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Raisin' Heck

by Onion Honey

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Come on all you boozefighters if you want to hear About the kind of booze that we sell around here It's made out of buckwheat, rye, and corn All bottled up in some old barn We don't give a damn for the Volstead law And for prohibition we don't care at all It's made way back in the swamps and the hills Where there's plenty of moonshine stills And the lamb'll lay down with the lion After drinking this old moonshine One drop will make a rabbit kick a bulldog One drop will make a cat chase a wild hog Make a bullfrog spit in a black snake's face A hardshell preacher fall from grace And the lamb'll lay down with the lion After drinking this old moonshine Tip up your head and you take a little drink And for a week you won't be able to think The next thing you know you'll be gettin' kinda tight Out on the street tryna raise a fight So you tip up your head and you take a little more And for a month you'll be feeling kinda sore And then you'll swear you won't drink it anymore You've said that a thousand times before And the lamb will lay down with the lion After drinking this old moonshine
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Got that iron beneath my feet That rhythm in my head No cotton sheets on easy street Got a boxcar for my bed I'm gonna ride that freight train 'til I'm dead The railroad bulls are friends of mine Smokestacks smell like home And until I hop a suicide ride These crossties are my bones I'm gonna ride that freight train 'til I'm gone Well I don't know but I've been told That freight train, she don't grow old There's still a train upon this track Still water in that well Still answers in your almanac And histories to tell I'm gonna ride that freight train straight to hell
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500 Miles 02:34
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The train she sings in the sound of your voice Rocks and she rolls with her gentle train noise I'd never have left if I had the choice But I won't come around no more Past cities, through prairies, by stations and jails I can't take anymore of your old wives' tales The train she's true to her long steel rails And I was true to you You went crazy once and decided to stay I thought I could love you anyway But you bought me a ticket and you sent me away I won't come around now more I tied up my heart in the luggage rack I'm gone now and I won't come back The train she's true to her long steel track And I was true to you The train she sings in the sound of your voice Rocks and she rolls with her gentle train noise I'd never have left if I had the choice But I won't come around no more The train she sings like you sang long ago To measure the seconds on earth here below The train she's true to her long steel road And I was true to you
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In the Pines 04:37
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Red-haired Jeannie was a fine young woman Went to church most every Sunday and a fine young man had spoken Said he wanted to make that lady his wife But before they walked the aisle he'd live a sailor's life Dear John You sailed away Left me here to be a bride another day Dear John The rumour's true Left me here to be another man's too Young Bill Shearman was a farmer to his bones Worked in his father's farm and fields and With his father's honeycombs Jeannie was a city girl, voice as sweet as sin Caught his eye one Sunday morning, singing Sunday hymns Dear John You sailed away Left me here to be a bride another day Dear John The rumour's true Left me here to be another man's too A man who works the honeyhouse is surely sweet and brave One who can plow the fields is strong and true But a man who leaves his love behind to sail across the ocean Don't deserve a fine young woman or that woman's kind devotion Dear John You sailed away Left me here to be a bride another day Dear John The rumour's true Left me here to be another man's too Driving out one shining day to see what she would say Said to Jeannie "oh my darling won't you put that ring away" Jeanne took off that sailor's ring and put it out of sight And Bill Shearman asked that lady if she'd rather be his wife Dear John You sailed away Left me here to be a bride another day Dear John The rumour's true Left me here to be another man's too
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The Cuckoo 03:08
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O Susannah 04:03
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Old Joe caught twenty-seven trout Early Wednesday morning 'fore the sun come out Old Joe by Wednesday night Had eaten every one of them and gotten in a fight Is the Old Joe Brook still running Running like it always did before That old stream is full of fish Runs as cold as you could wish It'd be a shame if the Old Joe was no more Old Joe stole the Twenty-Seven Train Early Wednesday morning 'fore the sun was seen Old Joe before the day was full Had run that train right out of town and shoveled all the coal Is the Old Joe Train still running Running like it always did before If that train still runs on time I'll be home by Saturday night It'd be a shame if the Old Joe ran no more Old Joe took to his heels and fled Early Wednesday morning 'fore the cops were out of bed Old Joe before the sun went down Had got those coppers off his trail and headed back to town Is the Old Joe Man still running Running like he always did before If Old Joe is ever caught He'll have to answer for a lot It'd be a shame if poor Old Joe was no more Be a sham if poor Old Joe was no more

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released July 29, 2017

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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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