Biscuits And Butter Lyrics - The Geography Of Light - Carrie Newcomer

Daniel said traveling risky 

But the money awful good 

When I get back we can finally 

Get ahead sure we could 

He left the fifth of December 

Took our oldest boy Ben 

I packed them biscuits and butter, 

And never saw them again 

[Chorus] 

How can I keep on walking, 

God Almighty tells me this 

One foot in front of the other, 

One foot in front of the next 

I sent my second oldest baby 

Out to find his next of kin 

They found the wagon in the springtime 

Up on the Killbuck River edge 

He was quieter than his brother, 

And his brother's his closest friend 

I packed him biscuits and butter, 

And never saw him again 

[Chorus] 

They found the bones of our team of oxen, 

The shirt I'd sewn with my own hands 

They found the basket I'd pack the biscuits, 

But not a trace of my men 

I think I'll go down to the river 

I think I'll take up throwing stones 

I think I'll cry until I'm finished 

And I learn to sleep alone 

[Chorus] 

I think I'll go down to the river 

I think I'll take up throwing stones 

I'll never make another biscuit