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Take My Ashes to the River

from Never Slow Down by The Po' Ramblin' Boys

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She was the parsons only daughter
And a poor sharecroppers dream
Voice as sweet as falling water
From the cool clear mountain stream

We came to share a love forbidden
A union cursed by family
To be forever unforgiven
When we swore eternity

We settled hard on 20 acres
Plowed the fields and worked the land
But then the fever came to take her
With its unforgiving hand

I tried to soothe her aching body
But no peace I could provide
She said I hear the angels singing softy
I'm bound to cross that great divide

Take me to the river (Take my ashes to the river)
Where it's cold and deep (Where the water's cold and deep)
Take me to the river (Take my ashes to the river)
Pray my soul to keep (Pray the lord my soul to keep)

A mournful morning late November
Faithful to her last desire
I burned her body down to embers
Scooped the ashes from the fire

Down on the banks of the Blackstone River
For to drown her memory
As her spirit I delivered
I hear her calling out to me

Take me to the river (Take my ashes to the river)
Where it's cold and deep (Where the water's cold and deep)
Take me to the river (Take my ashes to the river)
Pray my soul to keep (Pray the lord my soul to keep)

Take me to the river (Take my ashes to the river)
Where it's cold and deep (Where the water's cold and deep)
Take me to the river (Take my ashes to the river)
Pray my soul to keep (Pray the lord my soul to keep)

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from Never Slow Down, released March 25, 2022

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The Po' Ramblin' Boys Tennessee

The Po' Ramblin' Boys are a high energy, fast paced traditional Bluegrass band based out of the Smoky Mountains. They play over 250 dates a year at The Ole Smoky Moonshine location in Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg Tennessee, along with dates in the U.S., Canada, and Europe, they are quickly rising in the Bluegrass world as an entertaining, energetic band. ... more

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