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LUNGER - WAR ON THE BORDER KS & MO 1855-1865 (FULL ALBUM)
1.THE INCARNATE DEVIL
2.WAKARUSA 3:35
3.RUFFIANS ANTHEM 7:02
4.MOUND CITY SHARPS AND THE KANSAS BRIGADE 8:36
5. BLACKS IN BLUE 10:56
6.THE INSTRUMENT OF GODS WRATH 13:01
7. WHITE MAN WITH SCALPS 15:59
8.THE SACKING OF LAWRENCE 19:24
9. QUANTRILLS RAIDERS 21:49
10. RIVER WHISKEY 25:06
11. BLACK POWDER 26:16
12. FULL MOON SALOON 28:01
13. WELCOME TO CENTRALIA 1864 29:18
14. BLACK FLAG 30:50
15. THE DEATH OF BLOODY BILL 33:01
ALL SONGS AND SOUNDS WERE FIELD RECORDED ON THE GRAVE OF COL. JASPER G. WALLACE AT PINE HILL CEMETARY IN DOVER, NH DURING THE SUMMER OF 2014. ALL SONGS WRITTEN, RECORDED AND COMPOSED BY J.A. JOHNSON EXCEPT THE WORDS TO 1, 9, 15 WHICH WERE READ FROM HISTORICAL ACCOUNTS. SONGS 5, 8, 15 WERE RECORDED THAT JULY 4TH WEEKEND. ALL WERE WRITTEN, COMPOSED OR BROUGHT TO FORMATION ON HIS GRAVE
all banjo, only banjo and vocals- recorded with mini cassette recorder
LYRICS TO: LUNGER - WAR ON THE BORDER KS & MO 1855-1865
WAKARUSA- oh dow, death on his face, on the border, of the slaving race. free staters, ready to roll, with the blood on dow, blood on dow, blood on dow. wakarusa! set coleman free, for branson jail, rescued branson, kansans availed, tense for lawrence, ready to burn, missourans rage and barbers gone, barbers gone. wakarusa! bleeding kansas, spark the fire, wakarusa, men on the wire, now ten years, of splitting souls, with the blood and gore, blood and gore, blood and gore. wakarusa!
MOUND CITY SHARPS AND THE KANSAS BRIGADE; charles jennison, he wasnt bright, bad dealings, no morning light, mound city sharps, jayhawkers gang, you wont live, another day.- nannie harris, saber and grave, do what your told, and gimme your slaves, west missouri, burn it down, rape and pillage, take what is found. - blacks then sacked, set their own free, with jennisons men, wont let you be, free staters eyes, big as the moon, osceola youre in ruin. - charles jennison, he wasnt bright, bad dealings, no morning light, mound city sharps, kansas brigade, you wont live, another day. - blacks then sacked, set their own free, with jennisons men, wont let you be, free staters eyes, big as the moon, osceola lane and ruined
BLACKS IN BLUE - they were running cross the river, the frozen muddy river, headin’ for the kansas line, with nothing left to lose, now the blacks in blue and bound for missouri line. oh what a dreadful sight, the negros came to fight, and blow their masters away, with the red white and blue its the union colored crew, missourans got hell to pay. - a fight till the death, until their last breath, revenge and free them slaves, for the war is blazin’ on and the southerner is strong, may the blacks in blue stay brave. oh what a dreadful sight, the negros came to fight and blow their masters away, for the red white and blue it’s the union colored crew, missourans got hell to pay. - they were swimmin’ cross the river, the big muddy river, headin’ for the kansas line, with nothing left to lose, now the blacks in blue and bound for missouri line. oh what a dreadful sight, the negros came to fight, and blow their masters away, with the red white and blue its the union colored crew, missourans got hell to pay
BLACK FLAG - black flags comming, waving in the wind, rollin’ with their rifles, and now around the bend. three hundred men, yelling and shootin’, burning and hacking, drinkin’ and spittin’. mad dog cowboys, throwin’ down lead, running and stompin,’ with eyes blood red. 200 hundred dead, wailing and gnashing, kickin’ and screaming, beaten and bashin.
’lyrics written by J. A. JOHNSON 2014
(The other three lyrical songs on this album are based on these accounts; william t anderson at lewis’ home. quantrill with men trapped in the burning house, shot when coming out. and the death of bloody bill)
THIS ALBUM AND ITS SONGS COPYRIGHT 2014 J.A JOHNSON.
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