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Blackjack Oak Lyrics by Carolyn Hester

Carolyn Hester (the Tradition Album)

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[Verse 1]
Love came by from the river smoke
While the leaves were fresh on the trees
But I cut my heart on a blackjack oak
Before they fell on me
[Verse 2]
The leaves are green in the early spring
They are brown as linsey now
I did not ask for a wedding ring
From the wind in the bending bough
[Verse 3]
Fall lightly, lightly, leaves of the wild
Fall lightly on my care
I am not the first to go with child
Because of the blowing air
[Verse 4]
Good girls sleep in their modesty
Bad girls sleep in their shame
But I must sleep in the blackjack oak
'Til my child can have a name
[Verse 5]
Cold and cold and cold again
Cold on the blackjack limb
The winds of the wild for his sponsor men
And a bird to christen him
[Verse 6]
He's gonna act like a hound let loose
When he comes from that blackjack tree
And he's gonna walk in proud shoes
All over Tennessee
All over Tennessee
Credits
Carolyn Hester

Carolyn Hester

About “Blackjack Oak” by Carolyn Hester

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"Blackjack Oak" appears on "Carolyn Hester (the Tradition Album)".

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