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You Can't Get There From Here Either

by Tar and Rosin

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Lost Indian 01:34
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Goodbye, don't you cry, I'm goin' to Louisiana To buy a dog and big fat hog, and marry Susianna Sing song, ding dong, take a trip to China Cornbread and Butterbeans, sail back to Carolina Cornbread and Butterbeans and you across the table Eating beans and making love as long as I am able Hoeing corn and cotton too and when the day is over I'll ride a mule like a crazy fool and love again all over Well wearing shoes and drinking booze, that goes against the bible A necktie will make you die, and cause you lots of trouble Street cars, whiskey bars and kissing pretty women Woah man, that's the end of a terrible beginning Chorus I can't read and I don't care, an education's awful Raising heck and writing checks, that ought to be unlawful Silk hoes, frilly clothes, it's just a waste of money I can see how glad you'd be to marry me my honey Singing songs all day long and growing out this long beard Playing for money it's so funny and it all seems so weird As it seems I live the dream and I don't want to wake up I confess I'll wear a dress and put on pretty make-up
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My wife died on Friday night and on Saturday she was buried, Sunday was my courtin' day and on Monday I got married, Chorus: I won't get drunk no more, won't get drunk no more Won't get drunk no more, down the old plank road Fifteen pounds of meat a week and whiskey here to sell How's a boy to stay at home when the pretty gals look so well Branson, Oh Branson, why'd you treat me so If you want for me to leave, then I will gladly go I'd rather be in Memphis in the cold and rain Then being out here in Chicago wearing that ball and chain I went up to a train yard to hop a gravel train The very next thing you heard of me I wore that ball and chain I went up to that courthouse so I could pay my fine The very next thing you heard of me I was on that chain gang line
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Dirty Creek Lyrics: (Written by John Martin) Sores on my tongue, sores on my cheek That's what I get for riding dirty creek She can dance, she can sing She can give you anything Come on boys, lettin' ya know If they're easy, lett'em go (Written by George Lane) Her current's strong, her current's swift Beware her everlasting gift Be careful what you ask for You'll get that and a whole lot more Go skip a stone, on down the creek Be mindful of the things you seek So now you know that you will pay For what you do and what you say
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Ain't A Bit 02:29
She hugged me and she kissed me and called me sugar plum Threw her arms around me and said I love you some Chorus: I ain't a bit drunk, drunk, drunk x3 I'm just from Alabam I ain't a bit drunk, drunk, drunk x3 And I mean just what I say I went to see my baby at the laundry where she folds Says yonder come that boogie man who stole my husbands clothes When she saw me coming, she held her head and cried Says yonder come that boogie man where'm I gonna run and hide
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Trouble, Oh trouble, it's trouble all the time If trouble don't kill me, I'll live a long, long time Chorus: Ain't that trouble in mind x4 My mammy told me something, my pappy told me more If ever I get married in this life, bring trouble through that door My mammy told me something and it is sure to pass A drinking and a gambling will be my ruin at last My pappy told me something and it will surely come I'll be in the penitentiary afore I'm twenty one Well sometimes I have money, and sometimes I have none When I'm out a gambling my money's soon all gone Sometime I will have a dram, and sometimes I'll have two When I'm on a drinking spree, no telling what I'll do Next time I get married, it ain't goin' be for riches Going to marry me a girl about eight feet tall So she can't wear my britches
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Ridin' Away 06:40
Panhandlin' until night, drinkin' whiskey to feel alright Settin' round by the fire Hoppin' outta ol' Cheyenne, I got itchy feet, do you understand But you were my one true desire Chorus: Ridin' Away x3 Ridin' away from you Hobos versus cinder dicks, yegs and burglars, us thieves are thick And stronger than Ole Bull's moonshine The road is hard and never ends, can't tell my foes from my friends But you were always nice and kind Now my travellins' are through, I beat the trail back home to you But when I got there you were gone There was a note tacked to your door, sayin' you can't live like this no more I guess I best be moving on
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Fiddle Shred 04:46

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This is our first official studio album and it was recorded in the Spring of 2013 in Knoxville. It was a stressful, fun, goofy, sobering, new, painful, exciting and growing experience. All of the real credit goes to Joe and his crew at DigiTrax, who without them and their generosity, talent, and resources, this would have never happened! Thank you to everyone else for supporting us and helping live out our dreams!

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released August 8, 2013

Performed by Tar and Rosin
Engineered by Timothy High
Assistant Engineer Kyle Heverly with Jason Alley
Mixed and Mastered by Kyle Heverly
Produced by Joe Vangieri and Tar and Rosin at DigiTrax Recording Studios, Knoxville, TN
www.DigiTraxRecordingStudios.com

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Tar and Rosin Asheville, North Carolina

Tar and Rosin is:
Chilly Coyote on Sawbox
Jon Fly Martin on Whomp Wheel
Whiskey Slim on Chug-Chug
BoogieAnn "The Drunken Boar" on scratch-clack

Tar and Rosin is an Old Time Appalachian String Band that formed this past winter in the drunken basements and apartments of Des Moines, IA. Playing songs from Pre-Civil War Era up to the 1940', they write and perform original music as well.
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