Mama Played the Snare Drum

from Mama Played the Snare Drum by Wild Common

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lyrics

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

credits

from Mama Played the Snare Drum, released February 7, 2018
Davina Jackson - Vocals
Nate Leath - Fiddle
Rob Hubbard - Drums/Vocals
Dhara Goradia - Bass
Brennan Gilmore - Guitar/Vocals

Recorded at White Star Sound, Louisa County, VA
Engineered by Jonathan Corey
Mixed by Stuart Meyers

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