Shovels & Rope - Stono river blues

I ^Ammoor my boat on the Old Stono that river take you anywhere that ^Gyou wanna ^Amgo Sail on the Ashley or the Edisto but don’t get caught in the mud when the ^Gtide gets ^Amlow There’s ^Gso much rivers where I live down south the ocean falls outta the rivers’ ^Ammouth And the ^Gfish don’t care if they’re fresh or brine when they’re frying in that cast iron skillet of ^Ammine

I ^Ammoor my boat on the Old Stono that river take you anywhere that ^Gyou wanna ^Amgo Sail on the Ashley or the Edisto but don’t get caught in the mud when the ^Gtide gets ^Amlow ^GI got a sister on Wadmalaw she floats all day in the leden^Amwah One ^Gday she left the chickens in charge and floated off to heaven on a party ^Ambarge

I ^Ammoor my boat on the Old Stono that river take you anywhere that ^Gyou wanna ^Amgo Sail on the Ashley or the Edisto but don’t get caught in the mud when the ^Gtide gets ^Amlow They ^Gmayor borrowed all the money he need to put in a bridge with deliberate ^Amspeed They ^Gcut down the oaks with the tip of his hat and ^Egod will never forgive him of that

^GJasmine grown wild, high in the trees, smells like heaven but it grows like a ^Amweed You ^Gdon’t need much to be happy, the boat cost money but the shrimp is ^Amfree ^GRebellion runs in the blood round here, runs in the water and the earth down ^Amhere It was a ^Gconflagration that first caught fire on the 9th of 9 17^Am39

I ^Ammoor my boat on the Old Stono that river take you anywhere that ^Gyou wanna ^Amgo Sail on the Ashley or the Edisto but don’t get caught in the mud when the ^Gtide gets ^Amlow I ^Ammoor my boat on the Old Stono that river take you anywhere that ^Gyou wanna ^Amgo Sail on the Ashley or the Edisto but don’t get caught in the mud when the ^Gtide gets ^Amlow