Jake Xerxes Fussell : What In The Natural World

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Fair thee well, land of cotton

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Cotton lisle is out of style

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Honey child, jump for joy!

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And don't you grieve, Little Eve

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All the hounds I do believe

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Have been killed, ain't you thrilled? Jump for joy!

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Have you seen pastures groovy?

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Well, green pastures was just a technicolor movie

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And when you stomp up to heaven

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And you meet old Saint Pete

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Tell that boy, jump for joy!

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Step right in, give Pete some skin and jump for joy

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Have you ever..... seen peaches growing on a sweet potato vine?

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Have you ever..... seen peaches growing on a sweet potato vine?

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Well wake up, woman, take your big leg off of mine Well I love.... that woman, I can't call her name Well I love.... that woman, I can't call her name She's a married woman but I love her just the same Well I give.... you my money and all my loving too Well I give.... you my money and all my loving too Oh, tell me baby, what more can I do? Have you ever..... seen peaches growing on a sweet potato vine? Have you ever..... seen peaches growing on a sweet potato vine? Well wake up, woman, take your big leg off of mine

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Capo:

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They say there's silver in the Pinnacle Mountain

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Nuggets found in the river below

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From a cave back up in the mountain

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One man had the fortune to know And though many have searched this mountain Her secret is hidden in the ground Lives were risked and crops were abandoned But the silver hadn't yet been found

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It's a rocky old mountain I'm a-climbin'

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There's a raging river below

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Through the valley so beautiful and winding

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And its secret I may never know

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No, its secret I may never know In the legend one man took shelter From the storm with his sheep in a cave Veins of silver in the walls were gleaming As the streaks of lightning danced and played Upon returning his sheep to the pasture Back to the cave he thought he could go But for weeks he searched for this treasure Oh, hidden in the ground below It's a rocky old mountain I'm a-climbin' There's a raging river below Through the valley so beautiful and winding And its secret I may never know No, its secret I may never know

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What kind of business has the poor man got?

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Dealing with the furniture man

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Well, he's got no dough and it will stand to show

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And I expect the wagon's gonna stand

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The piano and everything

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Mr Cooper had it written under my name

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So take your time, Mr Brown

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The furniture man came to my house It was last Sunday morn He asked me if my wife was at home I told him she had long been gone He packed the wagon up to the door And he took everything I had He hauled it back to the furniture store Honey, I did feel bad He took everything from an earthernware plate From a bed-tick to a frying pan

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And if there ever was a devil that had been born without horns

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Well, he must have been a furniture man |

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So take your time, Mr Brown Take your time

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All this furniture is mine The piano and everything Mr Cooper had it written under my name So take your time, Mr Brown Take your time |

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Capo:

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Come listen and I'll tell a tale of hardy canyoneers

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That breed of men the river rats who live without the fears

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Of common ordinary men whose worries sure are small

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Compared to those who flirt with death within that high grey wall

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What's in a man to make him thirst

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For the kind of life he knows is cursed?

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He'll die a lonely river rat, foolhardy canyoneer

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Do you ever wonder what you'd do when all the chips were down If you doubt you'd do what a man would do when danger comes around Then take the test to prove the case to see if courage calls As waves leap thirty feet or more on the trip through Lava Falls What's in a man to make him thirst For the kind of life he knows is cursed? He'll die a lonely river rat, foolhardy canyoneer At night at rest on a rocky beach he hears a hairy sigh Of the lonely phantom of the gorge whose mournful voices cry Although we ran the rapids wild and with our lives did pay We welcome you, you canyoneers, who come this dismal way What's in a man to make him thirst For the kind of life he knows is cursed? He'll die a lonely river rat, foolhardy canyoneer

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Capo:

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When I was a lad on the Emerald Isle

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I heard many stories both lovely and wild

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About the great dragons and monsters that be

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That swallow the ships when they sail on the sea

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Oh I was an artist with canvas and paints

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I sailed with saint Brendan and his jolly saints

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We told the good people goodbye for a while

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We sailed for Saint Brendan's fair isle, fair isle

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We sailed for Saint Brendan's fair isle We'd been on the ocean just ninety four days When we came to this place where the sea was ablaze The devils from hades were yelling with glee And burning the sailors alive on the seas Then Saint Brendan walked on the blistering waves And drove all the demons back into their caves And all of the saints had a heavenly smile We sailed for Saint Brendan's fair isle, fair isle We sailed for Saint Brendan's fair isle One night as the brethren were lying asleep A great dragon came out from out of the deep He thundered and lightninged and his mighty din Awakened Saint Brendan and all of his men The dragon came on with its mouth open wide We threw in the cross and the great dragon died We skinned him and cooked him and feasted a while We sailed for Saint Brendan's fair isle, fair isle We sailed for Saint Brendan's fair isle And at last we came onto that heavenly land We all went ashore and we walked on the sand We took our long bows and killed a zebu We roasted its hams and had hot barbecue When after the meal we were singing a song We noticed our island was moving along We ate and we drank and we rode in our style We sailed on Saint Brendan's fair isle, fair isle We sailed on Saint Brendan's fair isle Saint Brendan said, Boys this is much to my wish We ride on the back of the worlds' biggest fish Hold tight to the rope that is dragging our ship We'll need it some day if the fish takes a dip We sailed every ocean, we sailed every sea We seen every sight a sailor could see In forty four days we rode ten million miles We sailed on Saint Brendan's fair isle, fair isle We sailed on Saint Brendan's fair isle

Jake Xerxes Fussell : What In The Natural World
2017

Jump For Joy

Have You Ever Seen Peaches Growing On A Sweet Potato Vine

Pinnacle Mountain Silver Mine

Furniture Man

Canyoneers

St. Brendan's Isle

Jake Xerxes Fussell : What In The Natural World 2017

Jump For Joy

Have You Ever Seen Peaches Growing On A Sweet Potato Vine

Pinnacle Mountain Silver Mine

Furniture Man

Canyoneers

St. Brendan's Isle

Jake Xerxes Fussell : What In The Natural World
2017