Ballad of the Burns Brothers (Leadon/Dillard/Clark)
(All spoken)
It was the spring of 1946 Old Dad Burns came
back to Hardin County, Kentucky He'd been in the Pacific fightin'
with MacArthur
When he got back, he took him a little trip to
Alabama To visit with a sailor that he'd met Name of Dave Hill
Do a little fishing
While he was down there He met the prettiest
little girl he'd ever laid eyes on That was Dave's little sister
Augusta Everybody just called her Aug
He looked at her and he said "Aug.. Aug Hill,
one of these days I'm gonna change your name To Aug Burns"
Well, sure enough he did And they moved back up
to Burlington County Daddy got a job in the mine Mama started
working in the mill But it was killin' work And Daddy never did
get used to workin' in the dark
One morning he got up and drew his pay Handed in
his shovel and walked back home and said "Aug, pack up the pickup
We're gettin' out of here We're going to the Motor City That's
right, Detroit Honey, they got Cadillacs to make And that sweet
soul music to listen to Let's go"
So mama jumped in the truck And they burned
rubber for Detroit City But on the way they had to stop Down at
the HoJo restaurant and motel Long enough for mama to give birth
To the world's first non-identical quadruplets The Burns Brothers
Now we've been separated And we've been reunited
And we are now the Burns Brothers Run C&W Carrying the message
to the world From old Dad Burns And playin' that sweet soul
music Just the way God intended for it to played Bluegrass style
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