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Foul Weather Friends

by Onion Honey

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1.
Hellcat Etiquette 02:15
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Hellcat Etiquette Into the fire Out of the frying pan No man is an island But a woman is a marked man Some of us are drang And some of us are sturm Some of us hold tenderly And some of us hold firm Chorus: Know when to pack your bags and when to sign your lease When to speak up and when to hold your peace Know when to hold them, know when to fold them Know when to read the signs and when you’ve gotta burn them Some of us are joy And some of us are mirth Some of us will till the soil And some will salt the earth Some of us are judges Some give the runaround Some of us pull punches Some of us double down Well, when you’re wrong you’re wrong And when you’re right, you’re right A caged bird sleeps through the day But sings so sweet at night Some of us are proud and Some a little nervous Some of us are at your throat And some are at your service
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Black-Eyed Suzie 02:24
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Black Eyed Suzie Black Eyed Suzie came to town All she wore was a gingham gown Hey old man, I want your daughter To chop my wood and carry my water Black eyed Suzie Black eyed Suzie Black eyed Suzie Comin’ back home with a pocket full of money Nobody ‘round to call me honey I may get drunk, I may get woozy But I want to come home to Black eyed Suzie Black eyed Suzie Black eyed Suzie Black eyed Suzie Black eyed Suzie lives over yonder She won’t come, I won’t call her Up Red Creek and down saltwater Some old man’s gonna lose his daughter Black eyed Suzie Black eyed Suzie Black eyed Suzie I’m a man who has my say I’ll have her hand, I’ll have my way I’ll ask that girl to be my wife Or I’ll regret it all my life
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Through the Rogers Pass 03:30
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Through the Rogers Pass In the morning, I’ll be up with the sun, I’ll be leaving, the damage is done I’m only going to the next stop west, work is calling and I can’t rest But I will see you soon Chorus: Thunder roaring through the mountain tops, train keeps rolling and it never stops I left my heart with you I left my heart with you Going by box car through the Rogers pass, though it’s not far, it’s greener grass Work is slow now, and the wages are low, I don’t know how, but I’ll find a way home I hope it’s one day soon With every season, I can’t get ahead, there’s no reason, to send for you yet I wrote a letter, though it never sent, it might be better if you didn't see me again I can’t bring this to you I hope you’re happy, hope you got a good man, have you forgot me, you know I’d understand I’ll be waiting, if you find me again, no debating, I know it’s the end I know that I lost you
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Vegetable Love 03:19
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Vegetable Love Chorus: Bide your time but don’t let go It’s vaster than empires and ten times as slow You planted the seeds, though they don’t show ‘Cause vegetable love, it grows Like peaches in the summertime and apples in the fall An orchard full of fruit trees that don’t grow real tall You can’t make an omelette without breaking eggs Though it’s safer to stand on your own two legs It prickles like a cactus that don’t take no guff It makes your heart soft and your biscuit dough tough You can pick a paw paw, they’re good to eat Ugly as sin but twice as sweet When flowers start shooting, the leaves turn green And gardens fill with weeds and sour celery The summer pays a bounty of berries and corn It’s pretty as a rose and sharp as a thorn There’s roots in the cellar and deep under the ground From the harvest we gathered, the love that we found Though winter is coming, I know we’ll get through To bloom in the springtime, it’s the same, it’s made new
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Force of Will 03:16
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Force of Will Chorus: Keep pushing your rock of ages up that hill It ain’t no match for the force of will Keep pushing your rock of ages up that hill Step by step, traveling down that line Ride the wind like a cloud in the sky I’m up all night waiting for the sun But it’s too bright when morning comes Inch by inch, growing real tall Spring, summer, straight through to fall Rest your weary head upon the ground When winter ends, spring will come around
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Steel Rail Blues 03:19
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Steel Rail Blues (Gordon Lightfoot) Well I got my mail late last night A letter from a girl who found the time to write To her lonesome boy somewhere in the night She sent me a railroad ticket too To take me to her loving arms And the big steel rail’s gonna carry me home to the one I love Well I been out here many long days I haven't found a place that I could call my own Not a two bit bed to lay my body on I been stood up I been shook down I been dragged into the sand And the big steel rail gonna carry me home to the one I love Well I been up tight most every night Walking along the streets of this old town Not a friend around to tell my troubles to My good old car she done broke down 'Cause I drove it into the ground And the big steel rail gonna carry me home to the one I love Well look over yonder across the plain The big drive wheels a-pounding along the ground Gonna get on board and I'll be homeward bound Now I ain't had a home cooked meal And Lord I need one now And the big steel rail gonna carry me home to the one I love Now here I am with my hat in my hand Standing on the broad highway will you give a ride To a lonesome boy who missed the train last night I went in town for one last round And I gambled my ticket away And the big steel rail won't carry me home to the one I love
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Get Out from Under My Feet 03:26
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Get Out From Under My Feet Well Sarah bore the mark of Cain (get out from under my feet) She lost herself when she changed her name (get out from under my feet) Get out from under my feet Can't you see I'm working here I've got no time to say goodbye I ain't got no time for fear Well Deborah led her flock through war and worse (get out from under my feet) History called her victory a curse (get out from under my feet) Well Jael fought a general with a hammer and won (get out from under my feet) They gave god the credit for the things she had done (get out from under my feet) Judith was a widow and assassin and spy (get out from under my feet) She lived independent for the rest of her life (get out from under my feet) Mary went out ready to take on the guard (get out from under my feet) She told them what she saw and they called her a liar (get out from under my feet)
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When I Die 03:16
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When I Die I'm gonna go to heaven when I die And when I get to heaven well on angel's wings I'll fly It wouldn't be unkind If it gives you peace of mind To think I'm gonna go to heaven when I die I'm gonna go to Brooklyn when I die And when I get to Brooklyn I’ll buy me a pizza-pie I'll go to New York City 'cause I do not need your pity I'm gonna go to Brooklyn when I die I'm gonna turn to ashes when I die And when I turn to ashes on that cold East wind I'll fly All of life is dust to dust We're hard to crack but crack we must I'm gonna turn to ashes when I die And I don’t care where I’m going when I die And when I make my great escape it'll be too late to lie Well heaven’s got nice weather But I’d rather be together I don’t care where I’m going when I die Well when I die I plan to go in style And when the day of judgment comes I'll make it worth my while If I'm going down already Please throw me some confetti And I might as well make it worth my while
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Foul Weather Friend 03:02
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Foul Weather Friend When you’re feeling low, When you’re feeling blue, You got nowhere to go now, Well I got news for you CHORUS Good times come lord, And good times end, But on your darkest days, Get you a foul weather friend Living in a house of cards When the wind blows through Just give me a holler now I’ll bring down some glue Sweet summer wind blows, When skies are blue When winter storms come, I will still be true You know life goes on, And mine does too, But when you need me, I’ll be here for you
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I've Endured 02:36
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I've Endured (Ola Belle Reed) Born in the mountains fifty years ago I’ve trod the hills and valleys through the rain and snow I’ve seen the lightning flashing I’ve heard the thunder roll I’ve Endured I’ve Endured how long can one endure Barefoot in the summer on into the fall Too many mouths to feed they couldn’t clothe us all Sent to church on Sunday to learn the golden rule I’ve Endured I’ve Endured how long can one endured I’ve worked for the rich I’ve lived with the poor I’ve seen many a heartache there’ll be many a more Lived loved and sorrowed been to success’s door I’ve Endured I’ve Endured how long can one endure
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Snallygaster 03:03
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Snallygaster I saw the sky above me Turn from day to night With long neck and leather wings Blocking out the light They say it’ll steal your hens, That it’ll drink you dry It whistles like a steam train, It has ten thousand eyes Paint a seven-pointed star on your barn, you can run but you can’t run faster Take no chances, do no harm just beware the snallygaster Its scream will curdle blood and milk, Smells like the fires of hell With three red eyes and tentacles, Or so the papers tell The president went hunting it, The farmers stayed inside It snapped and yelled at Roosevelt, So Teddy went home and cried The kilnman down in Cumberland Saw it fast asleep Roosting in an old cow barn, Counting flocks of sheep Its claws are sharp and glowing steel, Its egg could hatch a whale And if you see it coming, You won’t live to tell the tale I saw the snallygaster Falling from the sky Head over tail, it tried and failed To spread its wings and fly Overcome by moonshine fumes, It fell into a still Last I heard the revenue Took it to pay the bill
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Justified Shuffle 03:14
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Justified Shuffle Sitting on the porch with nothing to do No one but the clouds watching me play the blues Well these days it ain’t easy Justifying wasting my time Playing on the corner for a couple of bucks But I was only singing for construction trucks Well these days it ain’t easy Justifying wasting my time Chorus: I know, I know I know, I know Well these days it ain't easy Justifying wasting my time Found 5 dollars in the green park grass Took it to the store, but they don’t take cash Well these days it ain’t easy Justifying wasting my time Six strings and a prayer ain’t no cure for the plague And all of my gear won’t fix this broken leg Well these days it ain’t easy To justify wasting my time But maybe it’ll help us all to spark a little joy Lord knows it’s hard to come by, boy ‘Cause these days it ain’t easy To justify wasting my time
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Here in This Town 03:18
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Here In This Town This dark night, tonight Bright where the stars shine through I’m lost in a car with you, love I’m lost in a car with you This new town, our home Just fields and farms and us We’re not lost, we’re explorers Here in this town, with you Chorus: Here in this town Here in this town We’re not lost, we’re explorers Here in this town, with you We bought a house, settled in And a town grew up around us It’s been home so long now Here in this town with you We came to teach from overseas The world was ours to explore And it’s changed so much around us We can’t keep up anymore When the world changed did you notice? Did you see the signs before us? Things are so different now, love Here in this town with you
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For Old Henry 03:17
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For Old Henry Chorus: I was born in my home and I’ll die with eyes open Bury me at the crossroads with my face towards heaven Put two pennies on my eyelids for the girl who drives the ferry A silver coin on my tongue for Old Henry Mean as a Monday, as a glass of whisky neat Won’t be at church on Sunday, got the devil in my feet No shirt on my back, the good lord takes and takes away Took my memory, took my dignity, then he sent me on my way Gentlemen might agree but upon a woman’s oath You can’t have one or the other, it’s nothing or it’s both What’s good for the workers? What’s good for the drones? It’s younger than the ocean, but it’s older than bones These feet are for the path, this food is for the plate My hands are all their own, they’ll fail me sure as fate
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Great-Grandfather's Horse 04:06
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Great-Grandfather’s Horse Great-Grandfather when the world was young Greased his palms with a wagon tongue Bought a horse, gave it his heart Hitched it to a two-wheeled cart Great-Grandfather when the world was green Built a life on corn and beans Had sixteen kids with his lady wife But the horse, the horse was the love of his life Great-Grandfather’s horse lived free to run Laughed at the sweat of his seven sons A horse is for work, a horse is for toil But it never put a foot in the soil Great-Grandfather when the world was fresh Left his home on a train out west His seven sons, no trace of remorse Sold away their father's horse Great-Grandfather when the world was young Well, he found out what they had done Returned to the East with his head in his hands His anger enormous but oh so quiet Anger enormous but oh so quiet

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released May 27, 2023

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Onion Honey Waterloo, Ontario

Onion Honey makes folk music, sharp and sweet and mixed in with banjo and mandolin, washboard and double bass, fiddle and warm five-part harmonies. It’s a recipe for a great time and good for what ails, home-cooked comfort food for the ears.

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