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Mama Played the Snare Drum

by Wild Common

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Mama Played the Snare Drum 04:38
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Well my mama played the snare drum In the police marching band. Her dress was green and yellow, With a beautiful golden strand. She'd come home every evening, Tired from the day, It's a long, hard way to carry water When the well's so far away, She say come on little Daniel, Put down your lesson, There's been enough work for today. Tonight we'll go where the fire is burning, And by tomorrow we'll be far away. My father worked the mountain, With a hammer as big as me, He'd tell me stories from the gravel pits, About how we supposed to be He'd say come on little Daniel, Put down your lessons, There's been enough work for today. Tonight we'll be where the fire is burning, And by tomorrow we'll be far away I said please won't you promise to never stop walking with me My brothers and sisters beside me is all that I need My brothers and my sisters, Cut from the same cloth as me We all trying hard to come up With just what we supposed to be And when the day was ending, As the river held to the sun, We'd be dancing with dad 'round the cooking fire while mama beat her drum. They said come on little Daniel, Put down your lessons, There's been enough work for today. Tonight we'll go where the fire is burning, by tomorrow we'll be far away I said please won't you promise to never stop walking with me My brothers and sisters beside me is all that I need

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Cover art: "June Beat" by Ken Horne
See his work at: kenhorne.net/home.html

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released February 7, 2018

Davina Jackson - Vocals
Rob Hubbard - Drums
Dhara Goradia - Bass
Brennan Gilmore - Guitar
Nate Leath - Fiddle
Jonathan Corey - Rhodes piano

Recorded in Louisa County, Virginia at White Star Sound
Engineer: Jonathan Corey
Mixer: Stewart Meyers

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