he has gone”

Go down ol’ Hanna, go down ol’ Hanna

By the red of my blood, by the white of my bones
By the deep river mud each man dies alone
Go down with my shovel, go down dig my grave
Go down with ol’ Hanna come Judgement Day

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from It's a Short Life, released September 13, 2011

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I'm a creekbank ghetto boy. Began my singin' near half a century ago in Canada, then hit northeast, down thru Nashville, Austin, out to Colorado and back to Kansas where I started out and will likely remain. My influences are Leadbelly, Jimmie Rodgers, CCR and The Band, while the juices of a hundred others flavor my music, not to mention the devil himself if that's what it takes to make a song... ... more

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