Biography:
Michael Hurley is an American singer/guitarist, reportedly born December 20, 1941. He also plays the fiddle.
Hurley's debut album, First Songs, was recorded for Folkways Records in 1965 on the same reel-to-reel machine that taped Leadbelly's Last Sessions. He was "discovered" by blues and jazz historian Frederick Ramsey III, and subsequently championed by boyhood friend Jesse Colin Young, who released his 2nd & 3rd albums on The Youngbloods' Warner Bros.
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- Animal Song If I Could Ramble Like A Hound
- Automatic Slim And The Fat Boys
- Be Kind To Me
- Boone And Jocko
- Drivin Wheel
- Ghost Woman Blues
- Goners
- Im Getting Ready To Go
- Knocando
- Light Green Fellow
- Open Up
- Pastures Of Plenty
- Rue Of Ruby Whores
- Slurf Song
- Sweet Lucy
- Tea Song
- Werewolf
- Whiskey Willy
- Wildegeeses
- You Got To Say
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[Verse 1]
C F Dm
I woke up on a summer's day
F C
From dozin' on a bank of clay
C E7 Am
The hot and humid fog
C G Am G Am
The splashin' of the water dog
Dm Em C
Lo come a war canoe
F C
And standing in the bow were you
[Verse 2]
C F Dm
Tell me friend if you got the time
F C
Where in this woods does grow the healin' vine
C E7 Am
And I was searchin' for my love
C G Am G Am
Who used to live in the hills above
Dm Em C
And I don't live at all
F C
No never since my last downfall
[Mouth Trumpet Solo]
[Verse 3]
C F Dm
Over yonder in the briar patch
F C
The animal lives there in a hole
C E7 Am
And ne'er in the sun will stir
C G Am G Am
But come the fall of evenin' grey
Dm Em C
Leaps and jumps away
F C
[Verse 4]
C F Dm
Standin' on the mountain side
F C
Just tryin' to get a little taste o' rain
C E7 Am
My people used to live here
C G Am G Am
And I feel the same as they do
Dm Em C
For I did dwell here too
F C
[Verse 5]
C F Dm
There she be and she see me
F C
A-driftin' in my daggone dream
C E7 Am
They throwed my windows and doors
C G Am G Am
A century of misery
Dm Em C
The Rue of Ruby whores
F C
C F Dm
I woke up on a summer's day
F C
From dozin' on a bank of clay
C E7 Am
The hot and humid fog
C G Am G Am
The splashin' of the water dog
Dm Em C
Lo come a war canoe
F C
And standing in the bow were you
[Verse 2]
C F Dm
Tell me friend if you got the time
F C
Where in this woods does grow the healin' vine
C E7 Am
And I was searchin' for my love
C G Am G Am
Who used to live in the hills above
Dm Em C
And I don't live at all
F C
No never since my last downfall
[Mouth Trumpet Solo]
[Verse 3]
C F Dm
Over yonder in the briar patch
F C
The animal lives there in a hole
C E7 Am
And ne'er in the sun will stir
C G Am G Am
But come the fall of evenin' grey
Dm Em C
Leaps and jumps away
F C
[Verse 4]
C F Dm
Standin' on the mountain side
F C
Just tryin' to get a little taste o' rain
C E7 Am
My people used to live here
C G Am G Am
And I feel the same as they do
Dm Em C
For I did dwell here too
F C
[Verse 5]
C F Dm
There she be and she see me
F C
A-driftin' in my daggone dream
C E7 Am
They throwed my windows and doors
C G Am G Am
A century of misery
Dm Em C
The Rue of Ruby whores
F C
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