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Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key

from Little Blue Egg by Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer

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i lived in a place called okfuskee
and i had a little girl in a holler tree
i said little girl, it’s plain to see
there ain’t nobody that can sing like me
ain’t nobody that can sing like me

you know it’s hard for me to see
how one little boy got so ugly
yes my little girly, that might be
but there ain’t nobody that can sing like me
ain’t nobody that can sing like me

way over yonder in the minor key
way over yonder in the minor key
there ain’t nobody that can sing like me

we walked down by the buckeye creek
to see the frog eat the goggle-eye bee
to hear that west wind whistle to the east
hey, there ain’t nobody that can sing like me
ain’t nobody that can sing like me

way over yonder in the minor key …

oh my little girly will you let me see
way over yonder where the wind blows free
nobody can see in our holler tree
and there ain’t nobody that can sing like me
ain’t nobody that can sing like m

now mama cut a switch from a cherry tree
and laid it on to he and me
and it stung lots worse than a hive of bees
but there ain’t nobody that can sing like me
ain’t nobody that can sing like me

way over yonder in the minor key …

now i have walked a long long ways
and i still look back to my tanglewood days
i let lotsa girls since then to stray
sayin ain’t nobody that can sing like me
ain’t nobody that can sing like me

way over yonder in the minor key …

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from Little Blue Egg, released February 14, 2012

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Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer Portland, Oregon

American folk duo Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer blend tradition and
innovation into a potent musical elixir. They transcend singer/songwriter stereotypes, delivering evocative, clear-eyed ruminations on death and life, love and ruin, that result in "music of haunting beauty and uncommon intelligence" (The
Oregonian). Carter died in 2002; Grammer curates their legacy and now performs solo.
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