The southeast Georgia red clay dust is groundin' to my blue jeans
A heavy hundred pound cotton sack draggin' along behind
Wanting to leave this place so bad, I forget how I got here
Workin' my way back home, one row at a time
It's a long old cotton road between here and Waco
Then, three days a-thumbin' through that California line
And two more days of pickin' to that house, just south of Fresno
Workin' my way back home, one row at a time
Mississippi delta mud is caked in layers on my brogans
Sunshine on snow white cotton, nearly makes me blind
I can almost see 'em now, a home folk runnin' out to meet me
Workin' my way back home, one row at a time
It's a long, old cotton road between here and Waco
Then, three days a-thumbin' through that California line, Lord, Lord
Two more days of pickin' to that house, just south of Fresno
Workin' my way back home, one row at a time
Workin' my way back home, one row at a time
The lyrics ONE ROW AT A TIME of MERLE HAGGARD is also present in the album Someday we'll look back / i love dixie blues (2004)
Merle Ronald Haggard (1937-2016) è stato uno dei più influenti cantautori della musica country americana. Nato a Bakersfield, California, Haggard ha iniziato la sua carriera musicale negli anni '50, influenzato da artisti come Hank Williams e Lefty Frizzell. Nel 1966, con il suo album "Sing Me Back Home", raggiunse il successo nazionale, consolidando il suo stile country tradizionale con un tocco di rockabilly e folk. Haggard è stato noto per le sue canzoni introspettive e realistiche che affrontavano temi come la vita rurale, l'amore perduto, la giustizia sociale e la lotta contro la povertà. Tra i suoi brani più famosi figurano "Okie from Muskogee", "Mama Tried", "The Fightin' Side of Me" e "I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink". Ha vinto numerosi premi, tra cui tre Grammy Awards, e ha venduto oltre 38 milioni di dischi in tutto il mondo. Haggard è considerato un vero e proprio leggenda della musica country, la cui eredità continua a ispirare generazioni di artisti.
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