I was 22 and
she must have been pushing 80.
She wore a shawl and played at our local rabid
music venue
to a small crowd,
warmed by her rich thick shawl,
taking time to
look up into the faces
of the young ones surrounding her,
starstuck, as she
played and sang,
and then I'm guessing,
went to bed wishing it wasn't necessary
for her to keep playing gigs.
She looked tired and achey,
and then sat
and
penetrated the room with her voice.
She was employed in Pete Seeger's
household, took up guitar on her own, and being left handed, simply turned it
upside down to play.
Eventually she wrote many a song, the most famous being
"Freight Train", which I played on my 12
string and sang to my kids as they fell asleep. She also wrote "Going Down
The Road Feeling Bad", which was then played by many another. What a
gifted woman.
Going down the road feeling bad
honey babe Lord
Going down the road feeling bad
honey babe Lord
Going down the road feeling bad
I don't want to be treated this way
Girl I love done turned her back on me
honey babe Lord
Girl I love done turned her back on me
honey babe Lord
Girl I love done turned her back on me
I don't want to be treated this way
Thought I heard a whistle blow
honey babe Lord
Thought I heard a whistle blow
Thought I heard a whistle blow
Lord it blowed like it ain't gonna blow no more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwdFhWNL0_M
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