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Boot Hill Grave

from Southwind by Bibelhauser

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written by Aaron Bibelhauser, Milan Miller, & Thomm Jutz

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Boot Hill Grave


I told her that I wasn't gone to stay
When I headed out to California
The folks there mining her for gold
Had all the riches they could hold
Could have been the key to set this family free
From the shackles and the chains of poverty

When you make it through Nevada
And you see the bear flag wave
Then you know you're getting closer
To my lonesome Boot Hill grave

Rumors in the year of forty nine
Tales of riches filling up my mind
The promise of a better life
For my children and my wife
I rode the train as far as it would run
With nothing but a suitcase and a gun

I got into a card game with a man
Who held more than four aces in his hand
I was desperate enough
So I called him on his bluff
Still a hundred miles from Sutters Mill
Killed for just a dirty dollar bill

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from Southwind, released September 22, 2017
Aaron Bibelhauser - guitar, banjo, dobro, bass, vocals
Michael Cleveland - mandolin
Buddy Melton - backing vocal

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Bibelhauser Louisville, Kentucky

Aaron Bibelhauser is a singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist from Louisville, KY. In addition to writing songs recorded by award winning bluegrass artists including Del McCoury Band, Balsam Range, Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper, and The Wooks, he's taken first place in the Chris Austin Songwriting Contest at Merlefest and earned a nomination for the IBMA's prestigious Song Of The Year Award. ... more

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