Cabbagetown – Shawn Mullins

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My Granddaddy was raised up in the hills, in ’29 he came down      
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He used to ride to Atlanta, got a job in a Cotton Mill
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But everybody called it Cabbagetown

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Chorus:  Oh-Oh-Oh, Cabbagetown
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The handpainted sign said Cabbagetown

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He met my Grandma, when she was just sixteen
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They’d spin Old No. 7, on the second floor
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They grew a little garden, they started a family

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They owed all their pay, to the Ray Jay store

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Chorus:  Oh-Oh-Oh, Cabbagetown
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Never been out of Cabbagetown
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Oh-Oh-Oh, Cabbagetown
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What goes up, will come down

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Bridge:  When they finally closed, the shadows fell
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Covered Cabbagetown, like a dirty vail.

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Woke up this morning, my eyes were filled with tears
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I was dreaming of Grandpa, in forty some odd years

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Now the mountains call to me, a lonely soulful sound
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Once I leave here, I ain’t coming back to Cabbagetown

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Chorus:  Oh-Oh-Oh, Cabbagetown
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You better stay away, when the sun goes down
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Oh-Oh-Oh, Cabbagetown
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I’m never goin’ back to Cabbagetown
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No, I’m never goin’ back to Cabbagetown
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Ah, one more time, I’m never goin’ back to Cabbagetown …. No, No