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Folk Heroes

from Folk Heroes by Green Heron

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The eighteenth of June had come way too soon
As the red clay had started to break
And the dust they allowed met the sweat on their brow
And on the homes they were trying to make

With cars on the track and the close on their backs
They headed for the grape vines of west
With nothing to find but the passage of time
And the memories of the place they loved best

And so it goes with the worries and woes
That all us folk heroes must end
As John Henry swore that the children he bore
Wouldn't pick up a hammer like him

Sweet Liza Jane she would play in the rain
As her daddy set wood on the stove
And the locals down town they would mix in the crowd
With strangers who ramble and rove

Just like Darling Cory we've all got our stories
Though some may escape history
And by the words of Leadbelly, John Hurt and Blind Willie
How it was is how it will be

Some pigs in a pen have stood taller than men
Some men may sink lower than mud
Like that cruel Stack O'Lee on his last killing spree
Who's life we'll remember in blood

You can shout from the hills or the brick-laden mills
Or the fields where the green corn stands tall
That a man's just a man and he does what he can
And all who shall rise has to fall

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from Folk Heroes, released August 18, 2018

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Green Heron New Hampshire

The music of Green Heron stretches across the entire folk landscape. Old-time, folk, bluegrass, country, Irish and blues music are all represented as the band brings the back porch to the stage.

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