cannonball adderley – forty more miles to go / rouster’s chant lyrics
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[men & women]
lord ain’t i prayed
loud enough to hear?
how long, how long
feet go on a+walkin’
’til that promiselan’ be near?
hammer weighin’ down my back
sorrow weighin’ down my soul
forty more miles on the railroad track
always forty more miles to go
[man]
how many miles my two feet countin’?
[rouster, spoken]
covin’ton an’ louisville
[man]
how many tracks my two hands lay?
[rouster, spoken]
owen’boro
[man]
how many bridges?
how many tunnels?
[rouster, spoken]
evan’ville, indiana
[man]
‘fore my blood run cold
[rouster, spoken]
paducah
[man]
an’ my hair
[rouster, spoken]
kentucky
[man]
turn gray?
[rouster, spoken]
cairo, illinois
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