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Man of Constant Sorrow

from While You Were Slumbering by Joseph Decosimo

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    - 12" Standard Weight Vinyl nestled in a poly-lined inner sleeve
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lyrics

I have been a man of constant sorrows.
Lord, it’s been trouble all my days.
I’ll bid farewell to Fentress County
To the place I was born and raised.

Farewell dear girl. I’m bound to leave you.
You may think I’m doing you wrong.
But nature binds on me to ramble
And leave this home, where I’ve been so long.

Kind miss, kind miss go and ask your mother
If you can be a bride of mine.
If she says yes, then come and tell me.
If she says no, I’ll go away.

But I’m bound to ride that Southern railroad.
I aim to go one thousand miles.

Oh while you were sleeping, while you were slumbering
I am sleeping in the clay.

credits

from While You Were Slumbering, released November 11, 2022
Banjo - Joseph Decosimo
Percussion - Matthew O’Connell
Recorded by Joseph at home in Durham and by Matt in Raleigh

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Joseph Decosimo Durham, North Carolina

plays rare fiddle/banjo tunes and sings old songs, especially fiddle/banjo music from the Appalachian South. Joseph has made a deep study of the the music of the Cumberland Plateau/East TN/Western NC regions and has performed and taught it around the world with the Bucking Mules. Beyond trad music, his fiddle/banjo can be heard on projects by Hiss Golden Messenger and others. ... more

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