
The Slocan Ramblers
Season 2 Episode 4 | 56m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
The Slocan Ramblers are Canada’s bluegrass band to watch on today’s acoustic music scene.
The Slocan Ramblers are Canada’s bluegrass band to watch. Rooted in tradition, fearlessly creative and possessing a bold, dynamic sound, The Slocans have become a leading light of today’s acoustic music scene. With a reputation for energetic live shows, impeccable musicianship and an uncanny ability to convert anyone within earshot into a lifelong fan.
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The Slocan Ramblers
Season 2 Episode 4 | 56m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
The Slocan Ramblers are Canada’s bluegrass band to watch. Rooted in tradition, fearlessly creative and possessing a bold, dynamic sound, The Slocans have become a leading light of today’s acoustic music scene. With a reputation for energetic live shows, impeccable musicianship and an uncanny ability to convert anyone within earshot into a lifelong fan.
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♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ [Harefoot's Retreat- Instrumental] ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ [crowd applauding] Frank Evans: Thank you.
♪♪♪ [I Don't Know] ♪♪♪ ♪ Well your money's better spent ♪ ♪ Hangin' round 'em other fellas ♪ ♪ Than to hang around the likes of me ♪ ♪ But if you count me as your pony ♪ ♪ You'll be a little lonely I'll be as true to you ♪ ♪ as you are to me ♪ You know they say ♪ I hold my cards close to my chest ♪ ♪ But I'll show you mine if you show me yours ♪ ♪ Cause your the eye in my queen ♪ ♪ You're the ace in my sleeve I couldn't possibly ask ♪ ♪ for anything more ♪ In these past few years I've hit the pavement ♪ ♪ and the beers ♪ And it's taken its toll on me ♪ ♪ But you seem to keep me on track ♪ ♪ Always scratching my back And keeping me safe ♪ ♪ from the storms at sea I could be lying in bed ♪ ♪ and it's all in my head ♪ About to wake up from this sweet memory ♪ ♪ But if you happen to be real ♪ ♪ and you can touch and you can feel ♪ ♪ I'd trade the world for you to be with me ♪ ♪ Looking up at a girl ♪ ♪ Looking down at the world ♪ I don't know I don't know ♪ ♪ What she sees in me ♪ I always thought it sounded good ♪ ♪ To have a cabin in the woods ♪ With only me to hear my thoughts ♪ ♪ and prayers ♪ I'd write a novel through and through ♪ ♪ and maybe an opera or two and perform it ♪ ♪ for the fox and the bears ♪ ♪ I'd get the love that I need ♪ from the birds and the bees ♪ ♪ And the forest would be where I roam ♪ ♪ What used to be a tiger in the reeds ♪ ♪ Cause you cast your spell on me ♪ ♪ Has been reduced to a kitten at home ♪ ♪ Looking up at a girl ♪ ♪ Looking down at the world ♪ I don't know I don't know What she sees in me ♪ (okay Charlie boy) ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪ You say you never trust a man ♪ ♪ Who doesn't know how to dance ♪ ♪ But you've hung around enough with me ♪ ♪ You've asked me all the thirty questions ♪ ♪ To get to know a person So tell me now ♪ ♪ what do you see ♪ Are you looking for a secret ♪ in the jungle of my mind ♪ That you can't wait for me to show ♪ ♪ Cause I promise my last words ♪ ♪ as I'm dying in bed ♪ Won't be honey there's something you should know ♪ ♪ Looking up at a girl ♪ ♪ Looking down at the world ♪ I don't know I don't know ♪ ♪ What she sees in me ♪ I don't know I don't know ♪ ♪ What she sees in me ♪ I don't know I don't know ♪ ♪ What she sees in me [crowd applauding] Frank: Oh, thank you folks.
♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪ You can watch the river float by all day ♪ ♪ You can watch the sun rise too ♪ ♪ You can see all the leaves as they dance on the trees ♪ ♪ And the sunshine melts the dew ♪ ♪ You can see the little creek drip by sometimes ♪ ♪ As the seasons pass on through ♪ ♪ But as long as you're at home ♪ ♪ Still forever I'm a-roaming ♪ Well I'm coming back home to you ♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪ Well you can see the big birds fly high in the sky ♪ ♪ The loons and the herons too ♪ Skip around and float aground ♪ ♪ Shade the sky a darker hue ♪ You can watch the little birds fly south such haste ♪ ♪ As the seasons pass on through ♪ ♪ But as long as you're at home ♪ ♪ Still forever I'm a-roaming ♪ Well I'm coming back home to you ♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪ You can see the big dipper in the sky shine bright ♪ ♪ Cassiopia Andromeda too ♪ Catch a glimpse in the night 'fore the sun come to rise ♪ ♪ And the sky is painted blue ♪ ♪ You can see the little bear in the sky dance high ♪ ♪ As the seasons pass on through ♪ ♪ But as long as you're at home ♪ ♪ Still forever I'm a-roaming ♪ Well I'm coming back home to you ♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪ You can watch the river float by all day ♪ ♪ You can watch the sun rise too ♪ ♪ You can see all the leaves as they dance on the trees ♪ ♪ And the sunshine melts the dew ♪ ♪ You can see the little creek drip by sometimes ♪ ♪ As the seasons pass on through ♪ ♪ But as long as you're at home ♪ ♪ Still forever I'm a-roaming ♪ ♪ Well I'm coming back home to you ♪ ♪ Yes as long as you're at home ♪ ♪ Still forever I'm a-roaming ♪ ♪ You can see me come and go ♪ ♪ whichever way the wind is blowing ♪ ♪ Once the cows started mooing ♪ ♪ No more --so ♪ I'm coming back home to you ♪ ♪♪♪ [crowd applauding] Adrian Goss: Oh thank you folks.
That's the--that's the river roaming song right there.
Well, I think it's time for some claw hammer banjo music.
We've got Frank on the claw hammer banjo.
I heard a few folk clapping; not all at once, please, but-- There you go.
Now we're talking.
We're going to show you what Frank can do with a clawhammer banjo in his hands.
That's some of his--one of his tunes called Platform 4.
♪♪♪ [Platform Four - Instrumental] ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ [crowd cheering and applauding[ Frank: All right, Ferndale, you guys brought the party.
We knew this place was gonna be a good time.
We figured we're gonna finish this set off with a couple of bluegrass tunes because we haven't been playing any bluegrass tonight and that's how this band got its start, is we used to play in Toronto.
We all met in Toronto and we played in this little tiny pub.
And you must think, you know, we tour around playing venues as beautiful as this, and we've always been doing that from the very start, and it's not the case, I hate to break it to you.
We played in a place called the Cloak and Dagger and to paint a picture of it, it was known in the neighborhood as the Puke and Stagger, and it was--it was a-- it was a interesting experience.
We played every Tuesday from 10 PM to 1 AM in the morning, from--and uh, it was a good time.
We played for a packed house, all 60 people there, and uh, not a soul was listening to us, but it was a good time as a band.
♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪ All along the road of life I roam ♪ ♪ Lookin' for a place to call my own ♪ ♪ Not a fancy mansion or a bungalow for me ♪ ♪ Everywhere I go I seem to find ♪ ♪ Hangin' on the door is the same old sign ♪ ♪ My heart beats slower when I read on a door, ♪ ♪ no vacancy ♪ No vacancy, (no vacancy) no vacancy ♪ ♪ All along the line the same old sign ♪ ♪ awaitin' for me ♪ No vacancy, (no vacancy) no vacancy ♪ ♪ And my heart beats slower when I read on a door, ♪ ♪ no vacancy ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪ Not so long ago it seemed ♪ Many a happy dream I dreamed ♪ ♪ Of a little nest where I could rest and the world was free ♪ ♪ Now that the war is over and won ♪ ♪ Troubles and trials just begun ♪ ♪ I face that terrible enemy, no vacancy ♪ ♪ No vacancy (No vacancy) no vacancy ♪ ♪ All down the line the same old sign awaitin' for me ♪ ♪ No vacancy (no vacancy) no vacancy ♪ ♪ And my heart beats slower when I read on a door, ♪ ♪ no vacancy ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪ Brother take a moment if you please ♪ ♪ Better take a moment on your knees ♪ ♪ Thank the Lord above ♪ for all he's ever done for you ♪ ♪ Livin' in a world of grief and hate ♪ ♪ Hopin' every day that the hand of fate ♪ ♪ Will remove that terrible sign, ♪ ♪ no vacancy ♪ No vacancy (no vacancy) no vacancy ♪ ♪ All down the line the same old sign awaitin' for me ♪ ♪ No vacancy (no vacancy) no vacancy ♪ ♪ And my heart beats slower when I read on a door ♪ ♪ no vacancy ♪ And my heart beats slower when I read ♪ ♪ on a door no vacancy ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪ I was born in East Virginia North Carolina I did go ♪ ♪ There I met a fair maiden And her name, ♪ ♪ I did not know ♪ Oh her hair was dark and curly ♪ ♪ And her cheeks were roses red ♪ ♪ On her breast she wore a lily ♪ ♪ Where I long laid my head ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪ I don't want your greenback dollar ♪ ♪ I don't want your watch and chain ♪ ♪ All I want is your heart, darling ♪ ♪ Say you'll take me back again ♪ ♪ The ocean's deep and I can't wade it ♪ ♪ And I have no wings to fly ♪ I'll just find some blue-eyed boatman ♪ ♪ For to row me o'er the tide ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪ I'll go back to East Virginia ♪ ♪ North Carolina ain't my home ♪ I'll go back to East Virginia ♪ ♪ Leave old North Carolina alone ♪ Frank: Thank you guys so much, we'll see you very shortly.
Darryl Poulsen: I'd say the easiest part of like being on the road is playing the gigs.
It's all the travel and sort of all the preparation going into all the tours and stuff, that takes a lot of time and you don't really see it until sort of it's all done, I guess.
You know, you can kind of zoom out and see the big picture of it all.
But it's also hard, like Adrian and I have little ones at home, so it's hard to leave them behind for too long 'cause you kind of miss a lot of stuff, but, yeah, it's got its challenges for sure.
Yeah, it's like a magical thing that happens when you get four guys playing music at the same time at the same moment on the same stage and that's kind of what keeps us going, really.
Adrian: 'Cause it's a cool feeling for me, Alex, when it gets--when it's good, it kind of feels like, I'm not really like--I'm listening to the back.
I feel like even though I'm playing my instrument, and we're just like--I'm listening to myself, I'm listening to everyone else, and I just happened to be on stage.
But, you know, it's almost like I'm playing on autopilot and I'm just listening to everything as opposed to, I think I wanna play.
Charles Jims: The audience plays a huge part in that, you know just the shared energy in the room and you know, if it's sort of a reciprocal thing, it's great, in most cases it is, you know--we feed off of it, for sure.
Frank: Like Charles said, we'll just get on stage and do what we do and the audience will pick up on it and give it back and it's--back and forth kind of conversation between us playing.
And you know, in the good moments it doesn't even feel--it doesn't really feel like you're going through the motion of the show, it just feels that you're kind of another person who's a part of it, the same as the audience.
Like we've been playing this music for a while, so we often just try to do little things to, like, surprise each other on stage.
Right?
Like, throw something out there in a solo or whatever, like, just some funny musical thing to keep each other on our toes and-- Adrian: Change the tempo of a song, like play it way slower and see how it sounds like.
Try to do stuff like that to keep it fresh.
♪♪♪ [Mighty Hard Road] ♪♪♪ ♪ I came from a good family ♪ Lovin parents and food to find ♪ ♪ Brother and sister both charming too ♪ ♪ It's a mighty hard road it's a mighty hard road ♪ ♪ When it's time to move away ♪ ♪ Pack your bags and be back again ♪ ♪ From the hallowed plains to Ohio ♪ ♪ It's a mighty hard road it's a mighty hard road ♪ ♪ Yes I know ♪ Don't wait for me It's a mighty hard road ♪ ♪ it's a mighty hard road ♪♪♪ ♪ When you find a good woman with a heart so true ♪ ♪ Like the family back home and lovin you ♪ ♪ It's marry me and say I do ♪ ♪ It's a mighty hard road it's a mighty hard road ♪ ♪ We had a couple of years ♪ that seemed to go well ♪ With the kids growing up so strong and tall ♪ ♪ But the summer always turns to fall ♪ ♪ It's a mighty hard road it's a mighty hard road ♪ ♪ Yes I know ♪ Don't wait for me It's a mighty hard road ♪ ♪ it's a mighty hard road ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪ Living all alone can be tough some times ♪ ♪ Get a little drink just to ease my mind ♪ ♪ Stumble at home at a quarter to four ♪ ♪ It's a mighty hard road it's a mighty hard road ♪ ♪ And good times catch up with you ♪ ♪ Empty pockets when the deal falls through ♪ ♪ Love doesn't always get you too far ♪ ♪ It's a mighty hard road it's a mighty hard road ♪ ♪ Yes I know Don't wait for me ♪ ♪ It's a mighty hard road it's a mighty hard road ♪ ♪♪♪ ♪ Hasn't been a week since you left me here ♪ ♪ Took my soul and my little ones dear ♪ ♪ Standin here with nothin to show ♪ ♪ It's a mighty hard road it's a mighty hard road ♪ ♪ Yes I know Don't wait for me ♪ ♪ It's a mighty hard road it's a mighty hard road ♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ Frank: One more.
♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ [crowd applauding] ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪ They call me long gone I'm leavin' town ♪ ♪ Don't try to follow 'cause I can't be found ♪ ♪ I'll take the rainbow and sunshine too ♪ ♪ And the only worry that I got is using my shoe ♪ ♪ Well they caught me bummin' in the park one day ♪ ♪ You saw me thumbin' on the old highway ♪ ♪ Now listen dear sister now don't you know ♪ ♪ That your dear old daddy's got a home ♪ ♪ where ever he go ♪ They call me long gone I'm leavin' town ♪ ♪ Don't try to follow 'cause I can't be found ♪ ♪ I'll take the rainbow and the sunshine too ♪ ♪ And the only worry that I got is using my shoes ♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪ Well they took my money and my big fine farm ♪ ♪ They thought they beat me but they didn't by far ♪ ♪ Well the big boys caught me ♪ ♪ oh but I got away ♪ And you're gonna miss your dear old daddy ♪ ♪ one of these days ♪ They call me long gone ♪ I'm leavin' town Don't try to follow ♪ ♪ 'cause I can't be found ♪ I'll take the rainbow and sunshine too ♪ ♪ And the only worry that I got ♪ ♪ is using my shoes ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ Frank Evans: Mr. Charles Jims on the bass for you folks.
♪♪♪ ♪ Just need to follow that old black crow ♪ ♪ Happy-go-lucky where ever I go ♪ ♪ I ain't got no worries I ain't got no cares ♪ ♪ And the lonesome road and the easy road ♪ ♪ is all that I share.
♪ They call me long gone I'm leavin' town ♪ ♪ Don't try to follow 'cause I can't be found ♪ ♪ I'll take the rainbow and the sunshine too ♪ ♪ And the only worry that I got is using my shoes ♪ ♪ And the only worry that I got is using my shoes ♪ ♪♪♪ [crowd applauding] ♪♪♪ [Won't you come back home] ♪♪♪ ♪ I was living on a mountain ♪ With my head up in the air ♪ ♪ But you made me come back down again ♪ ♪ You couldn't leave me standing there ♪ ♪ If I could drift above the valley ♪ ♪ And whistle in the breeze ♪ But you've gone away and left me ♪ ♪ A six months and three days ♪ Won't you come back home to your ever-loving mama ♪ ♪ Livin'in a house in a city so cold ♪ ♪ Like a pinecone drifting down a heavy water stream ♪ ♪ Oh, won't you come back to me ♪ ♪♪♪ ♪ Rest my head upon a pillow ♪ Little pills before sleep ♪ You're half way to Athabasca ♪ I hadn't noticed in a week ♪ If I could buy away the heartache ♪ ♪ Wouldn't have a nickel to my name ♪ ♪ All my pockets would be empty ♪ ♪ But you'd be right back here again ♪ ♪ Oh won't you come back home to your ever-loving mama ♪ ♪ Livin'in a house in a city so cold ♪ ♪ Like a pinecone drifting down a heavy water stream ♪ ♪ Oh, won't you come back to me ♪ ♪ Oh, won't you come back to me ♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪ Oh, I know the summer's coming ♪ ♪ And the winter won't be long ♪ Late nights and loud parties ♪ Couldn't do me any harm ♪ But all the blossoms in the spring time ♪ ♪ Won't bring you back happily ♪ If I could fly above the mountains ♪ ♪ If you could whistle close to me ♪ ♪ Oh won't you come back home to your ever-loving mama ♪ ♪ Livin' in a house in a city so cold ♪ ♪ Like a pinecone drifting down a heavy water stream ♪ ♪ Oh, won't you come back to me ♪ ♪ Won't you come back home to your ever-loving mama ♪ ♪ Livin' in a house in a city so cold ♪ ♪ Like a pinecone drifting down a heavy water stream ♪ ♪ Oh, won't you come back to me ♪ ♪ Oh, won't you come back to me ♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ [crowd applauding] Frank: Thank you.
♪♪♪ [I've Always been a Rambler] ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪ Well I've always been a rambler, ♪ ♪ my fortune's been quite hard ♪ I've always loved the women, ♪ drank whiskey and played cards ♪ ♪ My parents treated me kindly, they had no boy but me ♪ ♪ My mind was bent on rambling, ♪ ♪ at home I couldn't agree ♪ Well there was a wealthy farmer who lived in the country by ♪ ♪ He had himself a daughter on whom I cast an eye ♪ ♪ She was so tall and handsome, so pretty and so fair ♪ ♪ There ain't no girl in the whole wide world ♪ ♪ with her I could compare ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪ Well I didn't made a difference ♪ ♪ if I crossed o'er the plain ♪ She says it made no difference you turning in ♪ ♪ She said that she'd prove true to me ♪ ♪ until I proved unkind ♪ I kissed, shook hands and parted with the one I left behind ♪ ♪♪♪ ♪ Well I rambled out one evening ♪ ♪ down to the public square ♪ The mail had just arriven when the post met me there ♪ ♪ He handed me a letter on which I'd understand ♪ ♪ How the girl from Caroliner had met another man ♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪ So I rambled out one evening down on the public square.
♪ ♪ The mail had just arriven ♪ when the post met me there.
♪ He handed me a letter on which I'll understand ♪ ♪ The girl from Caroliner had married another man ♪ ♪ So I read a few lines further 'til I found that it was true ♪ ♪ My heart was filled with trouble, ♪ ♪ I didn't know what to do ♪ My heart was filled with trouble, ♪ ♪ while trouble's on my mind ♪ I'm gonna drink and gamble ♪ for the one I left behind ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪ Well I've always been a rambler, ♪ ♪ my fortune's been quite hard ♪ ♪ I've always loved the women, ♪ ♪ drank whiskey and played cards ♪ ♪ My parents treated me kindly, ♪ ♪ they had no boy but me ♪ My mind was bent on rambling, at home I couldn't agree ♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪ My mind was bent on rambling, so left Tennessee ♪ Frank: Yes.
Thank you folks.
♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ [crown applauding] Frank: This is one we've been playing for many years or since the puke and stagger days, and one by the great Doc Watson.
He'd sing this one with the Watson family and it's one called Groundhog and it's a--it's a good shouting one if you guys feel like shouting.
Nothing better than shouting about small furry rodent animals in a church; there's just something about that.
It's just doesn't get any better, so here's Groundhog.
♪♪♪ [Groundhog] ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪ Well shoulder up your muskeet call up your dog ♪ ♪ Shoulder up your musket gun ♪ 'Cause we're going to the woods ♪ ♪ gonna catch a groundhog ♪ Groundhog!
♪ Groundhog!
♪ Groundhog!
♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪ Oh there's meat in the cupboard ♪ ♪ and the butter's in the churn ♪ ♪ Meat's in the cupboard and the butter's in the churn ♪ ♪ If that ain't groundhog, I'll be durned ♪ ♪ Groundhog!
♪ Groundhog!
♪ Groundhog!
♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪ Well here comes Sally with a snicker and a grin ♪ ♪ Here comes Sally with a snicker and a grin ♪ ♪ Groundhog grease all over her chin ♪ ♪ Groundhog!
♪ Groundhog!
♪ Groundhog!
♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪ Well way down yonder in the porch and the branch ♪ ♪ way down yonder in the porch and the branch ♪ ♪ Through the old style whizzes and a little paid dance ♪ ♪ Groundhog!
♪ Groundhog!
♪ Groundhog!
♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪ Well shoulder up your muskeet ♪ ♪ call up your dog ♪ Shoulder up your muskeet ♪ ♪ call up your dogs ♪ We're going to the woods gonna catch a groundhog ♪ ♪ Groundhog!
♪ Groundhog!
♪ Groundhog!
[crowd applauding] Frank: It's been so much fun.
Thanks again for having us here at this beautiful venue.
We're going to send you off with a song with the exact same lyrics to the song we just sang, but a little bit faster, called the Sun's Gonna Shine in my Back Door.
And it's been a real pleasure being here, so thanks so much for having us and we'll see you guys next time.
♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪ Sun's gonna shine in my backdoor someday ♪ ♪ Sun's gonna shine in my backdoor someday ♪ ♪ Sun's gonna shine in my backdoor someday ♪ ♪ March wind's gonna blow my blues all away ♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪ Well my mama told me long years ago ♪ ♪ Never to marry no boy I doesn't know ♪ ♪ He won't give you money no decent clothes ♪ ♪ Now what will you becoming God only knows ♪ ♪ Sun's gonna shine in my backdoor someday ♪ ♪ Sun's gonna shine in my backdoor someday ♪ ♪ Sun's gonna shine in my backdoor someday ♪ ♪ March wind's gonna blow my blues all away ♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪ Well hard times're comin' this much I know ♪ ♪ Never sell love for a rich man's gold ♪ ♪ Hard times're comin' so I've been told ♪ ♪ Now love won't help you when you're hungry and cold ♪ ♪ Sun's gonna shine in my backdoor someday ♪ ♪ Sun's gonna shine in my backdoor someday ♪ ♪ Sun's gonna shine in my backdoor someday ♪ ♪ March wind's gonna blow my blues all away ♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪ Sun's gonna shine in my backdoor someday ♪ ♪ Sun's gonna shine in my backdoor someday ♪ ♪ Sun's gonna shine in my backdoor someday ♪ ♪ March wind's gonna blow my blues all away ♪ ♪ March wind's gonna blow my blues all away ♪ Frank: Thank you so much, we'll see you next time.
♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪ Well put your arms around me ♪ like a circle round the sun ♪ I wanna love you, baby, like your easy rider done ♪ ♪ Don't believe I love you, ♪ what a fool I've been ♪ Don't believe I'm sinking, what a hole I'm in ♪ ♪ 'Cause I'm Stealin', stealin', pretty mama ♪ ♪ don't you tell on me ♪ I'm stealin' back to my same old used to be ♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪ Well the girl I love she's just my height and size ♪ ♪ But Mary-Dew comes to see me some time ♪ ♪ Don't believe I love you, what a fool I've been ♪ ♪ Don't believe I'm sinking, what a hole I'm in ♪ ♪ 'Cause I'm Stealin', stealin', ♪ ♪ pretty mama don't you tell on me ♪ ♪ I'm stealin' back to my same old used to be ♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪ Well I got a girl about 6 feet tall ♪ ♪ She sleeps in the kitchen with her feet in the hall ♪ ♪ Don't believe I love you, what a fool I've been ♪ ♪ Don't believe I'm sinking, what a hole I'm in ♪ ♪ 'Cause I'm Stealin', stealin', ♪ ♪ pretty mama don't you tell on me ♪ ♪ I'm stealin' back to my same old used to be ♪ Frank: Come on Charles -- ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪ Well I'm stealin', stealin', ♪ ♪ pretty mama don't you tell on me ♪ ♪ I'm stealin' back to my same old used to be ♪ ♪ I'm stealin', stealin', ♪ pretty mama don't you tell on me ♪ ♪ I'm stealin' back to my same old used to be ♪♪ ♪♪♪ Frank: Thank you guys so much, you've been wonderful.
We'll see you next time.
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