Blue Ridge Mountain Blues

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Earl Scruggs

Earl Eugene Scruggs (January 6, 1924 – March 28, 2012) was an American musician noted for perfecting and popularizing a three-finger banjo-picking style (now called "Scruggs style") that is a defining characteristic of bluegrass music. Although other musicians had played in three-finger style before him, Scruggs shot to prominence when he was hired by Bill Monroe to fill the banjo slot in his group, the Blue Grass Boys. more »

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2001

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When I was young 
And in my prime (in my prime!),
I left my home in Caroline.
Now all I do is sit and pine, 
For all those folks I left behind.

I got the Blue Ridge mountain blues, 
And I sat right here to say,
"My grip is packed to travel, 
And I'm back to ramble,
To my Blue Ridge far away."

I'm goin' to stay right by my Pa, 
I'm goin' to do right by my Ma,
I'll hang around the cabin door, 
No work or worry anymore.

I got the Blue Ridge mountain blues, 
Goin' to see my old oak tree,
Gonna hunt the possum 
Where the corn cob blossom,
In my Blue Ridge far away.
Woo!

I see a haze of snowy white, 
I see a window with light,
I seem to hear them both sigh, 
"Where is my wand'rin boy tonight?"

I got the Blue Ridge mountain blues, 
And I stay right here to say,
"Every day I'm countin' 
'Til I climb that mountain,
In my Blue Ridge far away."

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