Name: Days of Rum
Duration: P00H04M20S
Description: This is the only song on a record I play the banjo on. I hope to do more.

Days of Rum

from Ballads of Living and Dying by Marissa Nadler

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straight4ward Following a path well travelled by smugglers and their ghosts.

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This is the only song on a record I play the banjo on. I hope to do more.

lyrics

Days of Rum:

She knew you in the time,
she was young and yearned to die.
She'd gaze at the light
in the corner in the night.

And the men would come to her
in the dead of old winter.
In the doldrums it was fine
to touch her body and her mind.

singing "dum, ditty dum, days of fun, days of rum"
singing "dum, ditty dum, days of fun, days of rum"

Scarlett in the wine, raise the bloody vine
oh she knew you in the time
she was young and yearned to die
but the roses never came
she was just some winter rain
and in her bed she lay
and she dreamt of a dying day

Singing "dum ditty dum, days of fun, days of rum"
singing "dum ditty dum, days of fun, days of rum"

credits

from Ballads of Living and Dying, released January 31, 2004
Marissa Nadler- banjo, vocals

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Marissa Nadler Nashville, Tennessee

Sacred Bones Records and Bella Union Records.

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May 31

Phoenix Concert Theatre, Lee's Palace, the Garrison, the Baby G, Bar Orwell

Toronto, ON
May 31

Voorhees Hall

New Brunswick, NJ
Jul 13

The Blue Room

Nashville, TN

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