From: merlebarnes@ns.sympatico.ca   
      
   I have it by Guy Clark. Nice song.   
      
   Take Care   
   Merle   
      
   "Mitch Dickson"  wrote in message   
   news:2WyAk.31437$kh2.10408@bignews3.bellsouth.net...   
   > Yep we settled on "New Cut Road" for our new band.  I am including the   
   > words   
   > to the Bobby Bare song as that is now our theme song :)   
   >   
   > Mitch   
   >   
   > New Cut Road   
   >   
   > Coalman Bonner was a fiddle playin' fool.   
   > He was a backwoods rounder and a trader of mules.   
   > Coalman Bonner's got a wor' out bow,   
   > He been playin' two days down a new cut road.   
   >   
   > Now Coalman's little sister said 'you better act right,   
   > Your Daddy's going to Louisville, He'll be back tonight.   
   > He gonna get another wagon and a good pair of mules.   
   > Oh, we gonna move to Texas, We just waitin' on you.   
   >   
   > Now Coalman's Daddy, he pulled up in the yard   
   > He said 'pack up your lives kids, it's getting' too hard.   
   > Kentucky's alright but there's too many people   
   > Well, just the other day, I thought I saw a church steeple.   
   >   
   > Now Coalman said 'Daddy don't you worry 'bout me,   
   > I'm gonna stay here in Kentucky till the day I dee   
   > I'm wanna drink that sour mash, I'm gonna race that mare   
   > Ya, I got me a woman with a foxy red hair   
   >   
   > We all been movin' west since the day he got married   
   > I'm getting' off the wagon, I'm too old to be carried   
   > I'm gonna stay in Kentucky where the blue grass grows   
   > I'm gonna play it all night down a new cut road.   
   >   
   > --- Instrumental ---   
   >   
   > Now Coalman's Daddy said, "What's it all comin' to,   
   > Young people these days are just stubborn as mules."   
   > He can't make um go, he's too old for that   
   > It's that damned ol' fiddle and that bowler hat.   
   >   
   > Now Coalman's Momma said, "Let the boy stay,   
   > 'Cause he's raised up solid, he can find his own way   
   > But as for me, Honey, I'm with you   
   > Well I always thought Kentucky was just passin' through.   
   >   
   > Coalman's little sister, she started in a cry   
   > And her Daddy shook his head for the very last time   
   > Coalman's Momma said, "Somebody gotta do it,   
   > Wouldn't be no Kentucky, less you didn't stick to it, Coalman.   
   >   
   > Coalman Bonner stood on the porch of that cabin   
   > Watched um all go to Texas in a covered wagon   
   > He pulled out his fiddle and he rosined up his bow   
   > And he played a little tune called "the new cut road..."   
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