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Ola Belle Reed, vocal and banjo - The Boat's Up the River

from Survey of Traditional Music, Vol. 4: The Anglo​-​African Exchange by Field Recorders' Collective

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Well, the boat's up the river, won't come down
Tell by the way that she's headed, Alabamy bound.
Oh, she’s Alabamy bound, boys, Alabamy bound
Tell by the way that she's headed, Alabamy bound.

Now there ain’t but one thing bothers my mind
It's my old Waterbury, she won’t keep time
No, she won't keep time, won't keep time
It's my old Waterbury, she won’t keep time.

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from Survey of Traditional Music, Vol. 4: The Anglo​-​African Exchange, released August 7, 2023
Recorded by Mark Wilson & Ken Irwin, Rising Sun, MD, 6/76. Previously unissued take.

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