[00:00.00]Black Mountain Blues - Bessie Smith
[00:09.74]Back in Black Mountain a child will smack your face
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[00:18.17]Back in Black Mountain a child will smack your face
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[00:25.88]Babies cryin' for liquor and all the birds sing bass
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[00:34.73]Black Mountain people are bad as they can be
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[00:42.98]Black Mountain people are bad as they can be
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[00:51.66]They uses gunpowder just to sweeten their tea
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[01:00.20]Back in Black Mountain can't keep a man in jail
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[01:08.50]Back in Black Mountain can't keep a man in jail
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[01:16.87]If the jury finds him guilty the judge'll throw they bail
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[01:25.43]Had a man in Black Mountain sweetest man in town
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[01:33.67]Had a man in Black Mountain the sweetest man in town
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[01:42.19]He met a city gal and he throwed me down
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[01:50.87]I'm bound for Black Mountain me and my razor and my gun
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[01:59.18]Lord I'm bound for Black Mountain me and my razor and gun
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[02:07.48]I'm gonna shoot him if he stands still and cut him if he runs
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[02:16.35]Down in Black Mountain they all shoot quick and straight
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[02:24.91]Down in Black Mountain they all shoot quick and straight
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[02:33.03]The bullet'll get you if you start dodgin' too late
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[02:41.28]Got the devil in my soul and I'm full of bad booze
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[02:49.71]Got the devil in my soul and I'm full of bad booze
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[02:58.27]I'm out here for trouble I've got the Black Mountain blues