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Who Killed Cock Robin?
04:45
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Who killed Cock Robin?
"I," said the Sparrow, "I slayed him with my arrow,
I killed Cock Robin."
Who saw him die?
"I," said the Fly, "With my 96 eyes,
I watched him die."
Who caught his blood?
"I," said the Fish, "I caught it in my dish,
I caught his blood."
Who'll dig his grave?
"I," said the Owl, "I'll dig it with my trowel,
I'll dig his grave."
Who'll be the parson?
"I," said the Rook, "With my little book,
I can be the parson."
Who'll carry the coffin?
"I," said the Linnet, "I'll go fetch it in a minute,
I'll carry the coffin."
Who'll toll the bell?
"I," said the dove, "For I mourn for my love.
I'll toll the bell."
All the birds of the air fell a-sighing and a-sobbing,
When they heard the bell toll for poor Cock Robin.
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2. |
Motherless Children
02:13
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Motherless children sees a hard time when their mother is dead and gone
Motherless children sees a hard time when their mother is dead and gone
They go hungry, they go cold, they go begging from door to door
Motherless children sees a hard time when their mother is dead and gone
Father will do the best he can when their mother is dead and gone
Father will do the best he can when their mother is dead and gone
Father will do the best he can but he don’t really understand
Motherless children sees a hard time when their mother is dead and gone
Sister will do the best she can when their mother is dead and gone
Sister will do the best she can when their mother is dead and gone
Sister will do the best she can because she really understands
Motherless children sees a hard time when their mother is dead and gone
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3. |
Country Blues
02:39
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4. |
Nanaimo Mill Shooting
03:27
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Oh, he lived in South Nanaimo
Worked the mill for many a year
All he owned earned with his backbone
A wife and daughter he held dear
Hard times fell, he fell harder
He lost his job, he lost his pay
He lost his home, he lost his family
He lost his mind, he lost his way
I’m going down this morning
To that old Nanaimo mill
Them old boys there in the office
Don’t wanna see me, but they will
Cuz I’m going down this morning
To that old Nanaimo mill
Since them old boys took my living
Well, I got some time to kill
He walked up to the mill that morning,
He shot poor Michael Lunn down
He didn’t stop, just kept on walking
He shot everyone he found
He found and shot poor Fred McEachern
Left him for dead and walked away
Two men were hit, but kept on living
One more was sent beneath the clay
Old Fred rose up and with his last strength
He took a chair and raised it high
He brought it down upon that killer
And held him there until he died
I’m going down this morning
To that old Nanaimo mill
Them old boys there in the office
Don’t wanna see me, but they will
Cuz I’m going down this morning
To that old Nanaimo mill
Since them old boys took my living
Well, I got some time to kill
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5. |
Heroin
03:52
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I took heroin last Saturday night
I took it in that heroin way
If somebody hadn’t come just as they did
I’d be in my grave today
When the smack begins to flow, I really don't care anymore
About them politicians makin crazy sounds
And everybody putting everybody else down
And all them dead bodies piled up in mounds
I took heroin last Sunday night
I took it like a silent scream
All alone in my silent home
I fell into a darkening dream
I asked my dear father, is your god aware,
I have made the big decision, tell your god I do not care.
Drive that spike into my vein, and things aren’t quite the same
I guess that I just don’t know
I heard my mother's voice singing, Do don do
I heard my own voice shouting, Momma, Momma is that you?
I saw the berserk city, saw the dead stacked in piles
Saw the screaming crowd, I screamed, “Where am I?”
I took heroin this Sunday night
I took it in a hell of a way
Nobody came for me, I sat there for a while
Til your God came along and he threw me on the pile
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6. |
Dead to Me
06:33
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You're dead to me, you're on your own
Don't bother calling, don't bother coming home
Discovery on a darkened tide
That the drugs you fed me turned to suicide
You don't trust yourself on a crumbling cliff
Where we see rocks, you see a salty mist
So you're dead to me, you're on your own
Don't bother calling, don't bother coming home
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7. |
Hangknot
04:51
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Did you ever see a hangman tie a hangknot?
Did you ever see a hangman tie a hangknot?
I've seen it many a time and he winds, he winds,
After thirteen times he's got a hangknot.
Tell me will that hangknot slip, no it will not,
Will that hangknot slip, no it will not.
Slip around your neck, but it won't slip back again
Hangknot, hangknot, that hangknot.
Did you ever lose a brother to a hangknot?
Did you ever lose a brother to a hangknot?
My brother was a slave and he tried to escape
They drug him to his grave on a hangknot.
Did you ever lose your father on a hangknot?
Did you ever lose your father on a hangknot?
They hung him from a pole, and they shot him full of holes,
Left him there to rot on that hangknot.
Tell me who makes the laws for that hangknot?
Who makes the laws for that hangknot?
Who says who will go to the calaboose?
Get the hangman's noose on a hangknot.
I don't know who makes the law for that hangknot.
I don't know who makes the law for that hangknot.
But the bones of many a men are whistling in the wind,
Just because they tied their laws with a hangknot.
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8. |
Oh, Death
08:34
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What is this that I can’t see
That’s got its icy grip on me
I am Death, I’ve come to tell,
I’ll open the doors to Heaven or Hell.
Oh, Death, how can it be
That you have got your grip on me?
I have come to reap your soul
Leave your body and leave it cold.
Oh Death, oh Death, can't you spare me over another year
Oh Death, oh Death, please spare me over another year
Oh, Death, please hear me pray,
Come for me another day.
You've had your day, save your speech,
The time of mercy is out of your reach.
Oh Death, please give me time
To fix my heart and change my mind.
Your heart is fixed, your mind is bound,
I hold the shackles to drag you down.
My mother come to my bed,
Placed a cold towel upon my head.
I’ll lock your jaws so you can't talk,
I'll freeze your feet so you can't walk.
Oh, Death, how you're treating me,
you've closed my eyes so I can't see.
Yeah I closed your eyes so you can't see
The road you're doomed to travel with me.
Oh Death, please let me see
If Christ has turned his back on me.
When you were called and asked to bow,
You wouldn't take heed - it's too late now.
Too late, too late, to all farewell,
My soul is damned and summoned to hell,
As long as God in Heaven shall dwell
Your soul, your soul shall scream in hell...
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Country Mouse Nanaimo, British Columbia
Country Mouse are four feral forest creatures brought together by a shared love of outsider music and the unlikely coincidence of each having a body to bury. They have conspired, collaborated, and shared shovels ever since. They create low tone psychedelic doom folk with Appalachian and punk rock over and undertones. They sound best in forests and look better in the dark. ... more
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