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Nine Pound Hammer
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John Prine
жанры: rock
альбомы: Sweet Revenge
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This nine pound hammer Is a little too heavy Buddy for my size Buddy for my sizeSo I'm going on the mountain Just to see my baby And I ain't coming back No I ain't coming backRoll on, buddy Don't you roll so slow Well, tell me how can I roll When the wheels won't goRoll on, buddy Pull your load of coal Tell me how can I pull When the wheels won't rollIt's a long way to Harlan It's a long way to Hazard Just to get a little brew Just to get a little brewAnd when I'm long gone You can make my tombstone Out of number nine coal Out of number nine coalRoll on, buddy Don't you roll so slow Well, tell me how can I roll When the wheels won't goRoll on, buddy Pull your load of coal Tell me how can I pull When the wheels won't roll
Это интересно:Prine is the son of William Prine and Verna Hamm. Prine himself started playing guitar at age 14, taught by his brother, David. He was a postman for five years and served in the Army before beginning his musical career in Chicago.In the late 1960s, while Prine was still delivering mail in Maywood, Illinois, he began to sing at open-mic evenings at the Fifth Peg on Armitage Avenue. Prine was initially a spectator, reluctant to perform, but eventually did so in response to a "You think you can do better?" comment made to him by another performer. Chicago Sun-Times movie critic Roger Ebert heard him there and wrote the first review Prine ever received, calling him a great songwriter.... продолжение
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