Ginseng Sullivan
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| By: Norman Blake Times Played: 57 | Ginseng Sullivan has been a staple of Phish's covered songs. |
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- Lyrics
Verse:
About three miles from the Batelle yard
From the reverse curve on down
Not far south of the town depot
Sullivan's shack was found
Back on the higher ground.
You could see him every day
Walking down the line
With an old brown sack across his back
And a long hair down behind
Speaking his worried mind:
Chorus:
"It's a long way from the delta
To the North Georgia hills,
And a tote-sack full of ginseng
Won't pay no travelling bills.
And I'm too old to ride the rails
Or thumb the road alone,
So I guess I'll never make it back to home-
My muddy water Mississippi delta home."
Verse:
Now the winters here, they get so cold;
The damp, it makes me ill.
Can't dig no roots by the mountain side
'Cause the ground froze hard and still.
Gotta' wait at the foot of the hill.
But next summer, things'll turn right,
Companies will pay high.
I'll make enough money to pay my bills
And bid these mountains goodbye."
Then he said with a sigh:
CHORUS:
- Guitar chords and tablature with lyrics.
