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Broken Mule

from Sealegs by Yellowbelly

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Based on E.L.Doctorow's book 'The March' about the US Civil War.

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Bummers gone siezing all around Midgedville
Tack it was dry as the Wisconsin sand
I fell miles behind with the freed folks and turncoats
if I live for tomorrow I’ll live off the land
She’d not cross the pontoons we’d stray from the road
idle a while in the sun
and I’ll take my chances if jonny reb find me
but I’ll not sell this broken mule

Hood pulled his troops out and we took Atlanta
Carriages loaded with silver and ham
We tore out the pews at Oconee river
I could not pull my bayonet from the chest of a man
I’d use the whip but she’d not budge an inch
idle a while in the sun
and I’ll take my chances if jonny reb find me
but I’ll keep this broken mule boys
I’ll not trade this broken mule

Kilpatrick rode north drew fire from 12 pounders
100s went down in a day
Cape fear on one flank black creek on the other
Outnumbered they all stole way
No feed for the packhorses can’t eat the dead
Who’ve idled a while in the sun
and I’ll take my chances if jonny reb find me
but I’ll not leave this broken mule boys
I’ll not trade this broken mule

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from Sealegs, released July 1, 2012
Copyright Lawrence Davies

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Yellowbelly Nuremberg, Germany

Yellowbelly are Lawrence, Stefan, Markus, Boris and Kathi. They play guitars, violins, drums, a double bass, a banjo, a mandolin, a lap steel, an oud and other instruments, but not all at the same time. Yellowbelly play in pubs, churches, barns, internists's surgeries, fields, living rooms, stages and castles. Yellowbelly play songs about forgotten space probes, trains, cicadas and ratcatchers. ... more

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