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Nottamun Town Lyrics by Jean Ritchie

Mountain Hearth and Home

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[Verse 1]
In Nottamun Town not a soul would look up
Not a soul would look up, not a soul would look down
Not a soul would look up, not a soul would look down
To show me the way to fair Nottamun Town
[Verse 2]
I rode a gray horse, it is called a gray mare
Gray mane and gray tail, green stripe down her back
Gray mane and gray tail, green stripe down her back
There weren't a hair on her be what was coal black
[Verse 3]
She stood so still, she threw me to the dirt
She tore my hide and bruised my shirt
From saddle to stirrup I mounted again
And on my ten toes I rode over the plain
[Verse 4]
Met the king and the queen, and a company more
A-walkin' behind and a-ridin' before
Come a stark naked drummer a-beatin' a drum
With his hands in his bosom come marchin' along
[Verse 5]
I bought me a quart to drive gladness away
And to stifle the dust, for it rained the whole day
[Verse 6]
Sat down on a hard, hot cold frozen stone
Ten thousand stood ’round me, and yet I's alone
Took my hat in my hands for to keep my head warm
Ten thousand got drownded that never was born
Credits
Jean Ritchie

Jean Ritchie

About “Nottamun Town” by Jean Ritchie

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"Nottamun Town" appears on "Mountain Hearth and Home".

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