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White House Blues

from Carve That Possum by Tom, Brad & Alice

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The Buck Mountain Band (Charlie Higgins, Wade Ward, Dale Poe) from Southwest Virginia, and Flatt & Scruggs are foremost among our myriad sources of inspiration for this classic song about the assassination of President William McKinley in 1901.

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Look here you rascal see what you done
You shot my husband with an Ivor Johnson gun
Carry me back, to Washington

Doc saw his horse, he throws down the reins
Says to his horse, you gotta outrun that train
From Buffalo to Washington

Doc come a-running, and took off his specs
Said Mr McKinley you’d better cash in your checks
Bound to die, you're bound to die

McKinley hollered, McKinley squalled
Doc says McKinley I can’t find the ball
Bound to die, you're bound to die

There's just one thing that torments my mind
That is to die and leave my poor wife behind
I'll be gone a long, long time

Hush up you little children and don't you fret
You've got a pension after you're papa's dead
He'll be gone a long, long time.

Yonder comes the train, she's comin' down the line
Blowin' at every station, Mr McKinley's a-dyin'
Hard times, hard times.

Roosevelt’s in the white house doing his best
McKinley’s in the graveyard, a-takin a rest
Hard times, hard times.

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from Carve That Possum, released January 1, 2005
Brad-lead vocal, fiddle GDAD
Tom-banjo gDAC#E
Alice-harmony vocal, banjo G

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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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