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Posted on 6/20/22 at 4:08 pm to JetDawg
You'll never leave Harlan alive
Song by Del McCoury Band
In the deep dark hills of eastern Kentucky
That's the place where I trace my bloodline
And it's there I read on a hillside gravestone
"You'll never leave Harlan alive"
Oh, my grandfather's dad crossed the Cumberland Mountains
Where he took a pretty girl to be his bride
Said, "Won't you walk with me, out of the mouth of this holler
or we'll never leave Harlan alive"
Where the sun comes up about ten in the mornin'
And the sun goes down about three in the day
And you fill your cup with whatever bitter brew you're drinkin'
And you spend your life just thinkin' of how to get away
No one ever knew there was coal in them mountains
Till a man from the northeast arrived
Wavin' hundred dollar bills, said, "I'll pay you for your minerals"
But he never left Harlan alive
Grandma sold out cheap and they moved out west of Pineville
To a farm where Big Richland River winds
And I bet they danced them a jig
And they laughed and sang a new song
"Who said we'd never leave Harlan alive"
But the times they got hard and tobacco wasn't sellin'
And old granddad knew what he'd do to survive
He went and dug for Harlan coal
And sent the money back to grandma
But he never left Harlan alive
Where the sun comes up about ten in the mornin'
And the sun goes down about three in the day
And you fill your cup with whatever bitter brew you're drinkin'
And you spend your life diggin' coal from the bottom of your grave
You'll never leave Harlan alive
Song by Del McCoury Band
In the deep dark hills of eastern Kentucky
That's the place where I trace my bloodline
And it's there I read on a hillside gravestone
"You'll never leave Harlan alive"
Oh, my grandfather's dad crossed the Cumberland Mountains
Where he took a pretty girl to be his bride
Said, "Won't you walk with me, out of the mouth of this holler
or we'll never leave Harlan alive"
Where the sun comes up about ten in the mornin'
And the sun goes down about three in the day
And you fill your cup with whatever bitter brew you're drinkin'
And you spend your life just thinkin' of how to get away
No one ever knew there was coal in them mountains
Till a man from the northeast arrived
Wavin' hundred dollar bills, said, "I'll pay you for your minerals"
But he never left Harlan alive
Grandma sold out cheap and they moved out west of Pineville
To a farm where Big Richland River winds
And I bet they danced them a jig
And they laughed and sang a new song
"Who said we'd never leave Harlan alive"
But the times they got hard and tobacco wasn't sellin'
And old granddad knew what he'd do to survive
He went and dug for Harlan coal
And sent the money back to grandma
But he never left Harlan alive
Where the sun comes up about ten in the mornin'
And the sun goes down about three in the day
And you fill your cup with whatever bitter brew you're drinkin'
And you spend your life diggin' coal from the bottom of your grave
You'll never leave Harlan alive
Posted on 6/20/22 at 6:38 pm to Kentucker
quote:
You'll never leave Harlan alive
sung by Del McCoury Band
Darrell Scott: wrote it
*eta: where they're real friendly (to borrow from another thread)
This post was edited on 6/20/22 at 6:41 pm
Posted on 6/20/22 at 9:22 pm to madmaxvol
hey speaking of tennessee what about copperhead road he mentions knoxville
Posted on 6/21/22 at 9:57 am to JetDawg
Lubbock Texas In My Rear View Mirror.
Mac Davis
Awesome song about growing up hating your hometown only to return after gaining life perspective
Mac Davis
Awesome song about growing up hating your hometown only to return after gaining life perspective
Posted on 6/21/22 at 12:42 pm to awestruck
quote:
You'll never leave Harlan alive
sung by Del McCoury Band
quote:
Darrell Scott: wrote it
Aloha from Nashville is an amazing album. Darrell Scott was on fire with that album.
BTW...I also like Patty Loveless' version. But nobody sings it like D.S.
Posted on 6/21/22 at 12:50 pm to JetDawg
Spread my brother's ashes in the river behind the neighborhood we grew up in a couple of weeks ago. Couldn't help but think of the words to Paradise (about Paradise, KY) by John Prine.
When I die let my ashes float down the Green River
Let my soul roll on up to the Rochester dam
I'll be halfway to Heaven with Paradise waitin'
Just five miles away from wherever I am.
When I die let my ashes float down the Green River
Let my soul roll on up to the Rochester dam
I'll be halfway to Heaven with Paradise waitin'
Just five miles away from wherever I am.
Posted on 6/21/22 at 9:06 pm to madmaxvol
"ive been every where" johnny cash
Louisville Nashville Knoxville Jacksonville Vicksburg El Dorado Opelika
Louisville Nashville Knoxville Jacksonville Vicksburg El Dorado Opelika
This post was edited on 6/21/22 at 9:08 pm
Posted on 6/21/22 at 11:35 pm to fool_on_the_hill
Originally a Hank Snow song.
Posted on 6/22/22 at 9:52 am to Octopus
quote:
Butcher Hollow, Kentucky.
No SEC teams have songs about their towns/cities.
Maybe Austin?
Garth Brooks disagrees with this.
Posted on 6/22/22 at 9:57 am to Kentucker
quote:
You'll never leave Harlan alive
Song by Del McCoury Band
Del McCoury's cover of Richard Thompson's 1952 Vincent Black Lightning changed "and down to Boxhill they did ride" to "and down to Knoxville they did ride"
Posted on 6/22/22 at 3:13 pm to Octopus
quote:
No SEC teams have songs about their towns/cities.
Nashville is in tons of songs
Smoky Mountain Rain for Knoxville
Baton Rouge is in several songs
Posted on 6/26/22 at 9:28 pm to jchamil
What I need to do by Kenny Chesney.
Mentions both Baton Rouge and Knoxville.
Mentions both Baton Rouge and Knoxville.
Posted on 6/28/22 at 10:07 am to JetDawg
Posted on 7/14/22 at 3:22 pm to dchog
Eagles Seven Bridges Road is written about a road in Montgomery.
Huey Lewis and the News Jacob’s ladder was written about the Southside of Birmingham.
Ram Jam’s Black Betty was written about Birmingham.
Midnight in Montgomery by Alan Jackson.
Sweet home Alabama mentions several cities.
Tennesse River by Alabama
My homes in Alabama by Alabama
Don’t close your eyes… Keith Whitley mentions Birmingham.
Huey Lewis and the News Jacob’s ladder was written about the Southside of Birmingham.
Ram Jam’s Black Betty was written about Birmingham.
Midnight in Montgomery by Alan Jackson.
Sweet home Alabama mentions several cities.
Tennesse River by Alabama
My homes in Alabama by Alabama
Don’t close your eyes… Keith Whitley mentions Birmingham.
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