Come and Sit by the River

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Mike Auldridge

Mike Auldridge (born December 30, 1938 in Washington, D.C.) is widely acknowledged as a premier resophonic guitar (the instrument formerly referred to as a Dobro) player. He played with The Seldom Scene for many years, creating a fusion of bluegrass with jazz, folk and rock. more »

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2000

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I could see that you're ready to go home
There's some TV show that you're missing
But you know how an old man loves to talk
And he needs someone who will listen

    Come and sit by the river with me for a while
    And I'll tell you a story that's true
    Of when I was a boy playing here on the shore
    And the grass was so green and the water so blue


Well our house stood right over there
Of course they took it down for the highway
I can see my moma's tears, we've been there for twenty years
And you know we would still if I had my way

 * Refrain

Many years I have watched this river flow
Rolling down from the hills to the ocean
I have seen the waters high, almost fierce and rushing by
I have seen in nearly dry and without motion


Now at last you can see what it has come to
Oh we prospered but poisoned the waters
Now the tunes have all been played and the piper must be paid
Not by us but our sons and daughters


 * Refrain

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