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Up This Hill and Down

By:Darrell Statler · Source Recording: The Osborne Brothers (1965^*)

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Up this hill and down up this hill again
Up this hill and down up this hill again
It's a mighty mighty long road
What ain't got no end

Well it's five o'clock in the morning till twelve o'clock at night
It's five o'clock in the morning till twelve o'clock at night
I work so hard to live
I ain't got no life

If a woman doesn't kill you she'll drive you insane
If a woman doesn't kill you she'll drive you insane
Love's about got me down
But I sure do like the pain

Someday I'll have some money I won't have to work so hard
Someday I'll have me some money and I won't have to work so hard
Saturday I'll talk to my woman
Sunday I'll talk to my Lord

Sometimes I've got troubles other time it's misery
Sometimes I've got troubles other time it's misery
It seems like everything bad
Hangs around with me

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By:Darrell Statler · Source Recording:The Osborne Brothers (1965^*)

Song Details

Songwriter

Darrell Statler

First Release

The Osborne Brothers (1965)

Genres

Classic Bluegrass

Themes

Hard Times

Jam Popularity

History

“Up This Hill and Down” was written by Darrell Statler. The Osborne Brothers recorded it and released it as a single in the mid-1960s, during the stretch when they were among the most prominent acts in bluegrass.

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Source Recording

Artist

The Osborne Brothers

Album

Country Bluegrass cover

Country Bluegrass (1996)

* Recorded 1965.

Key C Time Boom-Chuck Tempo 99 BPM Length 2:23

Musicians

Sonny Osborne — Lead Vocals, Banjo
Dale Sledd — Backup Vocals, Guitar
Bobby Osborne — Backup Vocals, Mandolin
Floyd "Lightning" Chance — Bass
Ray Edenton — Guitar

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