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Boxcar Betty Blues

from Raisin' Heck by Onion Honey

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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

credits

from Raisin' Heck, released July 29, 2017
Words and music by Esther Wheaton
Esther Wheaton - banjo, vocals
Dave Pike - mandolin, vocals
Michelle Horel - banjolele, vocals
Stuart Cybulskie - double bass
Julia Narveson - fiddle

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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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