Best of the Sugar Hill Years

The Lonesome River Band Best of the Sugar Hill Years Lyrics
1.Harvest Time

Lyricist:Carrol D Dunham, Bill Emerson, Lewis Cris Jr Moore

Cool and cloudy nights upon Boll Mountain, Alabama
Flashing through my mind was Big Homer's reputation
The clouds rolled by and then I saw the shadow of a lady

I was stealing corn from Homer Lawson's field
A man who really didn't give a damn
It was Homer's lovely daughter Julie Ann

The rattle of the cornstalks and the bark of Homer's hound dog
They say he shot ol' Mountain Joe for just one ear of corn
I smelled the perfume in her hair as she sat down beside me

Made me hug the ground and lie dead still
And laughed the day they laid him in the ground
Whispered, 'Papa's running moonshine again'

Well, I can hear the breaking of the sticks
From someone's footsteps
I thank God for cloudy nights and Alabama's whiskey stills
But shaky legs just can't get up and run
And harvest time in Homer Lawson's field

And as I lay there breathless, the next thing I expected
I thank God for cloudy nights and Alabama's whiskey stills
Was a blast of hell from Homer Lawson's gun
And harvest time in Homer Lawson's field


2.Mary Ann

Lyricist:Johnny Stills, Lonnie Treat

There's a girl on my mind I can't get over
That would break the heart of any man
Without her, things would fall to pieces
I'm dreamin' about my Mary Ann

So I'll just keep touching up my gray hair
Live and hope someday she'll understand
It's no matter if I live to be a hundred
There'll always be a place in my heart for Mary Ann

I know she's out there somewhere in a world that can't be found
Just to think of her still tears me down
If teardrops were pennies then I'd be a wealthy man
From the tears that I've cried for Mary Ann


3.Sweet Sally Brown

Lyricist:Wandell Smith, Ralph Stanley

Now every day ya get a little bit older
Hey, sweet Sally
Every day get a little bit bolder
Oh, sweet Sally

Every night when I go to sleep
Hey, Sweet Sally
The greenest blue eyes and lips so sweet
Oh, sweet Sally

Oh, sweet Sally
Prettiest girl in town
Oh, sweet Sally
I love sweet Sally Brown

I help carry her book to school
Hey, sweet Sally
I ain't too big but I ain't no fool
Oh, sweet Sally

I ain't big enough to go to school
Like Sally and brother
So give her a kiss at the school house door
Then go back home to Mother

Oh, sweet Sally
Prettiest girl in town
Oh, Sweet Sally
I love Sweet Sally Brown

Mom says I can't ask her to wed
That would be too mean
For you see I'm only five years old
And Sally's seventeen

But age don't matter when love is true
The way that I love Sally
So I'll eat my food and grow up real big
And I'll be big like Sally

Oh, sweet Sally
Prettiest girl in town
Oh, sweet Sally
I love sweet Sally Brown


4.Are You Ashamed To Call Me Darlin'

You said our love was all that mattered
Each lonely night as you lay sleeping
When you are down and need a friend

I never thought you'd make me cry
Dreaming in your sweet repose
You know that I will be around

Now my dreams have all been shattered
All alone and broken hearted
To kiss the lips that once betrayed me

You turn your head when I walk by
I listen to the wind that blows
And hold the hand that turned me down

Are you ashamed to call me darlin'?
After all I've been to you
You broke my heart and left me lonely
Are you ashamed to call me dear?