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take me down to the cypress swamp
sit me down at the bottom of the stump
and let me dream my dreams
take me down to the cypress swamp
sit me down at the bottom of the stump
and let me dream my dreams lord...
my whole world got so angry lonely and blue
all i see in me are memories of you
now i look back on who i was way back then
i was doing pretty good, now i'm doing all i can
lord...
take me down to the cypress swamp
sit this ol' boy at the bottom of the stump
and let me dream my dreams lord
take me down to the cypress swamp
sit me down at the bottom of the stump
and let me dream my dreams lord...
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take me back home to the Dirty South... Lord
where the devil makes his whiskey & the crosses burn... Lord
where if you ain't right then you wrong
and you better watch your back boy.
take me back home to the Land of Cotton
old times there are not forgotten
and you better keep your back up against the wall
'cause them boys don't mess around at all
and if you ain't right then you wrong
and you better watch your back boy.
hard times everywhere everywhere I go boy
people running 'round from door to door... Lord
if I ever get up off this old killin' floor
I swear I ain't gone get this low no more
and if you ain't right then you wrong
and you better watch your back boy.
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Blue Front Cafe
03:56
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I'm sitting on the porch
of the Blue Front Cafe
tryin' to drink
a broken heart away
the devil got holt a me...
now the preacher man he come
to take me down to the church
tried to lay his hands on me
I put him in the dirt
I tried but the devil got holt a me
ain't no one can save me
now when Jesus comes to
take me to the Promised Land
I got to try to try to make him understand
yeah the Devil got holt of me
ain't no one can save me
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now these hard times are here
wherever you go
people searching
from door to door
cant find no heaven
don't care where they go
times is harder
than ever before
now you say you got money
well you better be sure
hard times will drive you
from door to door
if I ever get up of this old
Hard Killin' Floor
I swear I'll never get down no more
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Magnolia
04:07
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HEADING DOWN HIGHWAY 49
DOWN NEAR HINDS COUNTY LINE
I SEE A REBEL FLAG FLYING HIGH
I HANG MY HEAD AND SIGH
MAGNOLIA
MAGNOLIA
SHE DON’T BURN THE CROSS NO MORE
NOT LIKE SHE DONE AFTER THE WAR
WE DON’T RUN AND WE DON’T HIDE
FULL OF HATE AND REBEL PRIDE
MAGNOLIA
PRETTIEST FLOWER IN THE DIRTY SOUTH
MAGNOLIA
SHES THE ONE IM TALKING ABOUT
DEVIL IN A DRESS WITH A PRETTY MOUTH
SHELL CHEW YOU UP AND SPIT YOU OUT
IF YOU SEE HER STAY CLEAR BOY
I’M TELLING YOU NOW
MAGNOLIA
YEAH I GOT IT ITS IN MY BLOOD
MUDDY WATER TURNED TO DUST
DON’T TELL ME I AIN’T RIGHT
I SEE YA ON THE DARKEST NIGHT
FIGHTING FOR YOUR LIFE
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Lady Heroin
03:39
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it's early in the morning
I'm makin' my rounds
that Lady lighting up the
dark side of town
aint nowhere you can go
she aint been
every nook and cranny
covered in sin
the look in the eyes of the people she with
the thinkgs they tell you when they're trying to get
the pplaces we go when we're going down
that lady lights up the dark side of town
this city's got the heroin blues
this city's got the heroin blues
looooooord
don't you tell me
don't you tell me
na don't you tell me
we ain't going down
don't you tell me
don't you tell me
na don't you tell me
we ain't going down
this city's got the heroin blues
looooooord
this city's got the heroin blues
looooooord
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if ya don't want me why don't ya tell me so
if ya don't want me why don't ya tell me so
then I won't be knockin' around your back door
told me you loved me... aww baby that's Just Jive
told me you loved me... aww girl that's Just Jive
c'mon woman c'mon and feed me more lies
pick up the telephone cal my baby back home
pick up the telephone call my baby back
go on woman go on and feed me yo' Jive
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Lord I saw my woman last night
Lord I saw my woman last night
she was with another man
she ain't treating me right
sit my down under that ol' Cypress Tree
rest my bones... this life is bothering me
if you see my woman
tell her don't wait up for me
oh my Lord I'm coming home
oh my Lord I'm coming home
na the whiskey
na the whiskey ain't workin' no more
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Yes Ma'am
03:40
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well she don't know and i dont tell her
i don't worry her no more
she gonna do just what she doing
she gonna do it for sure
and she gonna tell me what shes thinking
even if i don't give a damn
yeah i better do right by her
yes ma'am
now i ain't saying that i ain't doing
but i'm trying to do her right
and if i come home
all fucked up
you can be it's gonna be a fight
'cuz she gone tell me what she's thinking
even if its 4 AM
yeah i better do right by her
yes ma'am
yeah a southern man
don't take no shit from noone
i fel a tuggin on down below
in a way that really hurts
yeah this feeling they call love
cometimes it feels more like a punch
but i'll take a punch and i'll have some fun
and i'f do it all again
yeah i better do right by her
yes ma'am
and a southern man
don't take no shit from noone
even if shes holding a cast iron frying pan
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hey Mr. Devil
won't you send my baby back this way
she ain't never been gone this long
I fear she gone to stay
but if you see her
won't you be a friend and tell her
that I changed my ways...
went down to the churchhouse
and I went up front to pray
and I got down on my knees
but I didn't have no words to say
Lord if you see her
won't you be a friend and tell her
tell her I changed my ways...
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Robert Connely Farr Vancouver, British Columbia
“Thunderous back alley blues”
Guitar Player
“menacing, guttural”
Smithsonian
Robert Connely Farr is from Bolton, Mississippi, home of Charley Patton, Sam Chatmon & the Mississippi Sheiks. He currently resides in Vancouver, BC. A friend & protege of Jimmy "Duck" Holmes, his music is rooted in the Bentonia Style of the Delta Blues - a style originated not far from his home in rural Mississippi.
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