Biography:
Carolina Chocolate Drops is an American old-time string band from Durham, North Carolina. Their 2010 album, Genuine Negro Jig, won the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album at the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards, and was number 9 in fRoots magazine's top 10 albums of 2010.
The band came together to play the rich tradition of fiddle and banjo music in Carolina's Piedmont. Rhiannon Giddens and Justin Robinson both hail from Durham, North Carolina while Dom Flemons is native to Arizona.
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(Capo : 5th fret)
G Em
Hush now, don't you wake up
G Em
We'll be leaving at first light
Am G
Mama's buying you a mockingbird
Bm C
To lull you through the night
G Em
We'll cross the Dan by morning
G Em
Here's a blanket for you to share
Am G
They're building down in Georgia
Bm C
Daddy hears he'll find work there
[--------------BEGIN CHORUS---------------]
Am G
And the mockingbird can't sing
Bm C
Like the crying of a dove
Am G
And I can't tell my daughters
Em
All the things that I'm scared of
C G Bm C
But I am not afraid of that bright glory up above
Am G Bm C
Dying's just another way to leave the ones you love
[--------------END CHORUS---------------]
G Em
No work for the working man
G Em
Just one more empty mill
Am G
Hard times in Rockingham
Bm C
Hard times harder still
G Em
The crows are in the kitchen
G Em
The wolves at the door
Am G Bm C
Our fathers' land of Eden is paradise no more
[CHORUS]
[INSTURMENTAL]
G Em
My sister stayed in Eden
G Em
Her husband's got some land
Am G Bm C
An agent for the county thinks that they might make a stand
G Em
A hard life of working
G Em
With nothing much to show
Am G Bm C
A long life of leaving with nowhere to go
[CHORUS]
(Capo : 5th fret)
G Em
Hush now, don't you wake up
G Em
We'll be leaving at first light
Am G
Mama's buying you a mockingbird
Bm C
To lull you through the night
G Em
We'll cross the Dan by morning
G Em
Here's a blanket for you to share
Am G
They're building down in Georgia
Bm C
Daddy hears he'll find work there
[--------------BEGIN CHORUS---------------]
Am G
And the mockingbird can't sing
Bm C
Like the crying of a dove
Am G
And I can't tell my daughters
Em
All the things that I'm scared of
C G Bm C
But I am not afraid of that bright glory up above
Am G Bm C
Dying's just another way to leave the ones you love
[--------------END CHORUS---------------]
G Em
No work for the working man
G Em
Just one more empty mill
Am G
Hard times in Rockingham
Bm C
Hard times harder still
G Em
The crows are in the kitchen
G Em
The wolves at the door
Am G Bm C
Our fathers' land of Eden is paradise no more
[CHORUS]
[INSTURMENTAL]
G Em
My sister stayed in Eden
G Em
Her husband's got some land
Am G Bm C
An agent for the county thinks that they might make a stand
G Em
A hard life of working
G Em
With nothing much to show
Am G Bm C
A long life of leaving with nowhere to go
[CHORUS]
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Caroline Castell
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