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©Beverly Futtrell
Kay learned this beautiful song from Bev Futtrell of the Reel World Stringband.

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Ah, I’ll never forget, I can still see her yet
As she sings her song all alone
How many have passed as she sits there and asks
For a friend to help her get home.

How many nights does she give up the fight
To a bottle in her shopping bag
Drop her a dime, but don’t pay her no mind
Just tramps and hawkers, you say.

In her pleading eyes I saw the pain and the lie
That society serves on a few
Who went on the bum, believing no more’s to come
Although a great deal more is due

The frustrations just words that will never be heard
What good are rights without any means
Sentenced to roam with no friends or a home
Just tramps and hawkers you say.

But the gypsy in me was just learning to be free
I had my own songs and places to go
So I left her there as if I didn’t care
I really did, she’ll never know.

Oh I’ll never forget, I can still see her yet
As she sings her song all alone.

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from Tear Down the Fences, released August 7, 2017
Kay Justice-lead vocal, guitar
Alice Gerrard-harmony 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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