Work Song Lyrics - Love Over And Over - Kate & Anna Mcgarrigle

Back before the blues were blue 

When the good ol' songs were new 

Songs that may no longer please us 

'Bout the darkies, about Jesus 

Mississippi minstrels color of molasses 

Strummed their banjos to entertain their massas 

Some said garbage, others cried art 

You couldn't call it soul, you had to call it heart 

Backs broke bending digging holes to plant the seeds 

The owners ate the cane and the workers ate the weeds 

Put the wood in the stove, the water in the cup 

You worked so hard that you died standing up 

When I was a little thing 

Papa tried to make me sing 

Home Sweet Home and Aura Lee 

These were songs that my daddy tought me 

Camptown Races and Susannah Don't You Cry 

Gentle Annie still brings a tear to my eye 

Label it garbage, label it art 

You couldn't call it soul, you had to call it heart 

Backs broke bending digging holes to plant the seeds 

The owners ate the cane and the workers ate the weeds 

Put the wood in the stove, the water in the cup 

You worked so hard that you died standing up 

Sing me songs of days gone by 

Make me laugh, make me cry 

Break my female heart in two 

Sing me songs that say "I love you" 

Lower your eyes, raise your hand to your breast 

Sing me one about the sun setting in the west 

Backs broke bending digging holes to plant the seeds 

The owners ate the cane and the workers ate the weeds 

Put the wood in the stove, the water in the cup 

You worked so hard that you died standing up 

Wood's in the stove, water's in the cup 

You worked so hard that you died standing up