Fugitive's Lament

from Bowling Green by Alice Gerrard & Mike Seeger

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(Alton Delmore)
Our source was the Delmore Bros.
Recorded by Mike Seeger at home in Garrett Park, Md 1980

lyrics

I hear the sad howling of coyotes prowling
It sounds so mournful to me
It brings back memories of cherished loved ones
The ones I’m longing to see.

CHO: I’m riding along out on the lone prairie
The rangers are searching for me
I’m riding away from my home in Texas
A fugitive ever to be.

I had a good mother I had a good father
They handed a warning to me
The men that I ran with committed a murder
And laid the blame on me.

Little Maggie my sweetheart I know she’s lonesome
And longs for me to return
My happiness ended the night we parted
And now for her I yearn.

How lonely how dreary with nothing to cheer me
My thoughts go stealing back home
My life of sadness will never know gladness
I’m branded forever to roam.

credits

from Bowling Green, released January 1, 2008
Vocal duet
Mike-lead guitar
Alice-backup guitar

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Alice Gerrard Durham, North Carolina

A singer and songwriter, Alice’s recordings with Hazel Dickens during the 1960s and ’70s influenced a generation of women musicians from Laurie Lewis to the Judds. Nominated for a Grammy in 2015, she was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Assoc. Hall of Fame in 2017. A documentary film about Alice, "You Gave Me a Song" premiered at the Full Frame Independent Film Festival in 2019. ... more

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