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Traditional. From Bessie Jones of the Georgia Sea Islands. Paul Hostetter wrote the last verse.
Unaccompanied trio.

lyrics

I got the left hind leg of a rabbit
Things are coming my way
All I got to do is just reach out and grab it
Things are coming my way
Oh me, oh my I feel happy all the time
I ain’t got nothing to worry my mind
Because things are coming my way.

I got the left hind leg of a rabbit,
Things are coming my way
All I got to do is just reach out and grab it
Things are coming my way
Oh me, how good I feel
I come calling in an automobile
I can eat chicken and I don’t have to steal
Because things are coming my way.

I got the left hind leg of a rabbit
Things are coming my way…
All I got to do is just reach out and grab it
Thingsn are coming my way
Oh me I feel so fine
If it starts raining I don’t pay no mind
‘ Like a pie in the oven or a fruit on the vine
You know things are coming my way.

My clothes are tailor made and my shoes are patent leather
And things are coming my way
All I got to do is just stitch myself together
And things are coming my way
Oh me, me oh my
I feel happy all the time
I ain’t got nothing to worry my mind
Because things are coming my way.

I got the left hind leg of a rabbit
Things are coming my way
All I got to do is just reach out and grab it
Things are coming my way

credits

from The Early Years, released January 1, 1999
Alice Gerrard-vocal
Jeanie McLerie-vocal
Irene Herrmann-vocal

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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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