Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar

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Hazel Dickens

Hazel Jane Dickens (June 1, 1935 – April 22, 2011) was an American bluegrass singer, songwriter, double bassist and guitarist. Her music was characterized not only by her high, lonesome singing style, but also by her provocative pro-union, feminist songs. Cultural blogger John Pietaro noted that "Dickens didn’t just sing the anthems of labor, she lived them and her place on many a picket line, staring down gunfire and goon squads, embedded her into the cause." The New York Times extolled her as "a clarion-voiced advocate for coal miners and working people and a pioneer among women in bluegrass music." With Alice Gerrard, Dickens was one of the first women to record a bluegrass album. more »

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1996

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I'm gonna lay down my old guitar
lay down my old guitar
I wish I could tie it to my side
And take it along with me

(Now sing it) I'm sick in a lonesome bed
(I heard that son) I'm sick in a lonesome bed
Oh there's no one to hold my aching head
And I'm sick in a lonesome bed

I'm gonna lay down my old guitar
Lay down my old guitar
I wish I could tie it to my side
And take it along with me (jump on son)

Well there's no one to cry for me 
No one to cry for me
Well, I've wandered so far away don't you see 
And there's no one to cry for me

I'm gonna lay down my old guitar
Lay down my old guitar
I wish I could tie it to my side
And take it along with me (oh bring it)

Well, I'm telling this world goodbye 
Telling this world goodbye
I'm telling the world and my dear little girl
I'm tell them all goodbye

I'm gonna lay down my old guitar
Lay down my old guitar
I wish I could tie it to my side
And take it along with me (get it son)

I'm gonna lay down my old guitar
Lay down my old guitar
I wish I could tie it to my side
And take it along with me

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