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Traditional tune learned from Cousin Emmy (Cynthia May Carver) from Kentucky.

lyrics

Goin across the sea,
Goin across the line
Goin across the ocean love
To see that boy of mine.


Cho:
Won’t you come and go
Come my love and go
Leave this world of sorrow
And troubles here below.

I wish I had a nickel
Wish I had a dime
Wish I had a pretty little boy
To kiss and call him mine.

Remember what my mama told me
It has come to pass
Drinkin’ and a gamblin’
Will be my ruin at last.

credits

from The Early Years, released January 1, 1999
Alice Gerrard-banjo, lead vocal
Irene Herrmann-mandolin

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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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