Name: Going Back To Arkansas
Duration: P00H03M39S
Description: An old Washboard Sam tune. Oh wait, it might be Big Bill Broonzy tune. Damn, I always thought it was a Washboard Sam tune. It's kind of like how I heard Screamin' Jay Hawkins version of "Monkberry Moon Delight" before Paul McCartney's (the original) and always thought it was a Screamin' Jay song. Oh well, here it is. Tried to make it sound like an old 78.

Going Back To Arkansas

by Sean Thomson

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An old Washboard Sam tune. Oh wait, it might be Big Bill Broonzy tune. Damn, I always thought it was a Washboard Sam tune. It's kind of like how I heard Screamin' Jay Hawkins version of "Monkberry Moon Delight" before Paul McCartney's (the original) and always thought it was a Screamin' Jay song. Oh well, here it is. Tried to make it sound like an old 78.

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i'm goin back, I'm goin back to arkansas
i'm goin back, I'm goin back to arkansas
i know i will be happy there, with my wife and mother in law
that's why I'm goin back, I'm goin back to arkansas

when my mother put on that ol' fryin pan
and start to cook those ol' cabbage greens
you can smell those hambones boilin', i tell ya god I ain't stallin'
that's why I'm goin back, I'm goin back to arkansas

if I miss the train i got a great big mule to ride
if I miss the train i got a great big mule to ride
he's stanging at my gate, my 44 on my side
that's why I'm goin back, I'm goin back to arkansas

when I get home I won't have to pay no rent
we raise our own meat and meal
you can hear those chicken's crowing, you can hear those cow's a mooin'
that's why I'm goin back, I'm goin back to arkansas

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released April 20, 2023
Sean Thomson - Guitar, Mandolin, Violin, Lap Steel, Piano, Recording, Mixing, Mastering

Artwork is what happens when you ask the AI to make a picture of Columbo playing in an old timey string band from the 30s.

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