Snagtooth Sal

from Carve That Possum by Tom, Brad & Alice

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(Slim Critchlow)
Tom learned this sweet song from Skip Gorman, cowboy songster and multi-instrumentalist.

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Well I was young and happy and my heart was light and gay
Singin' always singing' on a sunny summer's day
Happy as a lizard in the Waco chapparal
Walkin' down thru Laramie with Snagtooth Sal.

CHO: Sal, Sal, my heart is broke today
Broke in two forever when they laid you in the clay
I would give creation to be walkin' with my gal
Walkin' down thru Laramie with Snagtooth Sal.

Well she told me that she loved me and she swore she'd be my pal
She's turned me down completely did my Snagtooth Sal
I thought I had her safely in my aching heart's corral
But she's died and left me longing for my Snagtooth Sal.

Just bury me tomorrow where the lily flowers spring
Underneath the willow where the little robins sing
You may yearn to see me now but never more you shall
Walkin' down thru Laramie with Snagtooth Sal.

And plant a little stone above that little mound of sod
Says right here lies a lovin and a busted heart beGod
And never more you'll see me walking proudly with my gal
Walking down thru Laramie with Snagtooth Sal.

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from Carve That Possum, released January 1, 2005
Tom-lead vocal, banjo aDADE
Brad-harmony vocal, fiddle
Alice-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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