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Sawmill Man

By:Mark Vissage · Source Recording: Shawn Lane (2003)

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I came to the mountains in Spring of '23
With visions in my mind of the mighty hardwood trees
The livin' was good though the workin' was hard
We carved out the mountains made a mighty lumberyard

Sawmill man sawmill man
You can always tell him by the callous on his hands
Sawmill man sawmill man
No body ever worked harder than a sawmill man

Out farther lived a lady I dreamed of every night
I prayed for the day that she would be my wife
We drug out the timber and we sawed out the logs
We built our little cabin just beneath the waterfall

Then came the Fall of 1929
I found myself standing in a welfare line
We closed down the mill and moved to the town
I'll work this dirty factory 'til they lay me in the ground

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By:Mark Vissage · Source Recording:Shawn Lane (2003)

Song Details

Songwriter
Mark Vissage
First Release
Shawn Lane (2003)
Genres
Contemporary Bluegrass
Themes
Hard Times Mountains
Jam Popularity

History

Source Recording

Artist
Shawn Lane
Album
All For Today cover All For Today (2003)
Key E Time Boom-Chuck Tempo 124 BPM Length 3:10
Musicians

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